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Re:Is Gary Kasparov Playing Chess in This Picture? on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:38AM (#12262534)
Wow, I have to commend you on your keen sense of observation. I really did not notice that. I was looking for a clean picture with a light background, but I know what I'm looking for next time I search for a picture of someone typing :) Thanks for reading though, I do appreciate it.
Re:Is Gary Kasparov Playing Chess in This Picture? on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:36AM (#12262524)
Lol, I agree, pretty horrible stock photo, I do play chess - somewhat - and you're right, I should've used a better photo :)
Re:Is Gary Kasparov Playing Chess in This Picture? on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:36AM (#12262512)
Thanks for the comment, you're right the subtitle kinda sucks, I actually hesitated when I wrote it but I eventually left it.
Re:My 7-Year Old Daughter’s First Programming Experience on Monday April 07, 2014 @03:31AM (#7545091)
I know what you're saying, and the funny thing is that when I wrote that, I actually paused and thought about the proper way of referring to LEGO. So if you google "playing with legos" there's a ton of articles that use that expression, such as this one on HuffPost for example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/google-legos_n_4681...

So kids 'playing with their legos' is valid given the fact that LEGO has become a household name and LEGO can refer to the brand, the game itself, while Legos, or legos can refer to the LEGO blocks themselves. It's sort of like using Google as a verb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb))

Thanks for reading btw

PS. English is my third language so a grammatical error here and there wouldn't be that bad anyways :)

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