Weird #phrasing. I'm watching a YouTube video where the host has just said “Over a dozen and half Russian generals have been jailed.”
Think about that. He means "nineteen", right? Otherwise he'd say "twenty" or "over twenty". So why didn't he say "almost twenty"? The phrasing he used seems awkward to me. #usage
"Occasionally, we even glimpse naked actors, relaxing between shoots with rollers in their hair, as fully dressed crew members organise their equipment."
@endocrimes it’s early, but #phrasing.
Software: Not Just Free as in Lunch
A long-standing challenge for advocates of Free and Open Source Software (a.k.a. FOSS) has been explaining just what the term Free Software means, because in English,* the word “free” has several unrelated meanings. The classic explanation has been to compare “free speech” and “free beer.”
You see, when the average person hears the phrase “free software,” they generally assume it means the same kind of thing as “free beer.” But it’s really about the software being unencumbered – it’s about your ability to use, study, learn from, and improve the software. It’s not about the price tag.
The problem with the “free speech” label is that the phrase has its own very specific meaning and political overtones. As a result, people tend to focus on the ideas inherent in freedom of speech, dealing with software as a form of expression and focusing on issues like censorship. These are valid issues, but not the heart of what “free software” means.
Today I read a post on Groklaw describing it in terms of “free as in coffee” vs. “free as in liberty” – primarily because he didn’t like the association with beer – but I liked the use of liberty (edit: or just freedom if you want to keep the phrasing consistent) rather than speech, because it conveys the meaning without bringing in other issues.
(Ironically, the FSF page explaining the phrase links to a list of confusing words and phrases that are worth avoiding… that doesn’t include “free!” Update: These days it lists “for free,” “freely available” and “freeware”…but that still doesn’t solve the confusion of “free.”)
*In other languages, the meanings are more distinct. There’s no confusion between software libre and software gratis.
@geerlingguy
Are we still doing #phrasing? 🤪
"Once in a generation" is not the conciliation most local councils seem to think it is when discussing massive financial upheaval.
There's a new generation about every 20 years.
So what you're saying is this going to happen every 20 years or so?
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Successfully locked down Area 51, and then grabbed Mexicans. #phrasing
I am soooo tired and full of food...and I still need to fold laundry. :|
Hahaha!
Who is in "The Royal Box"?
Hahaha!
https://mas.to/@newyorktimes/114802345813696201
#Phrasing!
#Wimbledon
@DuskDargent For really lose or hogged out holes, pound one of those in first. Then a normal screw can really get stuck in. Because just finding larger and larger screws is just untenable and the hole can still get used. #phrasing
STREAM TIME!
Time to revisit the Crusader Kings 3 Lord of the Rings Mod.
Join me early to help pick our character, then let's toss some dwarfs... #phrasing https://buff.ly/nHUqwK7
Also, Sapphic from Sappho, right?
So Wildeic / Wiledic from Oscar Wilde, for androphilic. andric?
Ah whatever. mlem.
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