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by mchaver 13y ago
Katakana can be used for emphasis much like italics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Usage
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Here is some data on transaction types for a few countries. Page 446 shows the number (millions) of transactions for credit cards. Should give you an idea of how people are using credit cards. http://www.bis.org/publ/cp
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UK is about 30%, Australia around 28%, China around 20%. US, Japan, China, UK and Australia were topping iOS App store Revenue in Q3 2013. http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-market-q3-2013/
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This American Life is another great source of stories: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
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I would say that the title is slightly misleading. The map and article clearly say that is clinically diagnosed depression, but that is not clear from the title. By leaving out "clinically diagnosed" the title makes the article fe
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I think the Bechdel test can be viewed as a first iteration or a MVP. It builds interest and gets people talking and thinking about the test and the issue. Then it can be iterated and improved upon.
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It's definitely a flawed metric, but I doubt most metrics start out perfectly and there is nothing wrong with that. It's value is in starting a dialogue and I am sure it can be improved with iteration. Some minor issues fact-based
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I guess the Stanford Prison Experiment would be a prime example.
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I am curious if there is any research related to this idea: "Once a narrative gets rolling, people seem to just act out the part they invent for themselves inside whatever they perceive the story to be".
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Apart from a large portion of posted articles not being specifically about programming, there are many great posters here who are non-programmers such as tokenadult. Discussions and articles are not limited to programming. Moreover, the spi
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I think final glottalization is a definite possibility, but I don't think it is a huge issue for native speakers given that context and word usage will resolve it for the most part.
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The "long" and "short" used in English classes (not Linguistics) usually refers to the presence of a "silent e" and the lack of "silent e", but this terminology does not necessarily match up to a phon
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Similarly, in Mandarin Chinese the tone is generally ignored when singing. However, in Cantonese the tone is "tak[en] ... into consideration" http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2010/12/06&#
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What if the system a nation has built cannot adapt to changes and does not leave opportunities for the youth? And what if other nations do? That is one of the main motivating factors of immigration.
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Such idle distractions are quite popular world wide. It's definitely not limited to western nations. http://thesocialskinny.com/100-more-social-media-statistics-...
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Aren't you arguing against prescriptivism and not linguists (as in people with a background in Linguistics)? My background is Linguistics, Computer Science and NLP. From what I was taught, and what seems to be the norm, is linguists tend to
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Honest question, in what sort of situations is using UML diagrams beneficial? I have only used them in school, but never professionally. The most immediate use case I can think of is API, documentation for large code, etc., but lots of bad
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I have heard a lot of complaints from UK nationals not being able to bring over non-EU partners if you earn under £18,600 a year. That can be tough if you are moving from your partners country and wages are not high.
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I am thankful for my last boss. I had just got my Masters degree in Computer Science, but because I was so busy I never really had time to put together a portfolio. He found me on Reddit and asked if I could code in Python. I said yes, he h
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It seems to require 10.8 and above! Haven't gotten around to updating my OS. Regardless, just looking at the screen shot I really like the color scheme and design. If you don't mind, here is a shameless link to a simple Chrome Extension for
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This is a simple extension that I had a lot of fun making. It collects the front page items from Hacker News and http://www.reddit.com/r/programming , links to the respective comment sections and allows you to maintain a reading list of 10
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Programming News: A simple chrome extension(chrome.google.com)
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