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Wild piglets are very cute [1], adult wild pigs less so [2]. [1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180429-155847_Fris... [2]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ausge…

I'd say: Spacing matters, f(1,2) is different from f(1, 2). Just use a semicolon to separate the numbers, e.g. f(1,2; 2).

You could and that's basically what TeX does, just without the CSS. There are even typesetting systems similar to (La)TeX, that can take XML as input, see Context [1] or Sile [2]. …

It’s crazy, and that’s why hyphenation doesn’t really work that way. Both TeX and web browsers use Liang’s algorithm to split words. [1] It uses so-called patterns, which are short…

> There is a problem because some licenses require attribution, but ignoring that... Surely the solution would be to give credit to every author from the training corpus. I am look…

There are cursive typefaces for the Latin script, e.g. [1]. There might even be some free ones. Making (good looking) fonts is hard work, but I don’t think making cursive fonts is …

As for some solutions: The choice of the writing instrument helps a lot. While fountain pens feel amazing to write with, one looks like a smurf after writing with one. Hard pencils…

> …then why aren't they just library functions in a scripting language? I’d say they basically are. What’s the difference between Python’s sort and (let’s say) Bash’s sort? In Pyth…