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Cephlin··on How to make a friend fast
Does this person write their n's and m's upside down? I can barely read their handwriting, it's really odd...

Does it say freud? I assume it's meant to say friend...

Does it say watters? I'm assuming it's trying to say matters?

It took me about a minute or two to deduce these meanings though...

Cephlin··on All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
Me too, they were being aired as I was at university and our lecturer showed them to us.

One of the best things I learnt at university was the existance of Adam Curtis and his documentaries!

I love how he creates an amazing montage of footage taken from the BBC archives to help narrate his documentaries. He never creates new footage.

Cephlin··on Regex Puzzle
Wow, finally a crossword I have a chance at!
Cephlin··on Linux Torvalds: Every developer thinks that their code is so special and magical
He just considers people developers if they think their code is special and magical? haha
Cephlin··on Linux Torvalds: Every developer thinks that their code is so special and magical
I prefer code reviews of my code ^_^
Cephlin··on Linux Torvalds: Every developer thinks that their code is so special and magical
"Every developer"... that's a bold statement.

I don't think my code is so special or magical, maybe specially bad and magically bad...

Also I believe his name is Linus, not Linux ^_^

Cephlin··on TDD did not live up to expectations
Uncle Bob always has some clever things to say on TDD too: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2017/03/03/TDD-Harms-Ar...

and: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2016/11/10/TDD-Doesnt-w...

Cephlin··on What's with the black bar?
I would probably at least have added an id tag to the div with something like "rip-chuck". That was the first thing I checked until I asked a colleague.
Cephlin··on I Don’t Care If a Flight Attendant Almost Hit a Baby
Nope, it's hacker news mate...
Cephlin··on Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Hardware Notes
Was the blast processing marketting only in America? Since I had never heard of blast processing until I got on the web years later.
Cephlin··on Is “friendship” meaning same for all world?
He never mentioned language, he mentioned nationality though.
Cephlin··on Is “friendship” meaning same for all world?
Ahh, I already updated my answer to cover some of your point, however you have thought of far more words in English than I did :)
Cephlin··on Is “friendship” meaning same for all world?
I think he means physically close. In the UK and Ireland we don't like to hug and especially don't like to kiss cheeks with our mates.
Cephlin··on Is “friendship” meaning same for all world?
In English and in France we use a bunch of different words that kind of quantify levels of friendship. This means that the word friendship is already subjective within a particular language.

Here a some of the words:

My friend, my palm, my buddy, my chum, my bff, my mate

Mon ami, mon pot, mon copain, mon camarade, mon familier

Here are some references to show how they relate to each other: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/reverse/friend http://www.wordreference.com/fren/reverse/pote

Also there is a difference between a female friendship and male friendship usually. Men friends with other men barely talk about their problem, they're usually hanging out to escape their problems. I can't speak for women categorically but I feel they're more likely to discuss their issues with their female friends than men.

There are far more factors in play too, such as culture, friends in the Australia for example may call each other cunts but in the USA that would probably not be a friendly thing to do even with your pals.

My overarching point being that friendship means many things to many different people, regardless of even leaving a country, language or culture. So given the context of the world, it clearly has varying meanings.

Cephlin··on Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight, explained with studies
Worked for me. And also after a while all the cycling helped me change my diet after a while since I no longer fancied eating a whole 12" pizza after a big bike ride, I'd just get a light salad or something.
Cephlin··on Kim Dotcom seeks damages as prosecutors acted in ‘illegal’ way after ruling
Link is not very useful unless you disable your adblocker.
Cephlin··on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS released
I also would like to know your setup! I'd be very interested!

I was looking into whether I should purchase Windows or buy a Mac to run a DAW, but if you're saying that Ardour is good enough, then I can just install that this weekend!

Cephlin··on Ask HN: Why do companies outside the US pay so much less?
In the UK when I tell people I'm a programmer, software engineer, web developer, systems engineer or whatever role I've had at the time, they usually ask me to fix their Windows machine... I guess that's the level of respect we get here.
Cephlin··on Ask HN: Why do companies outside the US pay so much less?
"But my city has a better system for burying the worst than yours!"
Cephlin··on Ask HN: Why do companies outside the US pay so much less?
You start by saying:

> I think you took a negative tone to my post when it was not meant that way.

Then go onto say:

> I think you're deluding yourself. No offense, but

Sounds like the negative tone is continuing.

On another note:

> I'm sure your country is very nice as well, but there is not enough freedom.

What exactly are Americans free to do which we cannot in the UK?

The American dream seems to be more viable in Europe where the difference in pay between the top and the bottom is less severe and social mobility is higher.

Cephlin··on HyperNormalisation (2016) [video]
I thought 'fake news' was just comedy?
Cephlin··on A Brief History of Philosophy in the East and West
"One day people became rich enough to think outside the box for extended periods of time" that's my short and sweet history of philosophy :p

Seems like a nice article though!

Cephlin··on Headmistress scuppered by red tape as she tried to use mobile phone jamming tech
I agree. You try to stop my kid from being able to contact me or the emergency services and my kid won't be in your school.
Cephlin··on The Impacts of Video Games on Cognition (2015) [pdf]
I think it's worth reading the "Declaration of Conflicting Interests" as that gives you a good insight into the angle this article is coming from and the message of which they want to purvey/push. Based on the abstract, the key points, the conclusion and the Declaration of Conflicting Interests, I feel I have read enough to discard this as some kind of propaganda.

They seem to think that gaming is pervasive without going into hardly any detail about why they feel it is pervasive. I mean I'm from Britain and I don't feel video gaming is pervasive in any considerable degree. Maybe the US has a different take on this...

Cephlin··on California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine
I can't believe the caffeine charge even got that far.
Cephlin··on Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises to 75-Year High
I'm going to leave my country too, it's full of people with opinions I cannot relate to.
Cephlin··on Millennials aren't cheap, they just have different spending priorities
Not only that, they just voted us out of the common market, if the old people get their way, I'll have to get a bloody visa to go to on holiday to France or some nonsense. At least it kinda looks like Brexit isn't going to happen and the EU will collapse before we leave, so who knows... This all just looks like a world war is on its way.
Cephlin··on Millennials aren't cheap, they just have different spending priorities
I think the common goal is fuck Brexit, at least in the UK. When will these old people die already/get out of politics and let us decide our own future? So we can mop up the mess they imposed upon us?
Cephlin··on Millennials aren't cheap, they just have different spending priorities
I think after 10 years of being an adult and having relatively little money, it's not a question of whether I want a new car or not, it's just the simple matter of not being able to afford one. I can't afford to buy my own home even though I'd be saving money on the mortgage compared to the rent. I can't afford nice holidays even though it suggests I'm more inclined to do that.

I think a better title would be "Millennials aren't cheap, they're just poor..."

Cephlin··on Does India need its own vernacular internet?
Yes it is.
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