linguistics, statistics, learning, studying, etc.

Lu. 22. Comp Ling student NLP, AI, Languages, Programing, Surviving Uni - the usual.

[get-on-the-carousel]

Eva Braun took a lot of trouble to amuse the Führer. Once she tried to draw the photographer Walter Frentz and her friend Herta into a conversation about new films. Hitler began quietly whistling a tune. Eva Braun said, ‘You’re not whistling that properly, it goes like this.’ And she whistled the real tune. ‘No, no, I’m right,’ said the Führer. ‘I bet you I’m right,’ she replied. ‘You know I never bet against you because I’ll have to pay in any case,’ said Hitler. ‘If I win I must be magnanimous and refuse to take my winnings, and if she wins I have to pay her,’ he explained to the rest of us. ‘Then let’s play the record and you’ll see,’ suggested Eva Braun. Albert Bormann was the adjutant on duty. He rose and put the record in question - I forget what it was - on the gramophone. We all listened hard and intently, and Eva Braun turned out to be right. She was triumphant. ‘Yes,’ said Hitler. ‘So you were right, but the composer composed it wrong. If he’d been as musical as me then he’d have composed my tune.’ We all laughed, but I do believe Hitler meant it seriously.

Traudl Junge, Until the Final Hour: Hitler’s Last Secretary (via leiaandtheorganas)

i might read this book. it’s got 4/5 stars on goodreads and i thought this review was interesting:

“Before you pick this up, ask yourself this: Do you really want to read a book that presents a human side to Hitler? If your answer is, "Yes", then by all means read this. If your answer is, "No", then continue in your delusion that Hitler was actually the human embodiment of evil and that nothing terrible will ever happen again because Hitler took care of that and we're good now. Psssst. Your answer should be, "Yes". Banality of evil and all that. “

[averageismean]

when you’ve been a lazy piece of shit for so long, you don’t even know how to read anymore

[averageismean]

when you want to work on some java assignments in your break to make sure you didn’t forget everything but you DID in fact forget everything

“Create a default constructor”

??????????????????????

[averageismean]

sometimes i come across the little things that remind me that german is great, like for instance how one letter can make the difference between being a woman and being a cannibal

Sie ist eine Frau. Sie isst eine Frau.

[realest-linguistic-studying]

The schwa is the sound you make when someone punches you in the stomach. Like [ə]. [ə]. There’s no time for [i], [o], [u]. Maybe [a], but that’d imply that you’re enjoying it.

My phonetics teacher, a phonetician with a Ph.D. (via realest-linguistic-studying)

I knew a linguistics professor who would describe schwa as “the sound everyone makes during sex.” I mean…it’s not wrong.

(via allthingslinguistic)

[frhstudies]

from a week ago. cats are the ultimate distraction from studying.

[averageismean]

i need a cat in my life

[muji-milk]

why are most studyblr run by optimistic 15yr olds where are the realistic suffering 18+ students

[averageismean]

i'm starting to think 23 year olds don't really hang out on tumblr anymore...

[averageismean]

thu, 25.02

the end of the month is nearing so let’s analyze some stats because  i am now realizing i spend a huge amount of time on my computer. i recommend everyone who cares about productivity to install rescueTime and look at how they spend their time, be it productively or not - self awareness is the first step to self improvement, they say.

breakdown of this month’s productivity

- in february i spent almost 130 hours online, on my computer (so not counting phone time) - that is on average 5 hours a day - that doesn’t sound like much but consider this: i had 4 finals this month and my break only started on the 10th - that means i would spend 5 hours on my laptop on a school day, when i have on average 6 hours of class. - now, i need my laptop to do uni work, so technically i have to be online, however out of a total of 130 hours of online time, 72 were labeled ‘very distracting’ which means netflix, social media, reddit, and other mindless browsing.  - that means on average 3 hours a day of mindless internet surfing. 3 hours a day where my brain shuts down. 3 hours of day of not thinking, not doing, not living. 3 hours every day wasted. 

3 hours might not seem much, but if you think of all the things you could do with that time, things that would make you a better you, things that would help your grow, become a better person, well then 3 hours is a fucking long time. if i would put the same amount of time say, at the gym, i would be shredded in two months. now that’s a fucking slap in the face.

so yeah. let’s put things in perspective.

[averageismean]

the notification says “Get back to work”

i’m doing pomodoro work sessions, just finished my fourth one which means i reached my goal for the day. i could aim higher but fuck it, it’s 11pm and i discovered 30 rock so yeah.

there’s always tomorrow

[averageismean]

wanting to do something but you keep putting it off because you like every song that comes up on shuffle

i’ve been sitting here for an hour because i just can’t find the right moment to take off my headphones

[averageismean]

does anyone else have this problem? i can’t decide which handwriting to use consistently and i always change it , which makes my notes look messy.

[averageismean]

more bad gifs because why not

[averageismean]

wed, 24.02

java & Java

[official-romemeia]

Why Romanian is impossible to learn III

The phrase, plimba ursu’, means 

to literally take the bear for a walk

to gfto/fuck off

[official-romemeia]

Romanian used to be written in Cyrillic script until the 18th-19th century. As part of the transition process into Latin script, written Romanian became a hybrid of both Cyrillic and Latin script. 

The above text is an extract from poet and diplomat Dimitrie Bolintineanu’s 1858 travel book Calatorii pe Dunare si in Bulgaria (Journeys on the Danube and in Bulgaria).

[averageismean]

it looks like the fake alphabet i invented when i was 10 to prevent my mom from reading my diary

[averageismean]

tue, 23.02

the weather is sucky but i kind of like it because i get to stay inside and study. my goal is to do 4 pomodoros x40min every day this week, we’ll see how it goes

[realest-linguistic-studying]

Fun fact #1: @allthingslinguistic​ has been one of my favourite blogs since idk when, I started following before I made this sideblog

Fun fact #2: I regularly spend hours reading Gretchen’s articles instead of sleeping don’t tell my doctor nor my mother

Fun fact #3: I might have fainted for a sec

Fun fact #4: lowkey omf

Fun fact #5: I have 100 followers thank you

Fun fact #6: I’m hungry

[averageismean]

this is cute and i totally get it 😄