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| bio | website | boredwithchurch.info |
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| location | South East England | |
| age | 49 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 2 months |
| seen | Apr 27 at 12:12 | |
| stats | profile views | 30 |
25+ years in software development.
6 years on an HCI PhD.
20+ years married.
19 years a parent.
I can cope with anything.
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Apr 9 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Mar 8 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 19 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 30 |
answered | How can I write anonymously (based on true experiences)? |
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Sep 26 |
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Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid? @Phosi I understand your reasoning, and it might be OK in some circumstances. In this context, I think it puts the blame on the user. In written and published texts, I think it would be better to say "Can this be simplified even more?" "Can you make it easier?" or something like this. It puts the blame for problems where it belongs. |
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Sep 24 |
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Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid? But @Phoshi even if "the users" make every mistake possible, that does not mean they are dumb. It means that the impact of mistakes need to be mitigated, the possibilities of making them should be reduced. The problem is not with the users, but the software, and blaming the users for technical problems is wrong. |
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Sep 23 |
answered | Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid? |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Sep 10 |
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How can a new writer make a realistic estimate of his work rate? @jwpat Typo - I have edited. "Defined by". It means that the total time to do the task should be based on the complex pieces, as the simple pieces should fit in around these and not contribute so much. |
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Sep 10 |
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How can a new writer make a realistic estimate of his work rate? added 1 characters in body |
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Aug 8 |
answered | What determines a book's price? |
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Aug 7 |
answered | Is it appropriate to credit someone with a quote if I am not absolutely sure they are the source? |
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Aug 3 |
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Do flashbacks break up short stories too much? Even short stories need structure (more so, possibly). So it can work in exactly the same way as for a longer story. |
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Aug 2 |
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What permissions do I need for nonfiction travelogue? Just to add - the TV show/film thing should be fine, as you are only referring to it. |
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Jul 24 |
answered | Is going 'off-topic' a sign of bad dialogue? |
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Jul 23 |
answered | Main idea or Thesis |
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Jul 23 |
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Legality of Academic Ghostwriting I think this is the core point - students are often breaking their regulations by producing work that is not their own. If found out, they risk being expelled. The writers themselves are just legal, although their advertising might be interesting to see! Morally, they are at the level of loan sharks, who only lend money because there is a demand for it.... |
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Jul 23 |
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Legality of Academic Ghostwriting The problem with this is that they can "sell" the work as "examples of expected writing" or suchlike, and claim that they had no expectation that the students would hand them in as their own work. They are lying, of course, but that is a moral issue, not a legal one. Morally, they are wrong. Legally, the student is, almost certainly, breaking their commitment to the institution to produce original work. |
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Jul 23 |
answered | How to deal with self-criticism? |
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Jul 22 |
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When writing on paper, how do you move things about? And it worked then. It still works. |
