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[–] Bye 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Null models for weighted bipartite networks, and why people choose dumb network summary stats because they are lazy

Linguistics and the prescriptive bias of assuming a word’s meaning based on its blatant etymology

How skill makes games less fun and we need to embrace more chance in board games and video games

How cool it would be if we wrapped copper wire around the moon and used the earth-moon system as a huge electrical generator

Trains are awesome and we should have more of them

[–] FooBarrington 2 points 1 year ago

Well, you can't mention all those interesting topics and not talk about them more!

I can really only talk about:

How cool it would be if we wrapped copper wire around the moon and used the earth-moon system as a huge electrical generator

You're referring to induction from the magnetic field of earth, right?

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies 1 points 1 year ago

What domain is your area of application for bipartite networks?

Also, most current linguistic work In familiar with ignores etymology i. favor of statistical usage models, but you might have a more particular focus.

[–] flubba86 1 points 1 year ago

I love linguistics too. I like to make up new words and assign them meaning based on blatant etymological rules. Then I drop them in a sentence like it's no big deal.