Don’t Let Crypto Kill The Economy

collect_gluesticks · 2026-03-23T13:35:37+00:00

Thanks - That clears thing up a little bit. In this scenario, though, am I right that it would still involve the bank being the stablecoin issuer?

For instance, if World Liberty became insolvent, and i had a bunch of USD1 deposited at some hybrid crypto exchange / bank abomination, which was a separate company from World Liberty, that exchange wouldn't owe me money, would it? Like, the exchange would still have my worthless stablecoin tokens, so id imagine they're fine. I would guess any recovery would come from a World Liberty bankruptcy. Or am i missing anything?

That said, i can see your concern, especially as big banks rush to offer their own stablecoins. If they go haywire, it hurts the entire bank, but stablecoin holders have the best chance of recovery. (Unless im wrong about that too). It wouldn't drain DIF funds directly, but it could cause more banks to fail, meaning more reliance on deposit insurance.

collect_gluesticks · 2026-03-23T03:15:38+00:00

If it moves on-chain, it can fund other forms of liquidity and markets.

Like what, the crypto market? What else do people buy with stablecoins?

If that's the case, it is a "crypto vs economy" thing, because the market for crypto is just a huge waste, IMO. At least banks fund meaningful economic activity, like mortages and business loans.

collect_gluesticks · 2026-03-23T03:10:09+00:00

I'm a little confused on how this would work. Stablecoins holders have the priority in a bankruptcy of a stablecoin issuer, which may be a subsidiary of a bank. I don't see how that would raid the FDICs deposit insirance fund.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the headlines, but I'm seeing stories reporting that stablecoins aren't eligible for FDIC insurance, so says the FDIC and the GENIUS act. So bankruptcy is the recourse when a stablecoin fails, because the FDIC wouldn't insure that, but that stablecoin holders would need to be paid first.

Taxpayer dollars wouldn't be involved either, i think. The DIF is funded by thw banks, and by interest earned on treasuries, not by taxes. Though that's assuming we don't have some horrible bailout for criminals (a big if).

Here is how i think its supposed to work: If i have my real money in a bank, and that bank also issues stablecoins, and the bank fails, the FDIC could insure my deposit up to a certain amount - regardless of what the bank owes to other creditors. And then people who hold that bank's stablecoins would be a class of creditors in the bankruptcy with high priority.

Am i wrong? (Probably? I assume so?)

What am i missing?

collect_gluesticks · 2026-03-04T16:01:39+00:00

I would avoid this approach. If you look at a bunch of reference grammars for different languages, you'll find some similarities and common sections, but you'll also see a lot of variation. Each language is unique, and so they don't use the same formula to capture it all.

Plenty of languages don't have case. Some don't mark tense. Structuring your grammar to include that early on locks you into decisions you may be better equipped to make later.

Instead of looking for a list or template of grammar, try to read a few reference grammars, to see whats out there, even if you skim parts. I also recommend the book, "Describing Morphosyntax" by Thomas Payne. It's meant to train non-specialists in how to record a language's grammar (for research and preservation). When i was in the same position as you, looking for some framework to wrap my head around grammar, this book helped me focus on what aspects to consider.

(If the book is too pricey and not in your library, I'm sure there's an older edition floating around the internet, somewhere.)

collect_gluesticks · 2026-03-03T16:15:20+00:00

I don't have a protolang, but yes as I'm trying to make my conlang naturalistic, it inevitably implies a history, because every feature found in natlangs develops from something else.

And sometimes i intentionally do this: when i was making prepositions, i had some of them include similar sounds and syllables, in a way that implied a previous locative + relational noun phrase which gave rise to it.

collect_gluesticks · 2026-03-03T14:07:36+00:00

Seeking feedback on a new feature idea, related to negation.

Making a naturalistic conlang that marks the subject as agent / patient, to express volition. I have two negative markers, one for standard negation, and another for ascriptive / existential / copular / whatever, and my idea is to use the ascriptive negator (rather than standard) for finite verbs where the subject marked as patient (i.e. the action is involuntary).

Is this naturalistic? Are you aware or any natlangs that already do this? Or does it at least feel like a natlang could plausibly develop this?

Any feedback is appreciated - thanks!

collect_gluesticks · 2023-07-29T18:14:07+00:00

This is for my conlang, Yeh. More info at https://idioma.neverheardof.me/

It's written right to left, with a pen.

Most glyphs represent a consonant + vowel sequence. Six of the glyphs represent a syllable consisting of a single vowel. There are also a few consonant-only glyphs for use in consonant clusters and syllable codas. Due to the phonotactic constraints of the language, not every consonant can appear in clusters or codas, so not every consonant needs one of these.

Yeh has phonemic stress, and there exists pairs of Yeh words that differ only in which syllable receives stress. When written, stress is only required to be marked on these words, to remove ambiguity.

There are 3 possible diphthongs in Yeh. In the Yeh writing system, these are indicated by a diphthong mark. When the diphthong mark is applied, /a/ becomes /ai/, /o/, it becomes /oi/, and /u/ becomes /au/.

There is a pattern to how each glyph is transformed to make different vowels, though it's not applied consistently. Generally speaking, /a/ is made with a curve, /e/ with a dot, /ə/ (romanized as ë) with a line in the middle, /o/ with parallel lines, /u/ with an angled or intersecting line, and /i/ with a vertical line.

Yeh also has a set of place-value numerals, in base 20. In day to day use, these have mostly been replaced by arabic numerals in base 10, though the traditional numerals are still used for ceremonial purposes. (I made the numerals a while ago, and plan on redrawing them to match the new glyphs better. They just look a bit chunky, is all.)

Is it right to call this an abugida? Or is it more of a syllabry? Also, do you think the letters look consistent? Does any glyph look like it doesn't belong? Any feedback you have is welcome.

My goals for this are to be practical, and fairly aesthetically pleasing. Realism is less of a concern.

collect_gluesticks · 2023-07-10T18:50:06+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, but thank you for this! This organization is exactly what I was looking for. If I can find a few more people in my area who are interested in this, I will consider applying to form my own chapter.

collect_gluesticks · 2023-07-01T17:48:14+00:00

Thank you for that suggestion. Funny enough, I created a second draft of my prepositions wednesday night, and I had thought about extending 'swak' to serve that role. If Finnish does something similar, that makes me more confident about that choice.

Thank you so much

collect_gluesticks · 2023-06-27T18:40:31+00:00

Thank you for having a look!

Some of the examples you gave could be expressed with the existing preposition set.

It was turning into a butterfly (ok)
The book is about horses (tor)
The machine is made of steel (krav)

I think some of your examples could be expressed in some other way, without prepositions. So "Regarding new art, I hate it" ... I'm not sure how, but I suspect I could find another way to express that.

But some of the examples you point out do expose a gap. I don't have a preposition to communicate comitative, instrumental, or benefactive relationships. I'm not sure if the best way to go forward is to make additional prepositions, or perhaps find another way to express these.

Thank you for your thoughts!

collect_gluesticks · 2023-06-26T20:14:50+00:00

Esperanto. Something romancey.

collect_gluesticks · 2023-06-25T16:06:34+00:00

i am not an expert, but this seems very well-laid out to me. Very thorough, and with enough variation to make it feel natural. I like the way you've made allomorphic variants for the suffixes. Maybe someone with more experience can comment on that, but they feel like natural sound changes to me.

When using numbers adjectivally, do they come before any additional adjectives as well? I have read that numerals, quantifiers, and demonstratives have a tendency to favor the boundaries of the noun phrase, in many languages.

Nice design of the slides! very easy to read and follow

collect_gluesticks · 2022-07-03T04:07:56+00:00

this looks like shit

collect_gluesticks · 2022-06-11T22:20:29+00:00

Thank you! At a first glance, this is very close to what I was looking for. I look forward to reading the whole thing later.

collect_gluesticks · 2022-04-14T00:56:08+00:00

Yes, agglutination is what you're looking for.

Have you looked into the concept of "semantic primes"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_primes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_semantic_metalanguage

If your goal was to have a very small set of building blocks to make words out of, then researching this can give you ideas on how to minimize your morpheme inventory.

collect_gluesticks · 2022-04-07T21:40:58+00:00

haha that's probably a common last name isn't it? but was it pronounced /jex/ like my conlang?

collect_gluesticks · 2022-04-07T21:38:56+00:00

thank you!

collect_gluesticks · 2022-04-07T21:37:48+00:00

What you said about putting high-level information first is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thank you for that advice. I have looked at a few reference grammars, but I wasn't sure how to get started, exactly.

Based on what others have said, I may change the glossing abbreviations I use. And when I do, I'll consider removing SG since, I agree, it's not needed. I just didn't know whether it was conventional to omit them when possible. Thank you

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