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> ("ctrl-g" for "bold" - "grossir"). Just nitpicking, but "g" stands for "gras", a literal translation of "bold" in the context of typography. > I remember so
by southerntofu 5y ago
> ("ctrl-g" for "bold" - "grossir").
Just nitpicking, but "g" stands for "gras", a literal translation of "bold" in the context of typography.
> I remember some HN user from Switzerland saying that IIRC either his IP is being moved around in geoIP databases between Swiss regions
And that's why assigning users to specific services/servers/translations depending on IP is the worst kind of evil. Please let us choose the language consciously in a menu, or respect our browser settings: whatever our shit ISPs are doing behind the scenes should not impact our browsing, and no, IP addresses don't have a "country" and the simple fact that you need to use 3rd party databases (geoIP etc) is proof of that and just how stupid the whole concept is.
- occamrazor 5y agoNitpicking your nitpick: “gras” means “fat” and, only in a typographical context, “bold”.
- mananaysiempre 5y ago> no, IP addresses don't have a "country" But, but, IP ranges have a “country” field in the RIPE database! [Just pointing out it’s a mostly-right (aka subtly-wrong) solution that seems like a really good and straightforward idea at first (sufficiently ignorant) glance.]