{{Probability distribution|
name =Zipf's law|
type =mass|
pdf_image =Zipf PMF for N = 10 on a log–log scale. The horizontal axis is the index k . (Note that the function is only defined at integer values of k. The connecting lines do not indicate continuity.)|
cdf_image =Zipf CDF for N = 10. The horizontal axis is the index k . (Note that the function is only defined at integer values of k. The connecting lines do not indicate continuity.)|
parameters =s>1\, (real)N \in \{1,2,3\ldots\} (integer)|
support =k \in \{1,2,\ldots,N\}|
pdf =\frac{1/k...
I know shit is generally considered vulgar swearing in any context, while crap (though it's normally used as a swear word) is often used and allowed in decent contexts.
How did this happen, since they both refer to the same thing?
"Art for art's sake" is the usual English rendering of a French slogan from the early 19th century, 'l'art pour l'art', and expresses a philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only "true" art, is divorced from any didactic, moral or utilitarian function. Such works are sometimes described as "autotelic", from the Greek autoteles, “complete in itself”, a concept that has been expanded to embrace "inner-directed" or "self-motivated" human beings.
Ironically, the term is sometimes used commercially. A Latin version of this phrase, "Ars gratia artis", is used as a motto by Metro-...
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Wie kann ich den Satz: Is it you I respond to...noch interpretieren als mit der wörtlichen Übersetzung, die leider überhaupt nicht zu dem Kontext meines gestrigen Chats passt!!! Vielleicht kann mir ein native speaker weiterhelfen...das Kommentar kam aus Schottland hilft evtl. Danke
L'esprit de l'escalier or l'esprit d'escalier ("staircase wit") is a French term used in English that describes the of thinking of the perfect too late.
Origin
This name for the phenomenon comes from French encyclopedist and philosopher Denis Diderot's description of such a situation in his Paradoxe sur le comédien. During a dinner at the home of statesman Jacques Necker, a remark was made to Diderot which left him speechless at the time, because, he explains, "l’homme sensible, comme moi, tout entier à ce qu’on lui objecte, perd la tête et ne se retrouve qu’au bas de l’escalier" ("a ...
What is the name for the top left cell of a table? The one next to the column headers and above the row headers. Does it even have a technical name?
E.g. the cell with ??? in this table:
+-----+------+------+
|??? |Yes |No |
+-------------------+
|A |1 |4 |
|B |2 |5 ...
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