Logan R. Kearsley
@gliese1337.bsky.social
Linguist & Programmer. The former makes me happy, the latter makes me money. I write about linguistics in media. Blog at https://gliese1337.blogspot.com/, donation box at https://ko-fi.com/loganrk
Thanks to comments on my blog, I have been inspired to start on several new Weird Worlds articles. Currently planned: Mefitis - a world with H2S seas. Chloris - a world with (small) HCl seas and Cl2 in the air. #worldbuilding 1/
In work-related training. Get told "only 2 groups have ever successfully completed this evaluation". Spite activated. My group is now the third!
I also got all 20, at least once. And I'm not that old.
C. Buck (supposed to be writing)@tlacamazatl.bsky.social · 2w agoI scored 20. That's how old I am.
I also got all 20, at least once. And I'm not that old.
C. Buck (supposed to be writing)@tlacamazatl.bsky.social · 2w agoI scored 20. That's how old I am.
I am very annoyed that I can't get compressive or tensile strength information for pyromorphite to compare with hydroxyapatite. Lead-boned aliens would be so cool!
Sadly, I've always used electric, so I can't treat my kids' asthma by switching.
Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 2w agoInsane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
On one hand, one expects mutation in a translation relay. On the other hand, seeing that your hand-off didn't introduce significant mutations is very reassuring evidence that your weird language based on esoteric syntax and formal semantics theories actually works! #linguistics #conlang #lcc12
LCC12 Conlang Relay Results
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I figured out a thing, so I made a thing.
How to Make the Cooley-Tukey FFT Algorithm Iterative
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I slept through my prerecorded presentation, but Q&A can still happen on YouTube and Bluesky! #linguistics #conlang #lcc12
LCC12 1-03 Logan R. Kearsley, Compositional Modality through Quantification
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I have now gone to $12 Tuesday often enough that the Papa Murphy's store manager recognizes me.
Dear everyone who cares about USPS handling of election mail or its Proposed Rule to refuse to deliver mail to/from anyone not on its list: I filed a petition to the Postal Regulatory Commission, prc.arkcase.com/portal/filin..., in 2 parts. If you care, please SHARE & PARTICIPATE. Info below. 1/15
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Unfortunately, "run on seL4" and "be fully POSIX compliant" *may* turn out to be contradictory desires.
Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 5mo agoSomeday, in the bright utopian future, all OSes will be POSIX-compliant, Kry10/seL4 will replace GNU/Linux, and all our essential software will have formal mathematical proofs of safety and correctness.
/u/ is a naturally accusative-feeling sound. This of course has nothing to do with which languages I happen to speak, and I will not be taking questions at this time....
This goes for any group that identifies as "Christian": JWs, Christian Scientists, Adventists, Mormons, etc. If you claim they are *not* Christians, that's an immediate block from me.
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 2mo agoThe LDS Church was left off the Department of Defense’s list of Christian religions.
Workshopped an excellent new #linguistics term today: "glossosynthlipsis". (Alternative proposals included "con-fusion", which also expresses what you feel when encountering this kind of morphology.)
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
we may think statements like this aren’t enough and don’t matter, but an extremely normie, super-Christian woman I work with is *obsessed* with Pedro Pascal and completely reworked her priors regarding trans rights solely because of his opinions on the matter
VoxHaven Community@voxhavenhq.bsky.social · 2mo agoPedro Pascal at the Fantastic Four: First Steps premiere in Berlin was asked why he stands up for the trans community. His answer: “It’s important to stand up for those who are simply asking for the right to exist.” Powerful moment. #PedroPascal #TransRights #LGBTQIA
There doesn't seem to be any existing fandom for this on Bluesky, but I'm gonna ask anyway: if the Patchwork City is canonically as wide as the Andromeda galaxy, how do they manage to have a unified Visitation Authority?
“But it happened” is definitely worth more attention. youtu.be/tlQ7EoJDTQY?...
"But it happened."
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Everyone says you shouldn't try to handle segfault signals, but I gotta say, being able to do so is extremely useful for ensuring other people's plugins don't take down your whole application. (Also SIGILL [illegal instruction] and SIGFPE [floating point error].)
When #TTRPG player characters should be allowed to die in-game can be controversial. Here are my thoughts on how to have "The Death Talk" and get everyone on the same page. www.worldanvil.com/w/drintera-s... Illustration by Aaron Lee, courtesy of Sine Nomine Publishing. Support our Patreon!
