Onomatopoeia
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- Comment on How Come Latin Didn't Spread in the Middle East as Much as it did in Europe? 1 day ago:
Lots of great comments in here (I’ve really enjoyed it all, so great question!)
If you decide to dig in a little deeper, there’s a great podcast called The History English Podcast by Kevin Stroud.
While it’s the history of English, since you can’t separate English from Latin (plus the other P.I.E languages) nor from history itself, he ends up covering a lot of general history and languages.
- Comment on It's becoming widely accepted that it's not safe to put pictures of your children on social media... (cont. in post) 3 days ago:
Bingo.
- Comment on It's becoming widely accepted that it's not safe to put pictures of your children on social media... (cont. in post) 3 days ago:
Because those things that keep kids away from it won’t, and they’re clearly NOT about “protect the kids” - just like every other “protect the kids” things.
This is about forcing adults to identify themselves wherever they go. This is Doublespeak at it’s clearest.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
Not true.
It really depends. And I say this as someone who’s spent years in the enterprise software management space.
In the last few years, older software has become less capable of running on Windows. Tried to run a 2006 app the other day and it won’t even install. So had to run it in a VM of Windows 7.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
Linux better than Windows?
Lol
They’re different.
Ask the world’s biggest companies, who spend hundreds of millions annually to manage tens of thousands desktops for tens of thousands of users, which is the better desktop OS for their use-case.
This is such a tired, worn-out argument, that medley demonstrates an ignorance of how business operates.
Hell, Windows user, system, and software deployment management was mature before Linux even existed.
Each has their strengths - Linux is a better choice for general servers, which is why every virtualization platform runs on it, while massive file servers, web servers, etc, run Linux.
- Comment on Ok to dual boot Linux and Windows 10? 6 days ago:
I’ve done the same and have the seen the bootloader get changed in a way that prevented one or the other from booting.
The risk is there.
- Comment on Why are plug sockets region locked? 1 week ago:
You really just need the right cord for 99% of devices using a power supply.
Hell, stuff I buy in the US these days often comes with a changeable plug right on the power supply itself, with both a US and EU adapter in the box.
- Comment on Why are plug sockets region locked? 1 week ago:
The original reason for both plug type and PAL was simply different electrical systems.
Plug type ensure you didn’t plug a 110v appliance into a 220 system, which could be gangerous to the person.
PAL vs NTSC was really just because PAL came after NTSC and attempted to fix some of the color issues in NTSC, but also had to work on a completely different electrical system - and both relied on timing elements within that electrical system.
It wasn’t “lock in”, it started because the two electrical systems were very different (even the prior black-and-white systems were very different for the same reason, 220v at 50hz vs 120v at 60hz). This frequency difference means different timing mechanisms and even alters the number of scan lines.
- Comment on The World's Most Encouraged Drug 1 week ago:
I’m fine with alcohol killing me slowly.
How about we talk about all the “preventive medicine” drugs where doctors ignore or severely downplay the risks, like BP meds?
- Comment on For those of you kicking it old school 1 week ago:
- Comment on House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent 1 week ago:
Good news, but I’m concerned about the crap in the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act, of which it’s a part.
- Comment on Bit harsh? 1 week ago:
Lean
Oh, the irony.
- Comment on Why the fuck does the Chronic part need to be in Depression. 1 week ago:
Hahahaha
I disagree, but very funny, have my upvote.
- Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 1 week ago:
Because Linux and Windows take a different approach to memory management.
And Android is based on Linux.
- Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 1 week ago:
Ah, yes, show your ignorance of how Linux works by being judgemental.
Impressive.
- Comment on Can an Swedish style draft work in the US? 1 week ago:
Not discussing Vietnam including both Iraq & Afghanistan,
But you already opened that can
- Comment on What is negative voltage? 1 week ago:
First, the DC voltage of these fans is a separate voltage system from the AC/mains of the house.
Whether the 12v comes from a transformer or a switching power supply, the DC and AC circuits are effectively separated by that device.
The ground of the 12v system exists only within that system (and is provided by the transformer/power supply).
Consider the tranformer/power supply to be a battery with a positive and negative terminal. Inside, a chemical reaction will take place that moves electrons from one set of plates to another, leaving “holes” in one set, and extra electrons on the other.
This creates an imbalance - an electrical potential - and entropy says everything should try to balance. So those extra electrons provide the voltage, and once a circuit is made, will immediately try to balance the potential by moving through the circuit to the other terminal.
Using a transformer/power supply provides those electrons (and a sink - somewhere for those electrons to return to) from AC/mains voltage.
This is a pretty simple way to view it, there are more details that an EE would take me to task for, but it’s a good starting point.
- Comment on If you need a portable reader, is there any reason to choose an e-reader over your phone? 1 week ago:
Different argument altogether.
For e-reader, it really depends on the user’s sensitivity to size.
I don’t care for e-readers at all. I love the concept of many books on a single device, it just doesn’t work for me.
- Comment on Fuck you Whatsapp 1 week ago:
Yes, and it was obvious then what a shit show it was.
- Comment on Fuck IMDB and fuck Amazon 1 week ago:
Use Hermit to create an app experience for a website
- Comment on Artisanal 2 weeks ago:
Dammit, now I will forever hear “artinsinal” this way.
Probably not a bad thing considering how the word has been abused.
- Comment on The way my partner eats avocado. 2 weeks ago:
Sacrilege
- Comment on is the romantic period due, in any part, to the high alcohol content of their food ? 2 weeks ago:
What we call the “Romantic” period is a result of philosophical differences - alcohol likely had little to do with it.
Don’t think of it as Romantic in today’s definition, but just a more emotional concept than something more Stoic. By comparison, anything created using such ideas would be romantic in comparison.
- Comment on is the romantic period due, in any part, to the high alcohol content of their food ? 2 weeks ago:
I think more importantly beer and mead back then were sources of calories (beer was bread in a mug), and the alcohol content was very low - this also explains the Temperance movements when alcohol levels jumped significantly and suddenly. People were used to drinking 3 or 4 (what we’d today call “little”) beers at perhaps 2%, and it suddenly doubled and people were getting hammered.
- Comment on is the romantic period due, in any part, to the high alcohol content of their food ? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know of any significant use of alcohol when making foods.
That seems to be a more modern idea (1800’s onward).
I’m no authority, this is just from reading Apicius and other historical food making sources.
- Comment on Why does dried pasta have an expiration date 2 weeks ago:
I’ve had crackers where the fat has gone rancid. Not great, but edible, especially with something to mask it - dip, peanut butter, cheese, etc
- Comment on Why does dried pasta have an expiration date 2 weeks ago:
In dry stuff it’s generally the fat going rancid.
Though I’ve used 5 year old pasta and it was fine. The fat may have been rancid, but I suspect between boiling and immersion in sauce you just wouldn’t taste it.
(Also, rancid fat isn’t necessarily harmful).
- Comment on How do I figure out where flies are entering my house? 2 weeks ago:
Need more info.
Do you live somewhere that has lots of bugs (Like a high humidity place, lots of plant life outside) or in a dry climate?
In an area with lots of bug life it’s hard to completely keep them out - your house is like a sieve and you have a high “bug load”. So investigate gaps in window frames, screens, etc.
In a place with few bugs (say US southwest), you’re just playing odds and aren’t likely to get many anyway.
Someone else mentioned they’re probably coming in with you through the open door - in my experience that’s the “big gap” (haha) that’s hard to reduce.
- Comment on people who take zoom calls in coffee shops are insufferable 2 weeks ago:
Even better!
- Comment on Remote Attestation 2 weeks ago:
Agreed.
Though this article is about the systems in a managed environment, which I think is a reasonable thing. The “user” here would be the org that owns those systems, and has a need to ensure they’re secure.