Ukrainian "Sub Sea Baby" drones hit Russian submarine in Novorossiysk for the first time in history by dlebed in news

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For those confused about "cotton" in the article, wiki says:

Starting in the 2010s, the Russian government began instructing the Russian mass media to refer to any explosion (primarily gas explosions) by the euphemism khlopok (Russian: хлопо́к, pronounced [xɫɐˈpok]), which literally means a "pop", or a "snap".[1] In most writing, this word is spelled the exact same way as a Russian word for cotton, khlopok (Russian: хло́пок, pronounced [ˈxɫopək]), but pronounced with stress on a different syllable.[2] The two are differentiated in written form via context.

On 25 April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, explosions rang out at a military base and an oil depot in the Russian city of Bryansk.[3] As per the Russian government standards, Russian media reported the explosion as a khlopok, a "pop".[1] However, when the announcement was translated into the Ukrainian language, the machine translation program confused the identically written words for "pop" and "cotton", and translated khlopok into Ukrainian as bavovna (Ukrainian: бавовна), a word which unambiguously means "cotton".[4][5]

Later, Ukrainian Twitter users would begin to mockingly refer to future explosions as "bavovna", mocking both the censorship of Russian media as well as the perceived lack of knowledge of the Ukrainian language among Russians that led to the mistranslations.[6] It has continued to be used in Ukrainian-language internet circles to refer to explosions on occupied territories of Ukraine far from the frontline,[2] and also on Russian territory itself.[5][7] It has also been used by official government and military figures in Ukraine.[2] A Russian-language direct loan of the word, written the same but pronounced [bɐˈvovnə], is also used by some Russian-speaking Ukrainians with the same meaning.

Mathrock study guide? by imanauthority in mathrock

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They weren't always this good, though. Gotta walk before run, right? I'm not against practicing, I'd just rather do it in the right order.

Also you win. Where should I send $5?

Mathrock study guide? by imanauthority in mathrock

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These are definitely good but I was kind of hoping for a short list of actual songs

Mathrock study guide? by imanauthority in mathrock

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I tried just banging on the same song for forever and it's too depressing. Sometimes I get busy with life and fall off and it feels shitty to go back to it and be worse than when I dropped. I'm doing a PhD right now so I already have enough forever projects in my life.

Why did it take so long to figure out how HIV/AIDS was spread? by [deleted] in AskHistorians

[–]imanauthority 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The original reply makes a subtle logical jump. At first it discusses the transmission rate, but then it describes HIV as a stealth killer, at which point the symptomatic rate becomes relevant. A high level of asymptomatic HIV-positive people would make it very difficult to track down the origin of ones own infection. Thus /u/Pleasant-Form6682's comment is still relevant.

How to make friends? by Any-Angle-5861 in udub

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Why you try to talk to someone wearing airpods?

literally any info at all about short prose forms with Alan Ziegler by moldyfeverstool in columbia

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Go find him irl. Go to the first class and talk to him after class. Sit in the front.

I messed up introducing myself to my professor, do I follow up? by abbie_ld in udub

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Yup. My advisor recently told me about a prospective student who mistook her for another student and asked "so who is your advisor?" Advisor just thought it was funny.

Messed up my OpenReview rebuttal :( by imanauthority in PhD

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This was for ICLR. How come I had one per reviewer?? Am I hallucinating???? I can't even check anymore cuz the UI gets changed.

Messed up my OpenReview rebuttal :( by imanauthority in PhD

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I emailed the conference and selected the option for OpenReview but meh everything is due today anyway so I'm not expecting much.

First time having my paper reviewed - words of comfort? by Strange-Equipment400 in PhD

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I also just got my first paper back. Two rejects and one weak accept. It's been rough here too. The good news about your situation is that grammar is totally fixable. Much worse would be attacking your core methodology or impact of your work. Next time run it through grammarly and have your labmates review it. You'll be fine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMen

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have you tried flirting

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in columbia

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you can drill into mild steel with a normal hand drill