On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:28:58 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:32:11 -0800, Rustom Mody wrote: > >> On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 8:37:11 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >>> I'm seeing this annoying practice more and more often. Even for >>> trivial pieces of text, a few lines, people post screenshots instead >>> of copying the code. >>> >>> Where has this meme come from? It seems to be one which inconveniences >>> *everyone* involved: >> >> Have you heard of the “Dutch Reach¨? >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/the-dutch-reach-how-opening-car- > door-like-the-dutch-could-save-lives-cycling/ > > Ah, yes, the Dutch Reach. That would be like the French Pox (which isn't > French), the Spanish Flu (that didn't start in Spain), the Jerusalem > artichoke (which is neither an artichoke nor from Jerusalem), and the > turkey (the bird, which has nothing to do with Turkey, the country). > > This technique is neither taught nor commonly used used by the Dutch: > apparently some Americans decided that because the Netherlands has a lot > of cyclists, they'll say its Dutch. > The British TV show QI seemed to think this is actually part of the Dutch driving test although they have been known to make mistakes
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooring > > So let me see if I understand the logic... > > Rather than teach people to *explicitly* check their mirror to make sure > it is safe before opening the car door, teach them a difficult, awkward > maneuver which they're guaranteed to stop using the second the driving > test is over, that merely points their head more-or-less vaguely in the > right direction to *maybe* notice on-coming cyclists *if and only if* > they're actually paying attention. > > I can see this falls under the problem solving technique, "We must do > something, this is something, therefore we must do it!" > on this I can agree with you. Personally I tend to "crack" the door a little & then look down the road Before opening fully. i am pretty sure I also (at least subconsciously) check the mirror. Then again many* cyclists tend to be in the blind spot, dressed in dark clothing & have no lights & ride with zero regard to the rules of the road. > The sorts of people who can't remember to check their mirror before > opening the car door aren't the sort who will remember to use this > awkward technique. And for those who can remember to do so, it is > simpler and more effective to explicitly check your mirror (as the Dutch > actually do). > > >> Presumably it goes beyond the 'inconvenience' of images-instead-of-text >> to the saving-of-lives… > > I have no idea what connection you think is between this and emailing > pictures of source code in place of source code. * not all, some do appear have a desire to live. -- The pollution's at that awkward stage. Too thick to navigate and too thin to cultivate. -- Doug Sneyd -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
