saintaardvark's comments

On: Personal Encyclopedias

[saintaardvark]

What an absolutely delightful project. This put a smile on my face. Thank you.

On: A Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O'Brian

[saintaardvark]

+1e9 for "A Sea of Words" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218275.A_Sea_of_Words). It's excellent reading in itself and helped a lot understanding the vocabulary.

On: Write plain text files

[saintaardvark]

You've got it exactly right. Years ago, I wrote "Any sufficiently important information must be indistinguishable from plain text", and your point is what I was trying to get at: if it's that important, make sure the format you use has tools that are as helpful, flexible, and degradation-resistant as those available for plain text.