There are already enough agents out there trying to dumb us down. And I don't want to be one of them, so thanks, but no thanks.
Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
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Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#202"At last!" he said. "My good sir! This is remarkable!"
Although in Trob the last word in fact became "a thing which may happen but once in the usable lifetime of a canoe hollowed diligently by axe and fire from the tallest diamondwood tree that grows in the noted diamondwood forests on the lower slopes of Mount Awayawa, home of the firegods or so it is said."
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#203What about Windoze & Linuts users?
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
If this colored or underlined words past the 1000 rank, instead of removing them, it would be less offensive to my sensibilities.
Amusing coincidence that readams above used "up goer", as the "up goer" editor does what you suggest : http://splasho.com/upgoer5/
That's actually a nice implementation. It's much easier to fix errors after finishing a sentence than it is to fear every word you type. Here's my attempt to describe compilers, which ended up going a little off-track:
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If you want to make new things for a computer, you first have to write them down in a way that a computer can understand. You have to use strange computer words, not normal human words. People usually only talk to other people, so talking to a computer using only computer words is very hard.
To make it easier, there are things that take human words and then write them out as computer words so you don't have to do it yourself.
Those things were made by people who went to school for a long time. To make them, they had to know all the human words and all the computer words too. Thanks to them, you can write stuff that feels pretty normal to you, and still be able to make new things for a computer. It's still a little bit hard, but you can learn the simple stuff in a few days.
A long time ago, only a few people could build new things for computers. But today, many people like you and me build them for money or just for fun on their free time.
Just imagine: you could build a whole new thing today. A thing that no one ever had before. And if the thing you build actually helps other people, you can get a lot of money for it. That's what many of us in the "Thing Building News" place do. We go there to share stories about the things we build.
I now want to thank the people who went to school for a long time and made the things that turn human words into computer words. They help us do easy and fun stuff for money.
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#205This could actually be useful if it had buildin word2vec dictionary/suggestion function. Dont just delete less common words, suggest simpler one of equal meaning instead.
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#206Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah it's called "thing explainer", but it's more like a "thing convoluter". It's a work humour, not a book of science.
Some of the explanations are actually going into a textbook now, to accompany more traditional text. So it seems professionals disagree with you. I will concede that it might have been clearer with the top 2000 words or something, but that's my perspective and plenty of kids might disagree, especially those that have grown up with weird dialects or even sociolects like AAVE.
Really? That's interesting. Do you have a source for that?
I can't imagine how talking about "bags of air" and "bags of yellow water" is any clearer than talking about "lungs" or "bladders".
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#208Isn't this a great opportunity to compress text. I wonder if there are algorithms that use dictionaries.
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#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which is sort of the joke. But yes, this is absolutely correct. Moreover, as with any language, the way to get better is to use it more/get more exposed to more parts of it.
Which is the joke. Absolutely correct. And – as with any language – the way to improve is to use it. To paraphrase and copy-edit your perceptive comment. (The subject made me do it).
Well played.
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#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amusing coincidence that readams above used "up goer", as the "up goer" editor does what you suggest : http://splasho.com/upgoer5/
That's actually a nice implementation. It's much easier to fix errors after finishing a sentence than it is to fear every word you type. Here's my attempt to describe compilers, which ended up going a little off-track: ---- If you want to make new things for a computer, you first have to write them down in a way that a computer can understand. You have to use strange computer words, not normal human words. People usu…
:) That's pretty good, well done.
The first compiler took someone with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from Vasser, a master's from Yale and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale and 3 years of experience with the machine.
And even then :
"Nobody believed that," she said. "I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic."