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SovietPyg40

The header doesn't look right on Wiki. Chrome 12, Opera 11, 1920x1200, 100% zoom. Is that intended?

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3matt
Wow, I hadn't tried making the page that wide. Thanks for the bug report - we'll fix that. … BTW, do you not find the text hard to read with the browser window that wide? Your brain has to run extra cycles just to keep your eyes tracking over lines that long. refs
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SovietPyg50

Thank you.

I suspect that I may have missed some point, though. As far as I know, the primary language on this website is English, and the secondary language would be the language of mathematics (if I may call it a language); and so I don’t quite grasp the relevance of being competent enough in any language but English to the matter in hand.

On a side note, I think that for many linguistic perfectionists the main source of intimidation would be the very process of writing a comment or article (as opposed to being aware of the likelihood of having committed a... (read more)

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4gwillen
"I don’t quite grasp the relevance of being competent enough in any language but English to the matter in hand." I believe the point that RichardKennaway was making was this one, which I've heard before: Many English speakers do not know, or are not fluent in, any other languages. We therefore should not feel entitled to criticize the English skills of someone who took the effort to become fluent in English as a second language. Also, your English skills are quite good. :-) "Besides, after spending a time on a simple comment, thoughts begin to race in my head that maybe, perhaps, it wouldn't really be something that the other people couldn't conclude or know on their own" I definitely have this problem too. I end up posting maybe half the comments I write.
3NancyLebovitz
Your English (as shown in your comment) is more than good enough, but I don't know how much effort it took for you to write that comment. It sounds as though those racing thoughts are at least partially habitual. The only way to find out whether they are in fact redundant is to try posting-- and maybe even to ask whether a post you're unsure of is contributing anything new.
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SovietPyg90

Hi!

Delurking from Russia here. I’ve been reading LessWrong (and, consequently, OB, since it is often linked to on here) for about 3 months. I have to confess to falling in love with this website for the mind-stretching articles and comments in the threads. However, like many other lurkers have already said, I feel I cannot contribute anything due to lack of linguistic proficiency on my part and due to the fact that someone would already post something I would want to say. I decided to de-lurk and say ‘hi’ because you created the impression of talking to ea... (read more)

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