Vladimir_Nesov comments on Subjective Anticipation and Death - Less Wrong

9 Post author: LucasSloan 17 March 2010 01:14AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 17 March 2010 01:37:14AM 15 points [-]

Could we please not adopt the "tl;dr" thing? Just cast the abstract in italics, and shift it to the right.

Comment author: kpreid 17 March 2010 02:54:11PM 11 points [-]

I also would prefer "Abstract:" to "tl;dr:" just because the latter is, to me, language-aesthetically ugly, and also a bad fit: it's kind of like a strained metaphor that doesn't really add to the message.

Comment author: dclayh 17 March 2010 01:42:14AM 10 points [-]

Or use the words "abstract", "summary" or "précis", even.

Comment author: RobinZ 17 March 2010 01:49:40PM 5 points [-]

I like "tl;dr" - it gives a refreshing air of disrepute to our site. It's a little like quoting anime fanfiction in that respect.

Comment author: Liron 17 March 2010 08:32:57AM 1 point [-]

Yeah, just hurry up and whip out your thesis in its proper organizational context.

Comment author: Morendil 17 March 2010 10:07:58AM 1 point [-]

Heartily seconded.