Why everyone should visit Japan
I have been to many countries, also outside of my home Europe, but there's one above all of them: Japan. This is a claim I make and people tilt their […]
Korp and Python. Access corpora from your Python code!
If you have done language technology in a Nordic country, you have probably heard about Korp. And by now, you have probably developed some sort of a love-hate relationship to […]
Different points of view to improve ethical thinking
When you hear the word ethics you probably think of things that are considered ethical in the society such as sustainable development, fair trade and all other overwhelmingly world embracing […]
Cognitive modelling – bringing computers closer to human brains
Cognitive science's gift to the artificial intelligence development is, by no doubt, cognitive modelling. In short, cognitive modelling is about coming up with some sort of a mathematical or computational […]
Space Colonies: From the Ruins of the World (My book)
To celebrate the first year of Mika likes đ, I am announcing here that my first book in Finnish From the Ruins of the World is published on Amazon. It's the first in […]
My little heroine
To celebrate the first year of Mika Likes đ, I will share the story of someone I really liked, namely my dog, Lunni. đ Why was she so special as a […]
One year of Mika likes đ
It all started a year ago with my first post about Spanish. That marked a start of me posting something every week on the blog. The year has been eventful […]
Where are all real gay themed songs?
So, you go and ask the all mighty google to list gay themed songs. And what do you get? Songs such as Born this Way and It's Raining Men. Sure, […]
Sarcasm is sooo great! But what is it?
Oh, sarcasm, sarcasm. The thing that puzzles us so much. It takes some knowledge of the person to know if he is being sarcastic or not. Regardless of how sarcastic […]
Create Finnish sentences computationally in Python (NLG)
If you are interested in generating Finnish with a computer (NLG), you have probably already run into the problem of the complex morphology and syntax of Finnish. In addition to […]