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by wowoc 14y ago
What about copyrights?
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by wowoc 14y ago
All these esteemed people must be such individualists. They all use Macs.
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by wowoc 14y ago
Poland was under Russian and German occupation then. Well, your argument is invalid. If you had read the first three paragraphs of the Wikipedia article, you would have known how wrong you are. Marie Skłodowska-Curie has always acknowledged
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by wowoc 14y ago
Why do people always omit the "Skłodowska" part? She has used her maiden name through all her life and always identified with her Polish origins, so it might be a little bit disrespectful. There simply are too many signs that she would want
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by wowoc 14y ago
I actually find it very illustrative. It is a way of saying that something is just what it is, and we can't really say why. It is both succinct and rooted in culture, thus rather easily understandable. Using such metaphor is similar to writ
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by wowoc 14y ago
This is NICE. Really. If only it had more titles... Also, think about foreign, not-yet-translated-to-English books. For example, there are fabulous SF books in Polish (not just by Lem, and not just SF, actually...) which should be there.
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by wowoc 14y ago
Canada and Australia are poor examples. Their cultures were developed in a totally different place, and only implanted to where they are now.
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by wowoc 14y ago
Just two cents: 1) It shows no differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3. It's not a good sign. 2) I would put shitloads of banners everywhere saying that you're using this site at your own risk.
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by wowoc 14y ago
Is it possible to do a startup there for someone not knowing German?
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by wowoc 14y ago
GNU/Linux has drivers, but they are distributed as a binary blob compiled against a specific version of kernel.
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by wowoc 14y ago
Endorphins. It's strange that your body doesn't produce them.
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by wowoc 14y ago
If it ever gets popular, it will happen _despite_ its name. Googgling it would be a flicking nightmare. Or change the name now, before it spreads.
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by wowoc 14y ago
TBH I wasn't even sure what Ukulele is, and had to check on Google Images if it's possible to use the word "play" when referring to it.
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by wowoc 14y ago
I'm sorry to write that, but I think that you're being a little bit douchy. You have a way of thinking parallel to these celebrities demanding exclusive access to shops and shit. I am a genius Ukulele player, and if you ever read Ukulele Mo
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by wowoc 14y ago
Nope, that would be Larry Wall.
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by wowoc 15y ago
Yeah, I'd say the tortoises are the tortoises of the animal kingdom.
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by wowoc 15y ago
Memorizing arbitrary words is a good proxy for learning new languages, where the hardest part is actually memorizing arbitrary words.