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I'd say this has more to do with the multidimensionality of signed languages rather than "spoken languages get to be written down"

i would caution about making this about writing: writing hasn't been a thing for most spoken languages in history, *and by and large* writing doesn't drive the language structure though we might see that changing over time

yeah 100% I've noticed this

it helps that ASL has both negation words and morphological negation, it makes sense that you can mix them

ME NOT HUNGRY
ME no-HUNGRY
ME NOT no-HUNGRY

like of course me shaking my head when signing HUNGRY doesn't reverse the fact that I signed NOT earlier

me after years of working with french: double negatives are the stupidest thing, thank god the kids these days don't do it anymore

me after a month or so of learning ASL: double negatives are the most natural thing why don't we have more of that

#rustlang PSA: you probably don't want #[allow(dead_code)], you probably want #[expect(unused)]

In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.

This is jawdropping. The idea that a state about to be invaded by out-of-state soldiers that Trump is moving around the nation like chess pieces has no standing to object to the invasion!

I like Miguel, he does good work

Honestly I'd be mildly surprised if Linus took umbrage at the description, he's repeatedly described his way of engaging as harsh. maybe not the exact words I'm using, but whatever

[unstable option] `imports_granularity` · Issue #4991 · rust-lang/rustfmt Tracking issue for unstable option: imports_granularity. Option documentation. See Processes.md, "Stabilising an Option": Is the default value correct? The design and implementation of the option a...

man, telling me that Open Source Man Known For Throwing Tantrums threw a tantrum about something makes me *less* inclined to fix it

i have so little patience for this crap

github.com/rust-lang/ru...

i do not think that destroying an object is wrong. i think that treating a thing like a person exclusively for the purpose of dehumanizing it is insane behavior.

i do not think that nonhuman things have feelings to be hurt but i do think the intent to hurt feelings is bad for a person notwithstanding whether the object of their sadism is real

I agree that NYC nightlife is better than SF. NYC being more diverse in industries and housing affordability makes for a better city. But it's easy to avoid tech crowds if you avoid tech scenes. Its a self report when people complain that everyone they know is tech. Tech's only 12% of the workforce.

she is Online, but Tumblr and Discord Online, not Politics and Blue Websites Online

partner: so what's georgism

me: ... huh I feel like I'm supposed to have explained this to you on our second date in some café in sf, that's usually how I see georgism getting explained

rot13: ibybj (bprnavp)

having a fun time asking my friends to guess what language family this language is from

i break it out every time whenever someone is struggling with modals

it really helps break things down

All Things Linguistic The difference between epistemic & deontic, necessity & possibility, in an overlapping diagram This is a handy reference diagram I made way back in grad school for remembering the difference between...

I used to use this example when teaching about epistemic vs. deontic uses of modal verbs like “can”.

@gretchenmcc.bsky.social has a great post that elaborates on this distinction (as well as the possibility vs necessity dimension) allthingslinguistic.com/post/1380488...

i wish merriam-webster my most enthusiastic contrafibularities

back on my bullshit again (flipping through various Oriya and Bangla dictionaries trying to understand the ground truth behind a subtle encoding issue)

i was like "ma'am she does not live here that is not how any of this works"

eventually told them the cost for her to attend according to their own per-mile gas reimbursement rates and was like "look if you pay her many thousands of dollars per the rule she'd be happy to come visit me"

once my mom got summoned and she doesn't live in the country anymore, and their form does not support that (they need a new address), so I emailed them and they were like "tell us when she'll be back we'll schedule for then"

congratulations!!

lmao purple-ass comment

CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

partner: do you want a cookie now or one with chocolate chips later?
me: are you ... running the stanford marshmallow experiment on me ... with cookies?
her: ... would it be hot if i did?

(she wasn't, she was just making multiple batches)

ow my broca's area

absolutely correct

in Haitian Creole it's zwazo and I think that's beautiful