Yeah, but there's always Popper's observation hovering in the background concerning definitions: 'all definitions involve the use words which themselves remain undefined'. Now if particular constituents of language (nouns, verbs, qualifiers) have empirical referents (EG, oak tree) then something other than words can be supplied to buttress and shape consensus for any formulated definitions, using words which themselves have empirical referents. But with conceptual referents (EG, democracy) definitions become subjective and lack clear capacity for unambiguous validation. So a definition of a concept which resonates with one individual based on their understanding of its verbiage may be dissonant for another based on that individual's understanding of the content of the definition.
You are confusing 'definition' with positivism. A definition does not have to be epistemologically apodictic to be a definition. It simply requires that we can understand its ordinary uses. Do you think nominalists can't define anything, and exist in the world in a state of perpetual confusion and dissonance?
Interesting. But the subject is the nature of the definition. What is the OED definition of definition (circularity intended):
a precise statement of the nature, properties, scope, or essential qualities of a thing; an explanation of a concept, etc.; a statement or formal explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
Well that's nice. The first component would be amenable to a sclerotic positivism (which denied subjective phenomena as inaccessible to measurement ergo epiphenomena to be ignored; this jettisoned by contemporary cognitivism and phenomenology ); the second addresses the conceptual without a hint of pragmatic methodology; and the salient element of third component is the word meaning which OED defines as:
that which is or is intended to be expressed or indicated by a sentence, word, dream, symbol, action, etc.
So the definition of definition by the ipse dixit English authority on definitions alternates between a call for precision and some rather vague references to intentionality. That was the intent of the above tidbit on the topic of definition. Namely some labels for subjects are amenable to degrees of precision in definition while others with only conceptual referents will have their proffered definitions disputed, diluted, or otherwise hedged and seemingly imprecise.
Steven Stitch in Fragmentation of Reason which is a personal overview of contemporary epistemology alludes to the inherent vagueness of consensual definitions and eventually settles into what he calls pragmatic epistemology
"Namely some labels for subjects are amenable to degrees of precision in definition while others with only conceptual referents will have their proffered definitions disputed, diluted, or otherwise hedged and seemingly imprecise."
It doesn't matter how contested a word is. You can nevertheless describe its main conventional uses. That would simply be an empirical observation.
Also, just a friendly suggestion: you are writing too much, and using too many long and unnecessary words. Simplicity is often better, both analytically, and to read.
Not bad! Be interesting to include this tech into a FPV drone headset which could yield serviceable complete heads-up control for area sightseeing. BTW hope you turned off the projected sniper's reticle during the demo as this does tend to elicit angst in the observers - sorry :-)
A smart phone app which behaves as a firewall requiring callers to enter, say, a three character PIN code before phone rings may be useful. Incorporate two message files, one for leaving messages from those who know the PIN code and one those who don't, would allow for any contingencies. A front end answering machine box for the home with the same functionalities may be useful as well.
Bad actors exist and they're cleaver. Plus these days you don't have to remember anything. Adding an updatable PIN field to a personal call file in such an app coupled with a software protocol with a pop-up button labeled say 'PIN entry' which appears once a contact device answers (say, with a message enter PIN) that can transmit the PIN number would be sufficiently user-friendly for such an app. Better than receiving junk calls while waiting indefinitely for regulations with teeth from dysfunctional legislatures.
Plus how would we share this "pin"? Maybe we could append it to the phone number, like "+1 (616) 281 - 2123#32343" - Oh wait, it's already a number, what's the point of adding more onto it? It would literally turn into the same system that we have, as you have to share the pin with everyone anyway.
It's different because then not every "number" will result in a call being placed. Determining whether a number is valid requires making a call, which ties up robocallers.
You could have a Captcha to force that the person on the calling ewnd is a person and not a computer. That would increase the costs for telemarketeers.
Or the system could ask for information that someone who knows the recipient might know but a telemarketeer might not know, e.g. "What is the 2nd letter of my first name?"
I bought a Tel-Lynx (this thing http://tel-lynx.com/ ) and it worked great for the paired cellphones and the landline, sort of an automated mini PBX. First time callers had to introduce themselves to the system, spammers never bothered. I'd still be using it if it wasn't incompatible with "flashing" through call waiting calls -- like the phone company it wanted to do out of band signalling with the "flash"
Is there a way to access the call before it hits your phone? I looked briefly, because I'm very passionate about this problem, and couldn't find anything. I don't want to answer the call and wait for someone to enter a pin. I want them to have entered a sufficiently long randomly generated number (spoken to them by some voice generation service) before it even makes my phone send a notification to me.
Learn the lessons of SMTP-based electronic mail. Non-solutions like this just lead to an arms race. And indeed the other side already has a huge in lead this particular arms race. Voice recognition, speech-to-text, and DTMF generation are widely available telephony technologies.
Recent Panasonic cordless phones, which can handle cell calls if configured, have this feature. It lets the user define the 4-digit code that a non-whitelisted caller must enter before their call is allowed through.
experiencing an entheogen. A psilocybin experience can literally restore your spiritual faith
Interesting point. Given individuals temperamentally and experientially predisposed to depression and who report they know no other cognitive condition then entheogen exposure could supply the experience of alternate (positive) states of mind. Assuming these individuals report they want to entertain these induced positive states then you could imagine a therapeutic regimine which would involve use of psilocybin-like compounds coupled with presentation of social interaction simulations through 3D VR headsets outfitted with strategically placed EEG monitoring probes. If simulations are shaped to elicit negative reactions which subsequently are detected then audio queries can be inserted such as 'is this an appropriate reaction? What would be a better reaction or strategy?' which could aid individuals in shaping their own cognitive behavior. - does sound like a personalized interactive AI date-sim plus often the only winning move is not to play :-)
> resurrecting the old 360KB 5.25-inch floppies tech
Sure, practicability is important as well. The primary reason that nobody is resurrecting 5.25-inch floppies, is simply due to its impracticability. I think many people in the retrocomputing community would like to make a retrocomputer with these crunching floppies, but the supply chain has already vanished, it's also extremely difficult (if not impossible) to make a 5.25-inch floppy drive independently, as it involves custom mechanical moving parts. It's better to use the time to, let's say, a homemade video game cartridge.
Many retrocomputing hobbyists make a liberal use of modern peripherals such as CF cards.
it's also extremely difficult (if not impossible) to make a 5.25-inch floppy drive independently, as it involves custom mechanical moving parts
The tolerances are not that high and the physical specifications are available from ECMA; most of the mechanical parts would not be difficult for a machinist, it's the heads which are the most difficult. The intersection of machinists and retrocomputing hobbyists is probably not that large, and 5.25" drives are still not really rare enough to attempt remanufacturing.
Interesting, will read later. Odd that TX has the greatest depletion. As a NE resident, was under impression Ogallala was back to 2010 levels after 2012 drought hit it bad.
Jim Breen's EDICT dictionary lists 'great' and 'old boy' as core meanings for associated kanji. Aside from an in-group honorific suffix the kimi kanji is also associated with moro no kimi or a Shinto wolf spirit which may be a good definition of a tycoon. :)
Yes, ookimi is the common reading for 大君 today.
Taikun seems to have come from Edo period. According to several Japanese dictionaries, this was the title applied to the Shogun, especially in foreign correspondence, which I assume was primarily with China and Korea from most of that period. This title was probably more appropriate for use with Chinese or Korean speakers, who would read Shogun (將軍) as General, a purely military title.
In any case, it seems that after Japan opened up to western countries following Commodore Perry's gunboat diplomacy, the term was imported to the West referring to the Shogun.
