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Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

That's because it needs a semicolon:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo; buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Also it isn't a very good sentence because you've said the same thing twice.

It should read:

Buffalo buffalo buffalo; Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Translation:

"Buffalo" is a place, a noun (more or less meaning bison), and a verb (to harass or bully). So what it means is:

Bison bully bison; Buffalo bison bully Buffalo bison.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Hmm, I don't see how semicolons work in this sentence.

    Marking up the sentence with extras to help visualize:

    Buffalo-buffalo (who) Buffalo-buffalo (do) buffalo (in return also) buffalo (the other) Buffalo-buffalo.

    A sentence of similar structure, subbing components for others of the same language parts...

    • Buffalo buffalo → other nouns qualified by adjectives
      • Foreign cars
      • Austin techbros
      • big money
    • buffalo (verb) → other verbs
      • covet
      • cost

    ... would be:

    Foreign cars Austin techbros covet cost big money.

    (edit: I couldn't quickly think of a location adjective for the last noun, which would have stuck to the pattern more closely, but "big" is still the same role, an adjective.)

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