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Re:A former Uber engineer's disaster story by ehmmmmmmmm on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:07PM (#25379435)
That's why I call idioms idiots. If you have to learn idioms, it's an idiotic thing.
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Re:A former Uber engineer's disaster story by ineedasername on Thursday December 10, 2020 @09:58PM (#25381758)
There is no language where full expression is possible without use of idioms that don't have direct translations in every other language.
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Re:A former Uber engineer's disaster story by microtherion on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:37PM (#25379745)
What do you propose as an alternative?
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