Quilotoa
@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
- Comment on People around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic. 2 days ago:
I always found the idea of singing in a tonal language weird. I guess it works though.
- Comment on Creating bots that show russian-like speech that are anti-US would be a good use of AI 1 week ago:
- Comment on If you are embarrassed just make it sound classy 1 week ago:
French chef: What will we do with all this dry, stale bread? French owner: We’ll call it crouton and sell it for lots of money.
- Comment on How do slang words and phrases start? 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely 2 months ago:
But if bacteria killed us entirely, the world would go on with barely a whimper.
- Comment on Watch first, then wipe: Some China’s restrooms put toilet paper behind paywall 2 months ago:
Many countries have pay per use public restrooms. Sometimes there’s someone sitting outside handing out toilet paper after you pay. Sometimes it a coin insert turnstile. Us oldsters call them Johnny Cash.
- Comment on How come butthole scratches doesn't get infected with poop bacteria ? 2 months ago:
What are you wiping with???
- Comment on xkcd #3135: Sea Level 3 months ago:
Tides in the Bay of Fundy, Canada are 16 metres (50 feet).
- Comment on If conditions on earth are perfect for life to form shouldn't have happened more than once? 3 months ago:
It shouldn’t have happened at all. Abiogenisis is so hugely unlikely, it defies probability.
- Comment on Every female Democrat presidential nominee has resulted in a Donald Trump presidency 4 months ago:
Not a huge sample pool.
- Comment on Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus 5 months ago:
The early church was actually kinda communist, having all things in common.
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- Ejnar Mikkelsen, a Danish Explorer, spent two and a half years on an island off Greenland waiting to be rescued.www.vintag.es ↗Submitted 5 months ago to history@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Ejnar Mikkelsen, a Danish Explorer, spent two and a half years on an island off Greenland waiting to be rescued.www.vintag.es ↗Submitted 5 months ago to history@lemmy.world | 1 comment
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- Comment on What is something you like to tell people? 6 months ago:
We are living in one of the best times in human history.
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- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
I’m not sure why they bother with the vote. Everyone else trades and vacations in Cuba. U.S. doesn’t. Life goes on.
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- The daring Polish resistance fighter who volunteered to be sent to Auschwitzwww.smithsonianmag.com ↗Submitted 7 months ago to history@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
I’m glad there aren’t any of those on Lemmy.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
What if it’s a picture of a cat in a closed box with a vial of poison on the internet?
- Comment on “Bionic Girl” Debuts New Wireless Hands That Even Work When Detached From the Main Prosthetic 7 months ago:
I can see a bunch of geeky engineers in the planning meeting. “Wouldn’t it be cool if it could detach and still work. Think of how she could mess with people.”
- “Bionic Girl” Debuts New Wireless Hands That Even Work When Detached From the Main Prostheticmymodernmet.com ↗Submitted 7 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 45 comments
- Comment on Fusion Reactor Called ‘Norm’ Could Outperform Everything We’ve Built So Far 7 months ago:
We should have viable fusion power in about ten years.
- Comment on China says it wants to partner with Canada to push back against American ‘bullying’ 7 months ago:
U.S. or China… It’s a tough choice.