I think it’s clear by the end of Ender’s Game that Ender was never the main character (his realization of that drives a lot of his character development in the following books). And Bean is not really the main character in that part of the story either, just someone much smarter who better understands what’s going on and who the real players are.

If rather hunt and fight wild animals.

Or just pick a place with online ordering.

If you don’t know the language then you shouldn’t be involved in the translation at all… The current process requires both the translators and the proof-readers to know the language.

As long as you can verify it is an accurate translation

Unless the process has changed in the last decade, article translations are a multi-step process, which includes translators and proof-readers. It’s easier to get volunteer proof-readers than volunteer translators. Adding AI for the translation step, but keeping the proof-reading step should be a great help.

But you could probably also have used Google translate and then just fine tune the output yourself. Anyone could have done that at any point in the last 10 years.

Have you ever used Google translate? Putting an entire Wikipedia article through it and then “fine tuning” it would be more work than translating it from scratch. Absolutely no comparison between Google translate and AI translations.

It wasn’t a whole sentence entirely composed of shortened words. It was just some frequent words and expressions that were shortened. The reason there was a combination of writing speed and internet jargon.

There used to be a reason to do that. We did it because there were limits to text length and you didn’t want to get charged for multiple texts. Also writing on keypads was a pain. I don’t understand why anyone still does it today, especially people who were not texting back in those days.

You probably don’t have fantasies of sex with odd slugs in proxima centauri. You probably don’t dream of being a brain parasite.

You’re making some big assumptions here

There’s no such thing as a passing lane here (CA), the left lane is called the fast lane and staying in one lane is recommended (but of course, stay in the one that matches your speed, don’t go 60 in the fast lane on the highway) vs weaving in and out.

I get emails for at least 3 people all from different countries. And a guy who didn’t even share my name, but misspelled his email. Got one just a few days ago from a new guy in Indiana who used my email at a car service (I could’ve gone in and approved $4500 worth of additional services).

and is typically eaten with a fork and knife

Afaik that varies by region

Not sure where you got that idea. Pizza was brought to America by Italian immigrants, but it has existed for long before that. Modern pizza is well known to have originated in Naples.

But it just doesn’t look right. I use a double dash, but most places now convert that automatically to em dash.

I can imagine him just living a hippie life, not putting labels on things, just shagging whomever he felt like.

Kidnapping and locking someone up wouldn’t be a crime on purge day either, but that wouldn’t automatically make it ok to still have them locked up the next day.

Must be a small desk to only fit a draw. Larger ones can fit drawer. Industrial sized ones fit drawest.

They were behind white genocide in South Africa

If the purge were real there would be a whole industry around purge-proofing homes. Also rental purge-proof shelters.

Paradox of tolerance

4U2PN2 - “for you to pee into”

The serial number is on a urinal.

What happened to her dress?