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Re:Where have all the hackers gone? by jll29 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @01:01PM (#35990899)
I would say the fact that he had the drive to quickly learn Chinese and then went to China and actually gave a talk in Chinese suggests he has higher than average mental aptitude.
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Re:Where have all the hackers gone? by margalabargala on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:05AM (#36002824)
He studied Chinese daily for four years prior to giving that talk.

Studying a language daily for four years suggests determination and willpower, yes.

But I would expect most people who have studied a language daily for four years to be able to give a talk in that language if they needed to and knew ahead of time. I'm not sure that's a non-average learning time.

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