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  1. sanahtlig

    To people who mindlessly criticize machine translation based on screenshots / abortive attempts, I provide the following allegory:

    One day you hear that you can ride a bicycle to get somewhere faster than walking.  You immediately fall on your face as soon as you mount it, and declare, "Bicycles suck!  Either walk or buy a car!"

    The bicycle is machine translation.  Walking is waiting for an actual translation.  The car is learning Japanese. 

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      sanahtlig

      I include that under "walking".  What you propose is essentially a crowdfunding campaign.

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  2. sanahtlig

    What others call "personality" is merely a mask we sculpt for their viewing pleasure. What's underneath is more complex, more ugly, than they care to gaze at.

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      sanahtlig

      I think you're possibly the only person that will ever read this.

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  3. sanahtlig

    Why did I spend 10hrs writing a feature review of a game that will more than likely never be translated?

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      sanahtlig

      It's actually been finished since Sunday, but I'm still waiting for an editor to take a look at it.

      I've written most of the VNDB synopses for the Venus Blood series, so I suppose I figure if I don't give the games some attention they'll never get any.

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  4. sanahtlig

    "Those who can, create; those who can't, translate." Do you agree? http://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/blog/63/entry-542-on-my-reluctance-to-commit-to-a-fan-translation-project/

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      sanahtlig

      Ha, thanks. It's making the tagging a real pain. I do keep my eyes on what types of content get more views, though this is complicated by the fact that someone can read posts without registering a "vote" by clicking through. Sadly, the posts with more views could simply represent the ones with an interesting feature pic that browsers wanted to see full-size...

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    Avast is seriously starting to annoy me...

    1. sanahtlig

      sanahtlig

      Information security: the business of compelling users to act in unsafe ways to circumvent undesired restrictions and/or nagging.

  6. sanahtlig

    Is America exceptional? http://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/blog/63/entry-530-a-commentary-on-american-exceptionalism/

    1. sanahtlig

      sanahtlig

      I promise clicking it won't instantly reveal your real name alongside quotes of you gushing over Starless.

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  7. sanahtlig

    He who fight trolls should take care that he himself doesn't become a troll. Gaze too long into the Abyss, and the Abyss gazes into you.

    1. sanahtlig

      sanahtlig

      Freudian slips are par for the course when you're thinking about VNs all day. Hopefully you don't work in gynecology. Or pediatrics.

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  8. sanahtlig

    He who fight trolls should take care that he himself doesn't become a troll. Gaze too long into the Abyss, and the Abyss gazes into you.

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      sanahtlig

      I believe the quote originated from the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

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  9. sanahtlig

    Looking forward to Rooke's writing critique of Sakura Spirits

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      sanahtlig

      Oh he will. This project is funded now.

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