Language Evolution

As a linguistic descriptivist (who sometimes struggles with a strong, childhood tendency toward prescriptivism in my thoughts on language), I approve!

http://kingfucko.tumblr.com/post/131682181176/gollyplot-flittering-sylph-man-i-hate-it

Ok, I have to go out now to get my partner's car to the dealership for them to replace the faulty airbag inflator that's been recalled.

(no subject)

Yaaaaaaaay! The Factorio 1.5 update came out early!!!!!!!!

Custom Hearing Aids?

I saw this thing on Facebook with the headline "What if you could buy hearing aids over the counter." Not directly related, but it gave me an idea. What if you could get custom hearing aids?

You go somewhere where you can get tested for your hearing at the whole series of typically audible frequencies, but especially the higher frequencies, like 14khz and up, where people often have hearing loss. Then you get a firmware programmable hearing aid with a custom curve that corrects for your personal hearing range, like an equalizer can correct for room acoustics?