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Brian Ruh @brianruh.bsky.social

This ties into some half-formed thoughts I have been having about the removal of support for languages / area studies and the need for "old fashioned" language and culture knowledge.

sep 3, 2025, 3:42 am • 14 0

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ジェイサン・パックマン @handle.invalid

i have to read it, but it is always the case that everyone's golden age is always 12.

sep 3, 2025, 4:10 am • 3 0 • view
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ジェイサン・パックマン @handle.invalid

reading it, i think part of it is just golden age is 12 thinking -- i heard a famous elt trainer once say a paper dictionary is best because you also learn the words around the one you are looking for. i'm not sure what ai means for translation/area studies but we do need to realize ..

sep 3, 2025, 5:40 am • 2 0 • view
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ジェイサン・パックマン @handle.invalid

knowing facts is not the only form of intelligence. relationships that are only transactional mediated through several privately owned technologies aren't really real, either.

sep 3, 2025, 5:42 am • 1 0 • view
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Katch 🦏 @katch.bsky.social

I think my golden age of language study was probably around 24 or 25 XD

sep 3, 2025, 6:03 am • 2 0 • view
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ジェイサン・パックマン @handle.invalid

mine history of language study had a sliver age at best.,,,

sep 3, 2025, 6:52 am • 2 0 • view
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Nick, Nick, 🪿! @nicknickgoose.bsky.social

Article after article of situations modeled by the Chinese Room en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...

sep 3, 2025, 4:10 am • 1 0 • view