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Getting Sentenced
by Kevin Ahern

To reduce misuse of English
Grammar police at Facebook
Are imposing on offenders
A syntax

#funny #comedy #laugh #silly #humor #humour #verse #poetry #poem #sentence #language #grammar #Facebook #syntax

Getting Sentenced
by Kevin Ahern

To reduce misuse of English
Grammar police at Facebook
Are imposing on offenders
A syntax

#funny #comedy #laugh #silly #humor #humour #verse #poetry #poem #sentence #language #grammar #Facebook #syntax

Just to show I’ll give AI credit where credit is due…

I had been pondering this from time to time over many years. AI gave a damn good answer and thera- err… debriefing session:

As a freshman undergraduate psychology major at CMU in 1987, we were required to earn credit as subjects in graduate student experiments. I was in a brief, no more than an hour-long experiment in which I was typing on a terminal in a room on my own and told I was communicating with another student whom I never did meet and whose text lines to me came up on my screen. The topic we were told to discuss, I suspect was arbitrary, and had something to do with policies on stores selling alcohol to underage purchasers.

In this experiment was I communicating with an early AI prototype?

Also, all these years later, is it unusual that not having a final debriefing about the experiment bothers me slightly?

Damn! Now I want to apologize to the researchers (again) for having been such a slow typist 😁.

Just to show I’ll give AI credit where credit is due…

I had been pondering this from time to time over many years. AI gave a damn good answer and thera- err… debriefing session:

As a freshman undergraduate psychology major at CMU in 1987, we were required to earn credit as subjects in graduate student experiments. I was in a brief, no more than an hour-long experiment in which I was typing on a terminal in a room on my own and told I was communicating with another student whom I never did meet and whose text lines to me came up on my screen. The topic we were told to discuss, I suspect was arbitrary, and had something to do with policies on stores selling alcohol to underage purchasers.

In this experiment was I communicating with an early AI prototype?

Also, all these years later, is it unusual that not having a final debriefing about the experiment bothers me slightly?

Damn! Now I want to apologize to the researchers (again) for having been such a slow typist 😁.

SPF Record Syntax: Mechanisms, Qualifiers, Modifiers, and Macros

https://dmarcguard.io/blog/spf-record-syntax/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49155626

#HackerNews #SPF #SPFRecord #Syntax #EmailAuthentication #DomainSecurity

SPF Record Syntax: Mechanisms, Qualifiers, Modifiers, and Macros

https://dmarcguard.io/blog/spf-record-syntax/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49155626

#HackerNews #SPF #SPFRecord #Syntax #EmailAuthentication #DomainSecurity

I think I finally found my gripe with nix

So I've written code/configs in a fair number of languages, and most of them fall into three categories:

• Bracy languages (C, Rust, Java)
• Python/Lua/OCaml/Haskell (syntax wise, don't go on semantics)
• lisps

nix technically falls in the second

but because attrsets are so pervasive, almost everything looks like the first

Worst of all, even the arguments are deconstructed attrsets, so it's often just

{ a, b, c, ... } : { whatever }

And my brain goes into bracy mode but I can't really use it because nix falls in the second category

FAIR WARNING: I've only written nixos configs in nixlang so far. My gripes are with that. I don't really know how to define packages and such, so I can't tell you. I can probably write a flake, but that doesn't count.

#nix #nixlang #nixos #programming #syntax #programminglanguages

@wikidata Cool tool! However, I find myself confused on the hyphenation tasks. I thought that hyphenation and syllabification were two different things. I thought that hyphenation was a typography concern and syllabification was related to phonology. But the hyphenation task references this hyphenation property:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5279

which defines hyphenation as "positions where a word can be hyphenated" and yet, in the "also known as" column, includes the term "syllabification".

Which is it?

For example, the word "Japanology".

For hyphenation, I would leave "ology" as a phonological suffix, and the only hyphen would be between "Japan" and "ology". "Japan‧ology". I've always heard that hyphenation is more a matter of taste than a strict set of rules.

But for syllabification, I would want the number of syllables to equal the number of vowel sounds (five). So syllabification would look something like "Ja‧pan‧ol‧o‧gy".

Though frankly, it seems that there are a whole bunch of rules for syllabification that I either was never taught in school or have thoroughly forgot.

Dropping some linguistics-related tags below to see if I can nerd-snipe anybody into providing more authoritative and/or helpful commentary.

#english #grammar #syntax #morphology #phonology #linguistics

@wikidata Cool tool! However, I find myself confused on the hyphenation tasks. I thought that hyphenation and syllabification were two different things. I thought that hyphenation was a typography concern and syllabification was related to phonology. But the hyphenation task references this hyphenation property:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5279

which defines hyphenation as "positions where a word can be hyphenated" and yet, in the "also known as" column, includes the term "syllabification".

Which is it?

For example, the word "Japanology".

For hyphenation, I would leave "ology" as a phonological suffix, and the only hyphen would be between "Japan" and "ology". "Japan‧ology". I've always heard that hyphenation is more a matter of taste than a strict set of rules.

But for syllabification, I would want the number of syllables to equal the number of vowel sounds (five). So syllabification would look something like "Ja‧pan‧ol‧o‧gy".

Though frankly, it seems that there are a whole bunch of rules for syllabification that I either was never taught in school or have thoroughly forgot.

Dropping some linguistics-related tags below to see if I can nerd-snipe anybody into providing more authoritative and/or helpful commentary.

#english #grammar #syntax #morphology #phonology #linguistics

My review of Katerina Somers's (2024) "How to create an early German scriptus: The literization approach to historical German #syntax " is now out ahead of print in Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics. I'm particularly happy that this is an #openaccess review of an #openaccess book. #linguistics https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2025-0035

Wenn Ihr schon immer mal wissen wolltet, was „Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.“ bedeutet.

Ist von hier:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20612113

#Chomsky #Syntax #Sprachwissenschaft

Lustig: Habe gerade gemerkt, dass mein Buch, das erstmalig bei @langscipress erschienen ist, die Reihennummer 17 hat. Das war auch die Reihennummer der ersten drei Auflagen, allerdings beim Stauffenburg-Verlag.

https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/535

#HPSG #Syntax #Grammatik #Deutsch #Sprache

C++20 Improved the For-Loop Syntax

https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/cpp-for-range-init/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873275

#HackerNews #C++20 #ForLoop #Syntax #Cplusplus #Programming #Tips #HackerNews

C++20 Improved the For-Loop Syntax

https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/cpp-for-range-init/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873275

#HackerNews #C++20 #ForLoop #Syntax #Cplusplus #Programming #Tips #HackerNews

💻🤖 The notion that "code cleanliness" might impact coding agents is about as groundbreaking as discovering water is wet. 🧼✨ This paper is clearly a gripping read for anyone dying to know if robots prefer a tidy workspace, because apparently, AI won’t function without spotless #syntax. 🙄📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20049 #codecleanliness #AIethics #robotics #readability #HackerNews #ngated

💻🤖 The notion that "code cleanliness" might impact coding agents is about as groundbreaking as discovering water is wet. 🧼✨ This paper is clearly a gripping read for anyone dying to know if robots prefer a tidy workspace, because apparently, AI won’t function without spotless #syntax. 🙄📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20049 #codecleanliness #AIethics #robotics #readability #HackerNews #ngated

🎓 Oh, joy! Another textbook on #compilers by a professor who thinks his office hours are the highlight of your week. 🤓 Thrill at the chance to join a mailing list for "exciting" updates while pretending to care about yet another deep dive into #syntax #trees and code translation—because who wouldn't want to spend their free time with #academic PDFs? 📚🙄
https://dthain.github.io/books/compiler/ #textbooks #life #coding #culture #HackerNews #ngated

🎓 Oh, joy! Another textbook on #compilers by a professor who thinks his office hours are the highlight of your week. 🤓 Thrill at the chance to join a mailing list for "exciting" updates while pretending to care about yet another deep dive into #syntax #trees and code translation—because who wouldn't want to spend their free time with #academic PDFs? 📚🙄
https://dthain.github.io/books/compiler/ #textbooks #life #coding #culture #HackerNews #ngated

Oubliette is one of the most satisfying words of them all.

#diction #lexicon #syntax #lingustics #Labyrinth

Oubliette is one of the most satisfying words of them all.

#diction #lexicon #syntax #lingustics #Labyrinth

Not just key to a healthy lifestye, but also the key to good #writing - Action or the #verb!

https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/21/verbs/

#writing #amwriting #editing #proofreading #syntax #sentences #grammar

Not just key to a healthy lifestye, but also the key to good #writing - Action or the #verb!

https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/21/verbs/

#writing #amwriting #editing #proofreading #syntax #sentences #grammar

I think I finally found my gripe with nix

So I've written code/configs in a fair number of languages, and most of them fall into three categories:

- Bracy languages (C, Rust, Java)

- Python/Lua/OCaml/Haskell (syntax wise, don't go on semantics)

- lisps

nix technically falls in the second

but because attrsets are so pervasive, almost everything looks like the first

Worst of all, even the arguments are deconstructed attrsets, so it's often just

{ a, b, c, ... } : { whatever }

And my brain goes into bracy mode but I can't really use it because nix falls in the second category

FAIR WARNING: I've only written nixos configs in nixlang so far. My gripes are with that

#nix #nixlang #nixos #programming #syntax #programminglanguages

I think I finally found my gripe with nix

So I've written code/configs in a fair number of languages, and most of them fall into three categories:

- Bracy languages (C, Rust, Java)

- Python/Lua/OCaml/Haskell (syntax wise, don't go on semantics)

- lisps

nix technically falls in the second

but because attrsets are so pervasive, almost everything looks like the first

Worst of all, even the arguments are deconstructed attrsets, so it's often just

{ a, b, c, ... } : { whatever }

And my brain goes into bracy mode but I can't really use it because nix falls in the second category

FAIR WARNING: I've only written nixos configs in nixlang so far. My gripes are with that

#nix #nixlang #nixos #programming #syntax #programminglanguages

Ah yes, the mythical "regular expressions that work everywhere"—it's like believing in #unicorns 🦄, except these unicorns only work in some apps and have #syntax #quirks that drive you to madness. Apparently, the secret to mastering #regex is also mastering #disappointment and inconsistency. 🎉
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/06/23/regex-everywhere/ #mastery #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, the mythical "regular expressions that work everywhere"—it's like believing in #unicorns 🦄, except these unicorns only work in some apps and have #syntax #quirks that drive you to madness. Apparently, the secret to mastering #regex is also mastering #disappointment and inconsistency. 🎉
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/06/23/regex-everywhere/ #mastery #HackerNews #ngated

Not just key to a healthy lifestye, but also key to good #writing - Action or the #verb!

https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/21/verbs/

#writing #amwriting #editing #proofreading #syntax #sentencestructure #grammar

Not just key to a healthy lifestye, but also key to good #writing - Action or the #verb!

https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/21/verbs/

#writing #amwriting #editing #proofreading #syntax #sentencestructure #grammar

OK. Das ist gut gelaufen. Ich dachte bisher immer, bei der Frage kann man nur verlieren. „vermittelt auch komplizierte Inhalte klar und verständlich.“ Wenn man etwas kompliziert findet, war die Erklärung nicht gut. Aber diesmal fanden die meisten die Erklärung gut. Und das ist die komplizierteste Vorlesung, die ich mache. #HPSG #Syntax #Grammatik

Das Buch dazu habe ich neu überarbeitet und es müsste jeden Moment erscheinen.

Sobald du in Java nicht mehr nur eine einfache Liste von Werten brauchst, landest du schnell bei Arrays mit mehreren Dimensionen. Genau an der Stelle wird es für viele unübersichtlich. Ein normales Array ist noch leicht zu greifen: mehrere Werte hintereinander in einer Reihe. Ei...

https://magicmarcy.de/java-arrays-mit-mehreren-dimensionen-verstehen-ohne-kopfschmerzen

#Array #Java #Arrays #Dimensionen #Block #Schleifen #Matrix #Raster #Schichten #Syntax #Multidimensional #Coding #Programming

Ted Gibson wrote a paper with the title "Dependency syntax is the simplest theory of grammar". I think the first mistake is the title: #grammar is much more than syntax. The problem of the simplicity claim is that other areas of grammar are simply ignored. And other parts of #syntax.

This is my reply:

https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/010075

#semantics

Ted Gibson wrote a paper with the title "Dependency syntax is the simplest theory of grammar". I think the first mistake is the title: #grammar is much more than syntax. The problem of the simplicity claim is that other areas of grammar are simply ignored. And other parts of #syntax.

This is my reply:

https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/010075

#semantics

1/ Ted Gibson hat einen Artikel mit dem Titel „Dependency syntax is the simplest theory of grammar“ geschrieben. Ich glaub kein Wort davon bzw. nur jedes zweite und habe eine Antwort geschrieben:

https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/010075

Viel Spaß und Kommentare sind natürlich willkommen.

#Grammatik #Syntax #Semantik #Sprachwissenschaft #Linguistik

Klassikoiden ystäville tuore SEP-päivitys, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-classical/

#classical #logic #sep #revised #logiikka #filosofia #philosophy #truth #reasoning #proof #deduction #syntax #semantics

Klassikoiden ystäville tuore SEP-päivitys, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-classical/

#classical #logic #sep #revised #logiikka #filosofia #philosophy #truth #reasoning #proof #deduction #syntax #semantics

In terms of search engine optimization, #Minimalism was a failure.

#Syntax #grammar #linguistics

In terms of search engine optimization, #Minimalism was a failure.

#Syntax #grammar #linguistics

Endlich! Kapitel 16 von 19 ist gesetzt. Ich hoffe, dass die vierte Auflage meines HPSG-Lehrbuchs dann in den nächsten Tagen erscheinen kann. Komplett überarbeitet. Viele Sachen anders und neu. Zum Beispiel alles mit #MRS: Minimal Recursion Semantics, einem Unterspezifikationsformalismus.

Ein ganzes Buch über symbolische #KI ohne eine einzige von LLMs erzeugte Zeile. =:-)

#HPSG #Syntax #Grammatik

🔥 TRENDING

📢 Go 1.26 bringt flexiblere Syntax und schnelleren Garbage Collector - heise online

🔗 https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxONWV2UzFubnJscE81RUhURkdDOTVaVVNDWUxaNG5HcHlNXzNOU1BpUURpcGcwdXQwWmJ0bkE4N3p0ekxGM1Izc0c3ZVdzeHVQR21TYWtKRWIyWmxsc01fYjZvMFBLNHZrNXBqMjl6VE1tZm5NVGZzZC1kNmFvZHNITjZfYUoxOWRJM2hENUhzMmRmOEZONFpIZG5fVkd6M2pEdl9SQ3RvaTRJQQ?oc=5

#Syntax #Garbage #Collector #GlobalFeed #News #DE

*Automatisch gepostet von Global Feed Bot*

🎩🤓 "Why Janet?" is the riveting saga of a programmer's mid-life crisis, where he ditches his spouse Python for a flirty little #Lisp dialect named Janet. 💔📚 Apparently, writing a book about obscure languages is the new therapy. Forget self-help; embrace self-imposed #syntax hell! 😂
https://ianthehenry.com/posts/why-janet/ #programming #midlifecrisis #humor #codingliterature #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🤓 "Why Janet?" is the riveting saga of a programmer's mid-life crisis, where he ditches his spouse Python for a flirty little #Lisp dialect named Janet. 💔📚 Apparently, writing a book about obscure languages is the new therapy. Forget self-help; embrace self-imposed #syntax hell! 😂
https://ianthehenry.com/posts/why-janet/ #programming #midlifecrisis #humor #codingliterature #HackerNews #ngated

“Juno demisit...” (1857), from The Principles of Grammar.

Source: Library of Congress

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/da05c7eb-d44c-4724-ab78-5114e0df46d3

#diagrams #schematics #education #language #pedagogy #words #linguistics #trees #grammar #syntax #writing #art #publicdomain

Chomskian syntax cult survivor’s testimony. Good video.

https://youtu.be/w9ahdAH5OOA

#GenerativeSyntax #Chomsky #ConstructionGrammar #Syntax #Linguistics

Es ist zwar sehr schön, dass Behaghels "Deutsche Syntax" (1923–1932) von der UB der @jlugiessen frei zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Aber die PDF zu Band 1 scheint alle 4 Bände zu enthalten (925 MB, 3100+ Seiten) und die Seiten sind irgendwie alle durcheinander 🤯 https://digisam.ub.uni-giessen.de/ubg-ihd-sob-a/content/titleinfo/623223

#Deutsch #Sprachgeschichte #Syntax #OpenAccess