Notices by Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io), page 46

@suguru 助けてくれてありがとう！

This is what dialup sounded like...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckc6XSSh52w
@major

Blade Runner 2049 Sea Wall

An ambient / synth soundtrack from a crepuscular future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbAVp68s_gA
#synth #bladerunner #scifi

How many different arrangements could the computer industry invent for 4 keys before standardizing on the modern inverted-T layout? More than you'd expect!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytowtVycc0
#retrocomputing #c64

@suguru Ah, thank you! I heard the ので version, but never ため alone.

Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but it seems that VERBために and NOUNのために express "for the sake of X...", while Xため and Xので would sound more like "due to X...", with ので being more informal.

@globalc Somehow Japanese borrowed the English word "claim", but with the negative connotation of "complaint" 😂

@benoit Well...
https://youtu.be/MWtVrAToRTU?t=8

@benoit A few years ago I rode all the way to Hakodate, and I was disappointed that the undersea tunnel was just... a long dark tunnel.

@benoit Is it still hanami time over there?

I asked #ChatGPT if the waves on the ocean are a sum of sine waves with different orientations, amplitudes and phases...

And here's the cool 3D plot it generated for me:
https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/berniewolfram/Published/wavy-ocean-by-chatgpt

I had to manually copy-paste the code because the embedded link wasn't working, but it's still awesome.

@Mastokarl

@freakazoid but... why??? It was just a bunch of weird fish and an anemone that looks like Kenny from South Park.

Kiruko was rebuking Maru for letting one of the thugs get away unbeaten 😂

English subs often take an interpretative step.

In the context of the previous scene, "do" really means "beat down".

#anime #tengokudaimakyou

やる時は全員やる！
yaru toki wa zenin yaru!
do time, all members do!
when doing, do all members!

#anime #tengokudaimakyou

Adjectives to Describe Feelings in #Japanese
😍😨😡😅😱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35OIz8u5-w

@Mastokarl Haha, hopefully Wolfram Alpha will help prevent this sort of gaffes in the future:

Yappari! It knows *exactly* what I meant!

And yet, it seems unaware of who might have used that annoying stereotype!

#ChatGPT still makes silly mistakes, but a little hint is usually enough to make it self-correct, as in this case.

Here it even seems to be giving me a classic にほんごじょうず！💢

@meg Indeed 😞

Thank you for cheering me up, ChatGPT... I know my Japanese still sucks after so many years 🙂