Donut
@Donut@leminal.space
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 4 weeks ago:
It’s funny how Dutch doesn’t shy away from loaning French words, despite the difference. Examples are chauffeur, etalage, cadeau, auto and medaille.
I don’t agree that aardappel is hard to pronounce in general if you’re an English speaker though. Check it out: en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aardappel
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 4 weeks ago:
Yup, pommes de terre. In Dutch is “aardappel”, which is more literally earthapple. But I will add, the apple part isn’t referring to the fruit, but means more like “a spherical object”.
Also the French used aardappel to create the word pomme de terre for it in 1716, as they couldn’t pronounce the Dutch word.
- Comment on In the Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it? | Renate van der Zee 4 weeks ago:
Dangerous driving, repeated DUIs, ecological damage by corporations, stuff like that
- Comment on In the Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it? | Renate van der Zee 4 weeks ago:
Of course I’m being subjective and anecdotal here, but there could be a lot more in prison if they wanted to do their actual job.
- Comment on Alien: Isolation Sequel Has Been Officially Confirmed 5 weeks ago:
I would never be able to play a game like this but watching people play it has been a blast. Hope it does the first one justice
- Comment on That hurts a little 1 month ago:
Back then, Halo felt like running 26.219 miles
- Comment on EcoGnomix, a roguelite town-builder x exploration/mining game hybrid, released on Steam 1 month ago:
Had the pleasure of playing an early version last year, very cool to see how much of it has “settled” and the direction is crystal clear now. Love the little mechanics
- Comment on Every phone call you make with just the mic near your mouth and the speaker near your ear, you are having a conversational 69 where both of you are placing your mouths next to each other's ears. 1 month ago:
Can we pin this post as an example kthnx
- Comment on Intel releases one last microcode update to fix high-end desktop CPU crashes 1 month ago:
That’s returning it to the seller. In your country there’s implied warranty from the manufacturer and they will have to honor your claims if it is showing defects
- Comment on Intel releases one last microcode update to fix high-end desktop CPU crashes 1 month ago:
Can you not claim warranty / do an RMA?
- Comment on Lethal Wedding: New Retro Shooter Announced For Sega Genesis and Mega Drive | Retro Gaming News 24/7 1 month ago:
It’s a demo. If you hit the “learn more” button above it, the same link is posted under the button “download demo”
- Comment on 👁 👁 1 month ago:
From the first source on the linked study, they describe it as the following:
(…) This functions as a mirror providing the second opportunity for photon capture by reflecting light back through the retina, enhancing visual sensitivity.
- Comment on Why are people seemingly against AI chatbots aiding in writing code? 1 month ago:
Lmao what weird projection is this. As a leftist liberal quality manager, I can tell you’re full of shit
- Comment on Why is UI design backsliding? 1 month ago:
I just want the functionality organized in some predictable way and leave me some place to work in
Then customize it. If you’re using Office, it should even be transferred between devices. This is exactly why you can customize it: so you can make your type of work your focus.
I’m not here to defend MS or anything, but I can’t help pointing out the answer right in front of you.
- Comment on Why is UI design backsliding? 1 month ago:
You know you can customize the ribbon entirely, right? Make it your own and put your most used features in there
- Comment on What the heck is wrong with my succulent? 1 month ago:
Giving it more water and some light might help in the short term, but if it doesn’t stabilise soon it might not make a difference in the end. Just make sure not to drastically change the light exposure as it might get sunburnt
- Comment on What the heck is wrong with my succulent? 1 month ago:
I didn’t even see the air root at the back, good catch. So not enough sunlight and not enough water to sustain the plant
- Comment on What the heck is wrong with my succulent? 1 month ago:
Either too much or not enough sunlight causes some succulents to turn purple, and judging by the growth pattern and lighter colour of the leaves, it seems like it doesn’t get enough sunlight. It being so focused in those areas where leaves are attached would probably indicate it’s trying to heal up some wounds, and trying to protect it from sunlight.
As to why it’s dropping seemingly healthy leaves, I have a theory. If I see this correctly, the roots are popping out everywhere, indicating that it has nowhere to go. This will slow down growth and it will drop older leaves in order to sustain the growth.
That’s just a theory though. Personally, I would repot it into a bigger (plastic) pot with drainage, and place it somewhere that gets a bit more sunlight and track how it’s growing.
Would also appreciate a higher res picture to definitely say it’s the roots and maybe check out the specks on the leaves, as that could be a disease.
- Comment on Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates 2 months ago:
I don’t think so, the only thing cheaper than the Steam Deck is a Nintendo Switch, but that’s a whole different machine and also probably doesn’t support it
- Comment on Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat 2 months ago:
°C, which is not bad. Official press release (I think): …nissannews.com/…/nissan-trialing-cool-paint-tech…
- Comment on Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat 2 months ago:
12 degrees on roof, 5 on car seat. It’s in the article
- Comment on Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! 2 months ago:
What the fuck is this headline and the article. Time to block this bot too lol
- Comment on How to make the Threadiverse a nice place and effectively make it grow 2 months ago:
I don’t think there’s a big problem by using upvotes, downvotes and comments as systems that can show the popularity or controversy of a post.
Imo the bigger problem is in the comments using the same voting system. For starters, everyone the system in a different way. Most notably example is downvoting to disagree.
Secondly, because we are evolutionary wired to try and fit in, you either consciously or subconsciously try to create a comment that will give you the best chances at seeing the numbers go up and receive validation from your peers.
Personally I think the system is fine to keep running under the hood to keep the sorting algorithms available and maybe for moderation purposes, but it would be great if we wouldn’t be able to see them at all as to not be influenced by the connections we make between votes and post content.
- Comment on Made a succulent planter thing 2 months ago:
There are apps that can help identify plants if you’re not sure what you’re looking at. Highly recommend to ID them just in case. Some can be irritating, others can make your pets very sick. Please be careful!
- Comment on Made a succulent planter thing 2 months ago:
Please double check the types of succulents in there! I think they are safe (the crassula perforata variegata is safe at least), but some can be toxic to cats!
- Comment on "Age of Mythology: Retold is going to be the most approachable game we have ever built." World's Edge developers talk rebuilding a strategy classic for Xbox and PC. 3 months ago:
It’s a simpler game for sure. There were only 4 civilizations (Norse, Egyptian, Greek, Atlantian) and they were all very different from one another compared to AoE. Each civilization had multiple deities to choose from for some more specific buffs and abilities. Every type had unique mythical units as well, and these units are quite large so maps felt a bit smaller in comparison. Overall the maps were smaller than AoE anyway, but not in a bad way.
Then instead of stone there was favor, a resource like the test acquired by putting townies at your temple to pray. All in all it was pretty similar to AoE but it felt a lot less serious. I played a lot at LAN parties and we always had a blast.
- Comment on Need help on SATA to USB 3 months ago:
I’m curious, can you elaborate why you need this connector?
To answer your questions, those two USB A connectors are for power and data transfer, separately. But if you got a 3.5" drive, you’re going to need that external 12V power supply anyway.
You can plug the data USB connector into the same PC to manage the files, but you can also put it in a different PC to transfer files between two devices.
You can also use a power bank for the USB A power connector, but this will again only work with the 2.5" drives.
- Comment on Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over “child exploitation” 3 months ago:
Stop expecting handouts with 0 effort especially when the answer is one tap away.
- Comment on Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over “child exploitation” 3 months ago:
Read the article and find out
- Comment on Microsoft strips ads from Skype in a move toward “user-centric design” 3 months ago:
Can someone explain how Skype is being kept alive while Teams does the same thing? Phone number routing, calling into meetings by phone, video conferencing, etc
It just seems silly not to merge the two into one bloated piece of shit that triggers people to find alternatives