“There’s a kind of magic that must be learned with toil and difficulty, line by line, spell by spell, the magic of the Book of Necromancy; and then there’s another kind that springs from the depths of the heart, from caring for someone and loving him. It’s hard to understand, I know, but you had… Continue reading Krabat
Month: October 2019
Interlingual puns
Some people seem to think (see this post) that a really great machine-translation program would be able to “handle complicated multilingual puns with ease.” But what is a “multilingual pun” anyway? The prefix “multi” implies more than two, and honestly, off the top of my head I can’t think of any puns involving more than… Continue reading Interlingual puns
Homeless in Vienna
Vienna has once again been ranked the world’s best city to live in. Apparently it’s won the Mercer Quality of Living Survey 10 years in a row and from what I saw on my last visit there, I’d say the honor is well-deserved. But Vienna hasn’t always been such a great place to live. In… Continue reading Homeless in Vienna