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serving zipped styles across CDN
CDNs haven't been cached across domains for years. I.e. using a CDN is no faster than a server serving it itself (usually slower because of DNS lookups, but sometimes slightly faster if the geolocation is closer if the DNS was already looked up).
That's physical, not abstract. Our entire body's neural net is used to develop those physical skills. When it comes time to catch or throw a ball, no abstract thinking is involved, just doing.
Abstraction is about generalising beyond the physical objects we experience. The ability to understand the physics behind how objects work is abstract, but it's a low enough level of abstraction that even simple animals are capable of it.
Just imagine how uni-level maths would be if there were no abstract concepts being taught with actual words.
Language is pretty good for communication, obviously.
Are you saying that not only did your maths education only use diagrams, but that no verbal explanation was involved?
My driving test also used language to convey the lesson. But I don't talk to myself before I decide which direction to turn the wheel...
Abstract concepts are built on the same logical network that facilitates our ability to process and produce language.
Overlap, certainly. Anything else is conjecture.
But it is abstract, without requiring language. Driving would be a better example, the other guy put it better.
Look at my other example - maths. How do you reason about solving mathematical problems rapidly with words? Many mathematicians visualise abstract problems without using words, only using words later to attempt to write more thorough proofs.
Abstract conceptual thinking cannot be separated from our language ability
1. Clearly false (what words do you use when you plan to throw a ball to a target?)
2. There is no reason to believe other animals are incapable of abstract thinking (although we can clearly see they are far less intelligent)
3. I don't know what your long screed about bigotry and religion has to do with language ability
Just imagine how slow university-level maths would be if you had to do all the thinking in words in your head.
Sorry if I sound rude, but this is such a common misconception people believe in, and it's so blatantly not true so I'm baffled people keep on claiming it is 'scientific' to believe that language is identical to intelligence. No wonder some people insist LLMs are just weeks away from becoming AGIs.
spam requests, especially from China, Russia, and India.
On my small website, bot traffic is almost entirely from DigitalOcean VPSs.
The article states it's half that.
No, the article agrees with dmurray. Read again: 80% of 50% is 40%.
I started using it a few days ago, but I've been under the impression that PDF has been possible in Typst since mid-2023 at least.
As of 0.4.0, Typst supports PDF, SVG and PNG outputs. The Typst team seem to be rapidly adding features, but I don't think HTML support is coming soon.