words – Sam's notebook

Nyunga words on Wiktionary — January 10th, 2016, 5PM

I’ve pretty much finished moving a set of ‘template’ Nyunga-language Wiktionary entries into my userspace on Wiktionary, from where they can be copied into mainspace. There are a few dramas with differing character-sets between definitions in some of the word lists I’ve got, so a couple of letters are missing. There’s plenty that are there […]

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Drupal terminology vs old-fashioned DB words — December 4th, 2014, 12PM

Programming

Drupal’s entity model is pretty confusing if one is used to the strict world of ‘proper’ RDBMSs, but it does start to make sense after a while. It’s best to just forget about all the cruft that comes with the standard installation, and work with the base functionality (and some that’s currently provided by modules […]

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Spivak pronouns — December 4th, 2014, 7AM

Reading

Spivak pronouns: Subject: ey laughs Object: I hugged em Possessive Adjective: eir heart warmed Possessive Pronoun: that is eirs Reflexive: ey loves emself

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Don't Write Code (write descriptions of things) — November 12th, 2012, 4PM

Open content Programming

I wish I didn’t know how to code. For a programmer, the solution to every problem is to write more code. But sometimes, all that is needed is to write proper words. To explain things and explore them through prose. Not to remove oneself to the meta-realm of trying to understand the general structure of […]

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