A quotation from Judith Martin
Rules that are arbitrary may be nonetheless crucial. Whether we drive on the right or left side of the road is arbitrary, but it is crucial to obey the prevailing rule.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2015-02-01)
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adherence #arbitrariness #conventions #laws #meme #obedience #rules #social
I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, and making exceptions to it, where will it stop? If one man says it does not mean a negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man? If that declaration is not the truth, let us get the Statute book, in which we find it, and tear it out! Who is so bold as to do it? If it is not true let us tear it out!
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1858-07-10), Chicago, Illinois
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abrahamlincolnquotes #abelincoln #arbitrariness #createdequal #DeclarationOfIndependence #equalrights #equality #exceptions #racism #truth
@randahl I think not every victim ist targeted, like some Trump voters. But they dont care. If the richest profit its okay for them. #Arbitrariness is also a method of government. People learn not to depend on government, but as a chaotic rule its unclear what the outcome will be, especially in a country with a long democratic history.
"Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general." — Christian Morgenstern — — — #ChristianMorgenstern #quote #quotes #word #language #arbitrary #arbitrariness
Any #newspaper or #journalist who did not report yesterday on Assange's 52nd birthday and his 13-year persecution no longer has any legitimacy. Pointing this out, persecution of #journalists, #arbitrariness and destruction of people is the only reason why newspapers should exist at all. So if you have newspapers and they did NOT report about #Assange yesterday, but about Putin's toilet paper, cancel them. #freeassange #stoplying #fuckyouhypocrites #hypocrites #freeallpoliticalprisoners
@stevenrosenthal Because histrionic Elon is emperor in his $44 billion sandbox.
Expect no reason, sanity & mercy from an attention-addicted cyber-Caligula.
#Mastodon #FreeSpeech #FreePress #SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #AntisocialMedia #Extremism #Arbitrariness #AttentionAddict
What do #Musk and #Trump have in common? They both lost the #election. :D
→ Result of the poll: https://nitter.nl/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097
#ElonMusk loses #poll on #Twitter #leadership: https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-loses-poll-on-twitter-leadership
#democracy #internet #vote #economy #fail #lol #problem #ceo #community #Arbitrariness #management #news #meme #memes
@gergelyorosz
- Code & architecture
- Number of lines written
- Number of lines deleted
(oh, wait...)
Numbers are only pseudo facts when it comes to measuring #performance, as long as there is #bias and ultimately #arbitrariness in choosing them. They're not only mostly useless but actually harmful.
See Larry Osterman's second rule of #SoftwareEngineering: "Measuring Testers by Test Metrics Doesn’t" and @alfiekohn "Punished by Rewards"
Why Are Letters Shaped the Way They Are? https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4awqz3/why-are-letters-shaped-the-way-they-are #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #arbitrariness #linguistics #iconicity #language #saussure #Science
Apple polymorphy
It's all a matter of interpretation, you just have to bend everything.
#Apple #Dictatorship #Prison #Arbitrariness #Conscienceless #Unhuman #Unethic
@Bocklage @SueDraws
Perhaps I'd do a periodical interest list?
Here's one for today -
#corners
#topology
#arbitrariness
#writing
#letters-ontology
#intervals (Specifically the ones between lines/hashtags ;) )
