dduugg
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Comment · 2 years ago
https://archive.is/fY0jZ
Comment · 2 years ago
> "Dissociation from Birth" section sounds interesting until you learn that all alphabetic systems arose from a similar process, e.g. aleph was a drawing of an ox's head, etc.
My understanding of Korean (Hangul) is that the alphabet design is based on the shape of mouth in articulation, sonics, category, etc. of the letters themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Letter_design
This is known generally as "featural writing system": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featural_writing_system
Comment · 2 years ago
Doesn't it seem like a reasonable answer in this age could be to do away with the time function of a microwave altogether?
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Comment · 2 years ago
TIL. I thought this would be related to King Biscuit Time, "the longest-running daily American radio broadcast in history", but apparently it's just a coincidence:
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Comment · 3 years ago
> Now we just need an agency to safeguard us against misusing "less" when "fewer" would be correct
Genuinely curious, is this for pedantry, or does the word choice matter? Since the opposite of both is "more", why is there a need for a distinction in one direction and not the other?
Comment · 3 years ago
What's the theoretical max energy for other sources of energy, such as nuclear (fission) power?