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| bio | website | andrewjgrimm.wordpress.com |
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| location | Sydney, Australia | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 8 months |
| seen | yesterday | |
| stats | profile views | 237 |
I work at the University of New South Wales, where I use Ruby to analyze biological data.
In part of my spare time, I work on fun programming projects. One was trying to analyze what underlies Wikipedia's Get to Philosophy game. I also worked on one called the "Small Eigen Collider".
I'm currently learning Japanese, and I'm an active participant in lang-8.com, a website where you write journal entries in a language you're learning, and get corrected by native speakers of that language. In return, you correct people writing entries in your native language. Recently, I've been asking a few questions prompted by slightly incorrect English I've encountered on lang-8.
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May 9 |
answered | When to use “essay” vs “assay” (as a verb)? |
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May 8 |
accepted | Is there a name for a word or term that is persistently re-coined? |
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May 3 |
accepted | Is it a poke in the eye with a sharp, or blunt stick? |
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May 3 |
comment |
Is there any plural for the acronym “POC”? Isn't it normal to add apostrophe's to all the word's you pluralize, even when they're not acronym's? |
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May 3 |
asked | Is it a poke in the eye with a sharp, or blunt stick? |
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May 2 |
comment |
Do I travel “up” or “down” to London from north of the city? What'd "uptown" mean? |
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Apr 29 |
revised |
What is the origin of “33” in “catch-33”? Corrected heavy metal umlauts |
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Apr 28 |
comment |
What is the origin of “33” in “catch-33”? I'm trying to fix the heavy metal umlauts - I'm not sure if the problems with n̈ are my fault, firefox's or Stack Overflow's. |
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Apr 28 |
suggested | suggested edit on What is the origin of “33” in “catch-33”? |
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Apr 28 |
comment |
“Take your ball and go home” - meaning of this odd phrase? @Colin Fine: Presumably referring to cricket. |
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Apr 28 |
comment |
Which is correct, “buck naked” or “butt naked”? Maybe "butt naked" appeared in the lyrics of a song? |
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Apr 26 |
comment |
Where did the expression 'playing the world's smallest violin' come from? TV Tropes may be an appropriate resource for this question... |
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Apr 26 |
comment |
What's a positive phrase for “stating the obvious”? Not quite answering your question, but "common sense" is a related concept. |
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Apr 17 |
comment |
Is 'couple' ever used in the sense of 'some'? And if you're in the in the south of USA, don't be surprised if the person replies "Sure. What brand?" (or so I've heard). |
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Apr 4 |
comment |
Meaning of “ ‘Western’ world” and alternative terms As an example of how context matters, to some Islamists, Communism is a "Western" idea. |
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Mar 18 |
answered | What's the difference in meaning between “emigrate” and “immigrate”? |
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Mar 14 |
comment |
Which noun should I use to describe that a computer system hangs? Now I'm wondering whether hanged or hung is used for a computer as a past tense verb. |
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Mar 14 |
accepted | Should capitals be used when verbing trademarks? |
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Mar 13 |
comment |
Is lolspeak bad English, or just a different English? @kiamlaluno: A language is a dialect with an army and a navy, and I don't think lolspeakers have an army and a navy. |
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Mar 13 |
revised |
Is lolspeak bad English, or just a different English? Deleted the word structure |
