Side thought/my own ramblings here: Has there ever been hosting where the information is scattered across the world rather than one localized spot? That seems like it might be helpful, but I honestly don’t know enough about site hosting

In a certain sense we are using a system like this, due to federation. I don’t think the exact same model would work well for Wikipedia, but it could try something similar.

One of my favourite instances of adaptation got to be Ted Woolsey’s “son of a submariner! They’ll pay for this…”, for the English localisation of Final Fantasy III / VI.

In the game, Kefka (the villain) is saying this as the heroes escape him, but the original only says “ヒーーー　くっそー！このかりは必ず返しますよ!”; literally “heeee shit! I will definitively return this debt” or similar. However:

• That “ヒーーー” interjection has no meaning on its own. It’s only there to highlight the character’s emotional state. It could be safely removed, without loss of meaning.
• くそ / 糞 kuso “crap! shit!” is vulgar, but by no means as vulgar as English “shit”. Specially given the 90s, and this game being marketed to kids. But it means the villain is being rude towards the heroes (makes sense, right).

So, translating it as simply “hey you!” or similar would mutilate the original, by removing the rudeness. But at the same time, Woolsey couldn’t use “shit” or “crap” or similar. So he looked at the context:

• Kefka is crazy, and the way he uses Japanese in the original is odd. For example, he uses the pronoun “ぼくちん” bokuchin to refer to himself, as if he was a kid - and yet he’s a court mage of an empire dammit. (It’s a bit deeper than that, but let’s focus.)
• a bit before Kefka says this, there’s a city in the desert also fleeing Kefka - by going underground instead, as if it was some sort of “sand submarine”.

So Woolsey went with “son of a submariner!”, something he likely made up on the spot. And you know what? It’s perfect - it’s completely on-character for Kefka to insult people in such a weird way.

It’s a bit more complicated: if you’re dealing with the sounds it’s transcription, if you’re converting from writing system into another it’s transliteration.

So for example, what you did is transliteration. But if you were to record some Japanese guy speaking and wrote it down (in kanji+kana, Latin, or even IPA), or if you handled how it’s actually spoken, it would be transcription.

“What I can tell you is that over the years, conservatives, libertarians, were just pushed out,” Sanger said. “There is a whole…army of administrators, hundreds of them, who are constantly blocking people…that they have ideological disagreements with.”

“Oh noes, people in Wokepedia aren’t willing to accept my opinion that gravity doesn’t work on Fridays!”

“Wikipedia is losing its objectivity @jimmy_wales,” Musk posted in 2022.

If you’re really, really invested on 2+2 being five, then 2+2=4 becomes “subjective”.

In my opinion Wikipedia being hosted in USA is a liability. Or even being hosted in a single place, whichever it is.

If a megacorporation could profit nine zillions and fifty dollars, and instead it’s profiting only nine zillions, its shareholders are already screeching at the CEO “YOU INCOMPETENT FOOL, YOU’RE ROBBING US FIFTY DOLLARS!”.

We [cryptagion, infinitesunrise, for_some_delta, me, etc.] are talking about 1) political power, 2) over the society as a whole, that is 3) effectively unchecked, since the only so-called “check” (voting) is a circus.

In the meantime, your example is about 1) decision making, 2) in a very restrict scope, in a way that 3) can easily have internal counters and checks (i.e. if the head surgeon is doing some dumb shit, other surgeons should be able to remove them).

In other words your whole comment boils down to three paragraphs of “ackshyually, no practical difference between apples and oranges”. It’s so fucking bad that, to be blunt, I’m not wasting further time with it.

Nobody here is complaining about the existence of infra-structure. OP is talking about who controls it. It’s about power.

This: gentle support and help works way better than soapboxing.

It’s a “democracy” but it’s mostly ruled by a handful of old guys coming from long-standing political families. Your vote is mostly there to justify the rule, not to change it.

AGAB (all governments are bastards).

For each 1kg of cheese you need around 10kg of milk. Add labour and storage costs - specially relevant for aged cheeses.

Any fuckin windows?

No. But at least some of those doors are cardboard. You need to test it out before claiming it’s impassable. And, sure, once you pass through someone is bound to screech “WHY DID YOU DESTROY THE CARDBOARD DOOR, YOU VANDAL? It took me a day to build it!”, but that’s part of life.

Because she’s a con[ifers] woman.

It doesn’t look that bad. But that’s coming from someone who loves head cheese (I picture this tomato refresher has a similar texture).

I guess you could smash them with a spatula, and then use molten M&M’s to glue them together? Just make sure to use the blue ones only. Ah, and to crack their shells because it’s sugar, it doesn’t melt as good as the chocolate inside.

Not yet. But I really want to try. Around the internet people describe their taste as earthy and really savoury, with a creamy texture. Some also compare them with blue cheeses (something I love).

Century eggs. They get this colour from being alkalised for a few months. (Not “a century” but whatever.)

Using them for an omelette would be a waste though.

Of course, he’s using the wrong eggs for the dish! You’re supposed to use these:

Have you confronted this problem for yourself? How did you approach it?

Pretty much, although I’m self-employed (translator) instead of a business owner.

I looked for the average/recommended prices for my trade; it was, like, half. Then I compared the quality of my service with a few of my competitors; my translations were by no means half as good as the folks out there, if anything I’d argue they were slightly better. Then I slowly raised my prices, until they reached the market average.

This was damn cute.

I hate poorly made security/identity systems in general, but by far the worst is poorly made 2FA.

No, I’m not giving you my number; and if using your site requires it, I’m probably giving up using your site. Ask my email and I’ll provide my burner account.