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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 {th…

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 generation…

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 gre…

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 writ…

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…

Is visible light interferometry possible with multiple small reflectors in orbit?

i just visited mashape.com. i was there just in time to see the API call counter hit exactly 1,300,000,000.

Could online peer-to-peer banking replace this whole mess someday?

He's a MacGyver. I wonder what he'll build if he is unleashed on a large American junk yard.

$(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 coul…

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…

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 …

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 per…