J. Random Human
@jrandomhuman.bsky.social
An actual, random human. Aspiring failed translator. Interested in 日本語, Deutsch, Français, Español, also literature, comics, animation, SF, others.
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Nice argument, but unfortunately I wasted 60 seconds looking up all the acronyms you used and now I don't care about any of your opinions
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Nice argument, but unfortunately I wasted 60 seconds looking up all the acronyms you used and now I don't care about any of your opinions
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Par ailleurs :
"Les machines savent produire des traductions de mauvaises qualités, mais pas au point d’être inutiles. Et l’offre de cette version médiocre est si importante qu’elle fait baisser les prix et les salaires"
"Les machines savent produire des traductions de mauvaises qualités, mais pas au point d’être inutiles. Et l’offre de cette version médiocre est si importante qu’elle fait baisser les prix et les salaires"
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Par ailleurs :
"Les machines savent produire des traductions de mauvaises qualités, mais pas au point d’être inutiles. Et l’offre de cette version médiocre est si importante qu’elle fait baisser les prix et les salaires"
"Les machines savent produire des traductions de mauvaises qualités, mais pas au point d’être inutiles. Et l’offre de cette version médiocre est si importante qu’elle fait baisser les prix et les salaires"
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A lovely look at the craft of the Asterix translations here. auntymuriel.com/2012/12/23/a...
Asterix in translation: the genius of Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge
As promised in a previous blog entry, what follows is a discussion of the translation of some of my favourite Asterix gags. The translators’ modus operandi was to include as many jokes in the Engli…
auntymuriel.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
A lovely look at the craft of the Asterix translations here. auntymuriel.com/2012/12/23/a...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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I've been saying it for years, but Canada should ban cryptocurrency altogether.
March 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I've been saying it for years, but Canada should ban cryptocurrency altogether.
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almost every pundit is totally worthless
February 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
almost every pundit is totally worthless
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When it comes to boycotting, just a thought. It’s okay if you can’t quit a company cold turkey. In Master Gardeners, when we encourage people to switch to native plants, the goal is 70% native, not 100%. If you were shopping at a store 80% of the time and cut it back to 60%, that 20% still hurts.
February 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
When it comes to boycotting, just a thought. It’s okay if you can’t quit a company cold turkey. In Master Gardeners, when we encourage people to switch to native plants, the goal is 70% native, not 100%. If you were shopping at a store 80% of the time and cut it back to 60%, that 20% still hurts.
Turn off autocorrect. It's okay for you to make the occasional spelling mistake, but don't let the computer write things you didn't mean. Spellcheck is fine, but computer-assisted prose mangling is not.
February 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Turn off autocorrect. It's okay for you to make the occasional spelling mistake, but don't let the computer write things you didn't mean. Spellcheck is fine, but computer-assisted prose mangling is not.
How I wish I could stop learning to read Japanese and just read Japanese.
January 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
How I wish I could stop learning to read Japanese and just read Japanese.
We need to get the counter-culture off the Internet.
January 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We need to get the counter-culture off the Internet.
WE AWAIT SILENT TRISTERO'S EMPIRE
January 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
WE AWAIT SILENT TRISTERO'S EMPIRE