OhmsLawn

@OhmsLawn@lemmy.world

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They're talking about assisted living facilities, for anyone lost in the pond.

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An alternative would be to replace the movement.

Could be easier than fussing with the contacts.

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It's also easier to push privatization when public schools are failing.

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It is an odd tone. So much "I learned" and "I found out." It comes off as a youthful essay.

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I work in electrical power delivery for municipal transportation, supervision-level. Before that, I was a shoreside engineer (basically a mechanic, not an engineering degree) in marine services. My work has always come very organically, often starting in floor-sweeping assistant positions.

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Are the extra-thick tines on the fish and pie forks for cutting?

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I almost had the same name as a man who committed some very famous murders soon after I was born. My parents chose a different first name for me, but his was in the running. They told me they would've changed my name if they had picked the murderer's name.

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I'm not a linguist, but here's how I understand it:

This is why would is so fucked: it's used both in the conditional, and the subjunctive mood. However, nothing I see in the online resources really talks about would being used in the subjunctive.

When someone uses the phrase "would you like a coffee?" I'm nearly certain that it's the subjunctive, polite way of saying "do you want coffee." It's very similar to the Spanish quieres/quisieras pair. In Spanish you get an irregular conjugation, but in English, the whole verb changes from to be to will.

As a non-linguist, native speaker, these mood changes come naturally to me. I never had to study them. As a second language learner, this is always one of the most brain-melting facets of a new language.

Edit: "do you" obviously isn't exactly using the verb to be. I'm not sure what to call that expression. It seems like it could be its own post. This is giving me a headache. This post gets into it, but doesn't really give the specific answers that I suspect you're looking for.

OhmsLawn ,

It isn't broken. It's quirky, and they all are.

What I appreciate about Spanish over English is the ease of spelling and pronouncing new words. What I appreciate about English over Spanish is the ease of creating new words.

I have some limited ability/understanding in other languages, but not enough to judge. Except for French.

OhmsLawn ,

Truly unbelievable language. I love it. So easy to start, then you hit that wall of 25-letter words.

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I'm a sober alcoholic. I probably don't remember it.

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De Wall.

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Casually dropping Basque into your comment: +1

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First thing I thought when I read it.

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When I was a kid, my dad had a newspaper distribution business. We had a series of diesel box trucks. The new ultra low sulfur diesel doesn't do it for me, but the odd whiff of the old sour stuff takes me back to my childhood.

The last time I smelled it was many years ago. I don't really expect I'll ever get that hit again.

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And red ones mean you fucked up, big time.

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"Former President and Convicted Felon Donald J Trump" should be the way he's introduced to any discussion or article now. It's an even-handed introduction, not all-in, not by a long shot. Stinking incompetent decrepit treacherous fascist rapist felon Donald J Trump would be closer to all-in. Follow up references should be "Mr Trump" as normal.

OhmsLawn ,

Three Twentysix explains it brilliantly

https://youtu.be/SRiNc1AA8vg?si=F81tl_hCI16MWlvv

OhmsLawn ,

Check out São Paulo

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This article has some amazing photo comparisons.

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I don't know if it'll hit everything, and my use case is significantly different to yours, but Tuxedo is a pretty attractive option to me. I do want a serious dgpu, so my shopping list is very different to yours. Nonetheless, the keyboard and ports look good to me.

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That was a very interesting read.

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I don't want to talk about it.

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Both would be ideal. Sandbags for fast, light projectiles, and bricks for slower, heavier ones. Sandbags will stop damn near any bullet, but you can shoot arrows right through them. I'd assume the same would be true for heavy shrapnel, flying rebar, etc.

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The situation is awful, which makes the guide fantastically useful.

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I just automatically downvote shit like this.

"...legal analyst predicts."

I don't disagree, but come on. It's a filler article.

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By Q1 2025, I should have a full implant-supported denture, replacing my top teeth. I've had a partial for almost a year now, as I fussed around, trying to decide how to proceed. I'll be very glad to be done with this phase.

Then we'll deal with the bottom ones...

OhmsLawn ,

It seems like an insane idea, but bullets really will curve around in the most surprising ways

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I was recently reminded of the figurative usage of poleaxed. That's my current favorite.

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Fracas is a good one.

Last time I remember hearing that was when Top Gear imploded.

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It was big news about a decade ago when gravitational waves were first detected by LIGO

A decade ago. That kills me. I still think of this as a recent event. Let's not talk about how long we've known about dark energy...

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Anton Petrov's explanation of this situation

https://youtu.be/W4z5ovC5kQA?si=x_iFKXctCaN2JOgJ

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The Onion has gone so hard recently, and real stories have gotten so bizarre.

I'm really getting confused.

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I've noticed a distinct sharpening of the satire at The Onion since it changed hands.

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It's small enough that just browsing all will actually show you all.

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My intended point is that browsing all is a viable way to find communities. You won't miss many communities if you browse everything. Then subscribe to what you like, block what you really dislike.

You're right that all can be overwhelming and distasteful, but at least it really is everything, as opposed to the r/all, which was heavily filtered.

OhmsLawn ,

Ah yes.

I suppose if your instance isn't federated with everyone, that would be an issue.

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Really odd that they chose "Northern America" as a category. If wanted to exclude Mexico, they could've just used Canada as its own category.

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Apple bananas are freaking amazing. I'm always so happy when we score some at the Asian grocery. That little pop of acidity makes all the difference.

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Those are very late season fruit. I wasn't aware they weren't available up north. Look for them starting in October, I think.

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Probably checked baggage, or just in a carry-on with a bunch of other metal. They'd probably notice a loaded magazine, but a couple of rounds floating around in the bottom of a purse doesn't necessarily show up the same way.

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It must be maintained, right? I can't imagine those flat stones all holding on through every flood for 600 years.

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It's been mentioned before, but school busses are the ideal implementation of pure BEV. Their operation time to charge time allows them to be far more gentle on the batteries than mass transit, where you might only have a 4 to 6-hour non-revenue window to charge a whole fleet of busses that need to run for 18 hours at a time.

While the upfront and maintenance costs can be considerable, for mass transit, spending at least part of the route running and changing on trolley wire is a much more sustainable option.

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Same. I'll even eat them stuffed with onions. The only ones I've run into that I didn't like must've been improperly prepared (very, very bitter).

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Yes, every night AFAIK, but I sleep very deeply and seldom remember them beyond a matter of seconds. If I've had caffeine late, I do tend to remember them more.

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Everyone got professional photos, except for Red Pine, who submitted a selfie while waiting in line at McDonald's.

InternetIsScary , to Ask Lemmy
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What is something you can’t live without, technology wise that saves you time?

I have to say it’s my virtual assistant I’ve made. It saves me a lot of time with making reminders and such alarms for meetings or interviews, music etc.

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OhmsLawn ,

Having just returned from a long carry-on trip, I concur.

I spent half April washing my socks and underwear in the shower. Even without washing my outer layers, it got really irksome. Thankfully, we had an apartment (with a washer) for the second half. That first load of laundry was magical.

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