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Re:The Unsuitability of English (2015)
on Monday February 22, 2016 @11:01AM (#11151690)
I believe that you are referring to this[0] study. It has since been published (2011), though it's not openly accessible.
Page 8 of a presentation by the author[1] shows that out of 7 languages (Japanese, Italian, Spanish, French, German, English, and Mandarin) English is the second most information dense language, Mandarin being the most. Spanish is characterised by a fast rate of low-density syllables.
A Spanish to English comparison (eye-balling) would be that Spanish is spoken at a rate of 7.8 syllables per second vs 6.2 for English (≈ 22.9% faster). (Spanish compared as a lot of comments are referencing its simplicity)
English, compared in the referenced study, achieves the highest information rate, is spoken at a moderate-slow speed with a high information density.
[0] http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/pellegrino/pellegri... [1] http://neukom.dartmouth.edu/docs/pellegrino-presentation-dar...
Re:A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid
on Monday June 30, 2014 @04:39AM (#7964219)
The OnePlus One can be purchased without an invite[1][2], it's far more expensive, but purchasable.
[1] http://www.ishoppstore.com/en/quad-core/4707-oneplus-one-55-...
[2] http://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_one_in_stock_at_one_retailer...
Re:Xiaomi's phones have conquered China – now it's aiming for the rest...
on Friday June 06, 2014 @07:07AM (#7857151)
How about the upgrade[1]? The Redmi/hongmi/redrice 1s has a 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, rather than the 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6589T
[1] http://www.ishoppstore.com/en/quad-core/4697-xiaomi-red-rice...
Re:JS assessment: A test-driven approach to assessing JS skills
on Friday April 13, 2012 @09:33AM (#3836602)
Isn't this what is known as currying[1]?
Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
on Thursday April 12, 2012 @05:58PM (#3834383)
Why would you use Backbone as a global?
Ask HN: Buying a domain with someone else's brand in the title
What's the legality of using other peoples' brand names in your url.For instance http://www.googlefight.com/ http://www.google-analytics-book.com/The first is descriptive of the service, and the second appends a product to the brand and application.Does anyone know where/how the line is drawn?gogggle.com? googleappengine.com
Re:ApeJS, a tiny server-side JavaScript framework for App Engine
on Sunday October 09, 2011 @06:46PM (#3091534)
BUT using the ":" semicolon may induce the reader to infer that the code succeeding it is JSON.
It is implied…
Re:Less Distractions = More Pageviews. Go Figure.
on Sunday October 09, 2011 @03:08PM (#3091044)
>> it seems reasonable to assume that people who bothered getting your app in the first place are most likely the people who spend more time on your website
This is a HTML5 [web] app.
I believe that you are correct in what you posit, but it is not applicable here.
Re:It's Time to End the War on Salt
on Monday September 26, 2011 @03:55AM (#3038006)
Not much more to say after Tim Harford…
MoreOrLess: Is salt bad for you? 19 Aug 2011
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/more-or-less-behind-the-s...
Starts at about 00:45 up to 16:07.
Giant balloon to be launched to test climate fix hope
Re:The Ultimate Airfare Hacking Guide
on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @12:03PM (#2996735)
> "On our example, this doesn’t work because we are going from the United States to England and the English Pound is worth more than the US dollar. Additionally, the Iceland Krona is not worth less than a dollar. However, if we were going the reverse way, this would work."
Not quite. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage
I think the way you are looking at it could cost you a bit of money if you are not careful.
Re:Why Some Languages Sound Faster Than Others
on Sunday September 11, 2011 @07:19PM (#2985161)
This study was about syllables, not characters vs symbols.
Example:
Japanese for mouth 口 = 1 "character" English = 5 charachters
The syllables are irrelevant, though above they match; twitter care about characters.
Also note the:
> "Slightly related"
Re:The $700 Million Yogurt Startup
on Sunday September 11, 2011 @02:44PM (#2984441)
"geographical arbitrage" - Even with the "geographical" modifier, I don't see how it is arbitrage; niche or segmented?
Re:Your attention please
on Saturday September 10, 2011 @09:23PM (#2982951)
"You hear a lot about “quality time” being valuable, but I think quality attention is invaluable. Giving someone your attention is giving more than just giving your time."
These, to me, are disparate sentences. Quality time[1] and time are not the same. The second sentence is fine, in it's own right; but the first, comparing the same thing and asserting a difference?
One site comment, "Life changing!". Yup, was for me too…
Re:Ask HN: What's your most-used function that you wrote yourself?
on Sunday July 17, 2011 @05:10PM (#2774202)
You wrote this yourself?
Re:Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes.
on Monday July 11, 2011 @02:23AM (#2749695)
Taxes, regulation, Government spending, etc are interventions in the free market.
Re:Show HN: Requesting feedback on my side-project chatteranalytics.com
on Saturday May 21, 2011 @06:11PM (#2571883)
11.0.696.68? 13.0.771.0 canary? ?