This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series BirthlinesBirthlines are to projects as digital sampling is to sound and frames are to motion pictures. The sampling rate, sample rate, or sampling frequency defines the number of samples per second (or per other unit) taken from a continuous [i.e. analog] signal to make a discrete…
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Birthlines, Part 3: If You Want To Win, Stop Trying To Finish
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series BirthlinesThis entry is part 3 of 11 in the series Mediocre Excellence“The only time you mustn’t fail is the last time you try.” ~ Charles Kettering Stop trying to finish things. The reason you have trouble getting stuff done is because you’re always trying to…
Birthlines, Part 4: If You Want to Succeed, Start Off On The Wrong Foot
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Birthlines“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little — do what you can.” ~ Sydney Smith “I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.” ~ Sara Teasdale “Do not wait;…
Birthlines, Part 1: What Is A Birthline?
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series BirthlinesThis post is the first in a series on a concept known as birthlines. Consider it a teaser. deadline –noun 1. the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o’clock deadline. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010. We’ve all…
The Three Laws of Language-Learning | Version 3.0
by khatzumoto
The Prime Directive: Have fun. The Promise: Suck less. I will not suck any more today than I did yesterday. I will not suck any more tomorrow than I do today. Every day, I will suck less. All while keeping law # 1. The Path: Start often. Do little, often. Start more times than you stop. All…
Your Way Doesn’t Have To Be “Right”, It Just Has To Work: Language Acquisition and Cybernetics
by khatzumoto
I was just thinking today about how “dirty” and fluid and lazy Lazy Kanji is. And I was thinking about the obnoxious certainty that anti-RTK people have about how RTK couldn’t possibly work. And it hit me that it may have been this article (about the differences and similarities between AI and cybernetics) by a…