amake

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by amake 11y ago
> Those notifications were quite sporadic though and don't bother me in the least. It probably depends on who you follow and how connected they are. I get these notifications sometimes multiple times a day.
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by amake 11y ago
> English did not won. Apparently not.
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by amake 11y ago
A lovely article. I highly recommend this ebook on Vietnamese typography for anyone interested in learning more about the modern writing system: https://vietnamesetypography.com/
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by amake 11y ago
"Everyday" is an adjective meaning "commonplace, ordinary, common", etc. I think you mean "Write Code Every Day".
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by amake 11y ago
> I read too quickly and could have sworn there was another stroke there originally Funny how the meaning ended up basically the same either way. I'm reminded of a situation where I made a similar mistake (misread one character for
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by amake 11y ago
> This includes Japan, which I believe a large majority of their signs are written in simplified version of kanji. Japanese simplification has some overlap with Chinese, but overall they are not the same, and the simplification was defin
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by amake 11y ago
An interesting article. I am very glad for the recent flourishing of CJK fonts, both paid and free (see e.g. Noto fonts including Noto CJK[1]) Some feedback: > Here an Arphic edit suggests aligning the bottom of the character 磋 with its
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by amake 11y ago
I said "What the Chinese think about pinyin is not relevant" in response to thaumasiotes's comment that "The chinese don't worry too much about pinyin." Clearly thaumasiotes is talking about your average Chines
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by amake 11y ago
That is because you happen to be ignorant of all but the most notable thing that could be either "xi'an" or "xian". Others are not limited by the extent of your knowledge.
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by amake 11y ago
Because in Chinese morphology "xi'an" is two distinct syllables, while "xian" is a single syllable. In Hanyu Pinyin (the modern Chinese transliteration standard) this distinction is made with an apostrophe. What Eng
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by amake 11y ago
> In English "Xian" unambiguously refers to the city in question That's just the thing: It does not.
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by amake 11y ago
What the Chinese think about pinyin is not relevant, nor is Chinese-language orthography. We are clearly communicating in English, and in English the correct orthography for the city in question is "Xi'an". This is important
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by amake 11y ago
Pet peeve: "Xian" is an entirely different thing from "Xi'an", which is the correct orthography for the city referred to in the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi'an
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by amake 11y ago
> religious texts can be twisted to support just about any position ...which is exactly why I said we should reject irrational beliefs.
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by amake 11y ago
If you accept all of the other irrational tenets of the religion, then why not accept the idea that god wants you to bomb children? And if you believe that's really what god wants, then who are you to refuse?
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by amake 11y ago
> we are against their so called Islamic state, and against their retarded, barbaric version of Islam. The problem with irrational belief systems is that you have no rational basis for calling one version legit and one version "barb
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by amake 11y ago
Only if you are capable of deciphering that gibberish into the actual word, kumo no su (クモの巣).
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by amake 11y ago
You no longer need a paid developer account to deploy apps from source to a physical device.
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by amake 11y ago
https://www.google.com/get/noto/
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by amake 11y ago
It doesn't even mean that on iOS since the advent of the iPhone 6 Plus.
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by amake 11y ago
I think most people would say that "viable only with massive medical intervention" is not what they mean by "viable" in this context.
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by amake 11y ago
Cool story, bro. What's your point?
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by amake 11y ago
early life isn't significant enough to protect at that stage of development The usual condition as I understand it is that it must be a "viable human life" to merit protection. All sorts of things can go wrong, such a
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by amake 11y ago
"Life" vs "(viable) human life". Not the same thing.
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by amake 11y ago
Oh please. Define "(family) values" and what would constitute a "drop" in them. Even if you are able to do so, you are mistaken 1. that people currently share your so-called values, and 2. that you have any business iden
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by amake 11y ago
The point was that "unrelentless" is not a word, and even if it was, it would mean the opposite of the intended meaning.
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by amake 11y ago
The last few versions of OS X have been free if you have 10.6 or higher. The last hardware that was dropped from support was sold between 2007 and early 2008.
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by amake 12y ago
As an American who's spent the last ~10 years in Japan, the American idea of pan-Asian cultural/racial identity now feels extremely foreign to me.
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by amake 12y ago
I disagree. As a user of both platforms, iOS's privacy settings are clearer (each permission is requested separately) and more granular (not all-or-nothing). I do not read through the massive list of permissions every app requires when
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by amake 12y ago
You really think anyone looks at that, much less OP's father?

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