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Informal Conjecture on the Equivalence of Chomsky Grammars and L-Systems

An L-System is a description of a formal grammar in which all tokens in the input are concurrently transformed by their respective productions. Conversely, a Chomsky Grammar is a description of a formal grammar in which all tokens in the input are sequentially transformed by their respective productions.   For example, in the context-free grammar: A ---> B B ---> AB   With axiom "A" the L-System produces this tree.        While the Chomsky grammar produces thi

straight_stewie

straight_stewie

4300 Glory - Comp Grind Update

Been a bit since my last update. I've since climbed up to 4300 Glory, about 2/3 through Mythic 2. I'll take this opportunity to give an update on my build as well, since I realized that I didn't actually talk about that in my last post(oops).   Due to I'm More Comfortable On My Main Class, I've decided I'm going to rock my Hunter all the way to Legend as much as possible.   I've changed my subclass, instead of running middle tree Arcstrider Way of The Current or bottom t

Crunchy Dragon

Crunchy Dragon

Legend Grind - Weapons I'm Using

I'm properly starting my grind to max rank(5500) in competitive, thought I'd post an update showcasing my various weapons I'm using on the road!   First of all, let's take a look at the PvP meta, courtesy of the Charlemagne Discord bot:   Because I really want to reach Legend this season, I'm not holding myself to any real standards like I normally would. I'm fully prepared to abuse the meta as much I need to if it means I can achieve my goal. Still not going to drop mys

Crunchy Dragon

Crunchy Dragon

Red Velvet - ReVe Festival Finale

Red Velvet are back with ReVe Festival Finale, the 3rd and final chapter in the ReVe Festival trilogy, and featuring a song that some consider to beat Bad Boy, a 2018 Red Velvet song that was touted be the greatest Red Velvet song for its masterful composition, pitch-perfect vocals, and record-breaking media.   Today I'll be listening to just the new songs that were introduced in the ReVe Festival Finale album, and not the ones that were included from the Day 1 and Day 2 albums. I'm pa

jiyeon

jiyeon

Cherry MX Black (Re-Tooled) - Really Gold Standard?

The Cherry MX Black is arguably one of if the best modern Cherry switch to ever be created, the vintage kind of which is one of the most sought-after linear switches ever for its unbeatable smoothness, and ironically is labelled Cherry's best switch despite being made a few decades ago. There is a lot of debate online about what year would qualify a Cherry Black to be vintage, but generally from what I've read online, any Cherry Black switch found inside a board that was manufactured from before

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jiyeon

Red Velvet - ReVe Festival: Day 1

Red Velvet have come back once again with 'ReVe Festival: Day 1', and their newest title track 'Zimzalabim', which is a divisive song between ReVeluvs and other K-pop fans alike. I'll be going through this entire album and sharing my thoughts on opinions on the production, sound, vocals, and most importantly what I liked about each of the songs.   Having been a fan of the cute side of Red Velvet - think Russian Roulette, Ice Cream Cake, & Power Up - so I'm interested to hear what Z

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jiyeon

The actual reason why communication standards measure in bits per second, probably

When you look at the bandwidth of a communication bus or interface such as USB, SATA, or the speed your ISP advertises they give you, you notice that often times they measure everything in bits per second instead of bytes per second, a figure we're more used to. The common reason we think that companies advertise the bits per second is because it's a larger number. And obviously larger means better to the average consumer. Confusingly as well, the shorthand versions for bandwidth looks similar e

Mira Yurizaki

Mira Yurizaki

Gateron Yellow - The Balanced Option

The Gateron Yellow is a linear switch designed and manufactured by Gateron, to along with their line-up of linear switches such as the Gateron Red and Gateron Black. The Gateron Yellow is a linear switch with distinct similarities to the Gateron Red, with a slightly heavier spring at 50g actuation versus the Red's actuation at 45g. In this sense, the Gateron Yellow is essentially a slightly heavier Gateron Red, and in my experience, that holds true.   Looking at the stem, it's about as

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jiyeon

Pet peeves of a software developer

As a software developer, I've come across things people say that annoy me, because often it's not the reality: Software development is "easy" Like any other skill, the easy part isn't because it's actually easy, it's because people built-up experience and skills necessary to simply just do something. Because if it was easy, you, as a layperson, should be able to do it just as easily.   Software is built from start to finish in one go, e.g.: "Day one patches are dumb" In sof

Mira Yurizaki

Mira Yurizaki

Itzy - IT'z Different

Itzy are a new-generation girlgroup from JYP Entertainment, following on from the success of Twice, one of JYP's most successful girl groups to this date. Itzy's concept was to stand out and be different, and so they have debuted in 2019 with their first extended play 'IT'z Different'.   I'm curious as to how Dalla Dalla, the title song will sound, as a member of Itzy was formerly a contestant on JYP's reality show Sixteen, which was a competition to decide who would become part of 201

jiyeon

jiyeon

Completed Build: Amethyst

Another build at last! I like to use the Maxtrexx 55 in builds like this one, but the case had been backordered for several weeks. I found this SAMA-Line ARGB as an alternative, and the quality seemed comparable to the Matrexx 55. The colour changing fan was a nice bonus. Also, you can't see it in the photo, but the RX 470 looks absolutely stupendous. I really like how Sapphire designed the card.    The specification and cost breakdown (Prices in USD):   CPU: Intel Core i5-2500; $0.0

xKyric

xKyric

Berry Good - Fantastic

Fantastic is a 5-member Berry Good group comeback that marked the last comeback before leader Taeha, would make her departure due to contract expiration. Fantastic features the bubbly and sincere 'Oh! Oh!' along with a range of B-side tracks that I will be listening to today.   Having been a fan of Berry Good only recently with their recent 2018 album 'Free Travel' which had awesome songs such as 'Green Apple,' 'Mellow Mellow,' and of course Seoyul's solo song 'Can I Dream Again?' I wa

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jiyeon

Cherry Bullet - Q&A (Single)

Cherry Bullet is a new-generation girl group under FNC entertainment, who house artists like AOA and FT Island. Their debut album 'Let's Play: Cherry Bullet' features their titular track 'Q&A' which FNC hopes can encapsulate the public in their cuteness. Cherry Bullet's concept is video games hence the abundance of pixels, 8-bit icons, and sound effects in their music videos, and obviously their music.   Today I'll be listening to Q&A alone, but the entire album also has two ot

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jiyeon

True Damage - GIANTS

True Damage are a new, virtual hip-hop group created by Riot Games derived from the game League of Legends. The group features artists Duckwrth, Thutmose, Becky G, Keke Palmer, and Soyeon from (G)I-DLE, the last of which also featured in Riot Games' virtual K-pop group K/DA, also playing Akali.   As a fan fo K/DA and vibing with POP/STARS, I was very interested in True Damage when they were announced. I honestly had thought True Damage would've been similar to K/DA, but True Damage tur

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jiyeon

LOONA (Olivia Hye) - Egoist (Single)

Olivia Hye of LOONA is the youngest member of the 12-member girlgroup, born in 2001, and being a trainee for only a reported single day before debuting in LOONA (or technically getting selected, LOONA did not 'debut' until after the individual promotions).   Olivia Hye got her chance to take the spotlight with her turn at the microphone, with the 2018 single 'Egoist' inside the 'Olivia Hye' album under LOONA's name. Yeah, it's kind of confusing but that's how LOONA's timeline worked, t

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jiyeon

fromis_9 - Glass Shoes

fromis_9 are a 9-member girlgroup formed through the 2017 reality show 'Idol School', with the name 'fromis_9' meaning 'from Idol School 9'. Today I'll be taking a listen to their pre-debut single 'Glass Shoes' which aims to project them into the hallyu wave, with a soulful and pure schoolgirl vibe, similar to that of earlier Gfriend works.   Being a fan of girlgroups and especially ones with bubbly and sweet tones, I anticipate Glass Shoes will meet my expectations and be a song I'll

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jiyeon

fromis_9 - Fun Factory

fromis_9 returns with their 2019 album 'Fun Factory' after riding off the success of last year's hit song Love Bomb. The title track 'FUN!' aims to be a bubbly and gleeful Summertime song to bring a cute and playful atmosphere, and who better to represent a bubbly Summer song than the innocent and pure girls of fromis_9!   Having been a fan of fromis_9 since the explosion of cuteness from Love Bomb (no pun intended) I've been looking forward to see what fromis_9 come up with next, cons

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jiyeon

Apink - One & Six

Apink returns with their 2018 album 'One & Six' and the title track 'I'm So Sick' also known as ' 1도 없어' officially. Apink aims to transition into a more mature and feminine concept over yesteryear's 'No No No' and 'Mr. Chu' hits. One & Six being one of Apink's more recent works at the time of review, the members have developed and grown their vocals and trained their singing to be top-notch over the years given that the group debuted all the way back in 2011.   I have hig

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jiyeon

EXID - I Love You

EXID's 2018 single, I Love You, marks the comeback of their vocalist and leader Solji, who was absent from previous comebacks due to complications with her health. The five-member group returns with their new single, I Love You, a single that harkens to the themes of 80's disco and pop culture with the overly-engineered synths, VCR effects, polaroids, extreme shots of saturation and color, as well as the amazing vocal performances from the girls.   I've been a big fan of EXID and am gl

jiyeon

jiyeon

Input Club's Hako Violet - Lightweight & Consistent

When Input Club and Massdrop - oh, sorry, I meant Drop - had a feud on mechanical keyswitches, Input Club settled and made their own 'Hako' flavor of tactile switches. What I have here today is the Hako Violet by Input Club, one of the lightest if not the lightest tactile switch I have ever used in my life, at just a 50g bottom-out from what I researched online about this particular switch.   The Hako Violet is the brother of Input's Club Hako line, next to its siblings, the Hako Clear

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jiyeon

SuperM - SuperM

Dubbed 'The Avengers of K-Pop', the Korean pop SuperM is a group comprised of SM's current greatest male vocalists, rappers, and dancers. The group has made their official debut with the release of their self-titled album 'SuperM' with the title 'Jopping' which is described as jumping & popping.   I find it cool that SM has decided to create a super group with all the elements of the individual groups together into one. I believe this is for North American success projection, but o

jiyeon

jiyeon

High Impact Weapons Are Fun - D2 Shadowkeep

Decided today was a Warlock day, so I hopped into Rumble and started experimenting.   I initially ran Coldheart and a curated Lonesome(Reckoning sidearm), but that didn't go over so nicely in a lobby of Recluses and Riskrunners. Following that, I started looking around in my vault for different kinetic weapons, as I still wanted to do a build with Coldheart.   What I have for you today is not a build featuring Coldheart. Instead, I have a build that I'm tentatively namin

Crunchy Dragon

Crunchy Dragon

Online Acquisition: RX 470

I regret to inform that the R9 270X I purchased locally has ceased to function properly. The card, while somewhat functional, has begun to artifact. Not being too fond of the red bars across my display, I decided to pick up a RX 470 online. Five days later, and here's the card!  This new card is specifically a Sapphire Nitro+ 4GB unit. I have to say, I really do appreciate the physical LED controller on this model. Software can be updated in a way contrary to my liking, but no one is t

xKyric

xKyric

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