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Comment · 6 months ago
In Polish language we commonly call turquoise "lightblue", so instinctively we'll have the boundary not at the middle of the turquoise, but between the turquiose and green, (i got hue 165, 95% of the population). We also call it "sea-color", but sea is also more culturally associated with blue than green.
Comment · 11 months ago
Vibe coding is cursed gold from the first 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie.

> "For too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea. Nor the warmth of a woman's flesh." [steps into moonlight becoming a skeleton]

Comment · 3 years ago
It was sarcasm, no one uses anything like that outside of the US. Using football fields as a measure of distance is as "stupid american" meme around the world.
Comment · 3 years ago
Ah, yes, the ultimate world-building expierience:

> Neighborhoods are called "neighborhood"

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
In Poland cinema ticket costs ~5$. Is it really 10 times more expensive in USA? Why?
Comment · 4 years ago
Trivia related to the hyperbolic geometry - There was a game released recently that have a world set in hyperbolic space. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1256230/Hyperbolica/

If someone wants to 'grasp' what hyperbolic space is about, this game is one of the fun and inspiring ways to do that.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
"We will assume no background knowledge on behalf of the student, starting from scratch on both the programming and mathematics."

This is a fantastic "side effect" of the fact that category theory isn't built on any other mathematical knowledge. You don't even need even any arithmetics for that.

Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago

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