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I'm looking for recommendations for a french-learning app for kids, and I just can't find what I want. We were using Duolingo kids, but I think they stopped supporting it - no new levels appeared.
Kiddo has #ADHD and responds well to gamification, but really doesn't like learning #french, so I want something he'll have fun with. #language #languagelearning
Weird #etymology: 'weird' originally meant fate or fortune. It got its modern meaning from the weird sisters, goddesses of fate. Because they were portrayed as uncanny, the word weird shifted its meaning.
Further back, it comes from a root *wer-, which means to turn. The idea of turning is often used for processes of becoming and the future: something *turns* into something, or *turns* out well.
The original meaning is still present in the suffix -ward, like backward and inward.
So apparently the term "patch" in software development comes from punched paper tape.
"Small corrections to the programmed sequence could be done by patching over portions of the paper tape and re-punching the holes in that section."
chsi.harvard.edu/harvard-ibm-m…
#til #computers #development #language #history
One of the phrases that’s been popular in China this year according to this article: sixthtone.com/news/1014370
For more context, people in China have been assembling plain white bread sandwiches to try to understand how we live in this part of the world, and they are posting through it (the idea of eating anything cold or raw, especially a vegetable, is seen as especially disgusting in the Chinese world, with some exceptions)
theguardian.com/food/2023/jun/…
#Food #China #Language #Chinese #Mandarin
‘Lunch of suffering’: plain ‘white people food’ goes viral in China
Social media platforms inundated with users amused and bemused by raw vegetables and cold sandwichesRafqa Touma (The Guardian)
15 + 1 facts about the Finnish language
(A non-native English version of this blog post.) Recently, the blog called Very Finnish Problems published a list of “fun facts” about the Finnish language. As a typical killjoy linguist, I was a …Kieliö – sekalaista aattelehdintaa kielestä ja kielistä
Remixing: The oldest Midi composed by me in my collection!
This is my first completed piece that I wrote using Zel, the MIDI programming language! How long ago, you ask? The year, 2001! I’m pretty sure it was Decembe...YouTube
Hallo !Friendica Support,
wie ich gerade festgestellt habe, taucht mein Server in der Statistik auf Fediverse Observer als englischsprachig auf. Allerdings habe ich sowohl im Admin-Panel als auch in der local.config.php die Sprache auf Deutsch gestellt. Muss ich da sonst noch irgendwo etwas angeben? So wichtig ist es mir ja nicht, das es meist kein offener Server ist, aber eigenartig finde ich es schon.
Tomorrow at noon EST, I will give a #talk on the #accessibility of #language #learning and #linguistics in general for #screenReader users as part of the a11yTalks event. This will be a public event with no need to register so if this is something any of you are interested in, here's the link :) a11ytalks.com/posts/2023-MAY/ #speaker #a11y
Do you speak Accessibility? - A look at accessibility hurdles for language learning and linguistics - A11yTalks
One would think that language has been solved in 2023. We have translation apps, sign languages, an international phonetic alphabet that is supposed to be able to represent any sound in any language for academics to endlessly discuss over.Do you speak Accessibility? - A look at accessibility hurdles for language learning and linguistics - A11yTalks
This seems to be becoming a habit of mine now as I begin to use Mastodon more and continue to learn more about it each day.
This one covers the options available to you when posting content such as Alt Text and Content Warnings but also talks about language settings and using filters to tidy up your timelines.
Any boosts will be greatly appreciated so we can help everyone get the most out of Mastodon.
#twittermigration #MastodonTips #accessibility #language #feditips
How to Compose a Post on Mastodon (all the options)
Whilst Mastodon is similar to other social media services, there are some really cool features available as part of Mastodon that can help you make your post...YouTube
Mindblowing 🤯
#Whisper is an #openSource #speechRecognition model written in #Python by #OpenAI. I’ve just seen it in action. Extract an #mp3 from a video, run it through Whisper, and it turns every spoken word into text. It even does a very decent job in #Danish. Perfect for subtitling #TV and #video. I am very impressed.
#ai #language #transcription #speechToText
GitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision - GitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak SupervisionGitHub
cargo careful: run your Rust code with extra careful debug checking
Did you know that the standard library is full of useful checks that users never get to see? There are plenty of debug assertions in the standard library that will do things like check that...www.ralfj.de
By the way, nowadays I usually refer to servers as gardens. I believe this will make owning a garden sound a lot less technical and a lot more fun. It would also create expectations of ease of use.
As example, freedombox and yunohost are aiming to be such garden operating systems. And Pioneer Freedombox is a garden.