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[Drab Emordnilap]

http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/78798597332/youve-said-before-that-you-dislike-multiplayer

Mark Rosewater, lead designer of Magic: the Gathering, has at least heard of Dominion!

[Axxle]

http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/78798597332/youve-said-before-that-you-dislike-multiplayer

Mark Rosewater, lead designer of Magic: the Gathering, has at least heard of Dominion!

He's referenced it a couple times: https://www.google.com/search?q=dominion+site%3Amarkrosewater.tumblr.com

[Tables]

http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/78798597332/youve-said-before-that-you-dislike-multiplayer

Mark Rosewater, lead designer of Magic: the Gathering, has at least heard of Dominion!

Considering DXV worked on Magic, I'm hardly surprised. Not to mention Dominion's become a pretty big player in the world of board games.

[pingpongsam]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

[Dsell]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

Oh I will be using this.

[ashersky]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

In the US, the most egregious nym-nym is SSN number.

[SirPeebles]

xkcd did a rather painful strip on the modern genocide.

http://xkcd.com/1338/

[nkirbit]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

In the US, the most egregious nym-nym is SSN number.

PIN number!

[Axxle]

I'm not bothered by nym-nyms, they're usually pretty useful for clarification when talking out of context.

[eHalcyon]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

In the US, the most egregious nym-nym is SSN number.

PIN number!

ATM machines!

[Kirian]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

I prefer referring to it as Recursive Acronym Syndrome, or RAS Syndrome.

[ashersky]

f.ds forums

[jonts26]

PHP is a scipting language which stands for PHP: hypertext preprocessor.

GNU is an operating system which stands for GNU's not Unix.

Computer people love recursive acronyms.

[Kirian]

PHP is a scipting language which stands for PHP: hypertext preprocessor.

GNU is an operating system which stands for GNU's not Unix.

Computer people love recursive acronyms.

Sure, but there's a huge difference between an intentional recursive acronym, and erroneously using an extra word.  It would be much different if PIN stood for "PIN Identification Number"

[ashersky]

Also terrible: panini sandwich.

[Awaclus]

I love doing that thing, and often do it intentionally in IRL.

[Axxle]

I love doing that thing, and often do it intentionally in IRL.

Quoted QFT

[Titandrake]

Somehow none of you have yet posted this viral weirdness:

I listened to it, and have no idea how I feel about it. I mean, it's okay? Really, I'm just perplexed.

I'm partial to most work done by Demetori myself, don't know if that's because I'm biased from liking Touhou or if it's genuinely good.

[ashersky]

Somehow none of you have yet posted this viral weirdness:

Chiming in late, but now that I watched this, I think it's only weirdness if you don't speak Japanese.  They lyrics are actually pretty smart and full of puns and jokes.

[Jimmmmm]

When people do that thing with a verbal acronym where they end with a word from the acronym (e.g. "what's your ETA time") I call that an ancronym-nym or just nym-nym for short.

I prefer referring to it as Recursive Acronym Syndrome, or RAS Syndrome.

Or PNS Syndrome, where PNS stand for PIN Number Syndrome.

[qmech]

xkcd did a rather painful strip on the modern genocide.

http://xkcd.com/1338/

Is it mostly that the number of wild animals is decreasing?  Or that humans and livestock make very efficient use of land, so their relative contribution is much greater?  (This is an "I don't know but would like to" question.)

[Awaclus]

I'm partial to most work done by Demetori myself, don't know if that's because I'm biased from liking Touhou or if it's genuinely good.

It is genuinely pretty good, I haven't really gotten into Touhou and I still find it nice. I wish the drum sounds were better though.

[Polk5440]

Another rare, on-topic post.

http://j2kun.svbtle.com/how-can-you-tell-whats-random

So, if you're in a casino watching a roulette wheel and it spins R, do you bet on R? What if you observe it spin RRRRRBRRRRRR? When do you decide the wheel is not fair and bet on R? If you are the casino owner, at what point do you shut the wheel down and inspect it or investigate the operator?

The only answers I can think of begin with "It depends on your beliefs...."

[mcmcsalot]

Another horrible word usage, cheese quesadilla.

[Kirian]

Another horrible word usage, cheese quesadilla.

And yet such a great usage of cheese and tortillas.