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Last night I went to a 70th birthday party and ended up sitting next to Frank. Frank used to work as a computer programmer, because this was the 1970s to 90s and people had normal job titles that desc
Audio modelling of sound change; computer simulations of speech from old languages. Account of retired Prof. John Coleman. Also wildlife, personal opinions etc. # phonetics # speech # linguistics # etymology # ProtoIndoEuropean # Dorset # wildflowers # orchids # justified # ancient # nobridge
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Audio modelling of sound change; computer simulations of speech from old languages. Account of retired Prof. John Coleman. Also wildlife, personal opinions etc. # phonetics # speech # linguistics # etymology # ProtoIndoEuropean # Dorset # wildflowers # orchids # justified # ancient # nobridge
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Very relatable. In my department (before I retired) we definitely did all aspects of computing (quite intensive scientific computing) better with a small, diversely-skilled in-house IT team than later, when it became more of a generic, uniform, more outsourced “service” - and we did it all at lower cost on site
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