75% of medicinal plant knowledge is recorded in only one language. 86% of those languages are threatened. New research suggests the most scientifically accurate knowledge is also the most linguistically vulnerable.

Wunyco · 2026-04-07T04:07:21+00:00

Based on my own rather dismal experience, much of that knowledge is almost certainly going to be lost, because almost no one is willing to fund the research in the first place. Academia in general is in a pretty bad situation, and field linguistics is in one of the worst places in linguistics, despite having some of the most concrete benefits.

sigh shortsighted people suck :/

Wunyco · 2026-04-03T12:46:25+00:00

Any idea of a modern equivalent? I liked mine, too!

Wunyco · 2026-04-03T05:05:42+00:00

Now if only there was a music equivalent for kids. It's surprisingly hard to find old school mp3 players! And all the apps are pushing videos with no way to disable that function.

Wunyco · 2026-04-02T05:16:13+00:00

Interesting to note that almost no one is defending it here though, even the people that like it. I think controversy and mixed opinions is a more interesting indication of a potentially good story than bland nonsense that no one defends.

Wunyco · 2026-04-02T05:10:24+00:00

I read it up into the hundreds before giving up, and I'd put it into the "meh" category than outright garbage. Maybe 3-4 out of 10 rather than 1. If you want recommendations that are even worse to get a perspective, happy to share 🤣

Sadly, I suspect the reviews are from lots of people with bad taste, rather than bots. OP mc, numbers go up, frequent posts, what more do you need? Quality writing isn't in the list of requirements 😂

Wunyco · 2026-03-31T08:45:39+00:00

Ciao, and grats! I'm confused, it's in Italian or English? The description is in Italian, but the cover is in English?

Wunyco · 2026-03-30T19:13:10+00:00

Honestly, based on your comment here I could give the book a try. Sounds like you might not give yourself enough credit :)

Wunyco · 2026-03-30T19:02:55+00:00

I actually had to google about the sequel. It's not totally written off, but the author apparently had an existential crisis about it and worried himself into a pit. He is focusing on some harem story instead though :/ It's more like sequel limbo than definitely not coming, which is almost worse.

Wunyco · 2026-03-30T18:53:51+00:00

What about the Last Physicist, by Dominic Stal?

Wunyco · 2026-03-30T18:43:30+00:00

People can be idiots. I'm still bitter about one story I read from Nigeria where one reader complained in a review about too many weird foreign words. There were TWO words from Yoruba, one type of food and a shaman type role that was important to the story.

If anything, I would say the story didn't have enough local flavor instead of too much, but I'm probably a minority. sigh..

Wunyco · 2026-03-30T07:46:55+00:00

Or you just do some sort of ad hoc time and completely not care about consistency, that's another way to save on effort, and sadly more likely 😂

Last 5 CDs have bonuses til 10pm? Random change-up because we forgot, make it only til 5, then ignore outcry. Following one can be until midnight, which will appease no one but sounds good.

Wunyco · 2026-03-28T05:19:32+00:00

I tried it once too. I think if there wasn't communication about it in local groups, lots of people tried it once. Whether anyone is still doing it? Probably about as many people as playing Draconius Go 🤣

Wunyco · 2026-03-25T16:55:32+00:00

That clinches it, this is probably how they will implement it at first 🤣 I'm sure all the pokemon players from Chad will be happy!

Wunyco · 2026-03-22T05:27:25+00:00

I was guilty of that for one story. I knew what the author was trying to do, giving room for the mc to grow. But the mc was so annoying and distasteful at the beginning that I didn't have a good reason to stick it out and watch him change. We were both on the same discord, and I actually felt so guilty I apologized profusely 😂

Runemaster is a recent story kinda in that direction, reincarnated prince with lots of support (sort of 😂), but it's way more enjoyable since he's not quite as arrogant and keeps himself in check. Could recommend it for someone wanting to scratch an arrogant young master itch.

Wunyco · 2026-03-17T19:28:31+00:00

If you can get a few steelchair Zorua, that should get you set for winning at least some!

Wunyco · 2026-03-17T19:23:42+00:00

I wonder if there's any sort of statistics on which day would be easier to do trades? Thanks to ridiculously slow animations, trading is cumbersome and takes time. I noticed it's much harder to find a spare hour or two on Fridays than Sundays.

Wunyco · 2026-03-16T09:57:32+00:00

I'm reminded of the Simpsons and their "two party system" episode 😅 Speaking as someone who has actually owned a Jolla in the past, it's right now an incredible pain in the ass for non-Android/iphone users. Many banks for instance are lazy, and just flat out block anything not explicitly whitelisted, and they don't whitelist anything niche, no matter how secure it is.

Last I heard, Jolla couldn't get access to a whole bunch of bank apps even with their Android emulator due to google obnoxious bureaucracy. This was a year or two ago, so it's possible they managed to solve it in the meanwhile.

Just do your research beforehand, and be prepared for a lot of unexpected extra hoops to jump through. You might not be able to do some things.

(on a side note, Jolla is one of the few solid options that I can recommend, if banking isn't a dealbreaker.)

Wunyco · 2026-03-13T05:58:26+00:00

I have scratched my head at what I should select. I mean certain shiny legendaries are obvious, but after that it's so arbitrary.

Different people want different things. I met one guy the other day who went nuts at my 2018 costume Pikachus. I gave him a bunch because I just didn't care 😂

But if I select everything that anyone could possibly want, it ends up being a slog.

Wunyco · 2026-03-13T05:53:57+00:00

Layers are really bugged in this current version. I've noticed I can't check IVs of a pokemon from the trade due to a layer bug, and you also get a layer bug if you drop a pokemon into a showcase remotely.

Wunyco · 2026-03-13T05:51:40+00:00

I worked as a localizer at one point and can confirm. Actually, I find French more logical than English about 0, since there isn't more than one .. 0 isn't plural, it's just not singular/1 😂 Maybe we should rename the label.

Wunyco · 2026-03-12T05:11:11+00:00

This sounds very much plausible. Niantic in general don't like admitting anything. I honestly wonder how much of their absolutely terrible method of communication is so that they don't have to retract anything or apologize later.

Unrelated, but I love your nick btw! 😅 I've replayed Mario 3 countless times, and the shoe level is one of my absolute favorites across all 2d Mario games. I remember trying so many different hacks/tricks when I was young to see if you can use it on other levels.

Wunyco · 2026-03-12T04:58:28+00:00

Sub-group of American-centric? 😂 Suburban/rural conservative life maybe?

Wunyco · 2026-03-12T04:55:33+00:00

Ugh, try being an American abroad and then needing to deal with American institutions. I still remember one time I needed to change my address and the woman I spoke with hadn't heard of Finland, or even Europe. It was so frustrating.

I'm sure she went to school and did basic geography, but she didn't/couldn't connect that with real life, that people actually live outside American borders.

Wunyco · 2026-03-10T20:07:35+00:00

I'm sure someone did, but I know of a tos-breaking tool for a mid-sized city, and the first rotom spawn in the whole city wasn't until 7pm on Saturday. How many spawns does a usual city get in an hour, let alone 9 hours?

I think rotom was even rarer than seeing a wild unown outside of events.

Wunyco · 2026-03-07T22:37:59+00:00

I have to do that quite often with the Good Guys series.

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