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Some 50 years ago, the renowned linguist Roman Jakobson pointed out a crucial fact about differences between languages in a pithy maxim: “Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.” This maxim offers us the key to unlocking the real force of the mother tongue: if different languages…
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Some 50 years ago, the renowned linguist Roman Jakobson pointed out a crucial fact about differences between languages in a pithy maxim: “Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.” This maxim offers us the key to unlocking the real force of the mother tongue: if different languages…
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Impure is the latest stab at bringing coding to the masses – or techno-savvy infographics-junkies, anyway. It’s a “visual programming language” that lets you build hot-looking data visualizations right in your web browser by drawing out the structure in a kind of diagram, rather than typing it out in arcane computer-talk. Impure lets you make…
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Impure is the latest stab at bringing coding to the masses – or techno-savvy infographics-junkies, anyway. It’s a “visual programming language” that lets you build hot-looking data visualizations right in your web browser by drawing out the structure in a kind of diagram, rather than typing it out in arcane computer-talk. Impure lets you make…
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When young, I remember clearly how my father told me why our country was so great, mainly based on the constitution and Bill of Rights. Over my lifetime, I’ve seen those rights disregarded at every step. Loopholes abound. It’s sad. For example, my [Eisenhower Republican] father explained the sanctity of your home and how it…
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When young, I remember clearly how my father told me why our country was so great, mainly based on the constitution and Bill of Rights. Over my lifetime, I’ve seen those rights disregarded at every step. Loopholes abound. It’s sad. For example, my [Eisenhower Republican] father explained the sanctity of your home and how it…
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When young, I remember clearly how my father told me why our country was so great, mainly based on the constitution and Bill of Rights. Over my lifetime, I’ve seen those rights disregarded at every step. Loopholes abound. It’s sad. For example, my [Eisenhower Republican] father explained the sanctity of your home and how it…
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When young, I remember clearly how my father told me why our country was so great, mainly based on the constitution and Bill of Rights. Over my lifetime, I’ve seen those rights disregarded at every step. Loopholes abound. It’s sad. For example, my [Eisenhower Republican] father explained the sanctity of your home and how it…
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Is it really accurate to call the Mechanism a “computer”? Yes, but in a slightly different way than we’re used to using that word. It’s an analog computer, which means it can’t execute programs. But the word “computer” used to be the name given to people who could do tedious math. In the 19th century…
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Is it really accurate to call the Mechanism a “computer”? Yes, but in a slightly different way than we’re used to using that word. It’s an analog computer, which means it can’t execute programs. But the word “computer” used to be the name given to people who could do tedious math. In the 19th century…