Geek of the computational, linguistic, creative, and heraldic persuasions.
Based in Belgium; formerly in UK until shortly before Brexit kicked in.
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I always have a lot of trouble thinking through yet/still esp when trying to translate stuff.
I *think* it *might* be
not still X → "!(still X)"
not yet X → "still !(X)"
still not X → "still !(X)"
but my head hurts a bit now.
With the may not/must not thing it's kinda easy to bracket them as upthread.
But with not-yet the "not" feels like it scopes to an argument it's not adjacent to. I know, idioms gonna idiom non-compositionally, but.
still being confused[*] by that thing where yet and still are roughly synonyms (massive difference in register notwithstanding) and "not yet" and "not still" are verging on antonyms. ("not begun" vs "already ended")
I think this is probably same thing as that weird English quirk where "must not" ≈ "may not" but "must" != "may"; the "not" scopes oddly with "must (not X)" vs "(may not) X".
[*] I mean, yes, I know that idioms are a thing. Doesn't stop these being weird.
With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/
Have a read and let me know what you think!
With Regulations to finally sort the problems with purchasing tickets for trains, Europe-wide, due to be presented by the European Commission this spring, there remains a crucial problem: do the people who are drafting this legislation (in the Commission), deciding on it (in the Council of the EU and the
yay, 3b1b explains escher’s picture gallery, with some pretty complex exponentials
"Second book of Simonis, Chapter 6", is excluded as an option for being contextually implausible.
(I continue to maintain that STIB/MIVB's signage department has as its motto "If You Know, You Know")
Quiz question. You're in Brussels, waiting for either metro line 2 or metro line 6 to take you to Simonis station.
The board shows "2 SIMONIS 6"
I'm wondering how intuitive this is, so a poll:
Does "2 SIMONIS 6" mean:
| There's a line 2 train to Simonis in 6 minutes | |
| There's a line 6 train to Simonis in 2 minutes |
RE: https://gruene.social/@jon/116263963543937347
The point where they pass half a dozen things labelled Tromso and still conclude they;re in Oslo?
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