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urubu··on You know more Finnish than you think
This is the entry for 'poika' in a Finnish etymological dictionary (Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja), run through deepl:

"The word has definite etymological equivalents in both closely related and distantly related languages, e.g. Karelian and Votic poika, Ludic and Vepsian poig}, Estonian poeg, Livonian puoga, Komi and Udmurt pi, Mansi pig, and Hungarian fiu. Possible equivalents are also the initial parts of the Mordvin word pijo 'grandchild' and the Mari word puerge 'male person' (erge 'man'). The original form of the word has been reconstructed as *pojka. The Swedish pojke, which in the past also meant 'servant boy', is apparently a loanword from Finnish. In contrast, the English boy and the etymologically related German Bube have different origins."

urubu··on 'The Invention of Prehistory' Review: Facing Deep Time
The English title is 'Quest for Fire'.

There are actually two distinct languages (a kind of Proto-Proto-Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Proto-Proto-Uralic) spoken in the movie, created by Anthony Burgess. He later wrote an essay (the title of which escapes me ATM) about the thinking behind it.

Some background: https://www.anthonyburgess.org/quest-for-fire/about-quest-fo...

urubu··on The Almost Romance Languages
For comparison: Spanish has around 4000 words of Arabic origin.

I don't think anyone ever called Spanish almost Semitic.

urubu··on Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?
There is a technical linguistic term for it - th fronting:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th-fronting

Apparently it's been around for quite a bit of time.

urubu··on Why Oatmeal Is Cheap: Kolmogorov Complexity and Procedural Generation [pdf]
Likewise here in Germany. 0.79 €/500 g for the own brand in just about every supermarket (it used to be 0.49 € before inflation hit).
urubu··on NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer
There is an effect called dispersion, which causes different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation to travel through a medium at different speeds (lower frequencies => slower).

It's strong enough to be noticeable in the case of pulsars (but probably insignificant inside the solar system).

urubu··on How much can Duolingo teach us?
The Finnish course is especially bad in this regard. You learn the words for 'lynx' (ilves) and 'wolverine' (ahma), but not for 'left' and 'right'.
urubu··on 'Soleus pushup' fuels metabolism for hours while sitting
Standing calf raises train the gastrocnemius and the soleus. Many gyms also have a seated calf raise machine which is meant to isolate the soleus.

I don't think I ever felt anything special after using it.

urubu··on Science of Fasting
Depends on the activity level. According to this calculator:

https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html

his (assuming a dude) energy expenditure is:

Basal metabolic rate: 1819 cal/day

Sedentary (little or no exercise) 2,183

Exercise 1-3 times/week 2,501

urubu··on Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead languages
There's also a video series to go along with the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTle8uT7NEM&list=PLmXNllWcFF...
urubu··on The writers who translated Goethe became some of the best writers in English
There seems to be a Kazakh translation by a guy called Medeubai Kurmanov.

See: http://www.rusnauka.com/9_NND_2014/Philologia/6_162301.doc.h...

Quote: 'The first part of tragedy in Kazakh language was published in 1969. The full translation of Goethe’s drama poem "Faust" was edited in 1983. The translation of "Faust" into Kazakh language in Germany was marked. Klaus Schneider in his book «Alma-Ata. Kasachischer Fruehling» writes with delight about Medeubai Kurmanov. Many warm words are written about him in the reporting of Rut Kraft «Fruechte aus Alma-Ata». Medeubai Kurmanov is selected the honorary member of Goethe International society.'

Maybe the Goethe-Institut in Almaty knows more.

urubu··on The tragic rape of Charles Bukowski’s ghost by Black Sparrow Press (2013)
Not to be pedantic, but I think 'laying' has a different etymology, namely this one (quote from the OED):

'lay, v.1 General sense: To cause to lie.

[OE. lęcgan = OFris. ledsa, lega, leia, OS. leggian (Du. leggen), OHG. lecken, legen (MHG., mod.G. legen), ON. legja (Sw. lägga, Da. lægge), Goth. (= OTeut.) lagjan, f. lag- ablaut-variant of OTeut. leg-: see lie v.'

OE = Old English, OFris.= Old Frisian etc.

urubu··on How the Rosetta Stone yielded its secrets
There are other bi-/trilingual texts, like the decree of Canopus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_of_Canopus

urubu··on Speaking Latin
Here's a website with a list of such textbooks for various languages:

https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazio...

urubu··on Circulation of Elites
Pareto made a distinction between 'residues' (psychological bases underlying social action) and 'derivations' (rationalizations by members of society as justifications of those actions). It might be used in that sense here.
urubu··on Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise (2009) [pdf]
Here is a 2020 review of more recent studies: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/antioxidants/
urubu··on Toki Pona: A Language with a Hundred Words (2015)
Yes, those units are called 'semantic primes/primitives': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_primes
urubu··on Building an online coaching agency for IELTS test prep
A random sentence:

'To earn money to support myself and approve “Asians are NOT stupid”, I started to look up information online [....]'

She seems to be mixing up 'approve' and 'prove that'.

urubu··on Another ‘Samuelson, 1948’ moment? Evidence from machine learning
Probably 'Bruttoinlandsprodukt', German for GDP.
urubu··on How Does Esperanto Sound?
About one third of the original vocabulary is derived from Germanic languages (prominent examples: birdo, fajro, ŝtono, strato).

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_etymology#Source_lan...

urubu··on The Problem of Mindfulness
स्मृति smṛti = remembrance, reminiscence, memory
urubu··on You’re probably using the wrong dictionary (2014)
Sounds a bit like what the Wordflex app does: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordflex-touch-dictionary/id...
urubu··on Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books
Rule #1 should probably be complemented with Tyler Cowen's proviso: If the book lists PhD after the author's name, run the other way.
urubu··on Grundig Satellit 650 Radio
Shortwave listening used to be the gateway drug for many hams. That's the reason for the apparent overlap.

Receivers of this type are pretty useless on the ham bands. You can't even connect a proper antenna to it (technically you can, but the unit would struggle with overload issues).

73s, dg3mg

urubu··on Receiving NOAA Weather Satellite Images with $10 USB SDR Device (2014) [video]
It's still very much alive on shortwave. Here's a US ham demoing it: https://youtu.be/ZB1Fz294aLw
urubu··on In Hopes of Attracting Foreign Audiences, Broadway Tries a Translation App
Yes, those overtitles can be distracting as hell.

I like the solution the Komische Oper Berlin uses. Individual displays for every seat, switchable between German, English, French and Turkish (and off):

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/uebersetzerstuehle-multif...

urubu··on Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and title if you're hooked
Yeah, read page sample(1:150, 1) of novels sounds like a better approach.

Funnily enough, there is a (French) Page 112 prize: https://www.prix-de-la-page-112.com/

urubu··on Swedish archaeologists reveal 5th Century massacre at Sandby borg
Tack. Works here in Tyskland.
urubu··on Ethernet over barbed wire
In German, Ohm's Law is jokingly called 'Geller Triangle' (after Israeli illusionist Uri Geller).

http://www.mec-castrop-rauxel.de/bilder/gru04_02.png

By covering the magnitude you're looking for, you get the formula to calculate it.

urubu··on Some Rules for Historians (1973)
Great tip!

archive.org version here: https://archive.org/details/HistoriansFallaciesTowardALogicO...

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