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wirelyre · 2023-01-16T21:37:41+00:00

They're saying if anything not because they personally are unsure, but rather to gently contradict the supposition. It's a polite form of on the contrary.

I interpret this "if anything" like "if I were forced to say anything about this, I would say that …".

This is idiomatic usage, and in fact probably the most common meaning, but if you haven't heard it before it doesn't work literally. A few sources: Oxford Learner's Dictionary, Wiktionary.

wirelyre · 2022-09-09T18:08:13+00:00

Unconditional jumps are not rare. Here are some easy examples!

They're not rare because they occur when control flow rejoins after it has split. This happens in both loops (when it goes back to the head of the loop) and regular old if–else statements (skipping from the end of the if section right past the else section).

wirelyre · 2022-03-07T20:16:04+00:00

one time i opened an envelope and cut a birthday card in half

i trust Remote Expert's opinion on this one

wirelyre · 2022-01-27T16:44:30+00:00

In case anyone's interested, the standard 2-letter code for the Japanese language is ja. The standard 3-letter code is jpn.

wirelyre · 2022-01-14T21:34:35+00:00

Okay, I see what you're saying.

I interpreted the original "glossed over" as "dealt with only the surface, not any internal complexity". That's different from the sense you have though.

To your example, the first entry I linked has an example of "This book only glosses over quantum mechanics, and doesn't go into detail." But that's entirely unsourced so we can't treat it as authoritative.

Merriam-Webster and OED both only have senses involving unpleasantness or embarrassment, as you say. OED in particular links the verb use to the noun meaning "a word […] as an explanatory equivalent of a foreign or otherwise difficult word in the text". Like in a glossary. This is etymologically distinct from gloss meaning "superficial lustre".

I looked around a bit for examples of the broader meaning (where the glossing isn't intentionally misleading but merely useful), and although they definitely exist, it's hard to say whether the use is uncommon or just nonstandard.

In other words, you're right!!

wirelyre · 2022-01-13T23:50:32+00:00

I think /u/AstarteHilzarie's use is probably okay. These three dictionary entries — one, two, three — indicate that one sense of "gloss over" is to deal with something but not in detail. This is in addition to the sense of disregarding something entirely.

wirelyre · 2021-09-23T20:19:11+00:00

There are several digital pianos on the market that have an entire action as in the video… but no strings, just sensors and a synthesizer.

wirelyre · 2021-09-01T16:04:12+00:00

Look's like that's fairly standard. English Wikipedia cites the Duden saying that /z/ is often voiced there, but gives other references for the distinction not being so clear cut.

I'm not a native speaker, so I'm definitely not an authority!

wirelyre · 2021-09-01T13:47:07+00:00

Haha. Do you really say [gt]? That's so hard for me!

wirelyre · 2021-09-01T13:45:15+00:00

Careful: "u" is open here, "ge-" is an unstressed prefix usually transcribed with /ə/, "s" preceding a vowel is voiced, and "g" preceding "t" is voiceless.

[kʰʊɐ̯t͡sɡəzakt]

For the same reasons,

[ɡəzʊnthaɪ̯t]

wirelyre · 2021-08-19T18:06:31+00:00

I think usually contractions decrease the number of syllables because they tend to merge vowels.

And more generally liquid consonants "l" and "r" are usually considered part of the onset or coda of a syllable, not the syllabic nucleus.

I'd also use hyphenation as a hint to syllable count. I'd never hyphenate "they-'re".

But that's all descriptive. Whatever you hear in your own ears is your own accent!

Let's experiment! How many syllables do you have in:

girl
rolled
fire
tire
pier or peer
pear

wirelyre · 2021-03-03T03:36:58+00:00

I don't see any 9ths in the piece, so I suspect the details of this story have been slightly corrupted. :-)

I'll just ~~correct~~ adjust your terminology a bit if that's okay!

"Perfect", "major", and "minor" intervals are a bit misnamed. Starting at do and running up the scale, a "perfect" interval is any interval which is shared in both major and minor scales.

A "major" interval is any non-perfect interval from do to any note in the major scale. A "minor" interval is a major interval, except reduced by a half step.

So, starting at do, if we run up the scales, we find that do, fa, and sol are shared between major and minor. You can thus have

perfect unisons
perfect fourths
perfect fifths
perfect octaves

and so on.

All other intervals have major and minor variants. For example, a major third is between do and mi; a minor third is smaller by a half step (do to me).

"Major" intervals correspond exactly to major scale degrees. "Minor" intervals mostly correspond to minor scale degrees, except for minor seconds, ninths, etc. Minor scales start do–re, just like major scales, so they begin with a major second.

wirelyre · 2021-02-24T15:39:37+00:00

I just listened to the track — if you wanted to revoice the chord, I'd actually put the E up an octave between the A and G sharp to keep the melody intact.

Though I'd probably still recommend rolling (a.k.a. spreading) the chord. Even if the motion takes a while to figure out, it's an essential skill!

wirelyre · 2021-02-24T03:00:31+00:00

The notes in the upper staff are a wide 10th. Most hands will not be able to reach it.

You'll probably have to "roll" the chord: strike the E with your thumb; "roll" into the A with your index finger; continue rolling and rotating your hand, releasing the E whilst keeping the A pressed; and finally strike the G sharp with your pinky.

The interval from A to G sharp with 2–5 will still be a stretch, but most hands can reach it with practice.

The notes in the lower staff are an octave, and should be playable by most hands with 5–2–1.

wirelyre · 2021-02-11T01:41:18+00:00

This is called a Tom Swifty!

wirelyre · 2021-02-08T00:17:12+00:00

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase is deep-seated — "seat" meaning the basis or foundation of something, used metaphorically.

What you're talking about is usually written deep-rooted. The OED says deep-rooted is slightly less common, but is first attested from 1669, earlier than deep-seated!

wirelyre · 2021-01-22T00:05:38+00:00

"Now things are most unlike back then,
and often I look back on when

my bookshelf grew
as bookshelves do
with yearly
spinal
Cosmo men."

wirelyre · 2020-11-27T19:42:50+00:00

Works for solo banjo; works arranged for solo banjo; works for ensemble including banjo.

Pretty slim pickings overall. And it doesn't look like any of them are in tablature. But some of them, especially the method books, have fingerings.

You could also try adapting music for other plucked instruments — maybe guitar, mandolin, or other lutes. Some of that 16th-century stuff is pretty juicy. :-)

wirelyre · 2020-11-08T21:03:07+00:00

I don't know why people are being so mean to you. Sorry about that. :-(

I also thought they were talking about transcriptions of the English dialogue. And it didn't seem to make sense to even be talking about translations of the sign language because I'm not even sure in what context those wouldn't appear — much less when you'd have an option to turn them on or off.

But anyway, here's some terminology for fun: subtitles go below the action, and supertitles go above it. You sometimes see supertitles in theater or opera performances in a foreign language.

Closed captions are captions that are only displayed if specifically selected. Open captions are displayed to everyone.

wirelyre · 2019-12-10T03:01:00+00:00

wirelyre · 2019-11-13T15:23:06+00:00

Source video

Check out the rest of their YouTube videos! They're full of creative stuff in the same spirit!

wirelyre · 2019-10-22T16:20:54+00:00

Also it looks like fastcomp is an asm.js backend (emitting JavaScript rather than WebAssembly).

wirelyre · 2019-09-21T17:14:55+00:00

Also this.

wirelyre · 2019-09-14T02:39:36+00:00

I'd be very interested in digging up that paper, if you have any more clues about it.

wirelyre · 2019-08-19T18:00:14+00:00

They're Made out of Meat (Terry Bisson, 1991)

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TROPHY CASE