#practicality — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #practicality, aggregated by home.social.
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Home Gardeners Are Planting Food Instead of Flowers This Year, And Some Neighbors Say the Yards Are Starting to Look “Too Functional” https://www.allforgardening.com/1758874/home-gardeners-are-planting-food-instead-of-flowers-this-year-and-some-neighbors-say-the-yards-are-starting-to-look-too-functional/ #garden #gardener #gardening #neighbors #practicality
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
To give the public what they do not want, and yet expect to be supported: we have there a strange pretension, and yet not uncommon, above all with painters. The first duty in this world is for a man to pay his way; when that is quite accomplished, he may plunge into what eccentricity he likes; but emphatically not till then.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman Who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #art #artistry #commercialism #creativity #earnings #income #makingaliving #makingmoney #practicality #pragmatism #publicopinion #responsibility #writing
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This amused me. I have to say (as a man)I am being on record as saying that it is a crying shame I can’t get running togs and outdoor clothing from companies I would prefer to give my business to that are in bright colours.
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
To accomplish almost anything worthwhile, it is necessary to compromise between the ideal and the practical.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Quoted in Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, “How the President Works,” Harper’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 173 (1936-06)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #fdr #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #accomplish #compromise #ideal #idealism #practical #practicality #pragmatic #pragmatism #succeed #success
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Ah, the eternal quest to make #Scheme "practical"—because what the world really needs is more beta-level #libraries from someone's basement to replace perfectly good tools. 🙃 Why use robust, widely-adopted solutions when you can complicate your life with yet another #pet project that no one asked for? 🚀
https://practical-scheme.net/index.html#docs #Practicality #Beta #Projects #Developer #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Ah, an 8-minute odyssey on why #Zig is the unsung hero of #CLI #tools, because everyone knows real programmers measure #practicality in heaps and stacks. 🧐 But wait, does this mean #Rust is just a rusty relic now? 🛠️
https://dayvster.com/blog/why-zig-feels-more-practical-than-rust-for-real-world-cli-tools/ #programming #tech #discussion #HackerNews #ngated -
🎬💻 Oh sure, John! Let's all ditch our sturdy laptop bags for flimsy movie props because who needs #practicality when you can look like you're constantly filming a low-budget heist? 🙄 Just wait until it rains, and your "ultimate" bag turns into a soggy plot twist. 🌧🛍
https://blog.jgc.org/2025/09/is-movie-prop-ultimate-laptop-bag.html #laptopbags #movieprops #fashionfail #soggyplotwist #HackerNews #ngated -
A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
It is not possible to lay down an inflexible rule as to when compromise is right and when wrong; when it is a sign of the highest statesmanship to temporize, and when it is merely a proof of weakness. Now and then one can stand uncompromisingly for a naked principle and force people up to it. This is always the attractive course; but in certain great crises it may be a very wrong course. Compromise, in the proper sense, merely means agreement; in the proper sense opportunism should merely mean doing the best possible with actual conditions as they exist.
A compromise which results in a half-step toward evil is all wrong, just as the opportunist who saves himself for the moment by adopting a policy which is fraught with future disaster is all wrong; but no less wrong is the attitude of those who will not come to an agreement through which, or will not follow the course by which, it is alone possible to accomplish practical results for good.Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #accomplishment #possibility #brightline #compromise #goodandevil #longterm #mutualagreement #necessaryevil #opportunist #practicality #pragmatism #principle #shortterm #temporization
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #cynicism #effectiveness #efficiency #idealism #practicality #pragmatism #progress #reform #righteousness #selfinterest #selfrighteousness
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #accomplishment #evildoing #expediency #necessaryevil #optimization #practicality #pragmatism #wrongdoing
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There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1738 ed.)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/75…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #BenjaminFranklin #assets #dog #faithfulness #friends #liquidity #money #practicality #reliability #spouse #wife
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🎉 Oh look, another article where someone writes a thesis on how they *totally* could have caught a #backdoor using their favorite niche OS—because #hindsight is 20/20 and #NixOS is the new superhero cape. 🦸♂️🔍 Meanwhile, the rest of the world continues using xz obliviously, because who needs practical #solutions when you have #theoretical ones? 🙄
https://luj.fr/blog/how-nixos-could-have-detected-xz.html #Practicality #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance a palace or temple on the earth, and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed of them.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Journal (1852-07-14)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #thoreau #aging #ambition #aspirations #dreams #gettingold #grandiosity #growingold #maturity #meme #middleage #practicality #pragmatism #youth
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And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Gulliver's Travels, Part 2 "Voyage to Brobdingnab," ch. 7 (1726)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/swift-jonathan/10901…
#quote #quotes #quotation #advancement #agriculture #farmer #farming #food #politician #politics #practicality #progress #service #science
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A quotation from Taylor, Barbara Brown:
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Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.
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https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/48373/#quote #quotes #quotation #action #evaluation #knowledge #practicality #practice #pragmatism #wisdom
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ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN On Lineup Changes: 'There's This Romantic Idea That Musicians Have To Stay Together Forever'#Accept #WolfHoffmann #BandLineup #Musicians #Practicality #Realistic
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#LilNasX #runs #NYC #HalfMarathon in #Coach #hightop #sneakers after failing to secure appropriate #shoes
The singer went for #style over #practicality during the #NewYorkCity Half #Marathon on Sunday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Sports #Running #Representation #Culture
https://pagesix.com/2024/03/18/style/lil-nas-x-runs-nyc-half-marathon-in-coach-high-top-sneakers/
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As a person in the world who has to find real information the enshittifcation of the Internet is a real problem. As a Situationist, a Discordian, An Agent of Chaos, I find the potential for confusion and disorientation delightful. It's quite the conundrum.
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A quotation from Curie, Marie:
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I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.
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https://wist.info/curie-marie/64322/#quote #quotes #quotation #clothing #decoration #dress #practicality #style #wedding
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@alf My dream #headphone would be a simple construction, avoiding plastic, glue and leather in favor of #aluminum, #wood, #alcantara and if it'd make sense maybe some #carbonfiber or #fiberglass to keep it #lightweight.
Any headphone that goes in that direction is immediately targeting a very wealthy audience though. 😝️
However, I do not long for #luxury. I am looking for #practicality, #durability, #repairability, #sustainability (and admittedly a bit of #beauty too). 🫣️🤓️ -
CW: CW: Silly rant about gatekeeping bicyclists
I don't use a kickstand, but the amount of hate that people get over at #Reddit's /r/bicycling when people ask about kickstands is ridiculous.
"i PaID a MiLlIoN dOlLaRs FoR a BiKe ThAt Is OnE oUnCe LiGhTeR aNd NoW yOu hAvE tHe AuDaCiTy To AdD wEiGhT tO YoUr BiKe To MaKe It MoRe PrAcTiCaL???!!1!? I hAtE yOu NoW!!!!!1! ZOMG"
#Bike #BikeTooter #Bicycling #Kickstands #Rant #Snooty #Exclusion #Exclusionary #Kickstand #Practicality #Utility #Utilitarian
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A. J. Anderson, referring to a technique for manipulating a glass-plate negative, in The Artistic Side of Photography in Theory and Practice (NY, 1911), page 67
#photography #photohistory #science #accuracy #practicality #pictorialism
