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- Comment on You live in Clown World when guys are using bathroom hand dryers 3 days ago:
Oh no, don’t tell me another innocent term has been captured by the far right??
In this case, using it in apolitical contexts might perhaps be a good thing, though?
Diluting its supposed significance… - Comment on You live in Clown World when guys are using bathroom hand dryers 3 days ago:
Well, I guess many one into such stuff, sooo… :-)
- Comment on How festive 4 days ago:
😦
Do we have a DINgore sub somewhere on Lemmy?
- Comment on You live in Clown World when guys are using bathroom hand dryers 4 days ago:
This sticker will definitely give guys ideas… 🫣
- Comment on 4 days ago:
Yes, actually it kinda brings its own kids friendly GUI.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
My kids learned mouse usage with GCompris at the age of 4 or so.
It has very basic ones for absolute beginners with high motivation factor.
And the rest of the educational package is also great, stuff for all ages in there.
Also free, open and multi-platform. - Comment on Gamepad for Linux Gaming? 4 days ago:
Logitech F710, works pretty seamlessly for me on Kubuntu and Mint with GoG/Lutris.
- Comment on A sock is just a foot bag. 1 week ago:
Be careful with such analogies!
The topologists might discover this post and then flock here, discussing how many holes there are in a pair of pants or so…
- Comment on What's your answer? And in the picture which news story is being reported? 2 weeks ago:
Wow, that is actually really cool!
So maybe I’ve seen you on TV 40 years ago, as I totally remember the human chain!
I think it was the first time I heard of “Neu-Ulm”, and since then the name has always been somehow connected with the helicopter images of the protests for me. - Comment on Aldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadar 2 weeks ago:
Are these even legal in Europe (the part that is not the UK…)?
- Comment on What's your answer? And in the picture which news story is being reported? 2 weeks ago:
l also had Chernobyl in mind at first. It was a big thing, as it affected life as a kid in Europe directly.
But then I remembered all the news stories surrounding the Anti-Pershing protests.
These were in 1983, the year in which humanity perhaps was closest to complete annihilation ever.Yes, the 80s were wild.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
*test*
**another test**Test successful. Nice.
I just decided to use the classic variants from now on (by adding '\'s), just as in the good old days! - Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Let me introduce you to the Bonobos, one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.
- Comment on "What is the oldest country in the world that still exists?" is a Ship of Theseus problem. 2 weeks ago:
These are actually really interesting examples.
Take Iran:
On the one hand the area were it is located has had organized societies occupying it for an insanely long time.
This would make it one of the oldest countries by this definition.On the other hand: when asked the question if the current Iran was the same country as back in the 1970’s, I would certainly say: “No.”
Occupied area and even some of the people might still be the same, but the cultural, societal and governmental characteristics have changed too radically to still be considered the same.
So, by this definition, Iran would be one of the youngest countries.I think that incertainty is what OP was getting at:
How much change do we allow to still consider a country the same as at a previous time in history? - Comment on "What is the oldest country in the world that still exists?" is a Ship of Theseus problem. 2 weeks ago:
Really relies on what you define as a “country”, and how those definitions might even have changed across time.
The US is probably one of the easiest ones.Enter Europe:
Has the German Reich with its king been a country?
Then what about the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which today is undoubtetly a country but has also been a part of the German Reich, following its king?Similar goes for other claims of age.
We have e.g. 3 “oldest” cities in my country, each relying on a slightly different definition of “city”. - Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters 2 weeks ago:
First: Some UK teachers exchanged the analogue with digital clocks. This was only to reduce interruptions by some students (during a specific kind of UK exams), who had trouble determining the remaining time in the heat of the exam battle.
Secondly: The use of analogue clocks is taught at UK schools. What’s missing is the practice that former generations of pupils had. No more wristwatches, public clocks all but gone, and (what I am nostalgically missing from my youth) no more peeking onto parked car’s dashboards to read the analogue clock there. Times have changed, and this specific partially lost ability is not the schools’ fault. (Not to say that other things aren’t…)
Can we please bury that stupid old meme, as it has been based on some inaccurate buzz and largely giving a completely inaccurate impression of the topic from the start…
- Comment on Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to lots cool stuff 3 weeks ago:
Thanks, that has been really helpful advice!
I will try to keep it in mind and rather re-mention the stuff that I refer to instead of using pronouns for the sake of clarity.
That will be hard for me, though. I do love my tapeworm-sentences with lots of indirections and implicit references… ;-) - Comment on Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to lots cool stuff 3 weeks ago:
Design as in “graphical design”?
And even if, they probably also weren’t comparing to Win11 design, I guess, because even that is inconsistent (and an eyesore on top…)
- Comment on Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to lots cool stuff 3 weeks ago:
I thought “it” in this case would clearly refer to “having to go back to Windows” from the first part of the sentence.
But I am not a native English speaker, perhaps there’s a difference to the use in my language?How would you use “it” as a reference correctly in English here?
- Comment on Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to lots cool stuff 3 weeks ago:
I am using KDE/Plasma since 20 years or so.
Each time I have go back to Windows 11, it feels like using an inconsistent and incomplete UI semester project done by some students still in their elementary semesters. - Comment on Sneaking snacks into the theater is objectively wrong if you are a movie fan 3 weeks ago:
Basically this, and this also leads to the only exception to the “not-buying-snacks” rule that I have:
In our town there is a small independent cinema (besides the big chain one), that has a little pub/cafe attached.
I make a point in coming early or meeting way before the film start and order a drink at the bar or so. Just feels right (and also is fun somehow). - Comment on Sneaking snacks into the theater is objectively wrong if you are a movie fan 3 weeks ago:
To add a different kin of unpopular opinion:
I hate the whole popcorn munching in cinemas, so I applaud everyone who sneaks in their own stuff, as that won’t be popcorn.Besides that, cinema halls are practically never full, so the cinema earns practically 100% of my entry price without loosing anything (as the seat I sit on doesn’t care if it is occupied or empty).
I never buy snacks, but I also don’t sneak anything in.
I don’t understand the whole obsession with eating tons of stuff while watching a film in public. I think that is a really strange urge that many seem to have. - Comment on Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism? 3 weeks ago:
If this question isn’t fake, it shows how senselessly polarized pictures drawn by both sides have become.
- Comment on The C programming language is like debating a philosopher and Python is like debating someone who ate an edible 3 weeks ago:
Probably would be even more effective to say they speak British.
- Comment on Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones. 3 weeks ago:
Also got my first cellphone in 2000, but I was kind of a Luditte, mobile-phone-wise at least.
Everyone around me were already texting happily to each other, so I had to relent at some point… :-) - Comment on Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones. 3 weeks ago:
Dude, don’t want to make you feel old, but 25 years ago was 2000…
It would be rather something like over 30 years ago. - Comment on Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones. 3 weeks ago:
Not to mentioned the phrases that probably never were used before cellphones.
Saying “I will text you!” would have been a really weird statement just 50 years ago…
- Comment on Buying a best-of-album is like giving the artist/label money for a playlist of their songs they created 4 weeks ago:
For me it was the weekly telephone song votings on the radio.
They often deliberatly put niche stuff in there up for vote that then stuck with me :-) - Comment on Buying a best-of-album is like giving the artist/label money for a playlist of their songs they created 4 weeks ago:
That would rather be the equivalent to “Bravo Hits 18” (or whatever they were called in other countries)
- Comment on Buying a best-of-album is like giving the artist/label money for a playlist of their songs they created 4 weeks ago:
Better than having to buy 4 complete albums just to get the 5 popular songs you actually wanted to listen to.
Solution to a problem from “back in the olden times”