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by urubu 1y ago
This is the entry for 'poika' in a Finnish etymological dictionary (Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja), run through deepl: "The word has definite etymological equivalents in both closely related and distantly related language
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by urubu 2y ago
The English title is 'Quest for Fire'. There are actually two distinct languages (a kind of Proto-Proto-Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Proto-Proto-Uralic) spoken in the movie, created by Anthony Burgess. He later wrote an essay (th
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by urubu 3y ago
For comparison: Spanish has around 4000 words of Arabic origin. I don't think anyone ever called Spanish almost Semitic.
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by urubu 3y ago
There is a technical linguistic term for it - th fronting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th-fronting Apparently it's been around for quite a bit of time.
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by urubu 3y ago
Likewise here in Germany. 0.79 €/500 g for the own brand in just about every supermarket (it used to be 0.49 € before inflation hit).
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by urubu 3y ago
There is an effect called dispersion, which causes different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation to travel through a medium at different speeds (lower frequencies => slower). It's strong enough to be noticeable in the case of p
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by urubu 3y ago
The Finnish course is especially bad in this regard. You learn the words for 'lynx' (ilves) and 'wolverine' (ahma), but not for 'left' and 'right'.
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by urubu 4y ago
Standing calf raises train the gastrocnemius and the soleus. Many gyms also have a seated calf raise machine which is meant to isolate the soleus. I don't think I ever felt anything special after using it.
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by urubu 4y ago
Depends on the activity level. According to this calculator: https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html his (assuming a dude) energy expenditure is: Basal metabolic rate: 1819 cal/day Sedentary (little or no exerci
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by urubu 5y ago
There's also a video series to go along with the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTle8uT7NEM&list=PLmXNllWcFF...
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by urubu 5y ago
There seems to be a Kazakh translation by a guy called Medeubai Kurmanov. See: http://www.rusnauka.com/9_NND_2014/Philologia/6_162301.doc.h... Quote: 'The first part of tragedy in Kazakh language was publishe
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by urubu 5y ago
Not to be pedantic, but I think 'laying' has a different etymology, namely this one (quote from the OED): 'lay, v.1 General sense: To cause to lie. [OE. lęcgan = OFris. ledsa, lega, leia, OS. leggian (Du. leggen), OHG. lecken
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by urubu 5y ago
There are other bi-/trilingual texts, like the decree of Canopus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_of_Canopus
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by urubu 5y ago
Here's a website with a list of such textbooks for various languages: https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazio...
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by urubu 6y ago
Pareto made a distinction between 'residues' (psychological bases underlying social action) and 'derivations' (rationalizations by members of society as justifications of those actions). It might be used in that sense he
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by urubu 6y ago
Here is a 2020 review of more recent studies: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/antioxidants/
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by urubu 7y ago
Yes, those units are called 'semantic primes/primitives': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_primes
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by urubu 7y ago
A random sentence: 'To earn money to support myself and approve “Asians are NOT stupid”, I started to look up information online [....]' She seems to be mixing up 'approve' and 'prove that'.
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by urubu 7y ago
Probably 'Bruttoinlandsprodukt', German for GDP.
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by urubu 7y ago
About one third of the original vocabulary is derived from Germanic languages (prominent examples: birdo, fajro, ŝtono, strato). See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_etymology#Source_lan...
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by urubu 7y ago
स्मृति smṛti = remembrance, reminiscence, memory
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by urubu 7y ago
Sounds a bit like what the Wordflex app does: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordflex-touch-dictionary/id...
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by urubu 8y ago
Rule #1 should probably be complemented with Tyler Cowen's proviso: If the book lists PhD after the author's name, run the other way.
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by urubu 8y ago
Shortwave listening used to be the gateway drug for many hams. That's the reason for the apparent overlap. Receivers of this type are pretty useless on the ham bands. You can't even connect a proper antenna to it (technically you
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by urubu 8y ago
It's still very much alive on shortwave. Here's a US ham demoing it: https://youtu.be/ZB1Fz294aLw
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by urubu 8y ago
Yes, those overtitles can be distracting as hell. I like the solution the Komische Oper Berlin uses. Individual displays for every seat, switchable between German, English, French and Turkish (and off): https://www.tagesspiegel.d
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by urubu 8y ago
Yeah, read page sample(1:150, 1) of novels sounds like a better approach. Funnily enough, there is a (French) Page 112 prize: https://www.prix-de-la-page-112.com/
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by urubu 8y ago
Tack. Works here in Tyskland.
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by urubu 9y ago
In German, Ohm's Law is jokingly called 'Geller Triangle' (after Israeli illusionist Uri Geller). http://www.mec-castrop-rauxel.de/bilder/gru04_02.png By covering the magnitude you're looking for,
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by urubu 9y ago
Great tip! archive.org version here: https://archive.org/details/HistoriansFallaciesTowardALogicO...

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