fristislurper

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[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Just because I was curious: Sony comes from sonos, sound in Latin. Nike is the ~~Roman~~ Greek God of victory. Lego is is a Danish abreviation for "play well". Cisco comes from San Fransisco. Adobe is the name of a Creek near the founders house.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago

I mean, yeah, basically. It's really not very complicated.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 16 points 2 years ago

When doing stuff, my grandfather would sometimes say:

"Even small things help", said the fly, and she pissed into the sea.

Always made me laugh.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

German also does this. I think a good 20% of all verbs are just variations of "ziehen" (to pull).

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No (or very limited) editing in Okular...

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Miracast is basically just wireless HDMI

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 36 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Please please please use punctuation.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know it is not the point of the article, but the parking garage is in Utrecht, not in Amsterdam

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Netherlands has plenty of normal rail, but actually hardly any high speed. Same problems...

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ESA is not an internet provider, and also not a surveillance company? Or at least, not that I know of.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Me too, Alain, me too

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

F1TV. They are really quite a good team, I always enjoy putting the pre-weekend show on in the background.

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