Randelung
@Randelung@lemmy.world
- Comment on What I thought some abbreviations/emoticons meant vs what they actually meant 3 weeks ago:
the better o2 lmao
- Comment on Anon thinks about CPUs 3 weeks ago:
Insert Matrix quote " All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead…"
- Comment on Me to myself everyday. 3 weeks ago:
That’s not more time, it’s the same time distributed differently. Does the author also believe daylight savings time adds an hour to the day? Hopefully not.
- Comment on Anon tells their life story 4 weeks ago:
That shit is all survivorship bias.
- Comment on Edison 4 weeks ago:
Let’s compromise!
Alloy.
Or what we can agree on: HO. Omg Santa was right all along.
- Comment on And it went Gold 5 weeks ago:
circling the globe
- Comment on Anon is about to go robe shopping 5 weeks ago:
Are you implying it’s MY fault I never leave my apartment!?
- Comment on Every base is base 10 5 weeks ago:
My point is the difference between number system and language. We’re seamlessly converting back and forth while writing this, but there’s a specific amount in our heads that we’re trying to communicate, either by word or by number. The number is ambiguous only if you don’t know the base, while the word is ambiguous only if you don’t know the language. The meme is - presumably - in English, and they’re talking (in speech bubble form), so the misunderstanding doesn’t really happen. it’s only when a secondary ‘language’ is introduced - the numbers - that it is possible.
Ten in particular, which we usually write as a two digit number because of historical and biological context, still uniquely describes a certain amount without any relation to it being written as the first two digit number. In any language, you wouldn’t translate to one two three ten just because they usually write in base four, you’d translate to whatever their word for the number is that you’re trying to translate.
- Comment on Every base is base 10 5 weeks ago:
more precisely, every base has 10, but it’s usually not equal to ten. ten is a fixed value, while 10 depends on the base. you still count normally (one two three four five), even in a base two system. you just write it differently.
- Comment on Every base is base 10 5 weeks ago:
No, ten is a fixed amount in English. It has roots in base ten, but we also have eleven and twelve from other bases. (also dozen, gross, score.) In English there is no ambiguity when it comes to what number the word ten represents.
- Comment on Anon is about to go robe shopping 5 weeks ago:
I cast self-loathing and feelings of inadequacy!
- Comment on Every base is base 10 5 weeks ago:
Only when written, which is the whole point of notation. “Ten” is still a fixed amount, and so is four.
- Comment on LPT Do it. 5 weeks ago:
Easy, they want you to buy a onedrive subscription.
- Comment on LPT Do it. 5 weeks ago:
oh I see, you have a shared drive. i assumed you send it around as emails.
- Comment on LPT Do it. 5 weeks ago:
you can still use word with git. it’s versioning first, diffing and merging only where possible. since you probably won’t branch you won’t need the latter, though.
- Comment on Anon watches The Last Samurai 1 month ago:
Little disappointing towards the end, but all in all fantastic.
- Comment on Tell Borts I said "Hi" 2 months ago:
Hey shamp, how was sshool?
- Comment on Germans: what genocide? 2 months ago:
In a world where they don’t have their own agenda (e.g. military income), I’d agree.
In THIS world, where the AfD has a considerable voice and the government blocks itself on gender inclusive language and rather does nothing, I don’t. Let’s not call it genocide, then we don’t have to act. Let’s not be too hasty about Putin so we don’t have to send any help. Let’s think about weed legalization for half a decade to be sure.
I think they’re being obstructive on purpose.
- Comment on Germans: what genocide? 2 months ago:
😂 but also 😭
- Comment on Are we still doing these 2 months ago:
Meine Mamer hat mir immer gesagt, ich soll den Teller aufessen. Ich glaub lieber meiner Mamer als einer zufälligen Internetperson vhd.
- Comment on MFA 2 months ago:
Unless your company doesn’t know wtf they’re doing and it just doesn’t work.
- Comment on Public trust 3 months ago:
So they just deny space exploration. Easy.
- Comment on Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her 5 months ago:
So glad she eventually got to the “how the fuck are you so clueless about this, you’re the ones firing ME” part.
- Comment on Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her 5 months ago:
I only know American culture from the internet, and knowing all of the memes and blog posts and everything, it’s still mindblowing to see it in action to this degree and in a situation that is probably representative for so many.