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bsfeechannel:

--- Quote from: Syntax Error on April 16, 2021, 09:05:41 am ---This is a Latin idiom used in written English to denote a statement is the truth, but often said in an ironic or cynical way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic

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Sic means thus, so. That is, it was thus, so written, quoted word for word like that. But you can use it to denote irony. For example, let's talk about the rapid response (sic) of Gorilla Servers to the power outage.


--- Quote ---Given how Turing was abandoned by the British establishment, someone very high up, was for sure conspiring against him. Maybe Turing knew too much about those senior figures who had done too little? Wild speculation (sic).

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It is speculated that the British gov't was afraid that, because Turing was gay and couldn't have a steady marital relationship, someone could surreptitiously approach him with the intent of winning his affection only to have access to sensitive information.

GlennSprigg:
THINK ABOUT IT !!... If there was ever a real Time-Machine, then INSTANTLY there would be no more gambling !!!   :-+
Otherwise, anyone can get info about the Stock Market, or horse racing, or Pokies outcomes etc etc...
And countless BILLIONS would then be available again to families/homes/kids/education...
I've seen TOO many people & families ruined, and know of some personally that have committed suicide...   >:(

JohnnyMalaria:

--- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on April 16, 2021, 02:54:03 am ---
--- Quote from: Syntax Error on April 15, 2021, 08:20:12 pm ---a British establishment conspiracy against leading academics (sic).

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"sic"?

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Often used when you are quoting someone else verbatim and they made a spelling mistake or used poor grammar.

e.g., "The capasiter [sic] exploded."

It's shorthand for "yes, I did mean to type it that way - please don't correct it" (if you're being charitable) or "wanker, doesn't know how to spell so I'm going to shame him".

james_s:

--- Quote from: Syntax Error on April 16, 2021, 09:05:41 am ---Given how Turing was abandoned by the British establishment, someone very high up, was for sure conspiring against him. Maybe Turing knew too much about those senior figures who had done too little? Wild speculation (sic).

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It was discovered that he was gay, no big deal today but that was a serious crime at that time and place. As far as I know, there are still some places where even in modern times it is a crime punishable by death.

gnif:
For anyone worried about paradoxes, you shouldn't be. According to Futurama logic, the universe/big-bang is an oscillation that repeats at a fixed frequency. All one has to do is travel forward in time to the same point in the next oscillation for things to remain coherent.

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