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A Chinese Internet Phrasebook—Asterisk

asteriskmag.com/issues/08/a-chinese-internet-phrasebook

The latest slang on Weibo reveals a world of cynicism, ennui — and concrete pasta.

• censorship, tag
• hacking, tag
• language, tag
• internet, tag
• chinese, tag
• ·4 months ago

How to Pronounce Chinese Names a Little Better

jacko.io/chinese_names.html

• speech, tag
• china, tag
• translation, tag
• pronounciation, tag
• culture, tag
• language, tag
• ·5 months ago

Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting

oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-started-with-ai-good-enough

• computers, tag
• work, tag
• language, tag
• chatbots, tag
• llm, tag
• ai, tag
• ·5 months ago

Character Amnesia in China

globalchinapulse.net/character-amnesia-in-china/

• china, tag
• chinese, tag
• language, tag
• writing, tag
• culture, tag
• ·6 months ago

Poto and Cabengo

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poto_and_Cabengo

• twins, tag
• language, tag
• wikipedia, tag
• ·7 months ago

Green’s Dictionary of Slang

greensdictofslang.com/

• english, tag
• language, tag
• reference, tag
• dictionary, tag
• ·1 year ago

5 Disabled Folks on How to Welcome Everyone During the Holidays

cupofjo.com/2023/12/13/five-disabled-folks-on-how-to-welcome-everyone-during-the-holidays/

• accessibility, tag
• inclusion, tag
• language, tag
• disability, tag
• ·1 year ago

TodePond/DreamBerd: perfect programming language

github.com/TodePond/DreamBerd

perfect programming language. Contribute to TodePond/DreamBerd development by creating an account on GitHub.

• language, tag
• programming, tag
• humour, tag
• esoteric, tag
• ·1 year ago

If anycunt says it, will everycunt accept it?

stronglang.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/if-anycunt-says-it-will-everycunt-accept-it/

• scots, tag
• language, tag
• vulgarity, tag
• ·2 years ago

Every Possible Wordle Solution Visualized

perthirtysix.com/essay/wordle-solutions-visualized

2,309 words interactively laid out

• interesting, tag
• cool, tag
• language, tag
• interactive, tag
• fun, tag
• games, tag
• wordle, tag
• ·2 years ago

Lose the Very

losethevery.com/

• writing, tag
• english, tag
• fun, tag
• grammar, tag
• language, tag
• tool, tag
• ·2 years ago

'We conclude' or 'I believe?' Study finds rationality declined decades ago

phys.org/news/2022-01-rationality-declined-decades.html

• epistemology, tag
• language, tag
• rationality, tag
• research, tag
• thinking, tag
• ·3 years ago

Language Icon

languageicon.org/

• design, tag
• i18n, tag
• icon, tag
• standards, tag
• language, tag
• ·3 years ago

BBC NEWS | UK | Cows also 'have regional accents'

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5277090.stm

• cows, tag
• nature, tag
• interesting, tag
• language, tag
• ·3 years ago

Forgetting My First Language | The New Yorker

newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/forgetting-my-first-language

When I speak Cantonese with my parents now, I rely on translation apps.

• immigrants, tag
• bilingual, tag
• atrophy, tag
• assimilation, tag
• linguistics, tag
• language, tag
• loss, tag
• ·3 years ago

feelings english doesn't have — Are.na

are.na/juliana-castro/feelings-english-doesn-t-have

Words, expressions, and sayings to declare feelings with no translation in the English language.

• language, tag
• english, tag
• ·3 years ago

Tenderness Shares A Root With Attention — Are.na

are.na/blog/tenderness-shares-a-root-with-attention

• language, tag
• linguistics, tag
• lineage, tag
• ·3 years ago

Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate – Krebs on Security

krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick-russian-hackers-hate/

DarkSide, like a great many other malware strains, has a hard-coded do-not-install list of countries which are the principal members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) — former Soviet satellites that mostly have favorable relations with the Kremlin. The full exclusion list in DarkSide (published by Cybereason) is below:

• language, tag
• russia, tag
• security, tag
• hacking, tag
• malware, tag
• keyboard, tag
• ·4 years ago

This Word Does Not Exist

thisworddoesnotexist.com/

• language, tag
• generator, tag
• dictionary, tag
• ai, tag
• machinelearning, tag
• ·4 years ago

Choose Boring Technology

boringtechnology.club/

• talk, tag
• programming, tag
• technology, tag
• architecture, tag
• slides, tag
• language, tag
• ·4 years ago