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21 pointsgjmveloso3 comments

This is fantastic. I hope this will catalyze the process of breaking down barriers between cultures already started by the internet.

The point is not to homogenize the world. The point is to is causally join contemporary spheres of culture and discussion and to reduce the threshold of starting communication and transactions.

If this works as it says in the box it will reduce the costs in education and trade.

The ad is pretty selective in what they show I think. Here you can see a live demo translating between english and german. While understandable, the level of the translation is not as good as the impression you get from the ad.

http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-skype-has-launched-an-inst...

This is actually life changing, I cannot wait to see where they take this

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