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[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Is there missing punctuation in that headline or am I an idiot?

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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"

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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."

[–] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 13 points 23 hours ago

I was able to read that with the accent. Goodonya

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 1 points 16 hours ago

I'm Australian so English isn't my first language

So...what is your first language then?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

Yes, it should at least be kids'. Kids robot doesn't make sense.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago

I clicked on this thread only to figure out what that title is supposed to mean.