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Other languages also have this exact same quirk, like Spanish[1] or Portuguese[2]. [1] https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nombre_colectivo [2] https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substant…

I know this comment will sound a bit unrelated to the main topic but reading this made this thought pop up in my mind and I thought it would make sense to share it. This comment is…

Agreed. I wouldn't buy anything larger. My Kindle fits perfectly in my coats' inner pockets and also in my backpack's otherwise unused CD pocket.

Google Closure Library does this in goog.structs.Set with an interesting generic solution. A string key for the underlying map is generated based on the data type of the element be…

"... but instead are able to write code that modifies code and generates code as easily as if you were writing the original code in the first place: the comparison to Ruby is there…

> Simple test: if there were more comments like this, would HN be a better place? If yes, upvote. If no, downvote. If indifferent/not sure, move on to next comment. I agree with yo…

"He should be called by his tribal name ..." And what is his tribal name? Remember that he is the last survivor of an uncontacted tribe. We would need to contact him in order to kn…

In Brazil, the word we commonly use to refer to the native inhabitants is "índio". When we refer to someone who is born in India, the word is "indiano". Both words translate to "In…

"Would you rather spend 6 months hacking together a product just so you don't offend 10 people?" Probably not, if by "offend" you mean "market research", but that is not what I'm t…

I find this would not be a fair approach, even if you do not really collect any data from the form. Would you tell them "This product is no longer available for sale" when it never…

"... but anyone ever leave the software world to do something unrelated?" Yes, however I don't know how large the number of people who leave programming related jobs is. It would b…

"... but it's not a Lisp ..." It is. "... pure Lisp ..." There is no such a thing as "pure Lisp". Lisp is not a programming language, it's a family of programming languages that sh…

"If every college let everyone in, it would be worthless." I think that HN, while not a college, might be a counterexample for this idea. Here everyone can join and communicate, an…

I don't know, but apart from that there are other benefits which are still valid. And I wonder if the yellow light would be necessary at all.

I think the main problem is that the title is misleading, even if another name were used. What does "Zed's Dead, Baby. Zed's Dead" inform that is related to ZFS? Does it somehow at…