Onomatopoeia
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- Comment on What if Android didn't exist? (Or Google decided to develop a closed source OS?) What would this alt-timeline's privacy smartphone OSes looked like? (Since Android Forks wouldn't exist.) 8 hours ago:
Android existed before Google acquired it. So there’s an interesting wrinkle there.
But, PalmOS existed before Android and iOS. And Blackberry. Sailfish may have also, I just don’t recall.
- Comment on What are the key things people need to know about islam? 1 day ago:
*tenets
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 3 days ago:
Umm, gonna answer as an American, for clarity: many schools across the US have language classes of all sorts. Every niece/nephew I know across multiple states could study French, Spanish, Latin, Chinese, Italian, etc, etc. Chinese is one of many (typically Mandarin).
It’s very common in US public schools, and has increased significantly over the last 50 years.
- Comment on "Can i ask you for a favor?" Is it rude to say no? 3 days ago:
Why? Because I can’t, like I said.
No one has to justify themselves. You asked, I said no. The end.
- Comment on "Can i ask you for a favor?" Is it rude to say no? 3 days ago:
I don’t care if I’m rude to someone who’s trying to scam me, or in this case started being inconsiderate themselves.
Stephen Covey discusses this in Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. He’s asked if it’s OK to lie to someone. He answers by posing a scenario where being honest gets you killed, but using a harmless lie you aren’t.
I highly recommend reading the book.
- Comment on "Can i ask you for a favor?" Is it rude to say no? 3 days ago:
I take your point, and in general agree with it. We should try to help.
Hoever, someone approaches like that and my radar is going off. Sorry, my safety comes first, so I’m just going to say “No thanks”, every time, because we all know this person is trying to scam someone.
Someone once told me “don’t let them use your principles against you”, which is exactly what this scammer is doing.
There’s a world of difference between helping a stranger and allowing yourself to be pulled into a potentially risky situation.
This is the same reason I never pick up hitch hikers (I have in certain areas/circumstances).
Though I have no problem helping someone on the side of the road. I’ve helped random people carry stuff out of the store to their car - by offering to help them.
These are different situations which you can assess in the moment.
- Comment on Some people defended Ars Technica in my previous post, here is a proof about how Ars Technica parent company secretly manipulate Reddit for their own benefit. 6 days ago:
Lol, “Post removed by mods”… Pretty damn transparent aren’t they?
Not that anyone should be surprised. Never think for one minute that any story is wholly the truth - there’s always some element someone is trying to hide, by getting us to focus on something else.
(This isn’t a criticism of you, OP, just a general observation about how power brokers have been using the “news” to manipulate perception since Hurst in the 1800’s when he used his paper to influence opinion about a labor strike or something, I forget exactly what.)
- Comment on Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body? 1 week ago:
We already have synch issues with a single heart (things like arrythmias). I’m not sure two hearts in a mammal would even work, given the increase in distance for signaling - seems a lot of opportunity for error.
- Comment on Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body? 1 week ago:
But if the nodes are connected, it’s still a single pump.
You’re merely choosing to redefine the terms. The nodes are part of the heart as a system - remove the nodes and well, the pump no longer pumps.
Your argument is like saying you can split a multi-cylinder automotive engine in half, leave the ignition system in place, and you have 2 engines.
No, you have one engine split in two, with it’s electrical timing system still determining how each cylinder maintains the exact same timing as before.
(Automotive engines are essentially air pumps with very specific timining mechanisms, as each cylinder’s output affects other cylinders, akin to the timing in a heart).
- Comment on Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body? 1 week ago:
And even a singular heart can have some weirdness when it’s own timing signals find alternate paths, like in some arrythmias.
I can only imagine the chaos of trying to keep signals synchronized between two hearts.
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 1 week ago:
Is English a second language for you? (Serious question, not being snarky). Would help with how to frame an answer.
With “He died” - the word “died” is a verb (it’s what he did), it’s the action that takes place. It’s functionally (though not literally) equivalent to saying “He fell”.
With “He’s dead”, the verb is “is” - “He is (dead)”, describing a state of being/existence. “Dead” functions as an adverb (I think, English class was a long time ago), modifying “is”, with the information that he exists, just no longer as a living being.
“He is”, while not obvious, is a functionally correct/complete sentence (just ask Descartes).
Hope that helps and I request corrections/clarifications from grammarians and language boffins.
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 1 week ago:
Is English a second language for you? (Serious question, not being snarky). Would help with how to frame an answer.
With “He died” - the word “died” is a verb (it’s what he did), it’s the action that takes place. It’s functionally (though not literally) equivalent to saying “He fell”.
With “He’s dead”, the verb is “is” - “He is (dead)”, describing a state of being/existence. “Dead” functions as an adverb (I think, English class was a long time ago), modifying “is”, with the information that he exists, just no longer as a living being.
“He is”, while not obvious, is a functionally correct/complete sentence (just ask Descartes).
Hope that helps and I request corrections/clarifications from grammarians and language boffins.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 2 weeks ago:
Even for the ones that vibrate, eg Philips Sonicare. It does the work for you, just move the brush back and forth.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 2 weeks ago:
That is incorrect, for Philips Sonicare anyway.
Each brand is different.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 2 weeks ago:
You use it according to the instructions. Each brand is different.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I’m assuming it’s linoleum, which would go with the pink tub era.
- Comment on Consistency is key 2 weeks ago:
Medium rare is the only acceptable answer anyway
- Comment on Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome. 2 weeks ago:
It’s not like the geotagging was all that great anyway. The phone app sucked battery like an alcoholic with a fresh bottle.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I despise reading a book on a screen. Ebooks are inferior to physical books from a typical usage standpoint.
- Comment on Inspired by a friends current vacation 2 weeks ago:
And being able to stand up, fully, to dress/change, or pee in the middle of the night
- Comment on Cold Callers phoning during work hours and then not accepting your at work and can't spend 30 mins listening to their script. 2 weeks ago:
Yea, I don’t understand this answering unknown callers.
At work any cold-call number isn’t someone I would talk to anyway.
My personal phone blocks all unknown numbers.
Blacklist or SpamBlocker work well.
- Comment on Inspired by a friends current vacation 2 weeks ago:
Which is why I upgraded to an RV/Camper. The smallest, lightest I can find.
I don’t mind being outside, cooking, eating, everything else. But I want a floor and a bed for sleeping, along with kind-of-solid walls.
- Comment on German Cyber Agency Sounds Warning on Grid Vulnerabilities across Europe 2 weeks ago:
It’s like security was the last thing the energy industry considered.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
No.
Most people have no idea how to present information, this on top of the average person being able to read about 4x faster than someone can speak. I regularly play podcasts at 1.5x-2x. There are perhaps 3 people who I’ll watch on YouTube for information, only because they show how something works and the video format is useful for the subject, and I still often play it at 2x, or just skip through all the nonsense.
99% of video presentations are garbage to me.
- Comment on Former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis: What does a Gleason score of 9 mean? 3 weeks ago:
I forget - wasn’t there a change to the scoring system recently (last 10 years?) because Gleason was too ambiguous, or was Gleason the new model to address the scoring limitations?
- Comment on Former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis: What does a Gleason score of 9 mean? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think for prostate treatment necessarily does. In Biden’s case, he’s been declining for years - it seems like mortal disease comes on the heels of major cognitive decline - sadly I don’t think he’s going to live much longer, and it won’t be prostate cancer that gets him.
Also, most men will get prostate cancer if they live long enough. The approach has changed in recent years, to only treat if it’s growing too fast or you get it very young (because it normally grows so slowly you’ll die of old age first).
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Hondas (90s) have been the easiet manual to get moving I’ve ever seen. You practically can’t stall them.
And I disagree with the truck - those can make learning harder. One of the hardest I’ve ever driven was a Ford from the 90’s. Heavy as hell clutch that was too small, terrible gear ratios so starting off was a bitch, with big gaps between the gears.
But I’ve also driven old trucks with granny gears - an extra-low gear below first for getting moving with a heavy load. Those you just let off the clutch and the truck moves at a walking pace.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Meh, you’re not going to hurt a modern manual with a learner. They’re not even likely to hurt the clutch.
Internals if a transmission are primarily made of 3 materials: brass, aluminum, and *hardened steel".
Aluminum is for shift forks, I can’t even imagine a way to break one.
Brass is for synchros, which can be worn by grinding - which isn’t really easy to make happen anymore, plus but it’s not like you’re gonna sit there and hold it while it’s grinding, you’ll release it quickly. The last car I remember having grinding issues was because they didn’t use a synchro for second gear so you got a short little growl if you didn’t shift “just so”. Last time I drove that car it had 250k on the odometer.
I’ve seen dragsters miss-shift on 1960’s gearboxes that weren’t built for 450hp/500lb torque, and they’ve survived it fine (I’ve also seen them fail the same way). A new driver in today’s cars just can’t do that kind of damage unless it’s intentional - and that would take some time.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
You can learn to drive stick in 20 minutes with the right teaching approach.
I learned in about 10 minutes, with my brother teaching me… Not exactly the teacher of choice. And these were cars without tachometers or hydraulic clutches.
The key is learning how the clutch engages, where it’s “catch point” is. Using the “No throttle” method, people pick it up, fast.
Plus with cars today you don’t have to rely on downshifting to slow down - Brakes are just that advanced now (though you still want to brake in short cycles for long downhills to prevent overheating).
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Yea, I think this is kind of “the way” to teach manual. It really focuses on getting a feel for a clutch and the non-linearity of friction in it.