# language nerdery — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover language nerdery. Page: Feed: --- ## [Have you read “A Practical Guide to Evil”? It’s one of my favorite works of fiction. And it also ends extremely strong.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825430582503915520) _2026-08-20 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ I have not! You are on my list, between Kubera and Snowcrash. What is Kubera? I've read Snowcrash and enjoyed it. ## [I almost picked Pierre de Fermat as my favourite mathematician, but he was beaten by a narrow…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825430434641068032) _2026-08-20 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ locally-normal : generally-proven : flyingbooks42 : mageglassess : shreekofjoy : algebraic-dumbass : transcyberism : sqrt-73 : hardlocke : complex-variable : noelements-setempty : complex-variable : noelements-setempty : I almost picked Pierre de Fermat as my favourite mathematician, but he was beaten by a narrow margin. In my opinion, the relative merits of Newton and Leibniz are truly… ## [My GF and I had an argument about “you guys”. Her point was that obviously there isn’t anything…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825420376872976384) _2026-08-19 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ My GF and I had an argument about "you guys". Her point was that obviously there isn't anything wrong with "you all" (because none of the others are actually "legal" in our dialect). And it's true. But also, the fact that people \*empirically\* don't like saying "you all" and contract it to "y'all" or shift to "you guys" shows that there's something lexically uncomfortable or too-long about "you… ## [Claude has been hitting its limit way faster than usual. I’m maybe getting 2 or 3 basic queries in a…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825420107559895040) _2026-08-19 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Claude has been hitting its limit way faster than usual. I'm maybe getting 2 or 3 basic queries in a 5 hour period, even with pro. ## [Hands-down my biggest gripe with Villeneuve’s Dune is that everybody has drab brutalism as an…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825407207695941632) _2026-08-19 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ werewolf-transgenderism : brideofdilbert : werewolf-transgenderism : werewolf-transgenderism : werewolf-transgenderism : nice medievalism you’ve got there. why is it entirely in shades of grey and brown someone remind these guys that the concept of color existed prior to the 17th century basically every illuminated manuscript has got everyone from nobility to regular fucking guys in colorful… ## [Google chrome tabs are getting bigger and bigger. I’m regularly killing ones that are taking 1.3 gb…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825397365951414272) _2026-08-19 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Google chrome tabs are getting bigger and bigger. I'm regularly killing ones that are taking 1.3 gb of ram. Although I'm particularly amused/bemused that \*Claude\* takes that much space. Since it is in theory not running on my machine and it has one of the shittiest text interfaces known to man. ## [Another version of the Old Republic’s entry into the Clone Wars (obviously, 100% non-canon).](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825348760189222912) _2026-08-19 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Another version of the Old Republic's entry into the Clone Wars (obviously, 100% non-canon). The Clone Wars start out on the periphery. Or rather, a series of internecine wars on the periphery, the kind that have been going on-and-off for millennia, suddenly begin to see the deployment of clone troops. This is a massive advantage for the Clone Masters, who suddenly manage to increase the size of… ## [The navy should start putting big boilers on their ship so they can let out giant puffs of steam…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825324967375880192) _2026-08-18 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ The navy should start putting big boilers on their ship so they can let out giant puffs of steam when doing anything cool, when the President is watching. "Look, we got the steam working!" ## [I know somethings about art, but these puns give me impasto syndrome.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825308214105112576) _2026-08-18 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ facts-i-just-made-up : a-book-of-creatures : Is it socially acceptable to use opaque watercolors, or is that considered gouache? It could be a sign of a bad tempera ment. I know somethings about art, but these puns give me impasto syndrome. ## [Read The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale and it was cute cozy fantasy, but one of the first I’ve…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825257213732012032) _2026-08-18 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Read The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale and it was cute cozy fantasy, but one of the first I've actually liked. But I think the main reason I liked this one was it's silliness . There's lots of commentary on stories, on tropes of witches, on difficult personalities. It involves a foundling blessed by witches to have the gifts of politeness, beauty, and a strong right hook. Another one who is… ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hRXnzNb84FYj) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [(untitled)](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825246713862340609) _2026-08-18 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ asimovsideburns : toskarin : toskarin : I know they're named after him but for reasons I can't fully articulate it's hilarious that the guy who invented zeppelins was named Ferdinand von Zeppelin Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin literally sounds like the joke name someone would make up if they didn't know the actual answer oh you KNOW he’s got that big bushy mustache ## [Now kneel, fools, and witness my ascension to GODHOOD!” – Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV,…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825151506836766720) _2026-08-17 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ prokopetz : manorinthewoods : prokopetz : prokopetz : My problem with the term "hubris" in literary analysis is that folks like to toss it around in contexts in which it just plain doesn't apply. The notion of hubris inherently presumes that humans have assigned stations beyond which it's morally – and, often, metaphysically – wrong to reach. Most modern fictional milieux simply lack such an… ## [Term I am surprised doesn’t exist: “Krakenalia”](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825085972960165888) _2026-08-16 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Term I am surprised doesn’t exist: “Krakenalia” That is, a major sexy balls-to-the-wall party, except involving people who have a tentacle fetish. ## [My girlfriend is getting pretty good giving pills to the dogs we’re housesitting for.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825078203406270464) _2026-08-16 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ My girlfriend is getting pretty good giving pills to the dogs we’re housesitting for. I really want to suggest she take care of a cat next time, “yeah, it’s pretty much the same, except easier because they’re smaller”. ## [Playing imagination games with a four year old is to be exposed to depths of contradictory lore and…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/825062166130573312) _2026-08-16 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Playing imagination games with a four year old is to be exposed to depths of contradictory lore and mechanical rules not seen outside your average x-men comic ## [What’s interesting is how relatively few of these involved a major fight with the US to give them…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824964440806031360) _2026-08-14 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ femmenietzsche : Current sovereign nations which at one point were directly controlled/occupied by the United States: Philippines Cuba Nicaragua Haiti Dominican Republic Iceland Italy (with others) Germany (with others) Austria (with others) Japan South Korea Palau Micronesia Marshall Islands Afghanistan Iraq Not counting de facto influence or simple regime change. I probably missed a few.… ## [The hot flashes involve a 30 foot sphere.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824900768949731328) _2026-08-14 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ necarion : Middle aged wizards go through manapause. The hot flashes involve a 30 foot sphere. ## [Middle aged wizards go through manapause.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824888025196707840) _2026-08-14 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Middle aged wizards go through manapause. ## [There’s a degree to which the correct strategy for dancing with a total beginner is “do exaggerated…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824856725448474624) _2026-08-13 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ necarion : Someone once asked me what advice I’d give for “how does an experienced lead dance with a total beginner”. And I realized that any piece of advice I’d give could backfire badly with a bad lead. “Uh, do the things I do and don’t hurt your partner and be a good lead” is not exactly actionable… There’s a degree to which the correct… ## [DNI - ABB actually supports good things happening to children sometimes.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824855680960823296) _2026-08-13 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ artbyblastweave : artbyblastweave : I think there’s been some ambiguity lately regarding my exact politics so I’m going to get ahead of all that by saying right now that I’m an unreconstructed Orthodox Badist. I believe that we should do and say and support exclusively bad things and only cause bad things to happen to people If you’re an average political operator it’s likely that your main… ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hBqP5C8Ptk23) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [My GF’s city job is currently hiring some new employees. And it’s very funny that the system’s very…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824848355131785216) _2026-08-13 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ My GF’s city job is currently hiring some new employees. And it’s very funny that the system’s very strict fairness filters are resulting in a couple of extremely sub-optimal outcomes. And my GF is chafing hard against some of the fairness rules, and I’m having this two-fold “yeah, these rules are clearly bad on net, but also even more clearly designed to prevent you… ## [When I worked at a daycare, I was instructed to quickly look away if I noticed a child had fallen….](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824848041536372736) _2026-08-13 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ xxxdragonfucker69xxx : thebibliosphere : The kid next door (talking toddler age) is playing outside and just wiped out in his Fisher Price car, and I just heard the babysitter say, “oh no, your insurance premium is definitely going to go up!” And the kid who had only been mildly sniffling before made the most confused, but startled sound you’ve ever heard. Just very clearly an attempt at saying,… ## [I’m singing the three lost songs from Iolanthe next week. And while I quite enjoy one of them, it is…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824811532517064704) _2026-08-13 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ I’m singing the three lost songs from Iolanthe next week. And while I quite enjoy one of them, it is incredibly obvious why Sullivan cut the songs. They’re just not great… ## [Scene is Sampson singing after his blinding. Written by Handel shortly after going blind.](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824782257401348097) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ necarion : Since everybody else is Eclipseposting Scene is Sampson singing after his blinding. Written by Handel shortly after going blind. Handel went blind because he tried to get cataract surgery from John Taylor. Shortly after, Handel died of infection. John Taylor is also famous as the oculist who blinded (and killed) Bach. ## [Since everybody else is Eclipseposting](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824782083047227392) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Since everybody else is Eclipseposting ## [Even if you set aside the, admittedly huge, problem of civil liberties in a surveillance state, part…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824781917332357120) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Even if you set aside the, admittedly huge , problem of civil liberties in a surveillance state, part of the problem with Flock and its ilk is that it’s not very good . And then a worse problem is that police think it’s very good and accurate. There is a major philosophical question of “how much civil liberty are you willing to sacrifice to get a safer society”. But I… ## [Hey, brain. So, I appreciate you giving me these little alarm bells to keep me from being eaten by…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824767370547675136) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Hey, brain. So, I appreciate you giving me these little alarm bells to keep me from being eaten by tigers or letting me know that I need to get pumped up because we’re about to fight the Romans again or something. BUT THE PERSON WE ARE ABOUT TO TALK TO ON THE PHONE IS OUR FRIEND. WE LIKE THIS PERSON. THERE IS ZERO CHANGE THIS PERSON IS GOING TO EAT US OR STAB US. STAHP ## [Trek was weirdly reluctant to actually pull that card. It was obsessed with captains working…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824727339295539200) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ overseer-picard : =============== Underrated power dynamic: CMO vs. Captain. It would’ve been awesome to actually see Beverly relieve Picard of command. And by awesome I mean stressful (positive). Trek was weirdly reluctant to actually pull that card. It was obsessed with captains working themselves into the ground, \*especially\* Voyager. Where in at least one scene the Doctor tries to relieve the… ## [But the reason it could ever be found was that it was a banger and people wrote it down. There’s at…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824727025517527040) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ iliiuan : cannoli-reader : iliiuan : cannoli-reader : quietwingsinthesky : we’re so lucky that gilgamesh survived and is a banger. can you imagine if we found the oldest written human story ever recorded and it sucked balls. Seriously? You don’t like Gilgamesh? Rather, I mean that it’s not luck. They wrote it down because it’s a banger. It stayed alive, because people liked it and… ## [Someone once asked me what advice I’d give for “how does an experienced lead dance with a total…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824715570167578624) _2026-08-12 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ Someone once asked me what advice I’d give for “how does an experienced lead dance with a total beginner”. And I realized that any piece of advice I’d give could backfire badly with a bad lead. “Uh, do the things I do and don’t hurt your partner and be a good lead” is not exactly actionable… ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sMT4eO85tIPw) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [I think I agree with you. There’s a wild difference in how I deal with written text when it’s…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/824695620956782592) _2026-08-11 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ alexanderwales : Being in Germany and not speaking German really gives me a taste of what it’s like to be illiterate. The number of times I’ve walked up to a sign, started “reading it” and realized that it has exclusively words I don’t know is shocking. All capacity with language gets thrown out the window, because it’s the wrong language. Today was maybe the…