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by linguistics__ 7mo ago
Forth + APL: Uiua
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by linguistics__ 9mo ago
> Yeah I think Unity just doesn't have the technical skillset anymore It's not a technical skillset issue, it's a case of lacking resources, leadership changing priorities and changing requirements mid-development, causing
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by linguistics__ 1y ago
Where you see the 'Q', it's a text-field, you can just enter a different letter and it'll switch.
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by linguistics__ 2y ago
I mean I'll be calling (pronouncing) it Tablespoon, that's a great name:)
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
To answer that there are two main factors: 1) For this kind of single instance gene transfer to have an evolutionary effect, it will need to happens to germ-line cell (so an egg or sperm cell in a multi-cellular organism, or in a single-cel
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
Or if you're working with a list of lists, the wonderful: ↓⍉↑ will do
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
The life/dinner principle doesn't work in absolutes, it just states that you would expect asymmetric evolutionary pressures from asymmetric stakes in interactions.
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
It's also worth taking the "Life/dinner principle"[0] into account. If the termites fail to detect the beetle, then they might loose a tiny bit of food or whatever. While if the beetle fails to deceive the termites it mi
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
That's 1 million kroner per day, just fyi
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
Well, the question is in reality either unanswerable (we don't know - and may never know - how many and when the first proto-language(s) emerged) or meaningless (all live natural languages go back as far as we can reconstruct or attest
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
Just as a little correction: Dutch is not an "evolved German dialect". German and Dutch are both West Germanic languages, but so is Scots, Frisian and English. So it would be like saying that German is an evolved English dialect t
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
Because of palatalization [0], a very common sound change. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatalization_(sound_change)
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
Fair enough:) It's also okay to have opinions about language of course. I just often see people confidently stating, that they're speak the right way, and those others (from that other city, country, those young people, those po
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by linguistics__ 3y ago
It's almost like it's an unimportant distinction for normal speech and that the spoken language is moving on, as it inevitably does.
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
Yes, if you dare to look into a GC implementation, you might see some truly unsafe code indeed
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
If you're curious about how their YJIT, with it's lazy basic block versioning, works then I can highly recommend watching their presentation on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFb5wNj2ztM
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
JIT compilation is done lazily on a per basic block level (so you only JIT blocks you're about to run). It keeps track of statically known information for specific basic-blocks and specializes different versions of basic blocks based o
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
Most editors let you use an input prefix, so typing `y gets you ↑ for example. Makes it a lot easier
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
I mean I could list reasons, but in the end, it just comes down to taste really. Different people like different things.
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
Indeed, in Danish the verb 'misse' means to slow blink like a cat, and comes from the word 'mis' which can be translated as 'kitty' or 'pussy-cat'.
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
The "black-" in blacksmith, just means black [1], most likely in reference to the iron they worked. As far as I can tell, "Blech" doesn't have a cognate in English. If it did, it would probably by "blek" o
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
I feel like this is basically a subset of the translation problem, which you probably need actual artificial general intelligence for (because you need to be able to model another human mind to a certain degree). Here's a neat video co
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
For those wondering, it's a reference to this beauty: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/838/967/e39...
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
That's an odd take. A lot of people just like having the TV or radio on in the background and this is a cheap and relaxing kind of content to fill that niche.
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
I think most people could do with a little less exposure to US culture tbh
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by linguistics__ 4y ago
You're conflating language with writing. While it is true that Japanese writing is related to Chinese writing, the languages are still from two completely different language families[1]. Anything they have in common is due to exposure,