Russ Sharek
Had a whim an reinstalled the #8vim keyboard on my phone. Too early to tell if I like it, or the fact that it makes me slow down a bit to think about what I'm trying to type.
I've mostly been using it with my index finger, which could also suggest that I really just hate typing with my thumbs.
Russ Sharek
"wetware" requires regular stretching, or it gets brittle.
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
I love the idea, but I think my wetware is a bit too inflexible to learn something quite so different.
Russ Sharek
Most of all, mindset.
Walking around deciding "I'm done" or "too old/broken/etc" is doom for me. I have to believe I'm capable of improving, and move in that direction...no matter how slowly.
Russ Sharek
As someone still recovering from brain fog related to long covid, this has been on my mind a lot.
Learning languages has helped me tremendously. Try #tokipona for something easy-ish.
Trying out new ways of performing "autopilot" tasks, like how I type on my phone, shakes up the ruts for me.
Doing things with my hands like sculpting and painting, has helped. Really, anything that gets me aware of my physicality. There's pathways there that get fired less often in other activities.
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
Yes, I really miss the vocabulary I had when I was still in university.
Any recommended stretches? ?
Russ Sharek
Languages are cool toys. Keep singing too!
As for toki pona, there are certainly some "common" phrases/compounds people like to use, but they are by no means necessary to memorize.
I think the focus, for me, is more on working out what I'm actually trying to communicate. I don't need a phrasebook if I can assemble an idea from parts.
Plus, there's a chance that I may be better understood because my specific meaning is more clear.
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
#tokipona looked interesting because of its minimal vocabulary, but isn't vocabulary effectively replaced by a sizeable set of standard phrases to learn?
I've been learning how to sing folk song of #Azerbaijan as a family get-together type activity with my close relatives.
I don't understand the language, but I can read it, and they understand and love the songs. That's been a fun brain-expander ?
clacke
clacke
"I am little, can climb the rock. Dad is big, can climb the rock. Mom is big, cannot climb the rock. Mom has weird shoe. Only TWO can climb the rock, not THREE."
("weird shoes" are high-heeled boots rather than sneakers)
Russ Sharek
I find that I seem to take on an "impossible" thing every decade or so. I like steep learning curves, so the difficulty keeps me inspired.
Right now, it's handstands and partner acrobatics.
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
Yes, that thought is very much the death-knell, it seems.
My sister made a point to learn a new skill each year of her 50s, and I think I will follow suit.
Russ Sharek
weird shoes...wonderful!
This is a fantastic example, both of the power of simple language and a child-like sense of whimsy to play with it.
clacke
Russ Sharek
Or, you know, teen rebellion.
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
Very tangential, but that reminds me of the story about the guy who taught his toddler #Klingon.
He spoke only Klingon to the child, and the mother spoke only English. So, he grew up speaking both quite well, but as time went on, he stopped responding to his father in Klingon, and later, wouldn't respond to him at all unless he spoke English.
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
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The guy's conclusion was that that particular conlang matched the infant's early vocabulary and linguistic skills, but as he grew a little older, the limitations of expressiveness frustrated him to the point of not wanting to use it.
Russ Sharek
There is a joke in here somwhere about dishonor...
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