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Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under education education Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No word in one language ever precisely equates to a word in another. No word in one language ever preciselyequates to a word in another. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Translating in your head has a ceiling; thinking in the language is the only thing that gets past it. — tap to centre the map on it Translating in your head has aceiling; thinking in the language isthe only thing that gets past it. Last stated 7 years ago by 18 Jul 2019 GW Gabriel Wyner — holds since 2019-07-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Translating Akkadian statements as certainties when they were possibilities changes the whole meaning of a text. — tap to centre the map on it Translating Akkadian statements ascertainties when they werepossibilities changes the wholemeaning of a text. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Language models have no culture — no written record they hand to one another — and that absence is one of the things holding them back. — tap to centre the map on it Language models have no culture — nowritten record they hand to oneanother — and that absence is one ofthe things holding them back. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Language choice is a temporary artefact of training data; in the fullness of time every language will work equally well with AI. — tap to centre the map on it Language choice is a temporaryartefact of training data; in thefullness of time every language willwork equally well with AI. Last stated 6 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise. — tap to centre the map on it A beginner cannot learn frommaterial made for native speakers:at the start, authentic media isnoise. Last stated 2 months ago by 20 Jul 2026 SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known. — tap to centre the map on it A language is a set of skills to bebuilt, not a body of facts to beknown. Last stated 5 years ago 19 Aug 2021 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2021-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured. — tap to centre the map on it A method you hate will end inburnout however well it works forother people, so it should beabandoned rather than endured. Last stated 6 years ago 9 Sept 2020 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction. — tap to centre the map on it A puzzle whose categories can onlybe seen by the broadly educated iselitist by construction. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Sept 2023 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2023-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. — tap to centre the map on it A school should be judged on howfast its students are learning, noton how much they already know whenmeasured. Last stated a week ago 31 Aug 2026 JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided. — tap to centre the map on it A worked example whose scaffoldingis progressively removed teachesfaster than making a child figurethe problem out unaided. Last stated a week ago 31 Aug 2026 JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it Action comes before motivation: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe other way round. Last stated 11 months ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 5 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems should be understood assomething between airplanes andhumans, since it can no longer beassumed they lack humanlikemotivations. Last stated 6 days ago 1 Sept 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No word in one language ever precisely equates to a word in another. Last stated 12 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago Holds Irving Finkel Read this korrent →