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Comment on The Software Localization Paradox by Always define the language and the direction of your HTML documents, part 02: Backwards English | Aharoni in Unicode, ya mama

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:14:32 +0000

[…] bug is also an example of the Software Localization Paradox: It manifests itself when Accept-Language is not English, but most developers install English […]

Comment on Always define the language and the direction of your HTML documents, part 01 by Always define the language and the direction of your HTML documents, part 02: Backwards English | Aharoni in Unicode, ya mama

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:14:29 +0000

[…] part 01 of these series, I showed why is it important to always define the language and the direction of all HTML content and not rely on the defaults: The content may get embedded in a document with different direction […]

Comment on Marriage in Dictionaries by aharoni

aharoni — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:29:48 +0000

Yes, nothing can be set in stone with language. But a good dictionary maker is supposed to find many appearances of a word in many representative texts and write a list of definitions according to that: what that word could mean in those texts. Merriam-Webster is a good dictionary, one of the best in the world – it’s very systematic and professional, and it has convincing methods for finding representative texts and for writing clear and precise definitions. So it’s impossible to write a perfect definition of all the words, certainly not of such complicated human institutions as marriage, but you can find a compromise for defining what people meant when they used the word in existing texts. That definition should be logically and linguistically correct, first of all. Merriam-Webster’s new definition is not so logical, because it repeats itself, and that is awkward and disappointing. Yes, I do happen to support marriage equality, but here it’s a matter of the clarity and precision of definition.

Comment on Marriage in Dictionaries by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:45:10 +0000

This is like trying to define “love” in one unifying sense, which is impossible. Dictionaries and legal definitions can be thrown out the window here. Heck, not even our culture has any coherence on the subject, since everyone has their own “relative” way of using it.

Ironically words were made to have a common structure of communication to avoid this and get to the point, but by this point words like this have no solid meaning anymore. Its like liquid assets literally thrown into the ocean. Its lost all value in my book, so I never use “marriage” as a serious word, more in line with how I say “shit” and “fuck” in situations not involved with it.

Comment on The Fateful March of 1998 – my #webstory by Sumana Harihareswara

Sumana Harihareswara — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:10:36 +0000

Thank you for writing this and sharing it.

Comment on Yakutsk 2012 by Вспомнить лето: Якутск, июнь 2012

Вспомнить лето: Якутск, июнь 2012 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:30:21 +0000

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Comment on I can’t log out from Facebook by not often on fb

not often on fb — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:03:17 +0000

hi everybody, had the same problem with missing log out button and found via google this hint the other day:

open https://developers.facebook.com/?ref=pf (called “facebook developers site”) and there you can find the usual log in/out button again at right upper position

dont ask me how it works and why it works, I only followed the instructions I found myself and it was working for me

good luck, best wishes

Comment on Possible censorship of Putin and Medvedev’s names on Russian television by Links 16/12/2012: Wrapping Up 2012, Many Leftover Links | Techrights

Links 16/12/2012: Wrapping Up 2012, Many Leftover Links | Techrights — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:20:22 +0000

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Comment on Pay it Forward Soviet-style by aharoni

aharoni — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:58:40 +0000

His patronymic is Lvovich, which is frequently, though not necessarily, Jewish. And engineering is a bit of a Jewish profession. There’s also something Jewish in the hair, though it’s hard to describe.

Comment on Pay it Forward Soviet-style by nevioth

nevioth — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:48:02 +0000

That was very beautiful… But according to what is hinted the engineer being Jewish?