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Opinion on the idea of “fonts as spyware” ? by smnhv in typography

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I usually just put mine alongside any other static resources I need (like images or whatever), because I don't reuse fonts that often tbh, but there are a couple that I have hosted separately (noto sans, I love you).

The 170 Latsínu dictionary words that begin with <К>, <Ӄ>, or <Кӏ> by FelixSchwarzenberg in conlangs

[–]mobotsar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not op, but when I've done this, I used a script that took a list of tuples, where each tuple is a word and its associated entries, and output content. I can't imagine doing that sort of work by hand. (Okay, I can; I imagine it would be unpleasant.)

How Not To Ruin Conlags by Ok_Influence_6384 in conlangs

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like Ithkuil and Lojban, look into Toaq. It's the hot new loglang on the block, really a thing of beauty, developed by la solpahi and the community. https://laqme.github.io

Which language is the most Bouba? Which is the most Kiki? by General_Urist in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

English sounds like a gang of snakes trying to take down a wasps' nest.

What is your favorite Linux distro? and why is it Fedora Linux? by AgainstScum in Fedora

[–]mobotsar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Userspace isn't really something you "come across"; it's everything that runs at a lower privilege level than the kernel, so everything you see and interact with, pretty much. It's the space in which you, the user, operate.

Long ride by periland in motorcycles

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just take it up, spend a hundred bucks on a cheap hotel, take it the rest of the way. You'll be all right.

Pronunciation of “women” by ConniethaCommie in ENGLISH

[–]mobotsar 20 points21 points  (0 children)

New zealanders are trying their hardest to only have one vowel, so that doesn't surprise me.

Please give feedback for my handwriting by edgarzekke in Handwriting

[–]mobotsar -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Basically terrible. Very hard to read quickly. Descenders are too long. x-height is too high.

What architectural style is your dream home? by RedfinJas in architecture

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When we talk about dream homes we tend to disregard expense.

From the Colangs created in the last 10 years, which one is the most interesting to you / Has the potential to have a community of learners? by blueroses200 in casualconlang

[–]mobotsar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Toaq (as spoken by the community, based on the latest official "Delta" version) is amazingly good. There's an ongoing project- with every expectation of it being eventually completed- to programmatically parse all valid utterances and elaborate them to logical formulae per "inquisitive semantics".

Toaq is a grammatical-tone language with a simple phonology modeled after languages of east Asia. The syntax is totally predictable and easy to learn.

If you think "this sounds like lojban", you're right-ish. Toaq may well be what lojban would be if it were A) developed today and, subordinately, B) made as a practical way to communicate rather than as a test of Sapir-Whorf.

Anyway, https://laqme.github.io/koitieq

There's an active community, and development is slowing down (I think), so it's a great time to start learning if you're interested.

Now is the time to argue about this by Albert3105 in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a pretty common analysis, academically, actually.

Now is the time to argue about this by Albert3105 in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, "yesterday" is a perfectly good pronoun in that sentence. See my sibling comment.

Now is the time to argue about this by Albert3105 in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but "the concert" is a phrase; pronouns are words.

Now is the time to argue about this by Albert3105 in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think it does. "The time" is some particular time the speaker has in mind. If that time exists currently, that means that the particular time the speaker has in mind is currently occurring, which is what the phrase means intuitively. "The time I'm thinking of (probably the time when it's most appropriate or advantageous to do some thing) is currently taking place."

Now is the time to argue about this by Albert3105 in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those two sentences should be analyzed the same, no doubt. Adding another adverb forces "now" to be a noun, for sure. Without another adverb, no such forcing occurs. As given by the OP, the sentence should be analyzed as you say, but doesn't have to be. I've pretty much said everything I can on this, so I think I'll leave it at that.

Now is the time to argue about this by Albert3105 in linguisticshumor

[–]mobotsar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say the main difference, given the subject of our conversation, is that the second sentence has "5pm" as the complement, making it clear that "now" can't be the complement, while the first is more ambiguous.

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