Re:Ask HN: Can you discuss CS in your native language?
by phkahler on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:50PM
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>> "Download", for example, is literally translated to a word that doubles as taking something down via a crane
As an only English speaker, I dont see any problem with that or understand why it would be funny. To transfer a pile of material down to the ground via crane seems like a good metaphor for transferring a pile of data down from the cloud.
As an only English speaker, I dont see any problem with that or understand why it would be funny. To transfer a pile of material down to the ground via crane seems like a good metaphor for transferring a pile of data down from the cloud.