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Not sure why this is downvoted, it’s absolutely correct. I tried this myself; it would have -greatly- simplified scraping Word docs because the custom tags would have been availabl…

As much as I don't care for the adage, "those who can, do; those who don't, teach" fits here :)

From the paper: "The purpose of writing is to convey ideas to the reader. The purpose of formatting is to make the document easier to read, not to look pretty." I find that thesis …

The consideration, objective; the phrasing, doubleplusungood.

Actually, I kinda think it fits with the topic! You've managed to make an oblique cultural reference to the exact issue at hand: YouTube users: Can I see it? Google: ...no.

Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes: "I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, an…

Mr. Burns : Absolutely! Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal. Waylon Smithers : Uh, Sir? Phrenology was dis…

If encryption is considered a form of arms, it does appear that there is case law that grants sellers of arms some constitutional protections - quick article at https://harvardlawr…

How many people here think of encryption as a second amendment right? If you find yourself arguing that it is - what happens when you are largely, if not wholly, dependent on a thi…

The banks also turned around, repackaged those same predatory loans, and marked tranches of them as AAA-investment quality. Where was the responsibility in that activity? "Just bec…

Now society in towns is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists,—talkers who mistake the descr…