Evan Nicoll-Johnson
@evnj.bsky.social
Narrative, manuscript culture, environment & literature in early medieval China (3rd-8th centuries, or something)
Yes this one really confused me...
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yes this one really confused me...
Simple prompt hack: tell chat to 述而不作 for guaranteed more accurate results
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Simple prompt hack: tell chat to 述而不作 for guaranteed more accurate results
Before moving to Canada I'd have said absolutely not. But this has been the case every year since we got here in 2016, except for last year. And that was actually kind of disturbing...seems unlikely this year too!
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Before moving to Canada I'd have said absolutely not. But this has been the case every year since we got here in 2016, except for last year. And that was actually kind of disturbing...seems unlikely this year too!
I liked his book on Forests!
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I liked his book on Forests!
In apps where I can control font, changing to one designed for traditional characters/use in TW fixed this, but for stuff in the OS/web browser display etc., I had to give higher "priority" to 繁體字, and now it seems to consistently display correctly.
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In apps where I can control font, changing to one designed for traditional characters/use in TW fixed this, but for stuff in the OS/web browser display etc., I had to give higher "priority" to 繁體字, and now it seems to consistently display correctly.
So even when I was typing in 繁體字, the OS would default to displaying what I guess is the standard 'non-simplified' form in mainland China, rather than the one which is the standard form in HK/TW. I didn't know (or had forgotten...) that this difference exists, but it makes sense (I guess).
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So even when I was typing in 繁體字, the OS would default to displaying what I guess is the standard 'non-simplified' form in mainland China, rather than the one which is the standard form in HK/TW. I didn't know (or had forgotten...) that this difference exists, but it makes sense (I guess).
Ok-still don't really understand why it exists, but I realized that in my case at least the reason the 過 with a single 橫折 stroke from the left to the right then down was sometimes displaying instead of the other one was because I had simplified Chinese script "prioritized" over traditional script
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ok-still don't really understand why it exists, but I realized that in my case at least the reason the 過 with a single 橫折 stroke from the left to the right then down was sometimes displaying instead of the other one was because I had simplified Chinese script "prioritized" over traditional script
Thanks for looking into this! Still mystified because I can't figure out when/why the 11 stroke version would be used, since it's not the standard form in TW but is still more complex than the standard simplified form 过. I vaguely recall learning that both were OK, but still want to know more...
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thanks for looking into this! Still mystified because I can't figure out when/why the 11 stroke version would be used, since it's not the standard form in TW but is still more complex than the standard simplified form 过. I vaguely recall learning that both were OK, but still want to know more...
Yep, and I have a hard time controlling which standard is displayed. It makes sense for 骨， in that the standard simplified and traditional forms both use 冎, they just write it differently... But standard simplified form of 过 doesn't need it.... Who is this for...
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yep, and I have a hard time controlling which standard is displayed. It makes sense for 骨， in that the standard simplified and traditional forms both use 冎, they just write it differently... But standard simplified form of 过 doesn't need it.... Who is this for...
They hate what they don't understand......
September 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They hate what they don't understand......
In my experience most clocks are wrong 100% of the time. All clocks in my house seem to run at different speeds. Every classroom I've ever taught in here has had multiple clocks all displaying different times, all of them wrong. What is time...
September 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In my experience most clocks are wrong 100% of the time. All clocks in my house seem to run at different speeds. Every classroom I've ever taught in here has had multiple clocks all displaying different times, all of them wrong. What is time...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
