CrystalLangUser

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by CrystalLangUser 7y ago
That has nothing to do with manifest destiny or even the average American. People are almost completely unaware of how many bases we have abroad, etc. You are trying to paint a portrait of Americans in general that is flagrantly false.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
They're still collecting that data regardless. I would rather use DDG for that purpose alone.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
I’ve been using Zoho’s workplace for over a year now, no complaints. I use Thunderbird on Arch/Windows 10, Airmail on OSX, and Outlook on iOS. I just got it for email hosting at $3/mo, but they provide a host of other tools aimed
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
No, but that at least would be interesting, since it would be playing using the same mechanics as a human, and with the same limitations (of the camera, etc). Not using an API.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Because ~200ms reaction time isn't exactly accurate when people are comparing focus on one action versus focusing on many things at once. Reaction time is going to be delayed then for humans (unless they happen to be expecting it at th
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
That doesn't account for focusing on other things. There are a multitude of things to take into account while playing dota that can pull your attention; you can't always directly focus on your character in expectation of a blink i
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
What citations do you want me to provide? This is purely theoretical discussion. Do I need to cite that after millennia, we still have different languages? Do I really to dig up some academic paper to acknowledge that humans find it hard to
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
This never will happen. People will never agree to upending their culture and language, even in supposed interests of humanity. [Whether this would actually work is arguable]. > You can preserve culture and language, while simultaneous
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
With phonetic systems like Japanese and Korean, terms like this regularly get represented as-is in the script. Sometimes they don't get translated, as you can see plenty of jargon in this Korean wiki page on C++. [0] One example is &#x
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
> perversions that it's still acceptable to demonize, namely pedophilia. The wording here implies that we shouldn't be demonizing things like pedophilia, or that somehow, we needed Puritanism to realize that we ought to be demo
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
It's easy to run your own instance. Mastodon provides a docker image, provided you have a server or VPS that can handle its asset compilation. I think you can get by with 2gb minimum. You can filter any instances that you don't wa
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
It depends on where you look and who you follow. Swifter.at became a refuge for sex workers and is one of the larger instances. However, you can filter instances, and/or sign up on an instance that blocks switter users. There is activi
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Good thing Crystal based its syntax off of Ruby then. And it's statically typed, thank god . I do professional work in Ruby currently, but Crystal is just so much more pleasant to work with.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
I've run into this myself, so I'm working on creating an instance that's a bit more geared towards engineering / tech discussion. It's nyquist.space [1] if you're interested. It's not hosted on Mastodon bu
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Mastodon.social has over 150k users, and there are other large non-Japanese instances. [1] After the SESTA / FOSTA bills, switter.at also became a huge instance for sex workers. The instance banning thing is a huge problem and it’s not
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Certainly not at you, but at the comment you replied to and a lot of comments whenever linguistics-related topics come up here.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
That is not in any shape or fashion how languages are made. Language will never be logical, because humans are not logical.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
> spelling words in such pointless ways Define "pointless". Each word has its own etymology, and if we're going to be honest here, the different spellings aren't _that_ complicated. Take it up with English's ance
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Something that HN readers often don't understand is that being an engineer or having advanced understanding of a field does not equate having an understanding of linguistics, despite being a native speaker of a language. Merely strikin
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
People keep on misusing "brutalist". This isn't brutalist whatsoever, it's anti-design. [1] [1]: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/brutalism-antidesign/
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Networking. In Meatspace, not on the internet. I got a client from attending my local monthly meetup group, and I got emailed today about work from someone I met at a local conference (and who goes to the local meetup also). I don't ha
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
The title of this should really be the tagline of the linked article: The idea of “cultural appropriation” is a silly, harmful concept. Bin it
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
You don't need to revert your commits if you made them on the wrong branch. [1] Additionally, you don't need to do anything other than forking the repo on Github. [2] Git is a bit clunky, but it's also really powerful. It&#x2
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
You can see it on their gitlab instance. [1] Mastodon and Pleroma are both part of the Fediverse [2]. They work with any software that works with OStatus and the newer ActivityPub. This includes things like GNUSocial, etc. Mastodon doesn&#x
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
So currently, choosing Mastodon vs Pleroma boils down to what you care more about: performance/less complexity, or more features/maturity. Mastodon is really nice, but it's fairly intensive. Precompiling the rails/webpac
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
I just find it strange how developer-hostile twitter is, considering the community it once fostered. If you want to move with your feet, Mastodon [1] is rapidly growing in popularity, and it's completely open source [2]. Disclaimer: I
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
The commenter above has a point. For someone who doesn’t know what mastodon is, your comment is indistinguishable from link spam. It's not "regurgitating info", if no one ever visits the link because you didn't provide
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Why? Why would some random blog be held at the same standard at all as a newspaper?
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
Mastodon with docker isn’t that bad. Pleroma is a lot easier, though.
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by CrystalLangUser 8y ago
It’d still likely represent you better than a regular politician.

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