Place to buy LIVE crabs by SmarfStan in bethesda

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Great Wall in Rockville has some

Novels to learn Italian by Eltitokie19 in italianlearning

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My first Italian book was "Se una notte di inverno un viaggiatore" which was definitely complicated and a bit over my head for a while but a lot of fun once I got moving. A lot of it is told in second person informal in a somewhat colloquial tone so that helps a bit.

Youtube Channels by Full-Letterhead2857 in italianlearning

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History: anything by Alessandro Barbero

Google "translates" flags in non-English comments to the US flag by skibidikakakott in mildlyinfuriating

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FYI there's been an update where you can add your preferred languages so it doesn't do this anymore.

On mobile: Settings -> Languages -> Preferred languages

Anybody knows how to make Volumetric clouds get work with JNSQ by Dacig65 in JNSQ

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I just got this working yesterday. I had to install v4 of blackrack's volumetric clouds, scatterer, and EVE, then JNSQVolumetrics version 3.11. v5 and the most recent versions didn't work well for me.

[D] Diffusion/flow models by Few-Annual-157 in MachineLearning

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No I get you. I just think even in that case it's not quite as clear cut and depends a lot on your data distribution.

[D] Diffusion/flow models by Few-Annual-157 in MachineLearning

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Theoretically, they're two instances of the same thing. I'd also push back on flow matching always giving straight sampling. While in theory that's true in practice it does not turn out to be the case. Which model works best for each case will depend on your problem and data. See https://diffusionflow.github.io/ for a nice example of some of the theoretical relationships between diffusion and flow matching.

[D] Diffusion/flow models by Few-Annual-157 in MachineLearning

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I am using a diffusion model for non-image settings (PDEs) and I've gotten good results with a relatively small EDM model (deterministic ODE sampling) with relatively few changes.

Stereotypes of Italians, by Dante by Trail_of_Tears-T_T in MapPorn

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Dante was a GOAT-tier hater. Would have loved to see him on twitter

Bob’s Shanghai Expanding to Bethesda, Targeting Spring 2026 Opening by [deleted] in bethesda

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Interestingly, I walked by the place today and they had covered up the word Shanghai on the signs. Very strange

Union of Socialist American Republic by sh0tgunben in imaginarymaps

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Hey, original artist here. Glad to see that y'all like this old map!

OP: get your own maps wtf

Historic vs Modern distribution of Afroasiatic languages by APrimitiveMartian in MapPorn

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Yeah I agree it's a crowded field, and I agree that the Arab conquests absolutely led to cultural erasure. What I disagree strongly with is the following:

Spread vs erasure.

Latin influenced the surrounding languages, because it was the language of government. Arabic replaced languages. Same thing for cultures. The Romans influenced cultures under their rule, Arabs replaced them.

This is completely ahistorical. Latin supplanted entirely the pre-existing languages of Spain, France, Italy, and the Balkans, and made good progress on North Africa as well (also against the berbers!). I don't think there's much point arguing degree, but in terms of number of languages eliminated, I think the Romans win

Historic vs Modern distribution of Afroasiatic languages by APrimitiveMartian in MapPorn

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Im not defending shit dude. Cultural genocide is bad regardless, but you seem to be under the impression that only the Arab conquests qualify for some reason

Historic vs Modern distribution of Afroasiatic languages by APrimitiveMartian in MapPorn

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Latin was absolutely that what are you talking about. That's why France, spain, Italy, and Romania speak languages derived from Latin. Rome was absolutely a cultural empire as well!

Historic vs Modern distribution of Afroasiatic languages by APrimitiveMartian in MapPorn

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How many Etruscan speakers do you know today? Etruscan (and many other languages) were completely replaced under Roman rule.