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Dude, Number Munchers on the highest difficulty (8th Grade) is some bullshit. Figuring out which random 3-digit numbers 17 divides while dodging enemies? WTF?
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Dude, Number Munchers on the highest difficulty (8th Grade) is some bullshit. Figuring out which random 3-digit numbers 17 divides while dodging enemies? WTF?
I mean I know this is the nerdiest thing to notice but: why would they spend so much of the localization budget on adding support for variable-width fonts (which was super annoying back in those days) but not bother finding a native English speaking translator??
August 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I mean I know this is the nerdiest thing to notice but: why would they spend so much of the localization budget on adding support for variable-width fonts (which was super annoying back in those days) but not bother finding a native English speaking translator??
This smugness makes me want to explode. The poverty of the stimulus argument is w/r/t the typical amount of language a child is exposed to! But LLMs are exposed to an ludicrously enormous corpus of text!
Explain English gapping or islands without UG of some sort! I don't see how it's possible!
August 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This smugness makes me want to explode. The poverty of the stimulus argument is w/r/t the typical amount of language a child is exposed to! But LLMs are exposed to an ludicrously enormous corpus of text!
Explain English gapping or islands without UG of some sort! I don't see how it's possible!