This is me writing one hour of that episode of Pirandello and telling the other authors, here's what I'm assuming as you use it. So it's up to me to do it right, but if I do it, I'm going to specify, what does this function do?

作为一个程序员,我得为用户提供一些信息,这正是我写写的皮兰德娄戏剧的一小时片段,并且要告诉其它的作家，这是我希望你使用的地方，所以由我决定怎样去做好它？

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And if you don't put a point but just put a number, this specifies the width of space that will be used by the number you're inserting there.

如果你不用点而只用数字，这个指定的长度是由,你插入的数字决定的。

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It's up to you to make that difference in your life.

能否改变自己的人生，由你自己决定。

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Well, it was based on what you contributed.

这是由你之前的贡献程度决定的。

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To what extent is your fate sealed?

你的人生又有多少是由命运决定的呢

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This spring is getting squashed on either side, and it'll squash by certain amount x, that depends on your mass, and that x will be turned into a motion of a needle and that'll read your mass.

这个弹簧两边都会受到压缩,压缩量为 x,它由你的质量决定,x 会转换成指针的运动,你从而可以读数

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