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by marktani 3y ago
Had a fun conversation about language learning with an American friend who's learning German. She asked me what "walkable" is in German. Then it hit me, we don't have this word because in Germany this concept is unknown
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by marktani 3y ago
As a non-native speaker, I don't understand the exact meaning of being whiplashed in this comment. Online translators only point to the direct translation of someone being hit with a whip. In here, does whiplashed mean something like
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by marktani 3y ago
I also think in an (enterprise) company context, the sum of all those little things matters more. Corporates need out of the box integrations and processes, built-in auditing etc., and it seems that Zoom catered to those needs well.
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by marktani 3y ago
tangent, this is the fifth time very recently I've seen the word "entshittifaction" on HN, and it's always quoted as well. It reminds me of the German word Entnazifizierung ("de-nazi-fication"), which was relev
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by marktani 3y ago
That a specific ceramic pot survives is very unlikely, but some surviving it of a huge group less so. I guess you also have some cups left in your cupboard! This of course is the statistical view point. On another level, seeing artifacts su
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by marktani 3y ago
I swear I read this phrase a while ago in a funny HN thread.. can't seem to find it anymore
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by marktani 3y ago
parent replied to grandparent's statement that Zig is the only language trying to be a better C
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by marktani 3y ago
And now Minsc and Jaheira are coming into play... I couldn't be happier
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by marktani 3y ago
The live broadcast at https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561198810986181 shows what I assume are two devs who're having fun right now. The displayed gameplay looks absolutely incredible, they are in
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by marktani 3y ago
Thanks for staying constructive and on topic. Super interesting tool and amazing video! Is Sweep also taking in suggestions and then incorporates them with follow-up commits to the PR?
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by marktani 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats
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by marktani 3y ago
for every difference there is one magnitude such that the difference is one order of the same /s
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by marktani 3y ago
haha it was funny to read your comment. I was wondering where the connection was! Thanks for the edit
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by marktani 4y ago
I wonder if there is a way to let users generate this one-page demo themselves dynamically, rather than via a manual interaction by you. what's to say you won't add specific optimizations by hand now that aren't included in t
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by marktani 4y ago
As they describe, they literally cannot unsubscribe though, so from that perspective marking it as spam is totally legit I see your overall argument, however this dilemma is ultimately caused by PayPal's ruthless/unpredictable ban
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by marktani 4y ago
I'm interested too, in particular because English translations of Persian poetry is sometimes closer to hallucination than translation. Admittedly it's a tough challenge though.
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by marktani 4y ago
Not sure how involved pg was with this post as its stated author Garry Tan
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Asking the Unasked Questions(nilan.substack.com)
3 points by marktani 4y ago|0 comments
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by marktani 4y ago
> I am like the Statue of Liberty: I accept everyone, even the wretched and the huddled and people who enjoy Haskell. The text is so amusing, I enjoyed it even though the typesetting is hard to parse. That says a lot :)
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by marktani 4y ago
what's an Easel?
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Avoiding the trap of shallow problem fixing(nilan.substack.com)
2 points by marktani 4y ago|0 comments
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by marktani 4y ago
what's your answer to 2? I feel it's hard to fake convincing answers to these kind of "getting things done in the real world" questions.
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A Christmas Eve Adventure(nilan.substack.com)
1 points by marktani 4y ago|0 comments
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by marktani 4y ago
best moderator, thanks dang!!
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by marktani 4y ago
from the article: > I call the tokens like :en or :ja "sigils"; their position on the line doesn't matter, just their presence.
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by marktani 5y ago
what is an hour of reward? I understand reward in terms of some form of a joyful/insightful/... experience, not in terms of time
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by marktani 5y ago
may I ask why you would stop maintaining it in this case? aren't you then limiting yourself in your self-expression?
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by marktani 6y ago
In German it's literally "travel pass"
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Google Play Music to shut down starting in September, will disappear by December(techcrunch.com)
7 points by marktani 6y ago|1 comments
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by marktani 6y ago
> It is difficult to convey just how many amazing writers, journalists, and think-tankers—some young and some old, some relatively obscure and others very famous—have privately told me that they can no longer write in their own voices; t

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