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Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by DrScump » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:25 AM UTC

sl1ck731 wrote: post #280

darekkay wrote: post #160

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> I'm not that interesting; I don't have anything to show off; and inevitably it'll either become a chore or go out of date. The main goal of my blog was not to be interesting or show off (even though I do include my side projects etc.), but to write about specific issues I managed to solve. As a software developer, I'm googling for problems all the time. 95% of the time I land on StackOverflow or GitHub issues. But…

I tried doing what the OP described, become some interesting blogger person, but threw in a 2 or 3 line article about some mundane error I had with a tool one day mixed in with all the other wordfluff. Surprisingly the error code drew a ton of traffic compared to anything interesting I could have possibly thought about writing.

and/or the exact text of the message. A vague search is fine if there are few matches,but there's a lot of cruft out there.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by DrScump » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:31 AM UTC

arp242 wrote: post #216

caymanjim wrote: post #151

I don't want a personal web site. I've had a handful of them in the past, and I've thrown together a couple shitty blogs over the years, but there are three big reasons why I don't anymore: I'm not that interesting; I don't have anything to show off; and inevitably it'll either become a chore or go out of date. Like everyone, I harbor fantasies about how interesting I am, and if I run into you at the pub, I'll talk y…

I don't think writing is just about communicating things to other people. It's also communicating things to yourself. I think the greatest value in writing things down is to order and articulate your own thoughts. Certainly in my own case, I never finish a large chunk of articles I start to write simply because during the research I find out I was wrong, or that things are more complex than I thought and I'm no longe…

To pick a bit, your *Breaking Bad" reference occurs well into the series, not at the start. It opens with his diagnosis, which sets everything else in motion.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by DrScump » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:34 AM UTC

lettergram wrote: post #201

caymanjim wrote: post #151

I don't want a personal web site. I've had a handful of them in the past, and I've thrown together a couple shitty blogs over the years, but there are three big reasons why I don't anymore: I'm not that interesting; I don't have anything to show off; and inevitably it'll either become a chore or go out of date. Like everyone, I harbor fantasies about how interesting I am, and if I run into you at the pub, I'll talk y…

I recently wrote a blog about “Dutch Oven Fried Chicken”[1], I don’t think it’s particularly interesting and anyone can do it. However, now I can send a link to a friend and go back and make the recipe myself. Blogging for me isn’t about popularity. It’s about being able to share ones ideas and document your interests. I send links to my blog all the time, because I wrote about topics I found challenging / fun. I don…

Have you considered crowdfunding further development of your recipe, like the infamous potato salad Kickstarter?

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by DrScump » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:41 AM UTC

loosetypes wrote: post #33

jaabe wrote: post #13

Some of the most interesting things online are people writing about things they are passionate about, for the sake of writing about them. At least in my opinion, so it’s fair to say that I agree with the author. I think it’s an equally delightful experience to journal about things though. I do it from time to time, when some subject just needs to get written down, almost as though the journaling is me thinking out lo…

Agreed. I'm a bit jealous of his (Mostly) food truck name ideas, https://writing.markchristian.org/name-ideas/ . Once, in the functional programming rabbit-hole, a coworker advocated for a hypothetical Indian food truck named Haskell's Curry. And when I was studying propositional logic I certainly wouldn't have said no to a side of De Morgan's ColesLaw.

I have a similar concept: collections of fake band names, domain names, stand-up comedy pieces, and rap-suitable lyrics. The trick is extracting coherent routines that tell a story well.

Ages ago, in the age of Usenet, I had a huge collection of such bits (plus quotes of others) for use in .signature files.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by DrScump » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:42 AM UTC

gen220 wrote: post #352

loosetypes wrote: post #33

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Agreed. I'm a bit jealous of his (Mostly) food truck name ideas, https://writing.markchristian.org/name-ideas/ . Once, in the functional programming rabbit-hole, a coworker advocated for a hypothetical Indian food truck named Haskell's Curry. And when I was studying propositional logic I certainly wouldn't have said no to a side of De Morgan's ColesLaw.

The best one we've come up with is a Russian-American fusion truck named "Collusion", serving (alcohol-free) cocktails named after all the major players / plot points in the "Russia investigation". It's an endless source of entertaining ideas. "Moscow Mueller", "Manafort on the Rocks", "Cohen Kvass". Or you can go for drinks that are flavored after their namesakes: dry, sweet, bitter, sour. Park it in front of Trump…

Or "Otto's Collusion Repair"

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by sascha_sl » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:48 AM UTC

pKaqzd wrote: post #133

zimpenfish wrote: post #125

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_OK_to_be_white > The slogan has been spread by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and racist groups including neo-Nazis and white supremacists. > A report by the ADL states that the phrase itself has a history within the white supremacist movement going back to 2001 when it was used as the title of a song by a white power music group called Aggressive Force as well as fliers with the p…

I'm not from the US, but the Wikipedia article makes me think that some people over there have lost their minds and have too much time on their hands. I recommend studying organizations like the NKWD and Stasi, if completely generic phrases are being eliminated from the allowed speech just because a small group of persons have also used them. So if I'm using the phrase "campus craziness", it now means that it's a "do…

It's a common tactic to hijack innocent looking language, use it internally, and then as soon as someone notices and says "hey be careful about people using the milk and frog emoji on twitter" they get suckers like you in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4BVGPkdzk

"It's okay to be white" is literally a 4chan / /pol/ operation.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by DrScump » Wed, May 01, 2019, 6:53 AM UTC

loosetypes wrote: post #33

jaabe wrote: post #13

Some of the most interesting things online are people writing about things they are passionate about, for the sake of writing about them. At least in my opinion, so it’s fair to say that I agree with the author. I think it’s an equally delightful experience to journal about things though. I do it from time to time, when some subject just needs to get written down, almost as though the journaling is me thinking out lo…

Agreed. I'm a bit jealous of his (Mostly) food truck name ideas, https://writing.markchristian.org/name-ideas/ . Once, in the functional programming rabbit-hole, a coworker advocated for a hypothetical Indian food truck named Haskell's Curry. And when I was studying propositional logic I certainly wouldn't have said no to a side of De Morgan's ColesLaw.

Another variation on this is the opening titles to "Bob's Burgers".

A series of disasters hits the restaurant before its ultimately opening (fire, pests, etc) and the respondents (exterminator,etc.) has a new, funny name each time. Also, the neighboring stores' names vary in funny ways.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by sascha_sl » Wed, May 01, 2019, 7:09 AM UTC

DonHopkins wrote: post #391

pKaqzd wrote: post #133

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I'm not from the US, but the Wikipedia article makes me think that some people over there have lost their minds and have too much time on their hands. I recommend studying organizations like the NKWD and Stasi, if completely generic phrases are being eliminated from the allowed speech just because a small group of persons have also used them. So if I'm using the phrase "campus craziness", it now means that it's a "do…

>The Guardian columnist Jason Wilson argued that "It's OK To Be White" was devised by white supremacists in order to stoke overreaction from the left, sow confusion, embed a racist agenda in the mainstream media, and ultimately invite a backlash against anti-racist activism. If you're actively trying to invite a backlash against anti-racist activation, then you'd better be able to come up with a damn good explanation…

"It's okay to be white" was devised by fascists on 4chan to do exactly that. Rile up centrists and generally those that don't get what whiteness is.

White is arbitrarily defined. Obama is half white yet would never be considered white, so there white is the absence of black. A lot of specific ethnic groups have been added or removed from the definition too (Irish, Italians, Cubans). It's exactly as flexible as fascists need it to be.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by Carpetsmoker » Wed, May 01, 2019, 8:17 AM UTC

DrScump wrote: post #402

arp242 wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think writing is just about communicating things to other people. It's also communicating things to yourself. I think the greatest value in writing things down is to order and articulate your own thoughts. Certainly in my own case, I never finish a large chunk of articles I start to write simply because during the research I find out I was wrong, or that things are more complex than I thought and I'm no longe…

To pick a bit, your *Breaking Bad" reference occurs well into the series, not at the start. It opens with his diagnosis, which sets everything else in motion.

It's one of the first episodes, like the third or something? In the context of 62 episodes in total, I would consider that to be "at the start".

That said, it's needless verbiage, and removing "at the start" made the paragraph better.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Post by zimpenfish » Wed, May 01, 2019, 8:43 AM UTC

sascha_sl wrote: post #406

pKaqzd wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not from the US, but the Wikipedia article makes me think that some people over there have lost their minds and have too much time on their hands. I recommend studying organizations like the NKWD and Stasi, if completely generic phrases are being eliminated from the allowed speech just because a small group of persons have also used them. So if I'm using the phrase "campus craziness", it now means that it's a "do…

It's a common tactic to hijack innocent looking language, use it internally, and then as soon as someone notices and says "hey be careful about people using the milk and frog emoji on twitter" they get suckers like you in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4BVGPkdzk "It's okay to be white" is literally a 4chan / /pol/ operation.

https://www.adl.org/blog/from-4chan-another-trolling-campaig...

> On top of everything else, the phrase “It’s okay to be white” actually has a fairly long history in the white supremacist movement. While far from the most common white supremacist slogan, it was in use enough that white power music band Aggressive Force even used the phrase as the title of one of its songs—a song that dates back at least to 2001, if not earlier. ADL has tracked white supremacist fliers featuring the phrase “It’s okay to be white” as long ago as 2005. In 2012, a member of Ku Klux Klan group United Klans of America actually even used the hashtag #IOTBW on Twitter.