Tag: language
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You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media. https://aftermath.site/unc-aave-african-american-vernacular-english-slang-gen-z/ more ›
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Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body o… https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josl.70024 more ›
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An alphabetical listing of sports betting terms with definitions, including favorites, against the spread, over/under, totals, underdogs, futures and more. https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/38897025/sports-betting-glossary-odds-lines-spreads-futures-more?utm_source=perplexity more ›
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An awful personal prophecy is coming true. Way back in 2019, when AI was still a relatively niche topic, and only the primitive GPT-2 had been released, I predicted the… more ›
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These strange symbols are the way hobos passed information on to the next guy (usually a guy, but as Willy pointed out, he did meet his first wife on the… more ›
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There is immense hyperbole about recent developments in artificial intelligence, especially Large Language Models like ChatGPT. And there is also deserved concern about such technologies’ material impact on jobs. But… more ›
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Cultural exchange is often assumed to be progressive, but it has neither an inherent politics nor an inevitable outcome. As nationalism rises across the globe, many see ‘cultural exchange’ as… more ›
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A new vocabulary — a little fun, a little dystopian — has emerged on the social video platform, as creators try to get around algorithms and strict content moderation. They… more ›