Kivi T. Vicno
@kiviski.bsky.social
Computational Historical Linguistics, old loanwords, Finno-Ugristics, 🌈🦋
Google is evolving.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Google is evolving.
I mean, to be fair, we did have a mysterious Proto-Uralic *x sound in Uralic studies as well that has nothinh to do with IPA x.
Cell biology is full of the weirdest etymologies on earth: "X chromosome" named by a German biologist in 1891, with the "X" denoting an unknown or mysterious element. (The Y chromosome was named later, because it was the next letter in the alphabet.)
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I mean, to be fair, we did have a mysterious Proto-Uralic *x sound in Uralic studies as well that has nothinh to do with IPA x.
My second favourite: chromosome, named by another German in 1888, from the ancient greek words for color (khroma) and body (soma), because the thing absorbed his dyes under the microscope??
Cell biology is full of the weirdest etymologies on earth: "X chromosome" named by a German biologist in 1891, with the "X" denoting an unknown or mysterious element. (The Y chromosome was named later, because it was the next letter in the alphabet.)
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My second favourite: chromosome, named by another German in 1888, from the ancient greek words for color (khroma) and body (soma), because the thing absorbed his dyes under the microscope??
Cell biology is full of the weirdest etymologies on earth: "X chromosome" named by a German biologist in 1891, with the "X" denoting an unknown or mysterious element. (The Y chromosome was named later, because it was the next letter in the alphabet.)
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Cell biology is full of the weirdest etymologies on earth: "X chromosome" named by a German biologist in 1891, with the "X" denoting an unknown or mysterious element. (The Y chromosome was named later, because it was the next letter in the alphabet.)
"Today, you can sequence your genome for 5-10k dollars" is when you realize your course is from 2015.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Today, you can sequence your genome for 5-10k dollars" is when you realize your course is from 2015.
My cousin Marinko died age 60, unexpectedly. He was one of 9 siblings whose names my dad made me learn by heart when I was very little. Now they're 8 and it just hits differently. Rest in peace Marinko, I will miss you.
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My cousin Marinko died age 60, unexpectedly. He was one of 9 siblings whose names my dad made me learn by heart when I was very little. Now they're 8 and it just hits differently. Rest in peace Marinko, I will miss you.
Got a family recipe for Bosnian baklava from my aunt 🤩
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Got a family recipe for Bosnian baklava from my aunt 🤩
What's the coolest example of homology you know of?
I'll start
humming bird & hawk moth (TIL)
I'll start
humming bird & hawk moth (TIL)
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
What's the coolest example of homology you know of?
I'll start
humming bird & hawk moth (TIL)
I'll start
humming bird & hawk moth (TIL)
Vienna has no direct trains to Zagreb??
wtf
wtf
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Vienna has no direct trains to Zagreb??
wtf
wtf
2. Local Alignment (BLAST) and Statistics
YouTube video by MIT OpenCourseWare
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I am a German native spaker but I do learn new phrases sometimes:
anheimstellen - hand over
Ranküne - a secret grudge
an der Krippe sitzen - to be at the food source
Wasn't aware that the semantics changed from trough > crib. Thanks baby Jesus.
anheimstellen - hand over
Ranküne - a secret grudge
an der Krippe sitzen - to be at the food source
Wasn't aware that the semantics changed from trough > crib. Thanks baby Jesus.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I am a German native spaker but I do learn new phrases sometimes:
anheimstellen - hand over
Ranküne - a secret grudge
an der Krippe sitzen - to be at the food source
Wasn't aware that the semantics changed from trough > crib. Thanks baby Jesus.
anheimstellen - hand over
Ranküne - a secret grudge
an der Krippe sitzen - to be at the food source
Wasn't aware that the semantics changed from trough > crib. Thanks baby Jesus.
some french vocab from the past days
recadrage - reframing
taré - crazy
affreux - awful
recadrage - reframing
taré - crazy
affreux - awful
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
some french vocab from the past days
recadrage - reframing
taré - crazy
affreux - awful
recadrage - reframing
taré - crazy
affreux - awful
I think I'll just post unpolarizing events from my freetime activities for now
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think I'll just post unpolarizing events from my freetime activities for now
Just checked the Marina Abramović exhibition at Albertina Modern. Counted seeds of rice as part of an art work. That was relaxing.
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just checked the Marina Abramović exhibition at Albertina Modern. Counted seeds of rice as part of an art work. That was relaxing.
Ended up reading Sátántangó as html, two chapters in. So blessed I'm able to read it in Hungarian. I mean I don't even want to know what translators had to do with sentences like
Azt a rohadt kibaszott kutya úristenit!
Azt a rohadt kibaszott kutya úristenit!
Does any one know where to get anything by Krasznohorkai in Hungarian in Vienna?
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ended up reading Sátántangó as html, two chapters in. So blessed I'm able to read it in Hungarian. I mean I don't even want to know what translators had to do with sentences like
Azt a rohadt kibaszott kutya úristenit!
Azt a rohadt kibaszott kutya úristenit!
Does any one know where to get anything by Krasznohorkai in Hungarian in Vienna?
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Does any one know where to get anything by Krasznohorkai in Hungarian in Vienna?