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@ spitz @lemmy.ml

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I was born on my birthday.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 04-11-2023

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  • I have a weird head haha.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 04-11-2023

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  • I've had a long period of writer's block, regarding songwriting. So I decided to invent a language, with a backstory of the peoples who spoke it. It's a real challenge but exciting to see a language form right in front of you! And since I've been focusing so hard on the language, I've been writing some really fresh sounding music, and enjoying the songwriting process again. I guess I just needed to stop fussing over the music so much.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 31-10-2023

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  • Decided to use base 4 for my conlang. I struggle with math and numbers, and it was an ordeal making several base 10 systems that were, to be honest, cheap knock-offs of existing base 10 systems. So I tried to assign names to each number, and my stupid brain kept dragging me to base 10 and I'd destroy an hours' work. Over and over again. Eventually the pattern jumped out at me and I finally grasped it. I'm mad at myself how long, and how much effort, it took me to understand something so simple. Grr.

  • Trying to build a world for the first time. Overwhelmed.

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  • It's vague now because the modern world has become too precise, too complicated. So my language "evolved" to discuss things in a more Zen kind of way. The old language (as I imagine it) was very gutteral and full of sounds most modern day people couldn't pronounce. It evolved to a more modern day sound inventory to assimilate with the modern, technocratic population. It became private because the non-Atlandeans wouldn't approve. Esperanto speakers were executed by the Soviets AND the Nazis, for example. It's a way of keeping hold of their "Zen" lost world, and they don't want it interfered with. So it's not a terribly straightforward process to translate any of it unless you know it fairly well.

    Assume you need to back up every statement you make.

    Ooh, that's a good one!

    Actually, this has all been very helpful. As we say in my language: spaqi! (thanks!).

  • Trying to build a world for the first time. Overwhelmed.

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  • Well it avoids any technical/hairsplitty nuance. It's intentionally vague, in a way that's actually very expressive. The base vocab is unique to the language ("evolved" that way), and the more nitpicky the words get, the more they resemble pidgin English/German/French/Spanish/Italian. Then it seemlessly fades into English/whatever for technical jargon. It's a sort of "intimate" language, meant for close personal relationships rather than to speak to millions of people.

    I had a sort of fantasy idea for the backstory, but I don't know if it's stupid or not. I had the idea of the original Atlantis population survived in some way, a few people maybe. They have bred among themselves and other populations, lived among us in obscurity, hiding in plain sight, for many many years. So this language is their sort of creole, developed as they had to assimilate and learn other languages. The language has become anglified for broad communication (through necessity), but the intimate aspects are still true to their original language.

    I'm not good at this stuff. Is that something of a starting point?

    Edit: it's also very melodic, and not gutteral. It doesn't have the sounds th, j, r, sh, ks kh (like ch in loch), z, or ae as in cAt). So it sounds kinda like English, Latin, Esperanto, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Nordic, Irish, Russian, Japanese, Turkish... without really sounding like any of them.

  • Matthew Perry dead

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  • Does typing make you lose breath? If so, you might be doing it wrong.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 30-10-2023

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  • Hope it works out well for you!

  • Trying to build a world for the first time. Overwhelmed.

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  • Yes I'm trying to do that but I don't know where to start. My strengths are linguistics and music, not storytelling. It's a skill I have to find a way to develop. Maybe it just takes time.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 30-10-2023

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  • My brain is melted from working on the patois I'm making. It's coming along nicely, but it's amazingly hard to make it all fit together.

  • Matthew Perry Dies: Chandler Bing From ‘Friends’ Actor Was 54 – Deadline - Lemmy.World

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  • Wealth and fame are like alcohol: they don't make you happy. They can only augment happiness that's already there. If someone isn't happy before getting drunk, they don't become a "happy drunk".

  • Worldbuilding @lemmy.ml
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    Trying to build a world for the first time. Overwhelmed.

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    What's the difference between a WebK and a WebA web app?

  • Music @lemmy.ml
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    James Blunt - No Bravery

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 22-10-2023

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  • I've been keeping too close an eye on the various wars happening at the moment, and it's bringing me down. I think it's important to understand what's happening, why it's happening etc, but there's a limit to how much you can take in and stay sane. I've been trying to find other things to focus on, but it's hard to say "oh all these dead children are upsetting me, I'll just not allow it to bother me while I live my life of relative privilege". Having said that, my problem is a lot better than those of Gazans at the moment. But does that mean I can't get worn out and depressed from following these events? It's just horrible for everyone, no matter how you dice it.

  • Telegram @lemmy.ml
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    Is there a way to view messages you've sent?

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 19-10-2023

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  • I'll definitely look into congee. Cheers!

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 19-10-2023

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  • That sounds delicious, maybe it can go together with some rice and an omelette on the side?

    Yeah you can add whatever. I avoided rice because I've been living off rice for quite a long time and I'm getting sick of it haha. I would recommend steamed/boiled veggies as a side dish.

    I guess you could always start a new community of your own?

    Hmm, I can barely use Lemmy just as a poster. I don't think I'd be up to creating a community.

    But I've had a question about rice I've wanted to ask for a long time, but I didn't know who to ask. Maybe you would know: is it possible to make a decent rice dish using a powdered soup mix? I'm often left with rice and soup mix and it's tempting to mix them, but I can't afford to waste food if it's inedible.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 19-10-2023

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  • Sausages in the frypan, heat on high. Then tip a tin of diced tomatoes onto the sausages. This will be the "gravy". Then I chop the sausages into bite size pieces with an egg flip, while they're still cooking and soaking up the tomatoes. When they're nearly cooked, sprinkle some basil through it liberally. Voilà! It tastes so good I didn't even need salt, or anything else. And all I dirtied was the frypan, egg flip, plate and fork.

    I'd like to find a community that shared cheap, quick and easy recipes like this. But there doesn't seem to be any.

  • [Daily thread] How are you doing today? 19-10-2023

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  • I made really amazing braised sausages today. Only 3 ingredients! Quick and easy to cook, and really tasty! =-)

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  • Oh she'll be interested if she comes home one day and sees an elephant in the backyard with Koreans stuck to it. Just an idea*.

    *THIS IS A JOKE. I DO NOT SERIOUSLY CONDONE ANIMAL CRUELTY OR STICKING KOREANS TO ANIMALS.

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  • Thanks. The app gets buggy and redirects me the wrong way sometimes. Couple that with human error and well, all sorts of mayhem are bound to happen.

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  • I based it off an Indian recipe I found online. Apparently southern India.

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  • I based it off an Indian recipe I found online. I used slightly unripe mangoes because it adds that "tang" and a change of texture.

  • Music @lemmy.ml
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    NIИ - The Hand That Feeds

  • Song I Love And Want To Share @lemmy.world
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    Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune

  • Music @lemmy.ml
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    George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso, D minor, Op. 3, No. 5.

    yewtu.be /embed/EiIm3kNUsuc
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    What abstract names do you have for God?

  • Music @lemmy.ml
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    Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A major ("La Stravaganza" No. 5) Op. 4/5, RV 347

  • bugs @lemmy.world
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    Lady beetle

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
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    Diaspora* - is it any good?

  • Duolingo @lemmy.ml
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    Not much to brag about, but I wanna brag anyway.

  • Google @lemmy.ml
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    "Reverse image search is unavailable. Please try again in a few hours".

  • Lemmy Support @lemmy.ml
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    Some images not loading, some threads not scrolling. Is it the site or the app (Connect)?

  • Bats @lemmy.world
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    This poor guy was rescued near my yard. Story below.

  • Find a Community @lemmy.ml
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    A community about bad neighbours?

  • I Made This (MOVED TO LEMMY.ZIP) @lemm.ee
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    I made this song. This is a rough demo, just vocals and acoustic guitar.

    www.dropbox.com /scl/fi/jj0i5w3coltvy1tie8pgs/Your-Mountain.mp3
  • ducks @lemmy.world
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    These two goobers kept me company one morning.