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  1. Re:CAT & OCR for Tablets on What Isn't There an App For? · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the tip on an interesting app. However, Computer Aided Translation is not the same as Machine Translation; CAT tools are designed to aid human translators by remembering the bits that have been translated before and automatically inserting them where a new source document has identical bits.

  2. CAT & OCR for Tablets on What Isn't There an App For? · · Score: 1

    That is, decent Computer Aided Translation and Optical Character Recognition software.

    As for OCR, we don't even have that for Linux desktop (the closest is the ABBYY engine, but it's CLI-only, which precludes manual area markup.) The situation with CAT tools has recently improved on the Linux side, with Heartsome Suite released as GPL and CafeTran becoming mature.

  3. Re:Tablet? on Is the Tablet Market In Outright Collapse? Data Suggests Yes · · Score: 1

    BTW, do you know of any alternative keyboards for Surface 3 that would allow me to set any screen angle?

  4. What Northern Hemisphere Astronomers Are Missing F on What Northern Hemisphere Astronomers Are Missing From the Southern Hemisphere · · Score: 1

    Well duh, by definition, all northern hemisphere astronomers are missing from the southern hemisphere!

  5. Vomit on my tits, slutbag! on Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: The Science of Misheard Song Lyrics · · Score: 1
  6. They did remove Google from the list, but they have a more or less discoverable way to add it. I think this is asshole-ish, but I rather like Mint in other respects, so this wasn't a big thing to me.

  7. What is the actual statistics for the 2 years? on City of Toronto Files Court Injunction Against Uber · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would love the actual statistics of accidents and incidents involving Uber to be researched during the court hearings. Somehow I feel that it won't be significantly (or at all) worse than with licensed taxi drivers and companies. Of course, whatever the stats are, they have nothing to do with whether or not Uber breaks the law, but they can be used to judge if the regulation in its current form is necessary in the first place.

  8. Re:Downgrade rights should be mandated by law on OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday · · Score: 1

    Cars are tangible, software is not. That is the difference. Unlike cars, it doesn't cost Microsoft anything to produce a copy of older software for download without support obligations. They don't even have to host itâ"there's Bittorrent for that. The vendor shouldn't be able to artificially restrict your access to older worksâ"it's the overreaching copyright law that should be restricted, and the restriction I'm offering is very mild and friendly to copyright owners.

  9. Downgrade rights should be mandated by law on OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday · · Score: 2

    One should be legally able to downgrade any version of the software he/she legally acquired. Without support obligations, of course. This will make the software market crippled by overly broad copyright laws much healthier.

  10. Re: As has been posted before on The Problem With Positive Thinking · · Score: 1

    While not really being a grammar Nazi, I just couldn't help it. And, well, I do think you may have a point here.

  11. Re: As has been posted before on The Problem With Positive Thinking · · Score: 1

    Oh, I see, some positive person has done a poor job at your grammar.

  12. Re:Of Course it did on Michigan Latest State To Ban Direct Tesla Sales · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because direct Tesla sales would seriously hurt people. We even know who those people are.

  13. Re:metric you insensitive clod! on Fuel Efficiency Numbers Overstate MPG More For Cars With Small Engines · · Score: 1

    Beat me to it.

  14. Goodbye Russian market? on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 1

    I live in Russia. Personally, I welcome this new technology, but if it works as advertized, Apple can kiss goodbye to Russian market, because there is no way this is going to be certified in Russia. By Russian regulations, built-in crypto tools must meet certain requirements (effectively meaning the ability to decrypt the data).

  15. Re:KIlling off the Microsoft Store Name Too on Microsoft Killing Off Windows Phone Brand Name In Favor of Just Windows · · Score: 1

    Yes, like the vast majority of smart phone users.

    I see what you did there.

  16. Re:Government doesn't get it. on Ontario Government Wants To Regulate the Internet · · Score: 1

    Netflix collects money from Argentinians and pays zero taxes in Argentina.

    Netflix shouldn't pay taxes in Argentina. Argentinians and Argentinian businesses should pay taxes for the money they earn. Netflix is neither. They don't you and your country anything, taxing them is pure theft.

  17. Re:Maybe, but maybe not... on Ukraine Asks Zuckerberg to Discipline Kremlin Facebook Bots · · Score: 1

    BTW, I would like to apologize for my previous reply. It was rude and inappropriate. Some of us, including me, are too agitated by the ongoing war.

    I just wanted to say that censorship is not the solution.

  18. Re:Maybe, but maybe not... on Ukraine Asks Zuckerberg to Discipline Kremlin Facebook Bots · · Score: 2

    No, but holding an opposing political view is now, apparently, a solid ground for a complaint leading for Facebook post removal.

  19. Re:Maybe, but maybe not... on Ukraine Asks Zuckerberg to Discipline Kremlin Facebook Bots · · Score: 0

    Why? I'm Ukrainian and if I could I would have edited and removed even more stuff than she did.

    Oh, that says all about you. Fuck you then most intensely. Not because you're pro-Russian as in language, culture, etc., but because you're pro-censorship.

  20. Re:Sigh on News Aggregator Fark Adds Misogyny Ban · · Score: 1

    Does this study (or any other study you know) consider the bias that opinion of the society may cause in such cases? When the society thinks (whether correctly or not) that X is very bad, and a person subjected to X realizes it (and may well share this opinion), I think that this by itself can cause severe psychological harm in some people.

  21. Re:For all those who complain about the NSA on China Cracks Down On Mobile Messaging · · Score: 2

    but you are allowed to complain about it publicly and privately all you want

    National Security Letter?

  22. Re:and if an accident occurs will uber get to use on Uber Is Now Cheaper Than a New York City Taxi · · Score: 1

    I guess those people won't have indemnified Uber then?

  23. Re:Am I the only one who understood this as - on Neanderthals Ate Their Veggies · · Score: 1

    I'm another one. Hope you don't feel so lonely now.

  24. Re:Resolution on Surface Pro 3 Has 12" Screen, Intel Inside · · Score: 1

    The Yoga is rather heavy.

  25. Re:Resolution on Surface Pro 3 Has 12" Screen, Intel Inside · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip about laptopscreen.com!