Is “Thanks for sharing” the current, least-dismissive seeming “TL;DR,” or “Does not confirm my bias, so I’m ignoring it” dismissal? It most often assumes the place of “Don’t care; won’t read.”
“Dunning-Krugerand”* Writers FTL**
All kinds of little “gotchas” are traps for Dunning-Krugerand writers. One of my fav gripes is the inability of some to distinguish between uses of “have got” and “have gotten.” If nothing else has emerged in text before “have got,” its typical misuse by Dunning-Krugerand writers in cases where “must” cannot be substituted, for example, is a sure tell.
*Dunning-Krugerand is a term Larry Correia coined to refer to those incompetents who have a massive, undue respect for their own non-existent competence.
**FTL here denotes “For the Loss.”
Small Pleasures
Fun lil piece of dialog:
“I’m trustworthy, I just don’t seem like it, because seeming trustworthy is suspicious.”
“You are an unnecessarily convoluted man.”
“Thank you.”
Wee, Teen-eintsy Comp-Geeky Thingy
Nice. Just booted a lil EePC running “Puppy Slacko” for the first time in over a year. Sweet lil baby lappy with a lean Linux distro. When it was running its preinstalled Win7 OS (still available, but who cares?) it was a bit of a (baby) slug. Not posting this from it, because I’ve not swapped out its wireless card, and the one that came installed is. . . still a slug. Need to get that done, eh?
Just a Wee Comp-Semi-Geeky Thingy
So, cheap lil Windows-based “email and internet cruiser” notebook. NOT specced like my desktop, but OK for casual stuff. Almost a disposable computer. Almost. Lil hybrid hard drive went flaky. Still sorta worked most of the time, but not really. So. repaired the system, pulled the drive, installed it in an external case. New drive (NOT a hybrid, this time): same deal: external case. Plugged both into desktop and used Macrium Reflect (recommended for Windows users who like good, inexpensive software) to clone the freshly-repaired drive to the new drive.
Installed new drive in lil “almost disposable” notebook, and. . . all is well.
Filed Under. . .
Words I never thought I’d read: “. . .get your elegant and beautiful ass back in the saddle and get thee hence.” ?!? Oh, well. Next book. (Yeh, that was a high point. Would have been prettier if it’d been a picture of a Hi-Point. *smh*)
Pro Tip for Self-Pubs
Actually, this lil tip is not for all self-pubs. This one is just for subliterate Dunning-Krugerand fiction writers with delusions of competence. Here ya go, guys n dolls:
Always be sure that your “brilliant, genius” characters reflect your own brilliance and genius by having them be completely unaware of the significant differences between in/out, come/go, take/bring, number/amount, less/fewer, and be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN to sprinkle their dialogue with non-words common to the vocabularies of pinheaded morons, like “anyways.”
I hope this helps.
When Tech Is Stupid
Yeh, so, hmmm, well (and other such placeholding stalls), dead TV, out of warranty, bought a new one with decent specs-to-price appeal. Remote sucks. Manual sucks dead bunnies (and is ONLY available online, either through the TV itself–a stupidly clumsy implementation–or via third party pdf downloads). Setup sucks worse. STILL only seven channels available, and no digital channels at all. It’s even worse than that. DEMANDS network access before it’ll do ANYTHING (I’ll fix that at the router; just lock it out there). And how many firmware updates will it require? Who knows? Two so far, but says three more. *sigh* Almost want to return it just for the setup headaches.
Cool Lil Devices
Kinda enjoying my Caldwell Emax Shadow hearing protection. Really attenuates loud noises while passing ambient sounds at comfortable levels. That’s all I really use them for, although I probably could also use ’em with my phone via Bluetooth. But just enhanced ambient sound + hearing protection from loud noises is all I really want or need.
*yawn*
Not even toothpicks help. (Eyes wanna close; head nod off.) Maybe a siesta, eh? Oh, wait. BP 102/55, pulse 65. Maybe more exercise instead. Or not. *heh*