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Oct 22, 2026Stop Memorizing Words. Steal These 20 Chunks Instead.
Stop Memorizing Words. Steal These 20 Chunks Instead. You already know thousands of...
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Oct 21, 2026Mathematician Seeks Insight into Programming Language Differences Beyond Syntax and Basic Operations
Technical Reconstruction of Programming Language Differences Mechanisms Driving...
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Go, from zero to a running service · 1. Why Go exists and what it optimises for
Go, from zero to a running service · Chapter 1 of 12 · Languages · new chapter every Tuesday...
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JavaScript from absolute zero · 1. What a program is, and running your first line today
JavaScript from absolute zero · Chapter 1 of 14 · Languages · new chapter every Tuesday morning By...
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Oct 20, 2026What are the best apps and resources for teaching Persian (Farsi) to kids abroad?
Short answer: there is no single best option. A free preschool app such as Gorbeh suits vocabulary...
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Oct 17, 2026Teaching a Computer to Write Bashkir Haiku (And Why It Went Viral)
How we built a random haiku generator for the Bashkir language with 11,500 words and 90 rhythm-grammar scenarios. The results? Surreal, poetic, and unexpectedly popular with journalists.
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Natural Languages Have Design Trade-offs Too: Georgian Is Dynamically Typed, English Is Statically Typed
Table of Contents How This Started Feature #1: Articles (or the Lack of Them) The...
Oct 15, 202610 min read140 reactions64 comments
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Oct 2, 2026A word's frequency rank is not its difficulty: grading words for a placement test
We run Lingvoberry, a reader where you tap a word in a graded book to save it. To place a new user on...
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Translation Apps for Traveling in Vietnam
Ordering a bowl of pho in Ho Chi Minh City rarely needs much language. Pointing and smiling go a long...
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Translation Apps for Traveling in Switzerland
Lucerne is small enough that language rarely becomes a real problem. Restaurants near the Chapel...
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Sep 12, 2026Undergraduate CS Student Seeks Advice on Next Programming Language to Learn Beyond Python, Java, and C++
Introduction As an undergraduate Computer Science student, you’re standing at a...
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Synth-OOP: An Object-Oriented Language Where Operators Become Methods
Synth-OOP: An Object-Oriented Language Where Operators Become Methods ...
Sep 23, 202614 min read4 reactions7 comments