#redundancy

[prokopetz]

"Automatic ATM machine" is pretty good, but I think if we really try we can find a way to phrase it that renders the T redundant as well.

[pratchettquotes]

Yes, Moist thought, there would be changes. You'd still find horses in town and Iron Girder couldn't plough, although for a certainty Mr. Simnel could make her do so. "Some people will lose out and others will benefit, but hasn't that been happening since the dawn of time?" he said out loud. "After all, at the beginning there was the man who could make stone tools, and then along came the man who made bronze and so the first man had to either learn to make bronze too, or get into a different line of work completely. And the man who could work bronze would be put out of work by the man who could work iron. And just as that man was congratulating himself for being a smarty-pants, along came the man who made steel. It's like a sort of dance, where no one dares stop because if you did stop you'd be left behind. But isn't that just the world in a nutshell?"

Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[mmm-whatcha-saint]

STAY CONNECTED!

The best time to exchange emails, signal/telegram/Whatsapp/etc or whatever accounts, alt accounts and every other possible thing was a year ago.

The second best time is right now.

How long before discord or tumblr or any other service shits the bed? Have other ways to keep in touch with your friends. Have backup plans. Don't lose your friends because a service goes down. Better yet, this also helps if you need to recreate an account because a moderator on a certain website decided you needed your entire blog deleted. Now you can make a new one and your friends can know for sure that it's you!

When all we have is each other, it's important to be connected in more than one way.

[hymnsandhearses]

“Sexy librarian” is redundant.

[thirdity]

Form — in its specific idiom, style — is a plan of sensory imprinting, the vehicle for the transaction between immediate sensuous impression and memory (be it individual or cultural). This mnemonic function explains why every style depends on, and can be analyzed in terms of, some principle of repetition or redundancy.

Susan Sontag, "On Style"

[profoundenglish]

Misused English Words. This guide explores six high-level terms that are frequently misunderstood in daily conversation.

[greatwyrmgold]

Cloudflare really wanted to let people know they were continuing to investigate the issue.