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by merkitt 13y ago
It's possible OP didn't realize what he was proposing would have a negative impact. Rather than assuming that, we could've just said something like: "Do NOT do that! Because of {these things}. And {these other things} wi
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by merkitt 13y ago
If you're addressing mother, then it is second person. This is exactly how I would say this to my mother (translated to English of course). Some of the kids in the newer generations use the more familiar "oya".
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by merkitt 13y ago
It is in fact a great language. For one thing, our alphabet is fully phonetic. And it's even arranged in a logical grid: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sinhala.htm It's also a great language to tell jokes in
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by merkitt 13y ago
Greetings from a speaker of a linguistic oddity that doesn't have a universal form of the word "you". My native language -- Sinhalese -- has two forms: written and spoken. The written form, which has a grammar very similar
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by merkitt 13y ago
On second thought though, technology has allowed us to share our views about this topic right now. The text medium and relative anonymity has enabled us to share a lot more than we would have a hundred years ago.
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by merkitt 13y ago
Is visible light interferometry possible with multiple small reflectors in orbit?
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by merkitt 13y ago
i just visited mashape.com. i was there just in time to see the API call counter hit exactly 1,300,000,000.
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by merkitt 13y ago
Could online peer-to-peer banking replace this whole mess someday?
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by merkitt 13y ago
He's a MacGyver. I wonder what he'll build if he is unleashed on a large American junk yard.
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by merkitt 13y ago
$(1,1) = $(1,2) + $(1,3); // cell value ref: $(row, col) $('sheet1').onready(function() { }); // you get the picture the spreadsheet programming and the data grid/presentation could be made se
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Anotherfox - a tabless browser UI design(zen.lk)
2 points by merkitt 13y ago|1 comments
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How I finally (mis)understood Bitcoin(zen.lk)
5 points by merkitt 13y ago|0 comments
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by merkitt 13y ago
I just looked at this childhood drawing of yours: http://www.gabrielgambetta.com/img/1986-listado.jpg Is that BASIC CODE mixed in with bugs bunny??! Raytracer or no raytracer, this is exceedingly cool.
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by merkitt 13y ago
Sinhalese, spoken only in Sri Lanka, naturally has some of these features: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_alphabet 1. Fully phonetic 2. Syllables are formed by a logical and consistent system of vowel signs that
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by merkitt 13y ago
The real issue is that it really doesn't matter that government knows your personal data unless you've something to hide. The problem is that government does not care about one person. The data becomes a threat only in large sca
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On online surveillance and psychohistory(medium.com)
2 points by merkitt 13y ago|0 comments