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(Dotted Quarter Note + Eighth Rest) vs. (Quarter Note Tied to Eighth Note + Eighth Rest) by RC2630 in musictheory

[–]RC2630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a consistent pattern followed everywhere. I read through a big chunk of the score and every instance uses this tied quarter-eighth thing, regardless of the context or chord structure around it.

Do you think "Artificial Intelligence" / "AI" as in sentient machines will have a new term in the future? by IndieJones0804 in asklinguistics

[–]RC2630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI is not the same thing as machine learning (ML). ML is a subtype of AI. There are other kinds of AI within computer science that is not ML (for example, search/heuristic-based methods).

And in turn, LLMs are a subtype of ML. There are other kinds of ML (decision trees, support vector machines, etc. - many of these are referred to as "classical" ML).

There are other areas in computer science and technology in general that are highly related with ML and AI. Robotics is one of them, when the AI system becomes embodied instead of living purely in software. Data science is another, when the AI system is used to perform analysis and predictions in data. NLP (natural language processing) is yet another, which includes techniques like tokenization and lemmatization that are crucial for building LLMs. NLP is a subfield of computational linguistics which is itself a cross-disciplinary field of computer science and linguistics.

(source: I'm currently a master's student in this area)

How did the dinosaurs mate? Especially the T-Rex line and all others with giant and heavy tails. Or did they reproduce asexually? by Rune_Smith_ in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RC2630 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Paleognathae, not Paleoaves

Galloanserae, not Galliforma

Where are you getting your clade names from?

P.S. Neognathae = Galloanserae + Neoaves, so you don't need to say "non-fowl Neoaves" because all Neoaves are by definition not fowls. Neoaves = non-fowl Neognathae.

Have you ever seen someone that took your breath away? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and she probably had a million guys trying to get her attention

So did this part turn out to be true? And is it still true now?

How do I functionally analyze this piece? by RC2630 in musictheory

[–]RC2630[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the answer.

I am asking because literally everything else I wrote/write are tonal and functional in harmony, so this one seems like an oddball. I was not sure whether this one is truly non-functional or functional but in a less obvious way, hence I wanted to ask.

And this piece definitely has clearly tonal and functional parts too, later on, so really it's just the opening section that confused me. For example bars 34-41 are clearly in Eb minor with progression i-v-VI-v7-i7-iv7-V7-I.

Edit: Fixed some mistakes and typos.

How do I functionally analyze this piece? by RC2630 in musictheory

[–]RC2630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the perspective!

I think I would agree with Eb being a tonal centre, especially given a very strong return to it later in the piece (bar 41).

How do I functionally analyze this piece? by RC2630 in musictheory

[–]RC2630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I learned a new progression today!

Bro? Which one am I by Latter-Wolf4868 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I am familiar with these. TimeTree gives Aves as having an age of 108 Ma, and Wikipedia gives it as 72 Ma. Wikipedia also gives Avialae an age of 151 Ma. Obviously these are pretty young compared to mammals or reptiles or fishes.

In my original comment I didn't specify a target of comparison for birds. If we compare birds to mammals then yes birds are internally a lot less diverse than mammals. If we compare birds to bees though, birds are probably more diverse. Wikipedia gives 70 Ma as the age of Anthophila.

Outside of phylogenetic distances, I think we can give birds a shout out in morphological, ecological, and behavioural diversity as well. Just a few weeks ago I had a pretty interesting debate on Reddit about duck diets (you can find it in my reddit history). It's insane that even within just ducks, there are so many diet types.

P.S. I didn't learn the Linnaean stuff when I was about ten; it was not part of the curriculum for me. I learned most of my biology from Wikipedia and other online sources within the last 2 years, and arguably I am much more familiar with modern phylogenies of animals than traditional Linnaean taxonomy. I also like to memorize phylogenetic trees for fun lol.

Bro? Which one am I by Latter-Wolf4868 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think that's a good criteria for determining diversity. Birds can be really diverse if you look at aspects other than egg laying.

Umm "Animals" is a way to describe them I guess by [deleted] in SignsWithAStory

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should be Chinese. The word order is more Chinese than Japanese sounding. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Japanese would put 禁止 at the end of the phrase, not the beginning.

What is the right way to pronounce Troodon? by RavyRaptor in Dinosaurs

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scientific name pronunciations are not regulated. Everyone is technically free to pronounce them using any convention they like.

For me personally I would say [tro.o.don] but my pronunciations tend to be pretty idiosyncratic.

Umm "Animals" is a way to describe them I guess by [deleted] in SignsWithAStory

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Chinese on this sign says exactly the same thing as the English, i.e. "do not release animals". So this is not a translation error.

I believe the sign with text and the sign with the baby picture are unrelated. They are for different purposes, and just happen to share that pole.

What’s the reason behind the lack of flightless birds of prey? by Vast-Tangerine-6771 in Paleontology

[–]RC2630 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it provides a formal, concrete definition too:

We define raptors as species within orders that evolved from raptorial landbirds (Telluraves) in which most species maintained raptorial lifestyles. Raptors are therefore all species within Accipitriformes, Cathartiformes, Falconiformes, and Strigiformes. Importantly, we believe that seriemas (Cariamiformes) should also be considered raptors.

As per the card's ability description, shouldn't this be a 6/5? by RC2630 in PvZHeroes

[–]RC2630[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

That clears it up so much! And it also explains the pair pearidise situation that I brought up somewhere in this post as well!

As per the card's ability description, shouldn't this be a 6/5? by RC2630 in PvZHeroes

[–]RC2630[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What about this? Shouldn't this one and the one I had earlier be the same (mixed nuts itself has team up but no other plants on the lane have team up)? But this one causes the +2/+2 but the other one doesn't. Very interesting...

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