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Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by Nition on Monday January 13, 2020 @03:09PM (#22038075)
Google Translate on this fails almost completely but somehow turns it into a critique on the Internet Of Things:

Thirty spokes, there is a hub. When it is free, it is used for cars. I think it is a device, when it is free, it is used for devices. Profit, useless.

Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by tartoran on Monday January 13, 2020 @03:21PM (#22038187)
I get something like this from google translate: Thirty spokes, a total of one hub, when it is not available, there is a car. I think that when there is no device, there is a use for it. The chisel owner thinks that when there is no room, there is room. Therefore, it is good to use it, but not to use it. "
Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by Nition on Monday January 13, 2020 @03:36PM (#22038289)
Interesting that we get different results. Google's AI-based translation can get a little crazy sometimes[1] but I would have still expected everyone to get the same result for the same thing.

Proof of mine: https://i.imgur.com/hb428NI.png

[1] DECEARING EGG comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-rfBsWmo0M

Edit: As someone else has now mentioned, it's the difference between leaving the quotes(「 and 」) on the ends or not. So it is just the translate AI being weird as usual.

Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by red75prime on Monday January 13, 2020 @04:47PM (#22039053)
I've got your translation variant for the text without quotes (「...」). Does the translation have a peculiar rhythm to it, or I'm imagining things?
Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by dorusr on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:22AM (#22042852)
Sounds like this quote (posted elsewhere in this thread):

Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;

It is the center hole that makes it useful.

Shape clay into a vessel;

It is the space within that makes it useful.

Cut doors and windows for a room;

It is the holes which make it useful.

Therefore profit comes from what is there;

Usefulness from what is not there.

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu - chapter 11

Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by Nition on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:32PM (#22058157)
It's that same quote translated by Google instead of by a human.
Re:Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40... by beamatronic on Monday January 13, 2020 @07:59PM (#22040674)
I got this one:

"Thirty spokes, there is a hub. When it is free, it is used for cars. I think it is a device, when it is free, it is used for devices. Profit, useless. "