KSPAtlas

@KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oopsie Daisy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  There has to be some kind of limit, otherwise a single atom of plutonium would ruin an entire mug

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework supporting far-right racists?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s weird, I briefly participated, and that was before the LLM boom, Lemmy is the first place I’ve seen thorn be explained as an LLM avoidance measure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework supporting far-right racists?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s an internet movement thing called bring back thorn (which is NOT an AI circumvention thing, as others have said) that aims to bring the letter þ (thorn) back into English

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crap, not again!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like something a cereal killer would do

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JFC, who did this?!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JFC, who did this?!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s this meant to be? Imgur’s just saying it’s unavailable in my region

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PhDebaters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  trvthnvke, if you will

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nostalgia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I see

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nostalgia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s just the Arabic for “strawberry elephant”? Hard to tell at that resolution

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say it slowly.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  9 because you could also stress the entirety of asshole

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨humilliation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The first commenter tried to make themselves look cool, but they looked cringey, so someone decided to put their comment on a billboard to mock them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hyperbaric oxygen chamber⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t Apollo I destroyed when a spark caused an explosion on the launchpad due to pressurising the cabin with pure oxygen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's just science, i guess⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t he just claim that in a divorce court to explain neurological issues?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mice and rats are both generic names for multiple species

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get the rest of them, but what's a jobs sandwich?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While it’s correct that ASL isn’t English and signs don’t come from English words, ASL (like many other sign languages) has a fingerspelling system, which is used for signing out names and words that don’t have signs

  I assume that’s what OP is referring to here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them

  Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, there’s this stereotype that professional/qualified linguistics are like super prescriptive but in reality most either don’t give a shit or are interested in informal language

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tonight on How It's Made⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  in the prehistoric times. straight up “decomposing it”. and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. My organits material

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China bans its biggest tech companies from acquiring Nvidia chips, says report — Beijing claims its homegrown AI processors now match H20 and RTX Pro 6000D⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  idk why there are so many images of the flag of china photoshopped onto computer chips but I find the trend strangely funny

  PRoCessor hehe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just like in the movies.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Portable spamton

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve also noticed it’s becoming more common to call desktop PCs laptops, interesting linguistic shift

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arriving⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it helps I live at a higher latitude where summer isn’t as hot (although it’s getting hotter every year)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arriving⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Summer better because it’s not depressing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worth checking⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if people who actually have 6 fingers per hand (polydactyly) have any problems with it, like do people say their pictures are AI generated

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3140: Biology Department⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Polish also does that, but it doesn’t show up for the word “day” because the nominative plural and genitive plural forms are the same

  I’ll use the word “godzina” (hour) instead

  1 godzina 2 godziny 3 godziny 4 godziny 5+ godzin

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes skibidi not a real word? Sure, it’s a nonsense word often used to replace other words, but it still carries some meaning, even if vague

  Remember that linguistics isn’t just about high brow standard written/spoken language, it covers all types of language, including slang, body language and sign language

  There are real linguists with real qualifications who have actually studied gen Z and gen alpha slang and gotten scientific conclusions out of it

  I believe one linguist who studied it was able to either impress or embarrass a high school by speaking entirely in correct gen Z/gen alpha slang

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What constitutes an “actual word”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨choice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  targets dropping dead as I turn their brains to poo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨language learning⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  شكرا، اتبعت النصيحك

  (sorry if I got anything wrong, I don’t speak Arabic)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Green owl recruits⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on the language, but generally, use anki decks, study grammar (you can often find free grammar resources online) and read/watch/listen to content in the target language

  Eventually, you can start trying to communicate with other speakers, either online (via text chats/voice chats) or IRL if that’s possible