GandalftheBlack
@GandalftheBlack@feddit.org
- Comment on is there anything for pigeons? I desperately need remote control pigeon 6 hours ago:
Silly what?
- Comment on 🐲 mg 4 days ago:
Pretty sure 250mya is before dinosaurs. According to the dates given by Wikipedia, Stegosaurus is 145-155 myo
- Comment on Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as retailers warn it's being stolen to order 1 week ago:
Yeah, if you’re gonna steal chocolate, at least steal nice chocolate
- Comment on Nomenclature 1 week ago:
Bouba and blouba
- Comment on A strong work ethic at the office is considered good, while a strong work ethic at your hobby is considered bad. 2 weeks ago:
When someone makes works on a project for a long time and makes something really cool, you always get stuck-in-the-muds saying things like “Looks like someone has too much time on their hands”
- Comment on YSK that Dark Chocolate is healthier than White Chocolate 3 weeks ago:
100% is best
- Comment on YSK that Dark Chocolate is healthier than White Chocolate 3 weeks ago:
I eat 100% these days and it’s so good. The smell alone is amazing. When there’s nothing masking the taste of the cocoa, you can really appreciate the differences between different types too. Also, I tried some 99% recently and it’s shocking what a difference 1% can make, it’s completely different experience.
- Comment on the public demands ANSWERS 4 weeks ago:
Sebastiàn liked his own message
- Comment on Deep Time 5 weeks ago:
I thought this was about the grass until I actually looked at the dinosaurs in the picture
- Comment on Inbred cat 1 month ago:
It’s always the people with all the dough doing whatever they want. It’s a kneedless display of flour.
- Comment on In the phrase “a long-winded response”, “winded” can be pronounced as in “wind” or as in “wind”, and both make etymological sense. 1 month ago:
The phrase “long-winded” could be reinterpreted as containing the non-standard past tense of the verb “to wind”, “winded”, and it would still make logical sense.
Something like that.
- Comment on In the phrase “a long-winded response”, “winded” can be pronounced as in “wind” or as in “wind”, and both make etymological sense. 1 month ago:
That’s not what etymology is
- Comment on YSK that you can/should budget yearly for long term purchases 2 months ago:
It wouldn’t be a shame, I’d be dead. I can’t worry or be upset about anything then. I get your point though - no point saving up money just for the sake of it. I’d like to buy a house eventually so that’s something meaningful to work towards, but I don’t think I would have any regrets about not accumulating random stuff if I died tomorrow.
- Comment on YSK that you can/should budget yearly for long term purchases 2 months ago:
This is my thinking too. I had a housemate who earned the same as me and paid the same rent, and yet every month he managed to spend all his money while I saved a good chunk. Our pay was okay - not loads, but we lived in an area with a relatively low cost of living so the money went much further than it would elsewhere, so at least saving up a safety net should’ve easily been doable. I suppose it didn’t help that he took every opportunity to go on holiday half way around the world… I don’t think I’m miserly, I just don’t buy random stuff I don’t need. I also refuse to use Amazon, which probably makes things easier.
- Comment on 'LeBron James of spreadsheets' wins world Microsoft Excel title 2 months ago:
Excelling across a wide range of fields
- Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" 2 months ago:
Maybe a jailbroken one. But I have no idea, I’ve never used one.
- Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" 2 months ago:
Any major OS should be fine, although of course a good Linux distro is best. As long as it supports multi-monitor setups, you’re fine. Not sure what your issue with browsers is, given that the ad blocker is the whole point of the operation. As for a remote, there are probably many potential solutions. A Bluetooth game controller or probably any number of apps would work as a remote.
- Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" 2 months ago:
You can plug a computer with an HDMI cable into your TV
- Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" 2 months ago:
Yeah, I donate to my favorite creators. I’d much rather do that than give YouTube a penny.
- Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" 2 months ago:
… Or you could just use an ad blocker
- Comment on Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. 2 months ago:
I don’t doubt that, I’m just saying the name itself doesn’t imply the centre of the world
- Comment on Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. 2 months ago:
- Comment on Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice 2 months ago:
TIL Scotland and Wales don’t exist
- Comment on It really is 3 months ago:
Hapax blepomenon
- Comment on New thing to ponder just dropped 3 months ago:
Not sure it’s a new thing to ponder, but it certainly is something to ponder.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
If it was Latin, the singular would be octoped(e) and the plural would be octopedes
- Comment on nice chompers 3 months ago:
Little known fact, halberds used to be covered in feathers, but they didn’t survive in the archaeological record
- Comment on An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ 3 months ago:
The week, on the other hand, is fair game.
Sounds ridiculous, but apologists will literally say this.
- Comment on We gotta be more encouraging 4 months ago:
Graham Hancock moment
- Comment on Biased source 4 months ago:
Denominalised termination
