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Some of the grid cells are a much stronger signal for that than others. If you see q, x, j (not as jh), zh you're probably looking at Pinyin romanization of Mandarin / putonghua. Signs of other dialects/languages include sylllable-final consonants other than n or ng.
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Though perhaps I should hedge my "Yes" a little; I'm aware of plenty of small differences, but at least I can't think of big ones. Others might, though... I'm far from an expert.
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Yes. Also, there are multiple systems of romanization (converting to Latin letters) for the same language.
For example, the surname 曲 in Mandarin might be romanized as Qu in mainland China but as Ch'ü in Taiwan (and then shortened to Chu with substantial loss of information).
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Many of these are hoagies (or, if you're from NYC, heroes). Only the one in the lower right is a sub.
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A barrier was broken today: there is how a cabinet secretary younger than I am.
Perhaps another more important barrier too...
This morning, I swore in Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation. @SecretaryPete is a true problem-solver. He will bring people together to strengthen our nation’s infrastructure. And he will keep breaking boundaries while he’s at it. Congratulations, Mr. Secretary.
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Reporting by the Economist, music and lyrics by Tom Lehrer.
The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation. To stop it, powers that already have the bomb need to act fast. Our cover this week
econ.st/2Ympkox
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I'm going to say the airplane ride full of just-got-off-a-cruise passengers was "after" and thus the last photo is this one.
(I'm curious if someone who hasn't lived in the country in which it was taken recognizes the view.)
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I don't think you'd like the location. Not much in short walking distance; nearby zoning is all R-1 and PF (public facilities). Though I guess it is a 15-20 minute walk from good 小笼包.
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Was thinking about turning off TLSv1.2 (in favor of 1.3-only) on dbaron.org/, but it turns out 1.2 is still 30% of my traffic.
Also, amusingly, tls.imirhil.fr/ doesn't support 1.3, so it says a 1.3-only site doesn't support TLS.
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"This provocative juxtaposition serves to examine what it is we ask of the world around us, and then to not provide that"
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Not an answer, but... there may also be things that Congress revokes using en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congre… . Apparently the time window is pretty large since Congress has been out of session a good bit.
California is now the state with the largest age difference between its two US Senators (39y 9m), ahead of Iowa (36y 9m 14d) and Oklahoma (33y 3m 17d).
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If he had the same seniority date as Ossoff and Warnock, Padilla would end up more senior because California has a larger population.
But en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior… says that for appointed senators it's the date of appointment that matters.
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In other postal service news, I just today (January 19, Palo Alto, CA) received a standard-sized first-class mail envelope, postmarked Philadelphia, PA on December 26.
A few years ago first class mail between Philadelphia and Palo Alto typically took 3-7 days. Now 24!
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Seems like @MarketUrbanism came pretty close to getting his wishes, with #2 as DOT secretary (
buildbackbetter.gov/nominees…) and #1 as deputy secretary (buildbackbetter.gov/nominees…).
Hopefully a good sign for transportation policy in the Biden administration.
Of those floated for DOT secretary, here's my ranking:
1. Polly Trottenberg
2. Pete Buttigieg
3. Elaine Chao
4. Rahm Emanuel
5. Eric Garcetti
6. Earl Blumenauer
∞. Sarah Feinberg
@Scott_Wiener has had it right for over five years:
I made #FoxNews, telling the "reporter" that I wouldn't talk to him on immigration b/c "Fox News isn't real news."
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