I spend my first and second day of winter vacation with one of my best friends in Kanazawa. The reason why we chose the place is that … we really wanted to go to hot springs. Actually, at first, we intended to go to Korea for shopping and taking some Instagrammable pictures in fashionable […]
What makes it difficult to learn Romantic Languages?
Written by Yukimaru and m1719 Hi! What language are you studying right now? As you may all know, we are studying Italian and Spanish; they both belong to “Romance languages”. Romance languages are a group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the […]
Christmas in Japan
Written by Yukimaru and m1719 Hi everyone! How are you all spending Christmas? In most countries, it’s a holiday that you spend with your family, but in Japan, people tend to spend Christmas with their boyfriends/girlfriends. There is even a term called “クリぼっち” which is a term for people who are completely alone during Christmas. […]
Botnik – can computers learn to write like humans?
Botnik – can computers learn to write like humans? By Richard Pinner Today, I want to look at how computers are sometimes used for creative purposes. Specifically, can a computer learn to use language in the same way that humans can? Since 1990, there has been an annual competition called the Loebner Prize which is […]