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hessenjunge @ hessenjunge @discuss.tchncs.de
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How often had I overlooked women's contributions ?

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  • Scholars seem to agree it stems from Proto-Indo-European, so Latin is not the source.

    • Hatzegopteryx

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  • Pteryx means wings, hence the joke doesn’t fly.

    • Hatzegopteryx

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  • Hatzenich

    • Donald Trump told to pay six-figure costs of firm he sued

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  • I’d love to see him in prison but not on death row. Instead of being executed he should enjoy a lengthy stay.

    • Don't let your dreams be dreams

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    • Family of teen who died by suicide after video of her assault was posted online sues school

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  • Thank God it’s not fucked up like that in every country.

    • it's gross

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  • It can be spelled the same but is never pronounced the same. Your girlfriend needs to be texting you for this joke to work.

    • Title

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  • Nah, I’d just prefer a Burka in their case.

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  • I know it’s anecdotal but I have never seen a single IT service guy I’d fancy seeing in a maid outfit.

    • How I cannot be worry??

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  • This is how to drive other people, especially coworkers, insane. That’s all that is.

    • Sir Isaac Newton died a virdgin to atone for this sin

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  • Ah, I missed that (and the typo obviously). I usually ‘type’ by tracing my fingers across the keyboard on mobile. This method is 97% correct, 2% incorrect ,and 1% hilarious or embarrassing.

    I need to do a better job proofreading and you could do a better job pointing out the typos (so even slow people like me can catch on).

    • Sir Isaac Newton died a virdgin to atone for this sin

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  • Why? This is a bit complicated to explain. Please take the following in good faith in case I mess it up. 🙂

    Even though I’m doing quite well English is not my 1st language. I’ve seen students of a new language fixate on stuff many times. So I wanted to check for that.

    In my native language number and numeral are commonly used interchangeably. Exceptions are when you want to indicate how many digits a number has and quite possibly maths students and profs.

    Also experts in their fields tend to be fixed on detail that is not relevant or used in common language. An example would be a biologist that wants you to stop calling a strawberry a berry (I’ve encountered similar things in a couple of fields). You’re a cs/maths student so at least that checks out. 😉

    Even though I’m educated (uni) in biology (horrible hairsplitters if you let them) and cs (IMO less hairsplitting than bio/maths) I tend to adapt my vocabulary to the crowd and mostly keep it simple. I think the meme is stupid regardless whether you interpret numbers or numerals in the first sentence. OPs user name indicates they are German, so they also grew up using the word ‚Zahl‘ for both. (In a way the meme is slightly less stupid when you consider this)

    So I tried to convey the term numeral by providing three synonyms - or so I thought. I thought just using the word digit would lead to many people not understanding. Now I’m having the ‚silliest argument‘ while probably being the sillier part in it. It’s enjoyable though.

    Back to the silliness: ChatGPT pointed this article out to me. So, while you are absolutely right in the proper use of the two terms it is also true that they are commonly used interchangeably. This might be a recent development though.

    • Sir Isaac Newton died a virdgin to atone for this sin

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  • I would not be surprised if someone thought of that >1000 years before him.

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  • Interesting. That’s not what I get, especially when I read past that sentence in the article or consult other sources.

    Commonly they can be used interchangeably whether you like it or not. Depending on audience you might need to differentiate. Given the context of the post and the thread we’re in I’m going to use common language.

    What motivates your interest in this? Are you a native speaker?

    • Sir Isaac Newton died a virdgin to atone for this sin

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  • The silliest argument so far…😀

    • Be more open-minded!

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  • That’s a good question! Xenophobia has an evolutionary basis and exists in other species as well (e.g. chimpanzees). Encountering another group of humans (or chimps) might be dangerous. Being cautious is beneficial for survival.

    However, when you add racism and are actively hostile to another group - is it still a Phobia? And if not or if it is not fear-motivated, what do you call it?

    • Sir Isaac Newton died a virdgin to atone for this sin

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  • What? Combining letters to words and words to sentences?

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  • Well, according to the dictionary and Wikipedia (which I both consulted before posting) the word number applies to both 11 and 1. Since that was not good enough for me I added the words cyphers and digits to bring the point across.

    Please explain how you missed that / why you pretended to?

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  • That consists of ….?

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  • You have 10 numbers (or cyphers/digits) and 26 letters (mileage varies by language). You can build infinite sequences with these.

    It’s not that hard, is it?

    Edit: stupid typo. It used to say I’d, not it’s. (Scribble typing, autocorrect and shit proofreading lead to funny things)