Wilzax
@Wilzax@lemmy.world
- Comment on Limericks 4 hours ago:
The reality is that American english pronunciation of “Zee” is globally more popular than british english “Zed”. As a descriptivist for linguistics, I believe language IS how it’s used, not how it ought to be used.
- Comment on Limericks 20 hours ago:
Zed technically came first. Greek Zeta -> French Zede -> English Zed.
But I’ll do anything to get away from French influence on my language
- Comment on Limericks 1 day ago:
“mispronounce” Z. Yeah no, anyone who calls it “Zed” are the ones mispronouncing it. Z rhymes with G, P, and V in the alphabet song. End of story.
- Comment on Choose your difficulty 1 week ago:
Japan too apparently
- Comment on This is not a stereogram. If you look at it a certain way it will not resolve into anything. 2 weeks ago:
Rather than later?
- Comment on This is not a stereogram. If you look at it a certain way it will not resolve into anything. 2 weeks ago:
LIAR!
I see a big sailing ship
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
I think licking pure uranium is worse for your health than licking pure chlorine gas
- Comment on unsure why we are surprised lol 5 weeks ago:
Just realized that .ml is a domain hack for tankies. Go figure.
- Comment on English, old 5 weeks ago:
The one time Esperanto isn’t the most wacky language on the list
- Comment on YUCK! 1 month ago:
It can’t be labeled Maple Syrup in the US unless it’s genuine. They get around this with terms like breakfast syrup and pancake syrup
- Comment on YUCK! 1 month ago:
Actual maple syrup is not corn syrup
- Comment on turkey pot pies 2 months ago:
How can a probability be the null set?
- Comment on I heard you wanted more 2 months ago:
Maybe don’t use AI to make your memes next time and see what kind of response you get
- Comment on Today on "Unsolved Mysteries"... 4 months ago:
Use it as an access point for better coverage if you don’t have to pay for it separately, but not as the primary router
- Comment on Check mate atheists 4 months ago:
Each present is a real particle, but their distribution is affected by the self-interaction of quantum santa.
- Comment on I'm not picky... 4 months ago:
They’re at the bar in the boxing club, of course! A totally normal and logical thing to have.
- Comment on If only it was like that 4 months ago:
Indoor temp? No Outdoor temp? Yes
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
Reddit is not a source, but the source linked in that post isn’t really clear.
However, in this Ars Technica article they state ‘Sources close to Valve suggested to Ars that this “parity” rule only applies to the “free” Steam keys publishers can sell on other storefronts and not to Steam-free versions of those games sold on competing platforms. Valve hasn’t responded to a request for comment on this story.’
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
I don’t see a problem with it. Steam provides a ton of service as a marketplace and distributor. The social aspect of steam friends seeing what games you’re playing translates into advertising for your game. They allow for regional pricing adjustments so it’s not about blocking players from poorer countries from affording the game. And they have huge frameworks for digital item trading, achievement management, community discussion, modding and more. Their 30% cut of each sale policy is unilaterally enforced and in line with the fees charged by the VAST majority of other distributors. They don’t make exclusivity deals in exchange for taking a smaller cut, unlike some much less consumer-friendly markets. Their market is completely fair across the board. I think it’s also pretty fair to ask publishers not to push that 30% fee onto the consumer, by requiring the price on Steam to not exceed the price on any other marketplace.
That policy is to the benefit of steam customers, because they can be reasonably sure the steam price is the best price (currently) available. It’s not about exclusivity, it’s about protecting the value that Steam offers to the consumer.
- Comment on Is the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet? 4 months ago:
No, it’s a noun made from the portmanteau of the first two letters of the greek alphabet
- Comment on Frequently 4 months ago:
When you realize how that sounded you can save it by looking embarrassed and apologizing, and clarifying you meant something like “equipped”. Typically a gaff is better than leaving things at creepy
- Comment on It's canon now. And so is a certain image format. 4 months ago:
J’feg
- Comment on It's canon now. And so is a certain image format. 4 months ago:
J’feg
- Comment on Slap a "quantum" on it = Instant flux capacitor 5 months ago:
I’ve found plenty of things thinner than photons, it’s just that the photons they’re thinner than are extremely low energy.
- Comment on Slap a "quantum" on it = Instant flux capacitor 5 months ago:
Consciousness has nothing to do with the “observations” in quantum mechanics. The wave function collapses when we entangle ourselves with the outcome. Whether or not we actually record those “observations” is irrelevant.
- Comment on I love purple. 5 months ago:
Math is red, English is blue, History is Yellow, Science is green. I have spoken
- Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? 5 months ago:
Does its prevalence cause existential dread due to consumerism in the western hemisphere? 👎 Does it make chicken rubbery? 👍
- Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? 5 months ago:
Sexist stereotypes for the win!
- Comment on Oh great, I'm applying to a university that doesn't proofread their own stuff. 5 months ago:
Sorry dude, this is a case where “correct” grammar is less clear than just being slightly incorrect.
- Comment on Why using the search bar to find emojis, does it display the male and female forms, but never show the gender neutral version even though such an emoji does exist? 6 months ago:
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