Huh. I’m trying to understand what you mean. Your interpretation is that .ml is pro-China and pro-Russia. And, as you can see, my account is .ml. I’m not sure I would identify as pro-China or pro-Russia. What does it mean to you to be pro-China and pro-Russia?
Huh. I hadn’t thought about that. Yeah, maybe it wasn’t drunk driving. Maybe it was sleep-deprivated driving. I guess we’ll never know.
I was driving on the highway when the truck in front of me started swerving subtly and strangely. I told my copilot that the truck driver was probably texting.
As I changed lanes to pass the truck, I asked my copilot if they could see the truck driver texting. But I couldn’t pass the truck because the truck swerved violently to the lane I was going to use.
That’s when it hit me: this driver was very drunk. I immediately grabbed my phone and gave it to my copilot and told them to call the police. I was horrified because the truck was massive and we were getting close to a highway exit that sometimes has traffic.
We gave the police the details: the license plate, the location, the way the guy was driving, and they said they were going to send someone.
I stayed behind the truck for a couple of minutes. We didn’t want to pass him and have him crush our car. So we just looked at how this drunk guy swerved, accelerated, and broke erratically.
After some time, we finally got to the area with traffic, and luckily the truck driver stopped and didn’t crash into anything. We heard sirens behind us and that’s when I decided to finally pass the truck and keep driving.
Thanks for pointing that out. Indeed the goal is to make a fair comparison. Here’s a better image:
Idk how to feel about this
I agree with you and think it’s worthwhile to critically evaluate fonts.
So what happens if we evaluate cursive font? Well, for most people, loopy cursive is hard to read.
To understand why loopy cursive is problematic, here’s an excerpt from two experts on handwriting:
Conventional looped cursive has not held up to modern life and is being abandoned by most adults, because
- Its decorative loops and excessive joins obscure visual cues,
- It loses legibility when written quickly,
- It doesn’t reflect the writing we see in type or on screen, and
- 100% joined writing is typically slower and no more legible than writing that joins most, but not all letters.
So loopy cursive sucks, but does that mean that we should straight up ditch cursive altogether? Are there fonts that are quick to write and legible? Turns out, those same experts built a handwriting system, the Getty-Dubay system. Their writing system does not seek to “look pretty and fancy-pants” (to quote you). Instead, their writing system tries to “communicate clearly” (to quote you again). They built something logical and pragmatic.
How can you be sure of what I’m saying? Well, you be the judge!
Here’s a picture of the Getty-Dubay fonts, both print and cursive:
Here’s a comparison of different cursive fonts:
If you want more information, here’s a resource you can check out: https://handwritingsuccess.com/why-cursive/
So yeah, the way I see it, loopy cursive is hell, and italic-based cursive is the best of both worlds: italic-based cursive is fast to write and easy to read.
I have a couple of examples, but here’s one that’s close to my heart (and that, sadly, hurts my heart).
I know someone who overheard the following conversation in a workshop on global policy. In one of the tables, there was a prominent doctor and one of the richest people on Earth.
The workshop went on as normal, until at some point the discussion turned to poverty and malnutrition. The rich person asked “What do you mean, malnutrition?” and the doctor politely explained the basics of acute hunger and chronic malnutrition. At the end of the explanation, the rich person asked “How can you believe any of that?” and explained that malnutrition was made up by “envious leftists” to steal from the rich.
The doctor tried to explain that malnutrition was real, and even pulled up their phone to search for a picture of a malnourished child. When the rich person saw the picture, they said “Well, I don’t know about this, but if you’re hungry, wouldn’t you just go to a store and buy food? If someone can’t figure that out, they’re just not cut out to survive”.
At that point, the conversation was cut short because the workshop organizers required them to move on.
You might be wondering who this rich person was. Here’s what I’ll tell you: their family extracted a lot of wealth in colonial times and, since then, they have used their power and wealth to remain powerful and wealthy.
Where to start? I’m not sure which option is the most user-friendly, but I have really liked using Typst. I’ve come to use it for all kinds of things, from reports at work to my CV as well as my ongoing TTRPG campaign.
To git gud with Typst, I started by reading the tutorial. While reading, I was thinking visibly (look up Project Zero and Visible Thinking Routines) about it. It took a couple of days of reading and thinking visibly and practicing for me to feel that I could use Typst quickly.
Are the documents as pretty as Word? I’d say so. I redid my CV with Typst and I think it’s the prettiest CV I’ve ever made. Additionally, my TTRPG dungeon keys are prettier than when I used Libre Office (in part because it’s easier to format stuff, so I format more than before).
Are there options for fonts and styles? Absolutely! Fonts are very easy to change. As to styles, it requires a bit of learning, but now I apply styles with functions. I use #set, #show, and custom functions to apply styles. For example, boxed text can be considered a style, and I made a custom function called boxed_text() that I just pass my text to. It takes a bit of setup, but for me it’s ridiculously easy to just pass my text to boxed_text() instead of clicking on stuff to apply styles. If you’re curious about my boxed_text() function, you can check it out here https://lemmy.ml/post/37628567/21680638
Edit: fixed the link
and that “most mainstream scholars of the era” agree with OP
Totally! I really like that the article explains that Trump doesn’t lie, but he bullshits. Apparently the reason is that lying means the liar knows what’s true, while a bullshitter doesn’t care if the bullshit is true or false. This is one of the reasons Trump is unique.
Oooooh. Those boxes would be useful. Thanks for taking the time to document them!
Huh. Interesting. It seems like you’re fully digital, then. Maybe I should try that sometime!
It sounds like you’ve got a comprehensive solution!
Do you prepare scenarios by exporting to PDFs? I ask because I tried using regular Markdown for my sessions but it didn’t work. I couldn’t get nice boxed text nor could I define when I wanted a page break. None of the Markdown solutions seemed as elegant as Quarto (which I know from learning to use R) and Typst (which seems a little simpler than Quarto). Maybe there are solutions that I missed.
I ask that, but that doesn’t mean that Markdown isn’t a great solution to many problems! In fact, my daily note-taking is done in Markdown!
In case you’re curious, here are my Typst settings. I write them at the top of every new scenario I build.
#set text(font: "Atkinson Hyperlegible Next")
#let title = [The Name of This New Scenario lol]
#set page(
header: align(right + horizon, title)
)
#set pagebreak(weak: true)
#let box_text(content) = block(
stroke: 1pt + black,
inset: 10pt,
radius: 4pt,
width: 100%,
content
)
#show "GM Note": phrase => strong(phrase)
I’m glad you’ve seen positive results with physical therapy.
I’d argue that a good physical therapist will understand the cause of the injury, so that they make a good treatment plan. Similarly, a good (contextual) behavior analyst will understand the causes for their patients’ difficulties, so that they can make a good treatment plan. When you know where you’re standing, it’s easier to move forward. That is why evaluation is crucial in both physical therapy and programs like AIM and PEAK.
Ah. Thanks for the recommendation. I looked it up and the noun definition was “a substance obtained by a chemical process or producing a chemical effect”. So things like sucrose in a banana, protein in eggs, and even fiber in vegetables are all chemical.
I understand that you’re trying to make the point that Nutella is not healthy, and I genuinely think you can make an effective argument for that (in fact, I agree with you!). In particular, I think you can argue with evidence-based arguments. However, do you think accusing Nutella of being made of chemicals (when practically everything in this universe —including healthy food— is made of chemicals) is the best way of making an evidence-based argument?
Just to understand better what you’re saying, what does the word “chemical” mean?
Or we can take the process-based approach, where we stop caring about defining boxes perfectly and we start caring about patterns of thoughts and behaviors. This may sound woowoo or without empirical basis, but some of the most successful programs for verbal autism are based on these ideas, the AIM and PEAK programs.
This study is from 2015.
Right?
I think it’s exactly a decade later, 2025. https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-labor-market-current-state-affairs
For years I’d alternate between running and 5x5 Strongifts. When running I’d use a treadmill. To do Stronglifts, I used a squat rack, a bench press rack, and a deadlift bar.
What muscles did I target with Stronglifts? Stronglifts has a philosophy around compound movements to use the most muscles with the least exercises.
Assuming you’ll start a new routine soon, please take care of your body! I had to stop weightlifting because of a back injury and a shoulder injury. Please make sure your form is alright; please be conservative with total volume; and please listen to your body. You can’t achieve your fitness goal if you’re injured.
Edit: After Stronglifts, I shortly did AWorkoutRoutine + running. Then I changed to Gold Medal Bodies’ Elements + running, but that felt too awkward to do in a gym, so now I only do GMB exercises at home.