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Re:PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident
on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @11:09PM (#41991631)
For what it's worth, TFA does mention that the site is:
> "hidden in plain site", the archaeologists say, as it is just 15 minutes hike from a major road
Re:A brief interview with Awk creator Dr. Brian Kernighan
on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @02:48PM (#40989040)
Describing the K of K&R as "Awk creator" is like describing Einstein as a "refrigerator engineer".
Re:Your last name contains invalid characters (2010)
on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @06:11PM (#38944880)
You can register a legal alias (通称名) that you can use on forms. I know people who have done this with just single a single kanji to avoid a lot of the headache associated with having a foreign name or (god forbid) a middle name. I've considered a few times registering my legal alias as 一一 to have a two stroke full name.
Re:Your last name contains invalid characters (2010)
on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @06:07PM (#38944839)
Same in Japan. My name is truncated on nearly every single form I receive from utilities companies. online forms will regularly limit your full name to 9 kana in total.
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Re:Tokyo by Train (2016) [video]
on Monday August 28, 2023 @01:45AM (#37290227)
Worth noting that if you have a US-issued visa card, you cannot use it to pay for IC via Apple pay.
Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and punch cards
on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:21AM (#36667729)
It was an Atari ST:
https://youtu.be/6LxPEz9x2fs
Re:Oppenheimer, Nullified and Vindicated
on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:23AM (#36645278)
> The inventor of the atomic bomb
I'm not sure I understand this characterization of Oppenheimer. There are a few people who could take this title but I don't think Oppenheimer has anywhere near the same claims to it as someone like Leo Szilard or even Enrico Fermi.
If by inventor they mean man who "put into practice", I don't see why the director of a project employing hundreds deserves the title of "inventor".
Re:P Language
on Friday January 06, 2023 @03:55PM (#34280928)
My guess is that it's the next entry in the BCPL "lineage".
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