Interesting Links for 11-05-2020

[andrewducker]

Coronavirus: The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

(tags:virus biology pandemic advice )

President Trump nicely captures the spirit of Mother's Day

(tags:mother politics USA wtf )

An Animal Crossing developer on how they made the game inviting and comforting

(tags:games design )

A novel mutation 62,000 years ago led to a new way of thinking and language-use

(tags:language mutation prehistory humans )

Qatar Airways fires pilot, hands them £130,000 bill

(tags:airlines qatar OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[armiphlage]

Nice severance package, but I didn't know Qatar printed currency in denominations that big ... [reads] oh.

[hilarita]

So skimming through (4) got me all twitchy when the authors started talking about ABA and autism. I'll try later to see if they say something reasonable, but I'm currently feeling not very well-disposed towards the authors.

Recursive Language

[agoodwinsmith]

So, I'm reading the mutants twerked our language article, and they keep using the term "recursive language", which I understand what "recursive" can mean, and what "language" can mean, but how this article uses them together seems very specific, so it is time for some research.

First site says "... is called recursive if it is a recursive subset ..." which means that it is gonna take me a while. Sheesh.

It's recursive because it's recursive. Very good.