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Honestly though, what killed these people was a stupidity - surely if someone says something this nasty where there's an obvious ambiguity in the language, stab
by antihero 11y ago
Honestly though, what killed these people was a stupidity - surely if someone says something this nasty where there's an obvious ambiguity in the language, stabbing them over it without asking first is just ridiculous behaviour.
- themartorana 11y agoYeah, blaming this one on a weird character in text is a stretch. I'm not sure "honor killings" rank on the list of why double-checking localized fonts on devices is important. The article does acknowledge you shouldn't kill someone until you investigate a possible misunderstanding...
- harperlee 11y agoCompletely agree. My language (spanish) has also accents (tildes) and tildes (virgulilla) and two dots (diéreses). But when texting, people don't always write them, so when an ambiguity arises you notice. They were also clearly having a fight through the phone, so even more reason for not having a completely correct text composed. More to the point, they ended up dead because they were already quite upset and were sufficiently violent people to reach that point, so also not localization's fault!
- serve_yay 11y agoSure. And the bug should also be fixed. Pretty much everyone here is changing the subject, so to speak, which I find telling in itself.
- Retra 11y agoTelling of what, exactly?