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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Overly formal language could appear stilted, and I’d be happy with

    • spelling
    • that/which success
    • adverbs other than ‘literally’
    • no clique jargon like ‘mid’ and ‘cap’ and ‘fetch’

    We can argue style all day, but I’d love a baseline and the organization like the French have for their language. This ‘usage dictates form’ idea, where vapid influencers can dictate the evolution of the language through weaponized followers, is ridiculous.


  • The distinction is, ESL people are taught English and then graded on it. If they don’t know their “who” from “whom” and “that”, then they fail. Unlike native speakers a s writers, they’ve proved they can write in English and be proud of it.

    When I was fluent in French, I was pleased at my work and it made me proud. I’m 20 years lapsed and I absolutely struggle at the French in Shoresy when I should know it.



  • Ironically, almost, when they finally released a phone model with an excellent micro touchpad to replace the e-clit, they also cheaped-out on the keyboard and ruined that. It was love with that new touchpad until the corner of the keyboard fell in - it always did - and then it was pure hate.

    If they could have stopped trying to chase apple and just focused on an ever-stronger private phone with a good keypad, they could have kept their security tight, avoided the 'sploit and differentiated on that.

    They still could - they’re still burning the bank slowly - but I don’t know whether that’s sexy enough to win them investors. Hard to have AI and security.