off topic but I've noticed this CAPITALIZATION more and more in online discourse. I don't like it, but if you're using it can you maybe explain where it comes from?
It definitely seems like a zoomer thing.
It definitely seems like a zoomer thing.
/* mkevil {filename} */
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#define S_EVIL 0166600 /* not evil at all */
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
struct stat st;
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Missing filename to make evil\n");
return 1;
}
if (stat(argv[1], &st) != 0) {
perror("stat()");
return 2;
}
if (chmod(argv[1], st.st_mode | S_EVIL) != 0) {
perror("chmod()");
return 3;
}
return 0;
}
(But yeah, it's also disappointing when otherwise good content of good other creators is spoiled by some terrible junk. It's the ethical equivalent of selling out to private equity and pretending "nothing has changed".)
I don't actually know why this faded and got gradually replaced by our quite specific rules. It seems like a nice way for an author to be able to express much more meaning in the exact same number of characters.
Quite the opposite: It damages beyond repair the ability to pick out proper names at speed.
English has a horrid habit of re-using common nouns as names. The miller John becomes John miller, not John Miller.
Worse, the proliferation of brand names means that readers depend on capitalization to know if they are talking about, e.g., google, a common generic term for searching, or Google, the Alphabet (not alphabet!) subsidiary.
So, under the new regime, authors get to be more precious at the expense of their audience's time and concentration.
That's a Nope from Me, Dawg.
[1] bless their hearts
I am no Zoomer and use it, so the casual age discrimination is seemingly poor pattern recognition.
Further, I used to run a hefty BNET(SCBW) swarm (to give you a better reference for how much text from online users I have come across) and it's use was common then as well.
The best solution to text bothering you is to tell yourself that giving silly things such power is, also, a silly thing.
The preceding 'also' could be all-capped.
Ha! HN makes it italic. I forgot that.
In my opinion it's more elegant than emphasizing with capital letters.