tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091058576188372264.post6383247758995417176..comments2023-04-10T08:10:03.153-07:00Comments on Aleaxity: The Pedant AwakesAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05338312873524129257noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091058576188372264.post-26641584283813491192008-11-15T06:51:00.000-08:002008-11-15T06:51:00.000-08:00My "favorite" sloppiness is related to diacritics:...My "favorite" sloppiness is related to diacritics: in a lot of Italian texts we find "à, è, ì, ò, ù" but instead of the expected "È" we have the sloppy "E'".<BR/>This problem affects both soft computer files and hard printed matter.Alessandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854328406706616193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091058576188372264.post-18028264291018584782008-11-01T14:44:00.000-07:002008-11-01T14:44:00.000-07:00Yep, o homonym, I do think there's a connection --...Yep, o homonym, I do think there's a connection -- good programming (or design of electronic circuits, for that matter) requires a pedant's loving, intense focus on detail...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338312873524129257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091058576188372264.post-27435047096470055912008-11-01T06:52:00.000-07:002008-11-01T06:52:00.000-07:00Is pedantry strictly related to programming?Is pedantry strictly related to programming?Alessandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854328406706616193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091058576188372264.post-4258391173030037552008-09-03T13:59:00.000-07:002008-09-03T13:59:00.000-07:00Yep, thanks David -- blogger was apparently genera...Yep, thanks David -- blogger was apparently generating strange HTML span tags when I copied-and-pasted text... I fixed that now (and hopefully made the style more readable in general, too).Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338312873524129257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091058576188372264.post-36348904627849159322008-09-03T08:40:00.000-07:002008-09-03T08:40:00.000-07:00Midway through your article (right after "Midway t...Midway through your article (right after "Midway through..." in fact), the text disappears. The text color is set to the same (or very similar) to the background color.David Goodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673699859175469861noreply@blogger.com