Monthly Archives: August 2020

curious about causality

Posted on Wednesday, 2020 August 26 by Anton

Without trying, I can think of five webcomics authors who changed their pronouns long after they started posting: Dana Simpson (Ozy and Millie), Joey Alison Sayers (Thingpart and now Alley Oop), Allison Shabet (Deadwinter), Elli Stephens (Goblins), and now Maelyn … Continue reading →

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polyglot priority

Posted on Saturday, 2020 August 01 by Anton

A genie offers to make you fluent in twenty or a hundred languages, living or dead. How do you choose? The greedy algorithm: add whatever language most increases the number of people, living or dead, with whom you could have … Continue reading →

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