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beefbot , to science in Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter

We’re confusing a few different terms here - a phone in a phonetic “inventory” (let’s use that term instead of alphabet) is just a unit of sound*. A morpheme is a unit of meaning.

And we won’t know which is which in whale-tongue** until we can confirm what any one word means. (See: “Arrival”)

*theres more to it but I’m tired so I’m not explaining

** what’s the teeth grill thing they eat krill with? let’s use that instead of “tongue” 🤪

beefbot , to Technology in World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Superyacht Embodies Eco-Conscious Luxury

Well I’m sure its owners are conscious of the rest of humanity’s ecological needs, I’d go that far anyway :/

beefbot , to Technology in Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

Just a quick thanks for including a nonpaywalled link, @ylai !

beefbot , to No Stupid Questions in Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?

Yeah exactly. Straight people, can’t live with them, yet we’re forced to 🤮

beefbot , to No Stupid Questions in Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?

Eh. There’s a BIG difference between you making a questionable decision on your own and someone else forcing you into their questionable decision

beefbot , to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Do you use the device you torrent on for personal things as well?
  1. “PII” not exactly, more like user-identifiable

  2. I don’t torrent, to be honest I pay for all my media, I just don’t watch very many things

beefbot , to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Do you use the device you torrent on for personal things as well?

Yes let me post PII about my device setup I use for illegal activities to a PUBLIC FORUM

beefbot , to Technology in A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad

It’s more likely they’d just buy Lemmy in order to own “your” content 🙃

beefbot , to Technology in A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad

Except Apple hired some McCann fools instead

beefbot , to Technology in Russia-linked network uses AI to mass-produce misinformation, modifying content from legitimate sources and tailoring political messages with specific biases, security researchers say

Jesus fucking Christ

beefbot , to Technology in Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail

Noam Chomsky said “we don’t know what happens when you cram 10^5 neurons* into a space the size of a basketball” - but what little we know is astonishing & a marvel

*whatever the number is

beefbot , to Science in The James Webb Space Telescope Releases a Beautiful New Picture Of Uranus

Shoulda known that closeted homophobe Webb was just here for the biggest hole pic in the solar system

beefbot , to Selfhosted in Sovereign Computing | Start9

aww sweetie. Think you sound mature when you react to vegans calling them , checks notes, “fucking annoying “? I’m echoing your tone as a point - I’d call it a “rhetorical device” if I was smarter but I’m clearly stupid enough to be getting empty dopamine from interactions like this lol

beefbot , to memes in I am taking Stick

😂😂😂
I’d missed this somehow , thank you for it

beefbot , to Selfhosted in Sovereign Computing | Start9

I mean, this does look stupid, but you also do sound stupid in another post, so I stand by the original comment

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