A mechanic psychic, a maudlin clarion, and an Oreki丶 fanboy.
Matling.fit is now officially a collective work by Ligi Studio, open to submission. The mascot is Gān Ciĕp.
Point of view
Wikipedia is known with its neutral point of view (NPoV); RationalWiki has a special point of view (SPoV; that is, scientific and snarky point of view); we have a generic point of view (GPoV). This means
- Gracious point of view — Hospitable, not playful, indifferent, or precipate.
- Global point of view — Universal, not culture-specific, circumstantial, or gibberingly personalized.
Nomenclast
Publication date
Publication date is written in eternal september date. It was formerly described in days of Muqliong, the approximated day when Muqliong Gang was formed.
Etymology of „Mat‑lìng“
From mat, clipping of material, and -ling, suffix for a follower.
Ahem.
I attribute the name to Tsieushaeng Fuh by Euyang Sieu, though the compound was to Muei Tayzhey.
Surface analysis from Sky Darmos’ The German Language in Chinese Script, or siaudzih — quackery, but adequate for a foundation of recreational art.
Please do transcribe into appropriate script. Matling, Матлін, متلينغ, ᎹᏟᏂ, 物灵, ☆[⊕›ń], 𝠀𝪟𝪨𝠀𝪟𝤅𝣅𝪟𝣜𝪜, or whatever. I am willing to adopt a non-natural language name when the language is morphologically special. This is not the same as patriarchial latination.
| Language | Name | Transcription |
|---|---|---|
| Dan’a’yo | 묻링 | Mutling |
| Esperanto | Matlino | |
| Lojban | la mytlin | |
| Shidinn | gwƨ viƨ | Geuénnýn |
| Shōnago language |  | Māute-nòhlì |
| Toki Pona | ☆[_ma_li_ń] | kokosila Malin |
Design
Theme
The theme 2038 is named after — not that you already know — a 2018 song by Yì Ān Musical. It whispered the possibility of a future of oblivion and the demise of their musician dreams.
Traits for design include
- Vertical rhythm measured from lead typesetting
- Borderless
- There is JavaScript, but almost the same without
- Adjustable as Citizen, but need JavaScript
A timeline for progenitors
- 2011
- The birth of a website of Muqliong Gang in Microsoft FrontPage, with ‘eye-protecting’ orchid-coloured table layout, reading ‘it is our eternal pursuit to help more people realise their dreams.’ Not knowing how to publish it online, I requested fellows of the Gang to manually create the same directory.
- 2012
- My best experience of internet. Some earliest posts here are originally published in zww.cn, xxt.cn, and QQ, where I remembered were crammed with ‘not apocalypse but cherishing year!’.
- 2018
- A blog with Hexo, with a ‘futuristic’ collection of practice questions on physics,
was first time deployed online with CODING.
Still centring a div with
translate(-50%,-50%). Writing elsewhere on algorithm; some was lost, and I choose not to include the rest. - 2020
- Migrated to Jekyll.
- 21 May 2021
- Registered the domain name that later changed to matling.fit. Theme switched to 2038 designed in a fortnight.
- 10 Sep 2025
- Migrated to Zola.
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„AI usage“
Except for older posts or quotes, original content in matling.fit does not include output from generative models.
This holds for the original version of multilingual posts (which is English except otherwise mentioned). Translations are typically made with local LLMs and thoroughly proofread primarily to keep the nuances and style; I do not publish unproofread translations.
Privacy policy
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