"To build a prototype and expose it to critique is to make yourself very vulnerable...But you invite people in because you know that you can’t do the thing you want to do without their honest response......By contrast, Davey worked very hard on restoring that little Norfolk church, but he also sought help of every kind … Continue reading The Invitation to Critique
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Schopenhauer’s Stratagems
"A brilliant move is to turn the tables and use your opponent's arguments against him or herself."-Arthur Schopenhauer, "Schopenhauer's 38 Strategems, or 38 Ways to Win an Argument," excerpted from The Art of Controversy Further proof that philosophy can also be sophisticated trolling.
Troll Taxonomies
"The internet doesn’t turn people into assholes so much as it acts as a massive megaphone for existing ones, according to work by researchers at Aarhus University.-Tom McCay, "Online Trolls Actually Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds." Gizmodo. August 27, 2021. I think there is a troll gravity online, where the megaphones of a … Continue reading Troll Taxonomies
Sealioning
"Sealioning (also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity. It may take the form of 'incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate'."—Wikipedia
Fun with HTML: Writing Backwards / Writing Backwards
The HTML Entity for changing the directionality of text from right-to-left (rtl) is 8238. To change it back to left-to-right (ltr), use 8237. Repeating the paragraph above with rtl and ending with the ltr: "The HTML Entity for changing the directionality of text from right-to-left (rtl) is 8238. To change it back to left-to-right (ltr), … Continue reading Fun with HTML: Writing Backwards / Writing Backwards
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