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Was your mother a late bilingual? From this paper [1], we know that for late bilinguals, regions for each language are spatially separated in Broca's area. Broca's area is responsible for speaking, while language understanding is attributed to Wernicke's area*. It's possible that the stroke affected only the part of the Broca's region responsible for English speaking. And since language understanding is handled by another region, it wasn't affected.

*For completeness, according to current neurolinguistic models it's more complex than that, more brain regions are actually responsible for speech/understanding.

[1] http://www.nature.com/articles/40623

Re:Go: Redefining For Loop Variable Semantics on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:32PM (#33170116)
Yeah, makes sense that it's popular. I just thought you were making a joke by creating a similar looking issue with a different underlying reason.

In Go example the issue happens because item variable is per-loop, in your python example the issue is not related to loops at all, it's just because functions capture the value of global variables at execution time.

And the cherry on top is that the solution is also similar looking(i=i), but working with a different mechanic underneath(default argument assignment).

Anyway, this was my perspective that led me to interpret this as satire. A bit disappointed haha

Re:Go: Redefining For Loop Variable Semantics on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:41AM (#33163917)
This seems like a cleverly crafted satire reply, rather than an actual complaint about python.
Ask the caller to move their hand in front of the camera so the hand fully obstructs the view, and then slowly slide the hand to the side until it completely moves out of the view. Crop-resistant!
Re:The Factorio Mindset on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:21PM (#30308698)
Check out Gridworld
Re:The Great AI Reckoning on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:26AM (#28716282)
Alphafold vs Alphafold 2 success: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KKbgSsS1qIoesiy2Ws_WDsDSyG...

Papers say that both are trained on PDB dataset. And still, we see a dramatic gap between old and new Alphafold models. Both were trained by Deepmind, probably with a similar computer power. I think it's obvious that it's not just compute power, method matters a lot.

Thanks for the example. Could you point me to a resource where it explains why the reality is like that? If that’s an implication of a formula of quantum theory(which the article also mentioned briefly), I would like to learn about it and be able to derive this implication myself.
This kind of magnetic sensitivity seems to be dependent on receiving light, because the sensitive molecules form the radical pairs when exposed to light. With this information, evolving within the eye scenario sounds plausible to me.
I also thought about just using search. But trending topics let me know if something important is happening when I'm not aware. I still think it's valuable at times, while I also think it may be spammy and should be improved.

I think its low signal to noise ratio makes you ignore it, which is bad. But I think instead of just removing it, spams should be prevented more effectively. Because I know "trending" concept is useful when it works. HN, Reddit and some other aggregator sites have homepages with trending content, of course with varying degree of success.

I don't use trending topics in ordinary days. It helps me a lot when something important happened recently.

An important political speech, a big earthquake, bombing... For this kind of situations, Twitter trending topics help a lot, because it provides you the most up-to-date source of news.

When critical situations happen, your priority is getting the news live. Correctness, officialness are less important. I don't know a better way to get that kind of news other than trending topics.

Re:Side effect worry grows for AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday April 04, 2021 @03:42PM (#26692243)
While I am not qualified to answer the question, this question reminded me of the backstory of Jove Empire in EVE Online: https://eve.fandom.com/wiki/Jove_Empire#Jovian_Disease
Re:What I Worked On on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:24PM (#26159533)
Prevent your success from spoiling your kids. Your kids probably are not jealous of anything they see because you provide them anything they want. I think a parent should think and figure out how to create a challenging environment for their kids. Not just artificial challenge like games. Real challenge that will shape(and I think improve) their personality.

I'm not a parent so I can't give concrete advise, just sharing my thoughts.

Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:49AM (#25673429)
Sorry if that came across that way. I just found your first reply unnecessary.

I think each take is useful, no matter how opinionated they are. I understand your point though, I also wouldn't want every comment in the thread being neutral. Knowing HN, I think we're doing fine :)

Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:31AM (#25673129)
It’s also interesting that you’re so worried by this comment. I found some value in the original comment because it highlighted a software company is doing it. Just relax.
Re:Philosophers on GPT-3 on Friday July 31, 2020 @04:41PM (#24013755)
also GTP-3 instead of GTP-3
Re:Philosophers on GPT-3 on Friday July 31, 2020 @03:47AM (#24006609)
Notice that the given prompt has an error as well, "GPT-3 on Philosphers by GTP-3", missing an "o" from "philosophers". Seeing the prompt, it may have adjusted itself to be more prone to make errors.
Re:Göbekli Tepe on Friday July 03, 2020 @09:44PM (#23729292)
doesn't look like anything to me
Re:Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs on Friday January 03, 2020 @01:38PM (#21948884)
Hey, unrelated to this message but, I think you don't wanna miss this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21941170
Re:Spying on HTTPS on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:32PM (#20676997)
Well, your(and my) parents would download an .exe file to play Farmville and run it with admin privileges by clicking yes on the user account control popup. So, maybe a web browser is not the safest place for parents...
Re:More on Dota 2 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @09:33AM (#15036587)
it does. the bot can be defeated easily with tactics it didn't encounter while playing with itself.
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:56AM (#14226358)
Just want to point out that majority of Turks in Germany(and some other EU states) are labourer immigrants that went there during 1960-1980. If you take United States instead where the Turks living there belong to a more elite class, you will see significantly more no vote. It seems expats are divided in terms of world view according to where they live.