передвижные крематории

поражают мое воображение. Большевики когда-то изобрели душегубки, принятые потом немцами на вооружение; но чтобы тут же утилизовать трупы в удобрения - это новенькое что-то. Напоминает Камбоджу и ее кхмерский мир.

indeed

Got my book review corrected by true British correctors, omfg! They had even injected the word "indeed"! It would never occur to me to use it... will try to learn something out of it, indeed. British English is so elegant!

оглядываясь на прошлое

Кажется мне сейчас, что, окунись я в то постсоветское прошлое, я бы на слово "дерьмократ" прямо бы бил по морде, или просто бы прекращал разговор с этим человеком. Добрые слишком были. Пытались им что-то объяснить.

Да и вообще.

революция в Фингалии

http://typelevel.org/blog/2014/09/02/typelevel-scala.html#comment-1571274477

neighbors write...

"I have 2 brand new pairs of toddler shoes. Straight from the boxes (included) I had purchased them back in July as a practical joke (long story) they've never been worn."

в Крыму нашли женщину с русскоязычной челюстью

http://espreso.tv/news/2014/09/05/v_krymu_znayshly_zhinku_z_rosiyskomovnoyu_chelyustyu

no, seriously

We have utf-8 that uses bytes to encode Unicode characters. Unicode characters are just letters or symbols for alphabetic languages, but become pretty meaningful symbols when we are in Chinese code range.

So, why not go further, start using 64-bit codepoints and just enumerate everything. Letters and other characters go first; then words of all languages, then standardized objects (Eiffel tower, Rubik cube, this new code table, weather in San Mateo on July 16th 2008 at 7:32 pm (ok, maybe), you, me, etc.
The thing is, there must be a standard representation; okay, maybe. The bigger issue is that alphabets are for linear streaming of ideas; so maybe we should limit ourselves with the linear stuff, basically, just languages.

But anyway.

Ok, 256 bits must be enough for everything except the list of all groups of 256-bit characters.