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It's pretty clearly not a native English speaker

by sdwr 11mo ago

tharne 11mo ago
That's fine; I wasn't referring to the academic quality the grammar. It's the ideas themselves that are muddled and unclear. Proficiency in given language and the ability to express oneself clearly are not as related as we typically think they are. I know plenty of folks with poor English who are nonetheless very clear and concise when it comes to expressing their thoughts in English. I also know many native English speakers who, despite being proficient in the language, cannot express a lot their ideas clearly or concisely.
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- Nightloaf 11mo ago
  The ideas seem fairly clear to me. They're working on projects that are much more complex than what they were able to approach before, and they're able to dive into topics that were previously out of reach because of AI assistance. The grammar may not be perfect, but the point is understandable. If you want to give feedback, the Hacker News guidelines encourage responding to the strongest interpretation of someone's argument. Instead of criticizing the way something is written, you could rewrite it in a clearer form to demonstrate what you mean. That way it's constructive, and they have something to learn from. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - tharne 11mo ago
    > The ideas seem fairly clear to me. >> My brain is exploding of complexity every time So very clear :)
kjkjadksj 11mo ago
What language has a space preceding commas?
- xanderlewis 11mo ago
  ...good question. This (standard) excuse is designed to make you feel bad for potentially insulting someone trying their hardest, but it doesn't make any sense.
- rekado 11mo ago
  Chinese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_punctuation Chinese uses different symbols for punctuation and the comma in particular is surrounded by padding.

It's pretty clearly not a native English speaker

by sdwr 11mo ago

It's pretty clearly not a native English speaker

tharne 11mo ago

That's fine; I wasn't referring to the academic quality the grammar. It's the ideas themselves that are muddled and unclear. Proficiency in given language and the ability to express oneself clearly are not as related as we typically think they are. I know plenty of folks with poor English who are nonetheless very clear and concise when it comes to expressing their thoughts in English. I also know many native English speakers who, despite being proficient in the language, cannot express a lot their ideas clearly or concisely.

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Nightloaf 11mo ago
The ideas seem fairly clear to me. They're working on projects that are much more complex than what they were able to approach before, and they're able to dive into topics that were previously out of reach because of AI assistance. The grammar may not be perfect, but the point is understandable. If you want to give feedback, the Hacker News guidelines encourage responding to the strongest interpretation of someone's argument. Instead of criticizing the way something is written, you could rewrite it in a clearer form to demonstrate what you mean. That way it's constructive, and they have something to learn from. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- tharne 11mo ago
  > The ideas seem fairly clear to me. >> My brain is exploding of complexity every time So very clear :)

kjkjadksj 11mo ago

What language has a space preceding commas?

xanderlewis 11mo ago
...good question. This (standard) excuse is designed to make you feel bad for potentially insulting someone trying their hardest, but it doesn't make any sense.
rekado 11mo ago
Chinese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_punctuation Chinese uses different symbols for punctuation and the comma in particular is surrounded by padding.