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31·10 days agoWhy is it necessary for the water to go up and down to turn the turbine? Isn’t the pressure already added to the water and you can directly use it to drive a heavier turbine at ground level?
Other replies answered what’s what. I think the reasoning for this many names is just there are many variants. After all, the current “nation” is several ethnic groups (many with their own languages) merged together for over thousands of years, spanning a large area.
Native Mandarin speaker here. On one hand it’s true that basic rhyming is easier due to the regularity of the unit of sound and the number of characters sharing the same “final vowel” 韵母.
However, there’s also the tone system. Pronouncing the tone as it’s normally pronounced may interfere with the melody. So it’s actually very hard to write good lyrics that works with both.
In modern Mandarin music, this problem is usually bypassed by relaxing the tone a bit when singing (the phenomenon is called 倒字). However, serious lyric writers do strive to achieve both goals at the same time. (Cantonese songs are especially good in this regard.)
Compare to the classical Chinese. According to tones, all characters are divided into two classes 平仄, which follows a specific pattern in a poem 格律. The poem is also the lyrics of a melody 律诗. So this system helps you to do both.
139·2 months agoI love that the shark can take down whole modern digital infrastructure, but it can’t stop C developers from writing dynamic arrays.
Before I help you with your homework, please consider citing this work. IT WON’T COST YOU A CENT. If you pay 10000 EUR you should feel free to use without citing. Now back to the homework…
Maybe he’s just reading the result. The pic didn’t show the open skull and the brain electrodes underneath.
You know kung-fu?
First royal flush bingo.
You’re seeing the matrix.
You cursed too much.
Next day the kid got 9 billion series A funding.
Seems like a scene from my worst nightmare. A large, untrained animal near a collection of electric appliances, fire hazards, and sharp objects.
2·4 months agoPreviously, loot box’s gain is a probability distribution over (market price - fixed box price). Now it’s (market price - rarity price according to Valve).
I think in the end the market will take the Valve price (fixed or with rarity) into account since it’s known and the same to everyone. Then it’s again just playing against the probability distribution of items.
5·4 months agoWow, there was a very similar case in China not long ago. It was quite a sensation.
Yes, I counted undiscovered jelly fish, what of it?
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