my scientific hero is “et al.”, nobody gets as much done

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/11406117-4de3-4c83-9800-8dffabd71b81/my-scientific-hero-is-et-al.-nobody-gets-as-much-doneRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:53:58 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 17:30:18 GMT60@glyph ty Alia

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/mym/statuses/116444270164582484https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/mym/statuses/116444270164582484Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:09:15 GMT@matt if I'm going to make a joke about latin abbreviations I should really spell them correctly

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116444049005697658https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116444049005697658Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:13:01 GMT@glyph
_ibid._ and anon. and trad.
wrote a great many verses, most bad.
with _et al._ and _op. cit._
they've gummed up our lit
and the proceedings of the acad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/nonnihil/statuses/116444023235365166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/nonnihil/statuses/116444023235365166Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:06:28 GMT@grendel84 @glyph Damn. And I thought all you need is to team up with many other researchers to find them!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenraddatz/statuses/116443997670184061https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenraddatz/statuses/116443997670184061Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:59:58 GMT@glyph
smbc got you covered

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiny.tilde.website/users/grendel84/statuses/116443928732247402https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiny.tilde.website/users/grendel84/statuses/116443928732247402Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:42:26 GMT@glyph et alii: shoulder to shoulder with giants

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jmeowmeow/statuses/116443893046701174https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jmeowmeow/statuses/116443893046701174Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:33:21 GMT@glyph that's just french for “and @AlSweigart”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hynek/statuses/116443888925481579https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hynek/statuses/116443888925481579Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:32:18 GMT@glyph My favorite philosopher is Anon; so many good quotes attributed to them

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116443887235128528https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116443887235128528Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:52 GMT@glyph OK, this is super nit-picky, but is there actually supposed to be a period after the "et"? IIUC, that's a full word, not an abbreviation.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cafe/users/matt/statuses/116443885192907651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cafe/users/matt/statuses/116443885192907651Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:21 GMT