This is not the information density we are referring to.
English is indeed better suited for a conventional computer keyboard, coding, and reading left to right. However, to me it's still unclear how much of this advantage is due to the fact that computers were specifically…
This is because China has historically been much less colonialist than some other nations.
This is also from a study. The gist is that english single-digit numbers take longer to say/think than mandarin single-digit numbers (1/3 second vs 1/4 second), and so 9 digits in english be slightly too long to be…
Just did a Google. From my napkin calculations, spanish has 66% the information density that mandarin has.
These are research findings, not my own ideas: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-language-for-math-1410...
Explain to me what language has to do with the great firewall. Are you implying that if I switch my iPhone keyboard to Mandarin, my speech will automatically get censored by the firewall?
The difference between Spanish and Mandarin is that Mandarin is much more information dense. In fact, it's the only widely spoken language more information dense than English. Aside from that, english is just such a meh…
Wow, this is the post I wasn't brave enough to write. Been developing in android for ~3 months for school and I still do not fully understand how to load listviews, and not for lack of trying. I want to know who this…
This is not the information density we are referring to.
English is indeed better suited for a conventional computer keyboard, coding, and reading left to right. However, to me it's still unclear how much of this advantage is due to the fact that computers were specifically…
This is because China has historically been much less colonialist than some other nations.
This is also from a study. The gist is that english single-digit numbers take longer to say/think than mandarin single-digit numbers (1/3 second vs 1/4 second), and so 9 digits in english be slightly too long to be…
Just did a Google. From my napkin calculations, spanish has 66% the information density that mandarin has.
These are research findings, not my own ideas: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-language-for-math-1410...
Explain to me what language has to do with the great firewall. Are you implying that if I switch my iPhone keyboard to Mandarin, my speech will automatically get censored by the firewall?
The difference between Spanish and Mandarin is that Mandarin is much more information dense. In fact, it's the only widely spoken language more information dense than English. Aside from that, english is just such a meh…
Wow, this is the post I wasn't brave enough to write. Been developing in android for ~3 months for school and I still do not fully understand how to load listviews, and not for lack of trying. I want to know who this…