elros

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by elros 9y ago
That's a silly map, given there's no actual authority to define this and the rules are arbitrary. Here's another map of Western countries: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91&#x2
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by elros 9y ago
> no puns in sight > me want to try Perl6 out Given your own understanding of desirabilities, I'd recommend you to steer away from this community in particular. :-)
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by elros 9y ago
Such as?
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by elros 10y ago
A Fortnight is a period of fourteen days, or two weeks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight
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by elros 10y ago
You're gonna have to let the Debian people know about that. They've been calling themselves an Operating System for as long as I can remember. :-)
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by elros 10y ago
Well if we're gonna be pedantic let's not forget the vocative comma: "This comma could cost you millions, kids." :-)
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by elros 10y ago
Well, that's a kernel. I don't see why something needs to be either a distribution or an OS. Ubuntu is an operating system. It is also a distribution of Linux. If I'm using Debian with the Hurd kernel, is the actual OS Hurd?
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by elros 10y ago
> An OS is a kernel and userland developed together in its entirety. [citation needed]? How is a Linux distro not an OS? Isn't it the Operating System on whatever machine it's running? If I run Ubuntu or Arch, what OS am I usin
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by elros 10y ago
Regarding your second paragraph: I find the English word "cunt" extremely interesting, because my own native languages (French and Portuguese) simply do not have any words that convey the level of offensiveness that seems to be co
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by elros 10y ago
I don't know how you read it, but if anyone would ever call me a "Cranky old Unix dude", I'd take it as a major compliment :-)
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by elros 10y ago
Well in most civilized places, including where I live, ordinary people don't have to deal with dental costs on a one-off basis. You just pay your taxes (or the state pays them if you can't afford it) and you're provided with
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by elros 10y ago
It is still an adjective in this context. English becomes more and more copula-dropping – i.e. leaving out the verb "to be" when it can be implied by context. If you add it back you can see how it's an adjective: The opposite
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by elros 10y ago
I think, technically, in 2064 :P
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by elros 10y ago
I think that's a false equivalency. The cost for people on AZERTY to just get a nice QWERTY layout, individually, is very small, and can be implemented on a personal level. Units of measure have to be, more often than not, coördinated
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by elros 10y ago
Could you (also GP) elaborate on what do you do in this "you" hour? Genuinely curious if it involves primarily things away from screens or not.
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by elros 10y ago
Isn't the US Military one of the best-funded organizations in the planet, though?
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by elros 10y ago
I for one would make no design decisions at all taking French AZERTY as a consideration. As a Frenchman I feel I can say it's the world's most badly designed keyboard that's used in a major language. I would truly like to kno
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by elros 10y ago
Sure, granted, and I'm sure GP agrees. However this major subtlety between licensed and purchased goods could not be clear to the layman, so it's also arguably our responsibility as technical types to elucidate the difference.
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by elros 10y ago
In France, they're "baskets".
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by elros 10y ago
> I still consider fruits as desserts and not very healthy... Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but why wouldn't fruits as desserts be healthy?
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by elros 10y ago
No, no, you're not. There is no child. You're getting rid of an embryo, and embryos have no rights.
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by elros 10y ago
For the record: option-n and then 'a' will create ã option-n and then 'o' will create õ
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by elros 10y ago
But wouldn't Koc be pronounced something like "Kodj"?
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by elros 10y ago
Something I don't understand regarding the process of using reusable bags when buying groceries is, where do you actually get plastic bags to put your trash in before putting it away?
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by elros 10y ago
Firstly, out with Temer! It was most definitely a coup. The people prosecuting her couldn't care less about the alleged violations, that's just a nifty way they managed to get into power. The people in charge now manage to be even
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by elros 10y ago
Well, I don't think "work" in this sense is referring to problems to be solved. I think it refers to that which society is structured around and makes most of us have to be somewhere at a certain time, doing a certain thing,
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by elros 10y ago
I wouldn't say the staff (as in, doctors and nurses) are careless. It's just that in many hospitals the state hasn't been paying for cleaning services. There have been multiple instances of rats being found in hospitals, for
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by elros 10y ago
Publicity? What publicity? From the perspective of the politicians in charge, who cares? If athletes don't get sick, the politicians get political capital. If athletes do get sick, the politicians will be nowhere to be found. Either wa
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by elros 10y ago
What's more, some nationalities have specific nouns for them, but not all. A Spanish person is a Spaniard, a Finnish person is a Finn, but a German person isn't a Germ. Then there are those that fell out of use. There are Englishm
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by elros 10y ago
I own the car.

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