Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror

Comment Libreoffice has a grammar checker (Score 1) 1

This seems like a nonsense question since Libreoffice has a grammar checker built-in, both automatic and manual.

Enabling Automatic Grammar Check
        Open LibreOffice Writer: Launch the application on your computer.
        Access Options: Go to the menu and select Tools > Options. For macOS users, choose LibreOffice > Preferences.
        Language Settings: In the Options window, select Language from the left pane, then choose Default Languages for Documents. Set your preferred language (e.g., Western: English
Writing Aids: Under the Writing Aids section, check the boxes for Check spelling as you type and Check grammar as you type. Click OK to save your changes.
Visual Indicators: After enabling these options, misspelled words will be underlined in red, while grammar errors will be underlined in blue as you type.

Manual Grammar Check
        You can also perform a manual grammar check by selecting the text you want to check and then choosing Tools > Spelling and Grammar. This will open a dialog box where you can review and correct any identified issues.

Comment Re:Not the needful (Score 1) 51

The right way to do that is to say "I have issues X Y and Z that I want to discuss with the doctor during my appointment."

Then sufficient time can be allotted to deal with your issues and the doctor can be prepared to do whatever is needed when you walk in the door.

"Oh by the way, just one more thing" leads to running over the allotted time and can go beyond what the doctor was prepared to deal with when you walked in the door.

"Oh by the way, here are three more things" just increases the scope of the problem, of course.

Comment Because copyright collectives work so well.. (Score 1) 26

" the RSL team has established a collective licensing organization, the RSL Collective, that can negotiate terms and collect royalties, similar to ASCAP for musicians or MPLC for films"

Anyone who has looked at organizations like ASCP/BMI and the like (most countries around the world have similar copyright licensing collectives) can see how well that works out for the average musician/author/whatever.

The middleman (the collective) takes their cut, then the remainder is doled out using an arbitrary formula that may or (more likely) may not reflect the real world usage of whatever it is that they're licensing.

So if a creator can sign up with one of these collectives (a significant feat in itself) then their royalty cheque may be 37 cents at the end of the year.

Copyright licensing collectives are the very definition of corrupt behaviour and insider dealing.

Comment Years later... (Score 1) 48

Stuff I write tends to hang around for years and sometime decades. There's a water vending machine that I wrote almost 40 years ago now and it's still running just like it always did, though the hardware and even the shack by the side of the road that it lives in has changed a few times over the years.

I've found that when I have a brainstorm and write some "clever" code it tends to turn around and bite me when I come back to it ten years later to make a change. Either because I can't remember why it's doing whatever it does, or I can't remember exactly what it was supposed to be doing in the first place. All of the inline comments in the world and I still can't avoid that "duh..." years down the road.

Simple==good because simple==maintainable. If there's a change needed in some code due to hardware changes or new requirements, it's nice to be able to read what you did back then without having to spend half a day wondering why...

Comment Re:There are three types of people (Score -1) 199

Climate change != human-caused climate change.

There's global warming on Mars too.

So you can accept there's global warning on Earth, but it's not necessarily being caused by human activities and ceasing and/or modifying those activities may not have any significant effect.

Comment Re:Explains why Spanish sounds so rapid (Score 2) 60

What is wrong with you? You're doing exactly the same thing again that you did when I made a comment earlier.

Please stop doing this. It adds nothing to the discussion and it makes you look very small-minded and petty.

You may be (and probably are) a pretty smart guy but stuff like this doesn't reflect well on you at all.

Again, please stop doing this. It's really in your own interest do do so.

Slashdot Top Deals

Promising costs nothing, it's the delivering that kills you.

Working...