Language Acquisition with Comprehensible Input

In January, I explored the language learning literature and discovered concepts that have reshaped my perspective. So I decided to share my thoughts here.

One interesting idea is the distinction between language learning and language acquisition. Learning refers to the conscious process of studyin...

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Crafting Art in 8kB - 'The Sheep and the Flower'

Crafting Art in 8kB - 'The Sheep and the Flower'

Last month, I published an article about a demoscene production that I released last year. The article starts with:

In November 2022, we set ourselves a challenge: make a real-time animation that looks like a standard short animated movie, with the constraint that it should fit in 8 kilobytes. T...

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Cyprus: A Journey in the Republic

Cyprus: A Journey in the Republic

Resuming the journey in Cyprus. The convenience of flying allows me to commence my travels from virtually anywhere. Yet, there's a certain allure to avoiding the ease of air travel, a challenge I'm eager to embrace. The new plan is straightforward: I'll begin in Paphos, in the South of Cyprus, and n...

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An Overview of the Starlark language

Starlark is a small programming language, designed as a simple dialect of Python and intended primarily for embedded use in applications. Some people might say it’s a bit like Lua with Python syntax, but I think there are many interesting bits to discuss. The language is now open-source and used in...

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A Turkish Twist and Another Day in Tbilisi

A Turkish Twist and Another Day in Tbilisi

November 12

After two weeks in Georgia, it was time to head to Turkey. Batumi was only 20 kilometers away from the Turkish border, so I decided to walk there. The first part of the route was less pleasant than I imagined; the road seemed more intended for trucks than pedestrians. However, there we...

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