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October 2020

Note (2020-10-26 12:40)

It's not racist to point out that Chinese industry is doing itself real harm by its flagrant and inexcusable failure to ask native speakers to check translated instructions and advertising text.

Language Log » Clipper Chinglish

Note (2020-10-25 12:22)

迫于好奇找了一下这段万年不变的话是从哪冒出来的

(1) For subsection 102(1) of the Australian Consumer Law, the following requirements are prescribed: (c) a warranty against defects must include: (i) in relation to the supply of goods only—the text mentioned in subregulation (2) […] (2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c)(i), the text is ‘Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure’. Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010, s 90. https://t.cn/A6brMrwH

(1) The regulations may prescribe requirements relating to the form and content of warranties against defects. Australian Consumer Law, s 102. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00264/Html/Volume_3#_Toc50464632

From 1 January 2012 if you choose to provide a warranty against defects to consumers then the warranty document you provide must comply with specific Australian Consumer Law (ACL) requirements. A warranty against defects is provided in addition to consumer guarantees and does not limit or replace them. Warranties against defects | ACCC https://www.accc.gov.au/business/treating-customers-fairly/offering-warranties/warranties-against-defects#information-that-must-be-included

Note (2020-10-22 00:06)

这是答辩 brief 吗这是从英语课本上撕下来的吧

Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid | Oyez

Note (2020-10-20 23:27)

When can we have a review of iPhone reviews? 🤷🏿‍♀️

Note (2020-10-18 19:54)

Excel is the proverbial hammer that makes everything look like a nail. […] The problem is that the average Excel user doesn't have the right knowledge to judge what the best solution is to their problem.

Excel warriors who save governments and companies from spreadsheet errors | Hacker News

s/Excel/Word/g。知道比不得不用 Excel 更惨的是什么吗？是还得求着别人不要用 Word 做该用 Excel 做的事情

Note (2020-10-15 09:02)

If your sense of smell hasn’t been affected in the last few months, then what you smell in your own mask is familiar, private and monotonous — and impossible to ignore.

Building a Personal Smell Museum of Los Angeles - The New York Times

发现 AirPods 只开降噪啥也不放也不太能撑得下一趟三个多小时的高铁了，想着反正有 AC+，就拿去店里看看能不能换一下结果找的 Genius 面带难色地说，这个电池问题我们是没法测试的，但请问你还有别的故障吗？我一开始没听懂，正准备再据理力争一下，Genius 循循善诱地说，我们有的同事最近换了不少出现杂音的，请问你是不是感觉到有杂音？已经暗示到这种程度了，我也只好配合地说，那好像走路的时候是有一点杂音 Genius 如释重负地说，好哒，那我这就按杂音给你换（好的你给我换那你说什么都对）

Note (2020-10-04 15:36)

The crucial question about a computer used to be "But can it run DOOM?". Later it became "But can it run Crysis?". These day it is "But can it run nytimes.com?".

Thinkpad Carbon X1: First hour

Note (2020-10-02 08:31)

How is the rest of the world press dealing with this "spectacle of shit"?

In addition to supraliteral translations such as くその穴の国々 used by an American-born celebrity writing in Japanese in Newsweek, and the WSJ's 便所のような国, there were some more creative options such as BuzzFeed's choice of 肥溜めのような国々.

Language Log » Shitshows, shitholes, and shitstorms

September 2020

Note (2020-09-30 11:03)

缺的课还是要补上的以前服务器装什么都想着弄一个现成的 Docker image，现在发现想自己改点什么都不懂，还是得从头学 nginx

Note (2020-09-27 20:00)

虽然肯定不是轻芒杂志目标用户群体但冲着设计还是装上看了眼字体还是蛮上心西文 Harriet [1]（之前见到主要是被 Vox 用来做 slug line） + 中文（方正新报宋？[2] ipa 里字体文件把版权信息抹掉了）挺搭的，而且少有的知道调用系统字体的时候要用 SF 而不是苹方自带的西文（无数号称注重设计的国内 app 在这个问题上翻车）缺点的话，衬线字体本来就细，还用 Light 字重和纯黑底色，看起来就跟刀子一样戳眼； onboarding 虽然画风很亲和，但是弹出太频繁粗暴了当然，最本质的担忧还是国内环境下聚合类平台，以及依赖于给微信文章做 wrapper 这种模式的可持续性

[1] Harriet [2] 方正新报宋