User:Danakil

Danakil. Ultimately, from the Dhalak Archipelago of Dankalia, Eritrea.

Interests (in no particular order):

Mesoamerican languages, esp. Aztec(Nahuatl), Totonac and Huaxtec(Tenek)
Programming languages, esp. APL,J,NGL,K,FP,FL,ALGOL-68,Miranda
Cognitive linguistics, esp. Whorf,Wittgenstein,Lakoff,Deacon,Korzybsky,Kuhn (yes, T.Kuhn)
Geophysics, esp. Expansion Tectonics
Aerospace science, esp. Hybrid-fuel rocket engines, Aerodynamics (particularly interested in non-Bernoulli explanations of lift)
Mesoamerican history, esp. Izapan,Teotihuacan,Cuicuilco,Cotzumalhuapan,Tamoanchan
Biological anthropology, esp. Human origins,AAT(H)
Ancient languages, esp. Sumerian and Ancient Egyptian
Algorithms, esp. matrix-based non-iterative versions of the common ones
Bioinformatics, esp. fast sequence matching algorithms
Complexity, esp. Kauffman and his work on the "4th law" of thermodynamics
Paleoclimate, esp. as its effects on animal evolution and human history
Macroevolution, esp. its recurring patterns and their environmental contexts
English language, esp. its mono- and quasimono-syllabic features, and as a de facto universal language
Proto-languages, esp. their relationship with human history
Language isolates, esp. Basque,Tarascan(Purépecha),Sumerian
Ancient tool industries, esp. Solutrean
Quantitative linguistics, esp. Latent Semantic Analysis,Principal Components,Statistical Clustering&Identification
Language Origins, esp. in its relation to biological anthropology
Evemeristic legends/myths, esp. ancient egyptian,sumerian,mesoamerican,greek
Alternative mathematical/algorithmic notations, esp. following Iverson's, Backus', and M.B.Well's work
Quantum mechanics interpretations, I know... this is the one that will probably tear me to pieces

Likes:

Arabian horses, ivory-colored Labrador Retrievers, Beta Splendens, King Cobras, White Siberian tigers, Hummingbirds, young Wombats
Unlimited-class racing Hydroplanes, original Yellow XP Sea-Doo watercraft, 16' Hobbie Cats
Ford GT-40, Ferrari Modena, 1995 Mustang Convertible, McLaren F1
North-American XB-70 Valkyrie, Concorde SST, X-15, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna Cardinal RG, P-51 Mustang, competition sailplanes, Sukhoi Su-37
IBM Thinkpad laptops with Track-Point cursor control
ALGOL 68
Solitude
Fireplaces
Little-known underdogs -- (such as Northrop's F-5/F-20 and Lockheed's F-104 Starfighter/Lancer, in their competition against McDonnel-Douglas' F-15)
Chocolate, butter cookies
South American sweet-flute music, Colombian music (Carlos Vives, Bacilos)
Tropical thunderstorms, warm shallow tropical seas, pine-covered mountains

Contributions: Currently ranked within the top-500 in number of edits. Mostly in the areas of Mesoamerican and Programming languages.

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