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Re:Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead... by psyc on Monday March 21, 2022 @10:49AM (#30754763)
So can Twitter threads. The bit about wood and blankets alludes to impracticality. It’s not about information theory. Why shouldn’t smoke signals be the frame? It’s an analogy. Why do you feel smoke signals are taboo for that purpose?
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