pedz

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Possible. However as a non native English speaker myself, I kind of take pride in making sure I'm understood, and grammatically cromulent.

And i've seen multiple people apologizing for their English, then having a better vocabulary and grammar than most native speakers.

Of course some people can barely make a sentence in a second or third language. It's quite possible. I'm really bad at making coherent sentences in German, even after many years of studying it. But in my experience, non native speakers tend to be careful about this.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I thought the reverse at some point until I realized that a couple of woodpeckers were making sounds similar to squirrels. I was laying in my tent one morning and heard those calls and thought some squirrels were "fighting", but then they started pecking at a tree so I realized what they were.

Also, the first time I went in the Caribbean I thought birds were making such a ruckus in the evening but it was actually a small frog called Eleutherodactylus martinicensis.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It forced me to learn. It took me weeks to get X configured and working correctly. I had an internet subscription and a modem but it also took weeks to get it to work on Linux. My distribution came on a CD from a magazine but some dependencies were not included, so I had to reboot under Windows to download a missing package, reboot on Linux and try again, then need to get the next dependency. We came a long long way from having to specify the vertical refresh rate of the monitor in xf86config.

Starting with a French version of Slackware was brutal but I had nothing else.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Depends on the stuff and on what you will be watching it.

TV shows that were originally aired in SD will be fine in low resolution. Cartoons can usually be pretty low quality too. Old cartoons in SD on a CRT usually look great.

However stuff made for HD will probably need better quality to be enjoyable.

I've been collecting since the days of RealPlayer and still have lots of stuff in SD. Some shows are getting difficult to watch on a giant screen but the advantage of the small files is that they can be read by a toaster.

TLDR: More in lower resolution unless it's some modern shows or movies where HD is a necessity.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But then you have to deal with physical media or rip it, and also deal with the anti theft protections. Skip all of this and simply download files.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Yuck, I'm not waiting for it. If possible I'd like to run away from that thing. I only associate it with corporations and work.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

At some point, pretty much everything becomes political. I like to cycle, walk and enjoy nature. Me not wanting to get killed by a car driver is political, and me thinking we shouldn't dump toxic crap in the environment is political. The new stop sign at the corner of the street is political. Housing is political. The high price of goods is political.

It's understandable to want to escape, avoid all this crap and take a break for a while. But memes are also a way to vent and express the frustration about the current political climate.

Unfortunately those two are narcissist shit stains that enjoy having people talking about them every day so they are nearly impossible to avoid for a while.

I like to go touch some grass. Close social media and go take a walk or cycle. Think about how all the fucking money is... eeerh... touch some grass... go camping and hiking, admire the views that are about to get destroyed by capit... eeehm, that makes you feel small. Hear the beautiful sounds of nature accompanied by the dirt bikes illegally riding in the forest. All free of politics! Even when they'll invade and annex my country, I'll just be like "can't we all just stop talking about politics and share memes, please!?"

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is wrong and insulting. Si t'es un québecois (ou francophone), sors-toi ce mythe prescriptiviste de la tête.

Are you going to say that the Swiss dont speak "real" German? Brazilian Portuguese is a bastardized Portuguese? All the different variations of Spanish are not all Spanish?

AFAIK there is no linguistic process called bastardization. French in Québec, or in Canada, is French.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A word has multiple definitions.

In English (or French), milk can also describe a while liquid. There are six definitions for milk on Wiktionnary, and here is the second one:

(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans

There is also something called cement milk

A watery film of a dull white or gray color often appears on the surface. This white matter is the so-called cement milk.

I was walking under a decrepit elevated expressway and there were signs saying to be careful about cement milk dripping from the ceiling. I don't think there's any mammal involved in producing that type of milk.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

Bloc majoritaire‽

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The US skipped all the other dominoes and went straight to fascism.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

It works and would be understood but it would also be odd. The unwritten rule is to round up to a multiple of 5.

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