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Fix text rendered too large in Chrome on Android (as a developer)
I have noticed a problem with text on this website being rendered much larger than it should in Chrome running on Android. For some (...)
November 2, 2013 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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Hyphen, minus, en-dash, and em-dash: difference and usage in English
These four little characters: “‐”, “−”, “–”, and “—”, often get confused. Most computer users use just a single character, “-”, the so-called hyphen-minus (the usual minus character you have on your keyboard), which is, technically, different from all four. (...)
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Render LaTeX in Wikipedia using Mathjax
Let’s face it—mathematical expressions rendered as images look ugly, especially in inline formulas. Also, if you, like me, have all (...)
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Alpha, Bravo, Charlie – what is it?
Briefly put, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc., are words used in spelling of the 26 letters of the Latin (resp. English) alphabet. They were (...)
October 24, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Majority is” / “majority are”: Collective nouns in English
“Majority” is one of a few nouns in English that can be used
either with a singular or a plural verb. These nouns are called collective (...)
October 17, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Bells and whistles – English idiom with examples
The phrase bells and whistles refers to features of an object which are not essential to it, but which make it attractive or special. Its (...)
October 15, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Differentiation (derivatives) without variables
To be able to differentiate a function without using variables, we have to be able to denote the function we want to differentiate without (...)
October 14, 2013 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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The best online resources for translation between English and German
Translating texts between languages often takes more than just translating the words. Some words like “table”, “house”, or “carpet” (...)
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Common English words that also have a second, less common and unrelated meaning
There are a few English words that have a primary meaning (or sometimes several predominant meanings) which is the one you think of when (...)
October 12, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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How to define functions without using variables
First, note that this article is not about the definition of elementary functions, such as $\sin$ and $\cos$, and operations, like $a^b$, (...)
October 11, 2013 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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