𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉
@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
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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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉
@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
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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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
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Apr 16, 2026
By the way, and for the avoidance of doubt/suspicion: none of the "audio etymology" sequences that I've created and am posting here involve any use of AI, LLM's, neural nets, none of that. All are made from original audio recordings of real people speaking words in their various languages, which are then subjected to good old-fashioned signal processing (speech coding and synthesis). The continua of change are made using straightforward linear interpolation over the space of cepstrograms, which are 2 dimensional matrices encoding the acoustics of the original recordings. Using scripts that I wrote, by hand.
#acoustics #phonetics #speech #synthesis #audio #maths #linear_algebra
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
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Apr 02, 2026
How medieval chess created a space in which players – regardless of race – could engage as equals https://theconversation.com/how-medieval-chess-created-a-space-in-which-players-regardless-of-race-could-engage-as-equals-279132 #history #maths #india #STEM
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 27, 2026
Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-are-boycotting-their-biggest-conference/ #maths #mathematics #politics #USA #science #STEM
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter__dup_34864@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter__dup_34864@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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Mar 01, 2026
Why mathematicians hate Good Will Hunting https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-hate-good-will-hunting/ #maths #mathematics #movies #science #STEM
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter__dup_34864@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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Brains Matter
@brainsmatter__dup_34864@mastodonapp.uk
Host of the Brains Matter podcast - the show on science, curiosities, and general knowledge. Runner-up Best Oz Sci Microblogger 2010, Did a TEDx once. Please subscribe to me at https://youtube.com/@brainsmatterpodcast?sub_confirmation=1 or follow the audio podcast at http://www.brainsmatter.com
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Feb 27, 2026
Mathematicians make a breakthrough on 2,000-year-old problem of curves https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-make-a-breakthrough-on-2-000-year-old-problem-of-curves/ #maths #mathematics #science #STEM
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kat
@kat@is.burntout.org
Old enough to know better. Young enough to keep trying. Previously @kat I might not follow back immediately, but I will if we interact a bit
is.burntout.org
Sometimes when reading mathematical physics I struggle to understand if it's a physics thing - 'ignore quadratic and higher terms' or 'it all just disappears at infinity' ... Or a math thing which is more like "let's add and subtract some term giving zeros because it helps simplifying stuff"
#physics #maths
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