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mlgrinshpun

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mlgrinshpun··on Redditors earning $100k+ a year, what are your secrets to your success?
There are a couple of comments in this vein already, but I still feel compelled to clamor against such an unreflective regurgitation of the word "success." That so many commenters are diving headlong into this cesspool by applying back-of-the-envelope statistical analysis and makeshift sociology to establish some mythic threshhold for entry into this elite is dismaying and speaks to a serious cultural void in the community. We might as well start whipping out the rulers and unzipping our pants right now.
mlgrinshpun··on China bans English words in media
The Académie Française sometimes pushes for the replacement of anglicisms with French neologisms, as was the case with the replacement of "e-mail" or "mail" by "courriel" a few years ago. Sometimes, the government follows suit and mandates that official communications adopt the change.

I suppose that this could be interpreted as 'disallowing "franglais"', but your post is somewhat misleading. The media – newspapers, television, etc. – can say whatever the hell they want to, in whatever language they want to, and remain quite full of anglicisms, including "e-mail."

mlgrinshpun··on New York Times - Chrome version
Is there any possibility that they'd start redirecting to this based on User-Agent?
mlgrinshpun··on New York Times - Chrome version
Can you explain why the aa gets disabled in Safari but not Chrome? Seems strange considering they're both running Webkit.
mlgrinshpun··on Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio
From your stylesheet: html { min-width: 1080px; }

This strikes me as a bit radical. I browse on a MacBook Air (11.6"), and this resulted in me having to scroll my window both vertically and horizontally to read through the page. I don't have to do this, normally. Maybe shoot for 960?