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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
My family accepts cash and equivalents for Christmas. The past four Christmas I've sent bank transfers on the 25th. Shopping malls, ATMs and banks get just too crowded those days.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I was going to mention this same example :)
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Spanish varies a lot depending on the country, but I've noticed this: My female Spanish speaking friends use: Holi, Porfi (Hi/Please) While the male ones use Hola and Porfa (Hi/Please)
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Sometimes at home I end up with "non matching" ingredients from different cousines. Like once I cooked Arabic Maftoul/Marmahon seasoned like Korean Dangmyeon. Another day BBQ Ribs with Korean Mirim.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
> I think the written Chinese language is way more flexible than what most people think it can be. I wish I had enough time to properly learn a couple of CJK languages. I find the characters cool, and while I only know a few of them it i
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
This happens in Spanish with 'vos' pronoun conjugations. While speakers from Central and Southern South America conjugate verbs using the 'vos' pronoun, none of the keyboard apps I've used support it. And end up aut
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I'm not sure about the U.S, but in some countries, like mine, some of the legal disadvantages of marriage start automatically after cohabiting for a period of time.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Same experience here too! It's one of the first apps that I install on every new system.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I think this is why one of the older analog video formats, I can't remember if it was VHS or NTSC, used less bandwidth for blue color than for the other colors. This was not noticeable unless blue letters were recorded, which always lo
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El Salvador to offer residence and no capital gains tax to Bitcoin investors(twitter.com)
21 points by ncpa-cpl 5y ago|6 comments
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
A recent tweet by the Salvadoran president: 1. Great weather, world class surfing beaches, beach front properties for sale. 2. One of the few countries in the world with no property tax. 3. No capital gains tax for #Bitcoin, since it will b
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Not sure why, but bitcoin has already been in use in a local surf town for a couple of years now, so maybe it's the only widely known crypto in El Salvador outside the crypto community [1] [1] https://www.bitcoinbeach.com&#x
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
El Salvador has used USD as a currrency since 2001.
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El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender(cnbc.com)
458 points by ncpa-cpl 5y ago|398 comments
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
El Salvador is looking to introduce legislation that will make it the world’s first sovereign nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, alongside the U.S. dollar. In a video broadcast to Bitcoin 2021 President Nayib Bukele announced El Salva
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Requires a passport from a developed country though :( I've tried the kiosks in the U.S. and Mexico and always get sent to an officer.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
From the Recurse Center manual: If you see racism, sexism, etc. outside of RC, please don’t bring it in. For example, please don’t start a discussion about the latest offensive comment from Random Tech Person Y. Everyone who comes to RC sho
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
At work we need to speak on a day to day basis with Spanish speakers from other countries. Spanish is our native language. We share with every new hire a list of words that can be misunderstood and that they shouldnt use, and also list of w
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
That would be "Mañana en la mañana" in Spanish!
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
This happens because his/her/their are all "su" in Spanish.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
As a teenager I missed in English having a clear difference between girl friend and girlfriend or betweens boy friend and boyfriend. Spanish has very different words for amigo/novio, or amiga/novia.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I had to take an English 101 class again a couple of years ago because otherwise I would have had to pay for some extra bureaucracy to skip the class. I remember getting answers wrong on some tests like: a) How is 12:45 pm read? I said &qu
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I have the impression that I get asked less questions by immigration / customs when I dress better.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Like "Me parece" in Spanish.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I can relate to this as a Spanish speaker that used English text books in high school. Many of the advanced words in vocabulary and spelling were easy to understand and spell for us.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
In Spanish we call them "antenas parábolicas". I knew what a parabólica was as a child, but learnt the root of the word until high school math class. I had a moment in math class when I thought... "So that's why it'
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Could it be a licensing issue? Naver Maps has really good street view and very accurate maps in SK. https://map.naver.com/
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Mongolian script is unusual because of its orientation. How do UIs handle the script? For example mobile chat applications.
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by ncpa-cpl 6y ago
Or when an IT audit shows it as a missing best practice.
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by ncpa-cpl 6y ago
Same here. A couple of weeks ago I had to spend an afternoon in Wireshark to make some "smart" lightbulbs work with the corporate WiFi. One of the owners wanted to add iPhone controlled mood lighting to the office.

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