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2024-09-16 @ 19.27.59 ∈ In English

(2015 vintage)

Guy annoys girlfriend with puns at Ikea
We moved in together recently so had to make the unavoidable trip to IKEA; I figured out how to get through there as quickly as possible.
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2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English

(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)

AI and the American Smile
Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.
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2024-06-23 @ 16.09.10 ∈ In English

(11:13)

How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords
If there’s one thing cult leaders do, it’s talk. A LOT. Language is an integral part of how cults keep their members bonded, isolated and obedient.
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2024-02-12 @ 16.00.14 ∈ In English

(I don’t know if this proves what it’s set out to prove, but I just found the exercise of pondering my answers interesting.)

No Vehicles In The Park
This is a game about language and rules. It consists of 27 questions, but after the first seven, you can skip to the end.
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2024-01-16 @ 16.59.33 ∈ In English

Using iNaturalist to learn names in other languages · iNaturalist
Now, you can see common names in multiple languages! iNaturalist has been translated into 57 languages, but many people want to use the platform in one language while learning common names in another. We’ve recently added functionality to address this, allowing you to experience iNaturalist with multilingual common names.
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2023-10-18 @ 12.45.27 ∈ Suomeksi

(2017)

Kuljetusalan slangisanat - Päivin öin
Kuljettajien ja kuljetusalalla työskentelevien keskuudessa on vuosikymmenten aikana vakiintunut erilaisia sanoja ja sanontoja.
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2023-10-15 @ 19.37.33 ∈ Suomeksi

Yksi suomen kielen sana kertoo meistä enemmän kuin moni muu – kerro, miten sinä sanot sen
Nyt on aika ottaa selville, millä sanoilla Suomessa tervehditään vuonna 2023 ihan tavallisessa arjessa. Kerro meille alempana, millä sanalla sinä tervehdit ystävääsi ja kaupan kassaa. Laadimme vastauksista kartan, josta näkee, miten ihmiset tervehtivät eri puolilla Suomea.
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2023-10-05 @ 18.58.33 ∈ In English

Tiny Language Models Thrive With GPT-4 as a Teacher | Quanta Magazine
To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children’s stories.