Who's a grammar nazi?

[sneakyimp]

dalecosp;11049481 wrote:

Hmm ... occasionally have "numbness" around the wrists ... I try to scratch my head/pits/arse or pick my nose frequently to get my wrists off the desk once in a while (a cushy wrist pad helps a bit too!)

Excellent exercises to help solve the circulation issue. I would add to that walking into the kitchen and cleaning all the dirty dishes.

[sneakyimp]

Am reminded of a joke:
Q: Why did the software dev get stuck in the shower?
A: Shampoo bottle said "lather, rinse, repeat"

[Bonesnap]

I have gotten used to the there/their/they're and your/you're misspellings. The one that irritates me is the gross misuse of "got" when the person really means "have". "I got a problem..." No, you have a problem. Got is the past tense of "to get", so unless you were handed a problem, you merely have one. "I got to be honest with you", "I got no idea", "I got to get going", etc.

That and "could/should of". Basically anytime "have" should be the word used.

As for your wrist pain, not sure how your arms are situated, but I like my desk to be very deep so I can push my monitors way back and therefore push my keyboard way back. I have at least up to my elbows on the desk if not more. I found it to be way more comfortable. That and my keyboard has its feet retracted so my hands are more flat. Lastly, it's reported that the Dvorak keyboard reduces repetitive strain injuries because the amount of movement by the fingers is drastically reduced. While I never really had any wrist pain in the past on QWERTY, I would get it while trying to complete typing contests on www.typeracer.com. Since switching however I haven't had any pain, and I frequent Type Racer much more than in the past.

[Derokorian]

Bonesnap;11049565 wrote:

I would get it while trying to complete typing contests on www.typeracer.com. Since switching however I haven't had any pain, and I frequent Type Racer much more than in the past.

And now I'm addicted to typeracer..... 101wpm average after 10 races, not too bad. Every one has been above 99% accuracy too, so that's awesome 🙂

[Bonesnap]

That is pretty impressive!

[sneakyimp]

I always wish that I had switched to Dvorak. the QWERTY keyboard was intentionally designed with frequently used keys off home row because typists would type too fast for the mechanical typewriters back in the day and get the type hammers all tangled up. It rankles me to think that I'm typing on a keyboard that is intentionally designed to be slow -- and yet changing to the fast layout seems more than I can manage.

[Weedpacket]

Dvoark vs. QWERTY arguments seem a bit off-target a bit. Is English prose a large enough fraction of my typing that rearranging the keyboard based on its letter frequencies enough to make a significant impact on my speed? (For that matter, does typing take up that large a fraction of my time?)

Oh, and obligatory xkcd comic:
http://xkcd.com/561/

[sneakyimp]

Well I guess I'm kind of relieved that QWERTY is not an intentional hindrance. That eases my anxiety a bit. I still wish I could improve my comfort level. Whatever it is that I'm typing all day does make my arms sore. Maybe I could just resort to naming all my vars and functions with home row letters. like $salad or $fagass.

[cretaceous]

Back on topic.. just got this email from a major UK Banking service re. updating their payment portal:

"... some browsers are already in the process of sun setting SHA1"
sun setting? Should we blame you North Americans for this?

And this delightful phrase:

"Below, are three areas of focus for example purpose only to help contextualise this change."

[Derokorian]

cretaceous;11049615 wrote:

Back on topic.. just got this email from a major UK Banking service re. updating their payment portal:

"... some browsers are already in the process of sun setting SHA1"
sun setting? Should we blame you North Americans for this?

And this delightful phrase:

"Below, are three areas of focus for example purpose only to help contextualise this change."

I have never heard of sun setting, but the second phrase sounds like some non-sense legalize we would come up with here.

[dalecosp]

Derokorian;11049619 wrote:

I have never heard of sun setting, but the second phrase sounds like some non-sense legalize we would come up with here.

Hehe, Grammar Nazi dalecosp says: that should be sunsetting, not sure if it's in the dictionary, but the usage is roughly equivalent to deprecating. (Oh, and isn't that usually spelled "legalese"? 😉 )

"Below, are three areas of focus for example purpose only to help contextualise this change."

Had to have been a late Friday meeting?

[Weedpacket]

"How the analyst designed it." Funnily, it's also how Death designed it, only without the props.

[rsneha]

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