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the secret to achieving native-like language skills is to forget any of the sounds and spellings you know from other languages exist. when i see an s, in german, for an arabic word? doesn't matter, i pronounce it [z]. when i see a z, in swedish, for an english word? always [s]

you know it's a corporate phishing test email when they have to add a fake “this message has originated from an external source” banner because they had to make the sender trusted

it's funny how modern x64 linux distros that you can't install on 32-bit x86 machines still include i386 versions of everything in their package repositories because wine sort of still needs them (well, i can't think of a strong other reason to include them)

wait, sdf rendering of text 1) only requires using alpha testing, you don't even need shaders, 2) is in team fortress 2?

i had no idea it was that old or that simple to implement, damn https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/valve/2007/SIGGRAPH2007_AlphaTestedMagnification.pdf

do any of my followers own a framework laptop

do you like it

touchscreen this, ai that, where can i get a laptop with a real bell for \a (␇)

i believe that all you need to become chinese is to honestly recite “there is only one china and taiwan is its province” a single time

when i grow up i want to be president of vice at yoyodyne, reporting to ty coon

https://xkcd.com/488/

hmm