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Paul Fenwick
Paul Fenwick
@pjf@cloudisland.nz  ·  activity timestamp last week

Just felt like an XKCD character when I assumed my partner would be just as excited as myself at a video demonstrating a marlinspike hitch spilling into a bowline.

#knots #xkcd

https://xkcd.com/2501/

XKCD comic. 

P1: Silicate chemistry is second nature to us, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars.

P2: And quartz, of course

P1: Of course

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Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.
XKCD comic. P1: Silicate chemistry is second nature to us, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars. P2: And quartz, of course P1: Of course --- Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.
XKCD comic. P1: Silicate chemistry is second nature to us, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars. P2: And quartz, of course P1: Of course --- Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.
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Average Familiarity

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Michael Dexter
Michael Dexter
@dexter@bsd.network replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@pjf Spouse: Computers seem terrible.

Spouse: Computers are indeed terrible.

See? Easy!

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