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What's the most space-efficient way to compress serialized Python data?
python
serialization
compression
pickle
asked Sep 18, 2019 at 0:14
stackoverflow.com
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Why does sort say that ɛ = e?
sort
locale
unicode
asked Oct 26, 2018 at 16:32
unix.stackexchange.com
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Can the IPA represent all languages' tones?
ipa
list-of-languages
tone
asked Aug 13, 2019 at 0:54
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is there a Latin equivalent for this particular nsfw term?
english-to-latin-translation
vocabulary
word-request
martialis
asked May 19, 2023 at 0:12
latin.stackexchange.com
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Why can't rotations be represented by purely imaginary quaternions?
rotations
quaternions
geometric-algebras
asked Apr 22, 2022 at 4:31
math.stackexchange.com
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Have we observed classes changing from open to closed, or vice versa?
language-change
parts-of-speech
asked Nov 26, 2017 at 21:17
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Can "ee" appear in Latin?
morphologia
example-request
spelling
vowel
vocativus
asked Feb 20, 2019 at 5:21
latin.stackexchange.com
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Why is the maximum Rayleigh quotient equal to the maximum eigenvalue?
matrices
eigenvalues-eigenvectors
symmetric-matrices
transpose
asked Apr 5, 2018 at 16:59
math.stackexchange.com
16
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Are nouns ever a closed class?
list-of-languages
parts-of-speech
nouns
examples
asked Aug 5, 2019 at 15:54
linguistics.stackexchange.com
16
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Which common nouns have a locative?
declinatio
case
locativus
asked Jun 21, 2017 at 16:54
latin.stackexchange.com
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Why did Old English lose both thorn and eth?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Why do English transliterations of Arabic names have so many Qs in them?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
81
Is English tonal for some words, like "permit"?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
77
What is the term for this derivation: "Cheeseburger comes from Hamburger" but... the word hamburger didn't refer to ham
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is Sanskrit really the mother of all languages?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
66
Were ancient languages as sophisticated as modern languages?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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In python, why does 0xbin() return False?
stackoverflow.com
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The first Turing machine
cs.stackexchange.com
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Is it unusual that English uses possessive for past tense?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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Days of the week in Yiddish -- why so similar to Germanic?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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How did the generic masculine emerge?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
rpg.stackexchange.com
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worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Human vs apes: What advantages do humans have over apes?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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Signed and unsigned numbers
cs.stackexchange.com
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Since when did Indo-European languages start associating noun genders with male/female sexes?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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How did שְׁלֹמֹה (shlomo) become Solomon?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Are there modern languages without standardized spelling? If not, why?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is future tense in English really a myth?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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Is the Cyrillic letter 'Z' the same as the number 3
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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What does machine code actually look like while being run?
cs.stackexchange.com
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Is Cola "probably the best-known" Latin word in the world? If not, which might it be?
latin.stackexchange.com
37
Are language and thought the same?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
36
"Oh no!" in Latin
latin.stackexchange.com
36
Why isn't there a letter for /b/ sound in Greek alphabet while they have the sound?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
36
Why are J, U, W considered part of the basic Latin Alphabet?
linguistics.stackexchange.com
35
Why does Latin have five different noun declensions?
latin.stackexchange.com
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Why vowels sound different from each other
linguistics.stackexchange.com
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