rglueckler, 6 months ago to ecology

To use or not tu use the term "#megafire"? 🔥

After Linley et al. (2022) suggested a standardized definition (> 10,000 ha extent) to reduce ambiguity, a new perspective by Stoof et al. (2023) recommends not using the term at all in science:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13791

I'm a fan of clear definitions and standardization of #terminology, but at the same point, also wondering if we really need a special term for fires of a certain extent?

@wildfirescience @paleofire @ecology #wildfire #wildfires

serlwch, 10 months ago to linguistics

#Finnish has many cases. Two of them are:

• The elative case (elatiivi), denoting ‘internal location + from’; e.g. talosta ‘out of a house’.
• The illative case (illatiivi), denoting ‘internal location + to’; e.g. taloon ‘into a house’.

Now, let me understand something (and correct me if I’m wrong)… Even though they mean basically the opposite of each other, their names are pronounced the same in English (/ɪˈleɪtɪv/) 🙃

@linguistics @languagelovers

#linguistics #terminology #wtf

Linux_Is_Best, 11 months ago to random

"Linux is not an operating system it is a kernel."

🙄

"It is not Linux it is Linux GNU."

🙄

I am not a purist. - It's Linux, and it is my favorite operating system. 😜

#Linux #Terminology #GateKeeping