What a fun link. Thank you for sharing it. Seriously.
What interests me the most here is that a few phenomena are near the tip of the iceberg, for good reasons... but once you try to discover "why", you've submerged for hours and hours and you're still not there. A few examples (I'll use spoiler tags to avoid clutter for other users):
Octopus
Since the standard (the "correct" form) is solely a social construct, there's some alternate reality out there where the plural of "octopus" is obvious: it's "octopuses" with -(e)s, just like "glasses", "cactuses", *mouses, *oxes, *sheeps, *childs, etc. Simply because that alternate society put a tiny bit more pressure on regularisation of the plurals than in preservation of imported or fossilised irregular forms.
Oiseaux
What they called "French silent letters" there is two phenomena: opaque spelling (rules over rules over rules of the spelling) and some letters being read only in a few environments (euphony rules, liaison in this case).
The later is its own iceberg. For example, depending on the speaker that "oiseaux" might be actually [wazoz] if followed by an adjective starting with a vowel. The rule depends on the sounds, phonemes, even on syntactical matters.
Pig Latin
Even this sort of language game is language-specific, and often requires intimacy with its phonetic structure.
For example: I didn't grow with Pig Latin, I grew with língua do pê, common among Portuguese speakers. It works like this:
split the word into syllables
repeat the syllables, but sub the onset with /p/
stress the new /p/ syllables.
So for example "café" /ka'fɛ/ coffee becomes /ka'pa fe'pɛ/... and the vowel from the second original syllable was changed even if not part of the rules due to local phonotactics forbidding non-stressed /ɛ/.
But what about nasal diphthongs as in "mãe" /mãj/ [mɜ̃ɪ̯̃] mother? I've seen some kids reduplicating the nasalisation, as /mãj'pã/; some don't, so you get /mãj'pa/. I don't recall however kids reduplicating the glide though, showing that they instinctively "know" that it is not part of the syllable centre in Portuguese, unlike in (say) English.
Hardest/easiest language: then as you sink to check the bottom of the iceberg you realise that you don't know what counts as "speaking" a language.
The deeper mess is when you try to label what's supposed to be part of the alphabet or what isn't, and then realise that the "Latin" alphabet used by English is not quite the same as the one used by another language... not even Latin itself; no ⟨W⟩, ⟨J⟩ and ⟨U⟩ are variants of ⟨I⟩ and ⟨V⟩, no minuscules, so goes on.
And a lot of those changes are surprisingly recent - Shakespeare for example still wrote "haue" and "vpon".
Not even the Latin alphabet as used by Latin is the same as the Latin alphabet as used by Latin. Ask people before and after Ruga if ⟨G⟩ is a letter and they might disagree.
German is angry
It could be worse. German speakers, be glad that the attitude towards German isn't shaped by how I use the language - 90% of the time with my cat. And you know, how people speak when they talk with cats, right?
And perhaps more importantly, note how the same traits are used to claim that German is "angry" and that French is "fine": the R (if anything French uses [ʀ ʁ] far more than German does), the front rounded vowels, [ʃ], etc. We do this sort of unconscious "two weights, two measures" towards languages all the time.
German compounds
What is even a word? If "Rindfleisch" counts as a word, does "cow meat" count as one? You can't rely on the spelling for that, as words are supposed to be a feature of the spoken language, regardless of its written standard(s).
What about the French expression je l'ai lu = "I read it"? Is it one, two, three, or four words? There's even a Lemmy server called Jlailu after this expression, and its name highlights that, phonetically speaking, you pronounce it as a single string!
Untranslatable words
Some Portuguese speakers claim that "saudade" [säʊ.'dä.de][sɐʊ.ˈðä.ðɨ][säʊ.'dä.dʒi]*... and as a Portuguese speaker I say that it's bollocks.
It's simply "yearning". It's rather similar to German Sehnsucht; and in most contexts you can simply translate it as "missing" or "longing". "Tenho saudades do meu cachorro" = "I miss my dog". That's it.
And when you submerge deeper to see the iceberg, you notice the following: all words are translatable, but no word is completely translatable. And the meaning of the exact same word might even vary in a single language, as spoken by a single speaker, depending on the utterance. Semantics are a mess.
Ghoti
Nope. It is not a way to spell "fish".
Spelling rules aren't just about the strings that you use to represent certain phonemes, but also when and where. ⟨GH⟩ needs to be final to represent /f/, ⟨TI⟩ is only [ʃ] in -tion, and an ⟨O⟩ in that position would be probably read like [oʊ̯].
Yeah, I didn't open the video because the description was... very descriptive. I'm gonna miss this one. Take it to tick tock, this seems perfect for that.
I feel like I've already been clear about why I'm not clicking your link (never said it was your video, I suspect you'd probably name yourself elliotisreallycool🥵 or something similarly self-aggrandizing if you'd made it), and you declined to hear a more thorough description. I'm gonna do the thing you said you'd do and move on now. Good luck with future submissions. I recommend a custom description if you're going to submit this channel again. Edit: I stand corrected, you cannot submit a custom description instead of the auto description, only in addition to. I don't know how you're going to get this channel in the air here without that.
One thing tho, Lemmy automatically fetches the description whether you consent or not. Apparently you never posted in this platform. Thx for the unnecessary drama 🤙
Edit: "I stand correct, you cannot submit custom description". Your logic doesn't make sense, you say to change the description and yet you say you can't do custom description, also you say this like I'm the creator but I already said I ain't. Also aint trying to get any channel "air here".
If you don't know how Lemmy works pls educate yourself instead of attacking people, this isn't Twitter.
Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. Freedom to succeed implies freedom to fail. Unfortunately, too often neither failure nor success are ultimately your responsibility. The older I get is the more I realize I don't have the control over my life that I thought I had. Most apparent control is an illusion in that way: Processes designed to give you the impression of control without actually providing it. Even the control you seem to have over your body- well, just wait until your body (or god help you, your mind) starts to betray you. Arguably, under a superdeterminist/perfect materialist interpretation of the universe, all control, all choice is an illusion.
But, for all that, there is a different kind of freedom that comes with giving up caring about some of that stuff, not worrying about it and allowing the chips to fall where they may. To be sure, some things are worth standing up for, but not everything. To that point:
I don't know quite where I came off as unpleasant or whatever you might call it, but I promise that wasn't my intention. Sometimes I rub people the wrong way without meaning to. I only downvoted you for saying I was angry, which isn't called for I think. Well, that and your submission which I personally don't think is well fit for the community, but that's just my opinion. Maybe you could try one of the digital art communities? I seem to recall Beehaw has a good digital art comm.
Thx for the videos, they were very interesting to watch. The superdeterministic theory has the perspective that everything can be determined based on the order of systems especially scientific ones. But just because there is order doesn't mean everything is order, there is still a lot of chaos present in systems specially when we analyze biological ones.
When it comes to freedom culturally speaking, a lot depends on the collective. In order to exist systems where freedom is suppressed heavily, the collective has to believe that there is only right decisions when in fact reality as show many times that that's not the case.
Chaos will exist for the better or for the worst (if we want to get really esoteric, one can argue that chaos of chaos is order, and if chaos is very prevalent in a system overtime the likelihood of originating order is higher, but the same happens in orderly systems converting into chaos, or the new order, the anti-meta (like a cycle))
On the point of the video I suggested, I thought it was interesting that the video showed that it was possible to create the same poster in different editing software. One of them was foss which the creator knowledged that it was possible to do it, and he even did, which helps pushing the idea of "its all about getting used to the tools we have". Also the point of adobe being the standard was pointed out which is true but seing a professional saying that helps verify this statement and it was decently entertaining doing so.
I could see it not being for everyone but it is educative in its own way and I think developing a multidisciplinary mindset is healthy when it comes to education in general. Since the community doesn't specify a specific genera I approached it as a general videos community where any content that might be insightful to someone is a good recommendation to the general public.
In regards to the shilling that creator does on the description, i do agree that it is kinda overkill but i dont think its ill mannered in nature. I do also sympathize to the fact that you have to make a living and on more artistic fields such might be harder and it push someone to resort to "more impactful" approaches to develop income.
I guess I have a much more pessimistic view of things than you. For reference, I've been homeless: kicked, shoved, stepped on, stepped over, mugged, camp broken up by police. I've learned not to trust people, generally speaking. I'm sure you're right to say the video's producer had no ill will in shilling in the way you describe. I'm not so sure that the profit motive is producing benign outcomes here. You seem to see a producer making a bunch of posters with different programs in order to try something new. I see a producer finding a way to bring a bunch of different programs together in order to capitalize on their fan/userbases. I call that exploitation. You see a guy out there just chasing a bit of paper down to stuff in his pocket, I see a content mill churning out lowest-common-denominator schlop and marketing in conformity to non-human (anti-human, in my decided opinion) priorities. I call this the decline of human relevance. Now, I can't make those claims I just made exclusively on the description, though it is extremely suggestive in that direction. I'm going to... ugh... watch the video. Develop my multidisciplinary mindset and all that, despite my curmudgeonliness.
Edit: Okay, I... ugh... watched the video, and... It wasn't that bad? He had a nord ad but I can just skip that. Once the video is up I can't see the description. I was expecting way worse based on only that description. I even laughed at one of his jokes. He also had a surprisingly "fuck capitalism" viewpoint for someone shilling so hard in the description, which I appreciated. Let this be a lesson to me on judging books by their covers. The whole world doesn't work the way it used to for me. I owe you apologies for being difficult and thanks for being patient.
Oh and I accidentally gave you the wrong video on that third link, it was supposed to be "...but that's just my opinion, man." Did you ever see The Big Lebowski?
No problem bro. I can understand that people can be highly sociopathic specially in systems like capitalism. I do thank you for pointing out the anti-human culture that capital can produce if people don't fight back and conform too much to it.
Also, I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Actually haven't heard of "The Big Lebowski", might check out later 🤙
We were not doing it the wrong way, but we were having a different financial calculus: the goal used to be to maximize the revenue per m² of solar panels, but they have become so cheap that now we try to optimize the revenue per m² of land.
It used to be profitable to motorize panels to follow the sun. Now it is more profitable to have two panels suboptimnally placed but maximizing output per m² of land.
When I was calculating costs in anticipation of putting in solar, I played around with several online calculators. Latitude, panel orientation, and angle. I was surprised by how few extra panels were required to do "stupid installs" like vertical, horizontal, west-facing, etc.
Ya, the idea that panels have gotten cheap enough and high enough output, bifacial, etc that using them as straight up fencing is now increasing viable is absurd compared to where we were a few decades ago and we had to fight for each PV watt. Now inverting, wireing, and raw space are becoming the primary factors.
Another idea that this sparked in me was that it might be a lot easier to combine these vertical panels with green roofs. I’m a big fan of these to slow storm water, cool buildings, and add biodiversity to our otherwise fairly barren cities. Normally there is a bit of a conflict between solar panels and green roofs but I wonder if this could allow you to have both?
Im at the ad break and he hasnt said anything about why the trees on the building are bad, he's only talked about everything around the building being bad.
This is what I'm thinking. Like nuclear power plant disasters, they aren't all that bad for nature. Nature will LOVE reclaiming them, but are they the solution for you and me?
Today they are for the rich, absolutely. Tomorrow they'll be for those of us who don't mind all the problems they'll have(mostly plumbing, leaks, and some structural issues, I imagine). Oh, and the cities trying to condemn them. The cities are way to happy to condemn structures that people(squatters, and why not?) are perfectly happy to live in.
I swear, this is the best soundtrack to just fucking rocket yourself awake and get all yr shit done. Like clean yr entire house, including dusting and mopping in the, idk, 35 minutes that make up the entire album.
I did my entire senior project in one of those spans. Love Op Iv (who just dropped a new song a couple months ago!)
This does indeed sound quite promising, especially if it can be combined with an end of pipe carbon capture technology in the same heavy industries while gradually replacing the fossile fuel use there.
Those thermal PV cells for electricity recuperation are also cool, and 40% efficiency is not bad at all compared to pumped hydropower storage for example.
FD Signifier is so good. I've been binging his stuff lately.
The ending of this one stayed with me:
Call it what it is: it's not reform the police; it's not defund the police; it's not abolish the police; it's 🎶 fuck the police comin' straight from the underground 🎶
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