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Sanskrit योग (yoga): meaning, yoke cognates, and Matthew 11:30
1–2 minutesThe Sanskrit word yoga (योग) means yoking (Monier-Williams, 1899, p. 856). The same root is shared by modern English ‘yoke’ from Old English geoc (Pokorny, 1959, p. 508), as well as dialectal Polish igo and Ukrainian іго (iho) ‘yoke’ (Derksen, 2008, p. 209). A word derived from this root does not appear in the Lemko…
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Lemko Translator App Shipped (Payments Live)
1–2 minutesMon, Feb 23, 2026 — quick dispatch. After a multi-year grind, the Lemko translator app is shipped and payments are live end-to-end. International Mother Language Day just passed, which hit with perfect timing. It’s a reminder that language tech isn’t only about “big languages” — low-resource and heritage languages deserve serious tooling too. Next step:…
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2025 Weekly Wire 44
1–2 minutesIt’s All Souls Day and people put candles on graves, which looks really cool at night. Pokoj im vječni – May they rest in eternal peace. I took stock and lightened my load. Got in a great set of uphill sprints, redlining in zone 5 for almost 8 minutes.
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2025 week 43
1–2 minutesFinished self-healing code skeleton (in techspeak: TDD TCR repo). Published AI NLP course presale page. Did daily weekday reels. Enjoyed a great set of uphill sprints by the Olympic stadium
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*yewg- All Souls' Day Endangered Language Language Revitalization Neural Machine Translation (NMT) Pokoj im vječni Sarajevo yoga yoke
