beezkneez

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My friend carved Fox McCloud in a piece of wood (and I think it's cool) in c/diy@beehaw.org
[–] beezkneez@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

That's pretty cool! I just started playing Star Fox Adventures today, so funny coincidence that this popped up in my feed today.

Warning: New Outlook sends passwords, mails and other data to Microsoft | mailbox.org in c/technology@beehaw.org
Here, have some more Freelancer in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] beezkneez@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This looks cool, didn't know it was still going strong. Last time I played Freelancer (vanilla) was during my military duty almost 15 years ago, when stuck on night duty. Brought it in and played with some of the other soldiers. It was a fun time, but we didn't get too much into it then unfortunately.

Help identifying source of a Lytton Strachey quote in c/literature@beehaw.org
[–] beezkneez@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

So I've gotten nowhere for a long time. But as so often happens, just as I ask for help, new ideas start popping into my head. I got a hold of a copy of his collected works and searched for 'intelligence' (not a difficult strategy to come up with one would think...). Found it in the essay on Henri Beyle in Books & Characters from 1922. Leaving this up in case there is any interest, but I won't be offended if someone removes it.

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Help identifying source of a Lytton Strachey quote (beehaw.org)
 

Hi guys, how's it going? I'm trying to identify the source of a commonly cited quote by Lytton Strachey that goes as follows: "Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary."

Searching for this serves me countless results from quotes-websites, with no reference to where it was written / said and when. Do any of you know this? I'm beginning to wonder if it really is a genuine quote.