A lot of the top set come from latin and/or french (sometimes borrowed from one into the other first). Lots of words around the legal system, government, nobility, etc. come from those roots. Many from the Norman conquest but some earlier. Some even got borrowed in twice (not french but both shirt and skirt are borrowings of the same word at different times).
A lot of diplomacy was also french be cause that was the language for diplomacy for a long time. For some sciences, it was German.
A lot of the more working-class, I guess, and later words follow the old Germanic patterns (the base of a lot of old English coming from Anglo-Saxon and, to a lesser degree, old Norse)
Sure be a shame if all that selling screwed up the economy enough to completely offset any gains of collecting everything they can carry and immediately sell it instead of, y'know, roleplaying how actual people in that world would behave.
If I have to give only a binary yes/no answer, the answer is no. In reality, there are lots of variables ranging from breed, pen size, herd makeup, season, socialization, hunger, weather, and even more that would factor in. That's without considering the other variable of you as a person they don't know.
Edit: that's not even to say the cattle or a bovine would intentionally hurt you. They're big, sometimes clumsy, have horns, etc. I follow some youtubers who have been raising cattle anywhere from a couple years to most of their lives and they still are very careful in a lot of their movements and interactions.
I want to get started 3d printing, partially because I bought a house and farm and need to replace some little bits and bobs that don't necessarily need to be super strong. It just seems a bit too much to try to figure out right now.
I have a 200v induction cooktop. My only complaint so far is that I don't quite have as fine-grained control as I did with gas, but that doesn't matter most of the time. It also isn't heating up and around the pan. In any case, I have a portable casette gas stove if I really want to make Chinese in a wok with high heat and the flame coming up the sides.
My water heater is an eco-cute and does quite well for energy efficiency. It was a bit of a change coming back from instant on-demand gas water heaters, but it's fine now that I'm used to it.
They didn't have trouble recognizing blue. How would that even work? Blue things were and are blue. The article includes lots of bullshit which is to be expected for a site that has all kinds of pseudoscientific bullshit and pseudoarchaeology.
I don't actually care about the linguistic side of it; we call a green traffic signal a blue light here in Japan (and the new ones are more blueish, but the old ones were much more green). I think Vietnamese and other languages do that.
When I skimmed the article, it was arguing that people literally could not see the blue, or at least was worded thusly where I looked before noping out of there. The literal title is "Hidden Hue: Why Ancient Civilizations Failed to See the Color Blue?" Not "failed to give it its own name" but "failed to see".
Yeah, there are definitely interesting conversations to be had. I actually saw an interesting video on the vision/linguistic side. I was just trying to find it to share but, speaking of enshitification, yoube's search is ass. Why can't I search in my subscriptions?!
I imagine data security and what the government would know is putting some off. It is part of the reason the national ID (My Number) faltered.
Off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are more, people use: tinder, bumble, Pairs, Zwei, Zekushi, and probably more. Pairs and Zwei, at least, are geared toward long-term and marriage. Pairs had a very bad UX and, of course, a cost. I did meet some people on there, but nothing lasted (one nearly did, but I wasn't doing another LTR with a barely-functional alcoholic that otherwise was a great match).
The country's ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that....
The japanese article mentions some of it is sent to recycling companies with the one example using it for pig feed. The numbers are also probably higher because some had been thrown away before the volunteers/workers did their survey
My gut is that food safety rules here probably make that difficult (though I don't know for sure). They have a pretty short shelf life being raw seafood (in many cases) and are already steadily discounted as the day goes on before being tossed.
Edit: the article also mentioned things like Christmas cake that do last longer but can't really be turned into anything else. I bought a Christmas cake a day or two after once
In principal, I 100% agree. We do have food banks here, especially as the yen has dropped against the dollar making imports more expensive (and tons of things here are hit with that even secondarily as fuel and such is largely an import), inflation, and the economic shake-up during and after corona.
The issue specific with ehonmaki/sushi is the raw fish component and the way they're held during the day (not in closed coolers for the most part, but the open type which can be much more variable in temperature). I don't think they should give away potentially dangerous food. The other stuff, yeah, 100%
As a programmer, I don't even know what we're looking at. A switch, I would guess, but I haven't seen hardware in years. In any case wouldn't "port 21 <bottom|top>" been better?
Yeah, I had never seen a connector that looks anything like that, but I figured I was just behind the times (since it didn't look like Ethernet plugged into it to me)
It's no secret that people with adhd often have sleep issues. I certainly do. I'm curious what bedtime routine helps others sleep. My partner likes to read a boring book before bed, but I struggle to read books unless they are engaging. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)
until bed: low light (not blue light). No more non-fiction (no news, no work-related, etc.) and no games. Basically, nothing to get the mind/body worked up.
bed. No screens or lights. Light music or white noise if needed.
This works pretty well for me, but sticking to it 100% of the time can be a bit difficult.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government's proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
I heard it last night in a movie. From an actual phone, it's been a few years, but less than 10. EDIT: actually, less than 3 years as I had to fax paperwork to get my internet. Japan!
I liked it (well, after the Duct Tape mod, anyway) and enjoyed having more lore and info. It definitely doesn't feel like a normal doom game, though, so I'll give it that.
In the rare occasion I wear something to bed, I've never done this. If I've done it in my sleep, I don't recall waking up that way or anyone ever commenting on it. My wife will sometimes sit with her hand in her pants on the sofa, kinda like Al Bundy.
The answer could be however many beats the longest note is at however many BPM you choose given that 60 is a large enough number to cover each pitch and quality of note in the piece. Having all the essential notes and durations covered, the rest is just inessential noodling left as an exercise for the reader.
I often take painkillers (acetaminophen aka paracetamol), but I've noticed that it's much more effective if I take them TOGETHER with my ADHD medication (ritalin aka methylphenidate) + my morning coffee. If I don't take them AT the same time, the painkiller is far less effective....
Wrong question, I would argue. If you have a morning headache, you should really find the root of that and try to resolve it making the medication unnecessary.
I have everything pretty much ready to launch full time. Time, skills, customers, support from family. But I'd leave my current job behind and with it my family's health insurance for the foreseeable future. I can't afford any of the options I've seen. It's the one thing holding me back. Any ideas for affordable health insurance...
Does your idea only work in the US? Can you move to a country that's, y'know, more sane with healthcare (and I say this as a former US healthcare IT worker now living in another country).
I was in university then and we actually used Yahoo mostly to learn about how to search (back then with boolean operators and other things). I don't recall covering google. I think maybe we had Alta-Vista as well? Of course, Archie, Veronica, etc. were still taught as well.
I think it's great (I live in Japan), but I do worry about operations and maintenance after. Allegedly, overtime and burnout are ridiculous at some Japanese train companies and the rules are super, super strict; I don't think that would fly in other countries. The maintenance and staff are what keep things safe and efficient here. I have a feeling costs would be more in other countries both for paying overtime and more workers as well as keeping talent that actually care and are diligent.
Edit: to be clear, I don't think overtime and such to that level should be required; people should have a good work-life balance and wages.
People have playlists and multiple ones at that 0.o What are the usecases of playlists? I guess maybe I could see working out, but wouldn't the same songs in the same order over and over lose their punch?
Edit: could you please explain instead of just downvoting? I'm genuinely unsure here.
Creates a lemon that, when chewed, grants the same effect as an aid spell. However, the lemon is unusually hard and carries a chance of breaking a tooth.
This image convinced me to make pizza. No glue, though I guess it technically involved flour and water (and starch and/or cellulose on the pre-shredded cheese)
As I've gotten older as a player, I have found myself dropping some eras of gaming that I used to be nostalgic for. One of them is the 8-bit era, the NES days. I have played some of the best that system had to offer and I will never say that system didn't have any good games....
I never played n64 (except maybe a couple rounds of Mario kart, but that may have been gamecube). I tried to play ZOoT, goldeneye, etc. and found the controls and camera awful. With no nostalgia for it, I was out in about 30 minutes (I think less on goldeneye be cause of that abomination of a controller).
The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the town’s huge popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms....
Popular among teenagers, the large electric bikes have triggered ‘numerous complaints’ to councils as fears grow for the safety of riders and pedestrians
Japan also (though not sure on max speed's exact value). Bicycles here aren't generally allowed on sidewalks, either (with exceptions for kids/elderly)
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
I got not long after they stopped DVDs and the selection plummeted in the areas I was interested (a lot of niche films and foreign films for language practice, so not super common). Have not regretted it.
the type of earwax you have comes down in part to your skin type, Dr. Shapiro explains. People with oilier skin may have wet earwax, while those with drier skin tend to have dry earwax, she says....
British English is not some monolith and was less homogeneous than it even is now at the time many were coming to the Americas. If this were true it would only be true for a particular region. English outside of the UK also diverged as it no longer followed trends happening there, and regional variations went in sometimes different directions.
Even within the US, English isn't super homogeneous. Look at Appalachian compared to California or someplace. Parts of Louisiana have unique features from Accadian and influence from Spanish.
The US population only accounts for 4.2% of the world.
Why English language is sometimes "lazy", sometimes not
(non-native speaker)...
Sometimes it's just easier to let the players shop ( lemmy.world )
"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. ( lemmy.world )
Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows?
City boy checking in....
Common printing questions
Roll to hit
Climate goals could make gas heating obsolete. So why do gas companies keep adding customers? Building more gas infrastructure is like investing in video rental stores 15 years ago, says expert ( www.cbc.ca )
What games did you have a good time with that you just never finished?
TIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color blue ( www.ancientoriginsunleashed.com )
Majority of Japanese support government-run dating apps ( www.asahi.com )
Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers ( www.bbc.com )
The country's ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that....
Instructions were unclear:gotta be precise with that anotating tool ( unfufadoo.net )
What bedtime routine helps you sleep?
It's no secret that people with adhd often have sleep issues. I certainly do. I'm curious what bedtime routine helps others sleep. My partner likes to read a boring book before bed, but I struggle to read books unless they are engaging. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)
Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a 'job killer' ( www.cbc.ca )
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government's proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
World Food Programme Pauses Use of US Aid Pier in Gaza Due to Israeli Attacks ( truthout.org )
Can you read the ancient glyphs ( lemmy.world )
Dial Tone
Sometime, probably close to 20 years ago, but perhaps more recently, you heard a dial tone for the last time and you didn’t even realize it would be.
DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 1 (4K) | Coming 2025 ( www.youtube.com )
We are so back
Have you got any weird questions for the opposite gender?
That's it
Beethoven's 9th Symphony ( sh.itjust.works )
Am I ruining my liver?
I often take painkillers (acetaminophen aka paracetamol), but I've noticed that it's much more effective if I take them TOGETHER with my ADHD medication (ritalin aka methylphenidate) + my morning coffee. If I don't take them AT the same time, the painkiller is far less effective....
German parliament will stop using fax machines ( www.npr.org )
Saw 37 the software Dev ( sh.itjust.works )
but stackoverflow how i fixy the brokey!
[US] I'm hesitating launching my own business because I'd lose health insurance for my family. What are my options?
I have everything pretty much ready to launch full time. Time, skills, customers, support from family. But I'd leave my current job behind and with it my family's health insurance for the foreseeable future. I can't afford any of the options I've seen. It's the one thing holding me back. Any ideas for affordable health insurance...
'Google Cast' is replacing the 'Chromecast built-in' brand ( 9to5google.com )
Well, at least they aren't outright throwing the functionality in the trash.
Google ad on a magazine from 1999 ( i.redd.it )
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Japanese Companies Help Build Metro Lines Overseas; JR East And Others Share More Than A Century’s Worth Of Knowledge - The Japan News ( japannews.yomiuri.co.jp )
What song insinuates itself into all your playlists and why do you think it's there?
If you were to homebrew this spell, what would it do? ( lemmy.world )
Google's AI search feature suggested using glue to keep cheese sticking to a pizza ( www.businessinsider.com )
What are some eras of gaming that you've stopped feeling nostalgic for? ( kbin.social )
As I've gotten older as a player, I have found myself dropping some eras of gaming that I used to be nostalgic for. One of them is the 8-bit era, the NES days. I have played some of the best that system had to offer and I will never say that system didn't have any good games....
Japanese town overrun with tourists puts up view-blocking barrier near Mount Fuji ( www.cnn.com )
The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the town’s huge popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms....
Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with potentially dire impacts on sea level rise ( www.cnn.com )
They’re fast. Pedestrians are furious: ‘fat’ ebikes divide Australian beach suburbs ( www.theguardian.com )
Popular among teenagers, the large electric bikes have triggered ‘numerous complaints’ to councils as fears grow for the safety of riders and pedestrians
Russian soldier puts a washing machine drum on his head when he sees an FPV drone. ( streamable.com )
https://t.me/ssternenko/28802...
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads ( www.techradar.com )
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
TIL that there are two types of earwax: wet and dry ( www.self.com )
the type of earwax you have comes down in part to your skin type, Dr. Shapiro explains. People with oilier skin may have wet earwax, while those with drier skin tend to have dry earwax, she says....
Listen to those funny accents ( lemmy.world )