Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoStartup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it firstarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down13
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minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 hours agoIs there missing punctuation in that headline or am I an idiot?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoYes, it should at least be kids’. Kids robot doesn’t make sense.
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·17 hours agoNo, there is no punctuation missing, the headline writing style is just hurting comprehensibility. I’ll expand it a bit. “A startup, which is set to brick an $800 kids’ robot, is trying to open-source it first”
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·16 hours agoCheers, I can read and comprehend the original headline now. I’m Australian so English isn’t my first language, at least that’s my excuse.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours ago I’m Australian so English isn’t my first language So…what is your first language then?
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·15 hours agoHere you go then “Oi, this startup’s about to turn an $800 kids’ robot into a bloody paperweight, but they’re havin’ a crack at open-sourcing it before it carks it.”
minus-squarejrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoI was able to read that with the accent. Goodonya
minus-squareantonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoI clicked on this thread only to figure out what that title is supposed to mean.
Is there missing punctuation in that headline or am I an idiot?
Yes, it should at least be kids’. Kids robot doesn’t make sense.
No, there is no punctuation missing, the headline writing style is just hurting comprehensibility. I’ll expand it a bit.
“A startup, which is set to brick an $800 kids’ robot, is trying to open-source it first”
Cheers, I can read and comprehend the original headline now. I’m Australian so English isn’t my first language, at least that’s my excuse.
So…what is your first language then?
Here you go then
“Oi, this startup’s about to turn an $800 kids’ robot into a bloody paperweight, but they’re havin’ a crack at open-sourcing it before it carks it.”
I was able to read that with the accent. Goodonya
I clicked on this thread only to figure out what that title is supposed to mean.