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It is there another alternative to Skype that is peer-to-peer, has encryption and works on Linux?

Native speakers seem to do fine. Learning a language while growing up, having the Hiragana as a helper, while all your media is written in Japanese makes everything easier. When th…

Korean didn't work at all under the imported Chinese system. Japanese also had problems but they solved inventing the Hiragana, a syllabary system. Both languages chose different s…

Sometimes I wonder if all these people that criticize or that think that a Latin alphabet can be adapted seamlessly to all languages have tried to study past a beginner level any l…

It doesn't work due to the insane amount of homophones. When you are speaking with someone you have context and you can discern the meaning of what it's said. But random words or t…

Seems nice but is only for Mac OS X. Is there an alternative for Linux or Windows?

I suppose everyone here is already on a list anyway. Everyone who leaves a criticism for the NSA. Everyone who up votes this conversation and other similar ones. Everyone who contr…

The rating methodology is absurd. Just looked at the Science and Technology ranking: - Rating includes noble prizes which span more than a hundred years. - Ukraine, Bulgaria and Bo…

That could be considered as discrimination against big tall men(not overweight). Another thing is luggage.

Beware of those who would control your access to information, for in their hearts they dream themselves your master.

The problem is that by the end of 2015 the situation in Spain could improve(I really don't see that happening and if it happens is because the improvement in Europe is dragging Spa…

I really don't understand the electorate in Spain. Just looking at how the two main parties took 75% of the vote in 2011 (down from 83%). And it doesn't look like it's going to cha…

The book called "Amusing ourselves to death" by Stuart McMillen addresses this question. Really recommend it. http://zorzap.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/huxley-orwell.gif