Articles I've Read (2014-11-03)
2014-11-03
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Computers have trouble with the many human languages. I really dislike the author's tone of "Asian languages suck", which I think is mostly in jest. Still, human languages were here first. I do wonder how text would be represented differently if computers were invented in China.
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I don't really feel reading insecurity. In fact, I probably read more now than I did before I was a heavy internet user, even if most of what I read are shorter articles instead of books.
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The problem with MOOCs is that (1) (most) people don't know what they need to know, and (2) (most) people are not reflective enough to find out.
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I never realized that Cantonese has its own proverbs separate from what people usually consider Chinese proverbs/idioms.
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Everyone who thinks about gender issues should watch this video of street harassment...
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..and maybe help expose people who are online harassers.
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A researcher hypothesizes that age is just a mindset, that if we trick our brain into believing that we're young, the body responds according.
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Speaking of neuroscience, the reason the Ship of Theseus is paradoxical is because we believe identities can only have one examplar.
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I will buy dinner for whoever explains the general case for this mathematical puzzle.