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anjc
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The eigenvector of “Why we moved from language X t...
> when it at best only represents the future popularity of a language among those who constantly switch their languages.
This is literally in the title
>The eigenvector of "Why we moved from language X to language Y"
JackFr
on March 16, 2017
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The parent's point is that it is a very poor proxy for future language popularity.
danielweber
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I took this whole post as very tongue-in-cheek. No one should really be using this to predict the future. Instead, it was a fun data-analysis exercise.
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This is literally in the title
>The eigenvector of "Why we moved from language X to language Y"