Dewie2

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by Dewie2 11y ago
Since you're so interested in my activity here[1], you may notice that my very first, apparently terrible and flame-inducing post was about me pointing out that an article spelled someone's name wrong[2], modulo transliteration. N
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by Dewie2 11y ago
Because "guys" is gender discrimination? Give me a break. Might as well call ~everyone who speaks the Spanish language massive sexists while you're at it. I guess it is if you're oversensitive to everything that might be
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by Dewie2 11y ago
First it was dry and boring, and then someone mentioned "poop" and then the same subject was hilarious! I don't get it...
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by Dewie2 11y ago
> > , but I staunchly refuse to edit code with any tool that requires using a mouse. Like Acme.
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by Dewie2 11y ago
Thank you for mentioning this. It's frustrating that every time someone complains about Go's error-handling style, the first assumption is that the complainer then necessarily has to prefer exceptions. In truth, errors-as-values a
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by Dewie2 11y ago
Thanks for you reasonable reply. > Whether, in the age of Unicode, it _should_ be, is another question. Characters like this aren't so exotic that the relatively new prolifeteration of the Unicode standards have made them possible
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by Dewie2 11y ago
I'm surprised that this turned out to be such a vile thing to bring up, judging by how it has been recieved. I always had the impression that places like HN were quick to point out linguistic and grammatical issues, even when they migh
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by Dewie2 11y ago
> Yes. This is common all over the place. Nobody really cares. > Source: I'm Norwegian. As you've probably guessed, as am I. So then we have two apparent Norwegians (me and uer haakon) who cares. So maybe "somebody care
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by Dewie2 11y ago
> Usually you can quickly deduce what the missing part would be. Maybe it’s something like You, sadly, always know what to do when she’s holding a dog on her Tinder and you’re like, “cute dog.” Or maybe the full sentence that emerges in
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by Dewie2 11y ago
> I simply tried (and failed, it seems) to say that they are generally considered to be equivalent, Do you think I have a hard time understanding that the intent in this case is to use "aa" as a substitute for "å"? Le
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by Dewie2 11y ago
I guess you're right about their use in words in general. I'm not sure you're right about their use in names in particular. Firstly, people and places are still named with "aa" rather than "å". They aren&#
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by Dewie2 11y ago
His last name is wrong; it's "Knausgård".