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Oblig... "Contra a bunch of idiots at Hacker News and elsewhere.." https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/follow-up_thoughts_on_watermarking https://daringfirebal

• frm88 2mo ago
  English Is the Finest Language, and Thus, Perhaps, More Fingerprintable Lastly, here’s an interesting point to ponder. English is the most expressive language in the world. Don’t take my word for it — it’s the only language I speak... There are 7170 living languages in the world today and quoting Borges doesn't improve the statistical relevance of his statement. Why does this person's blog get so much prominence on here?
  • browningstreet 2mo ago
    You misread the literary conceit of that section. Read the last paragraph. He didn't actually mean that assertion, but he's borrowing a lead-in from Borges. Hence, the balance of his self-admonition of speaking only one language against the fingerprint-ability of a language that borrows heavily from others.