Would you think of words that you don't know, ending with "phile" as something sexual (or negative)?
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 7mo ago 100%

    If you created a page called "Wugphile" I would totally think it was about linguistics :D

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  • Pope calls for universal ban on surrogacy in global roundup of threats to peace and human dignity
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 10mo ago 85%

    @Bonehead Luke 1:38 "'I am the Lord’s servant, Mary answered. 'May your word to me be fulfilled.' Then the angel left her." / Luke 1:46-48 "And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,"

    Does not sound like she didn't know what was going on, or that she didn't consent...

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  • Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 10mo ago 66%

    @aeronmelon I hear it consistently praised as one of the best things in Chromebooks.

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  • Do Huawei phones have a secret backdoor that the Chinese government can access?
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 10mo ago 100%

    @YoorWeb Thank you for sharing the links! I was very unaware of this.

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  • Do Huawei phones have a secret backdoor that the Chinese government can access?
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 10mo ago 75%

    @fishos It is emphatically not common knowledge. I'm reading everyone asserting that such and such governments have backdoors on phones or whatever device, but you're the first person to cite an example. If you have more, I would appreciate you sharing those.

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  • What's currently your favorite consonant sound?
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 10mo ago 100%

    The voiced pharyngeal approximant/fricative [ʕ], though it does compete heavily with the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative [ɕ]. In the former case I really love the mouth feel, while in the latter case I love how it sounds more than all the other sibilant fricatives. Unfortunately, I am somehow unable to pronounce the former's voiceless version [ħ].

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  • Do you prefer digraphs or diacritics?
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 11mo ago 100%

    I like chaotic orthographies (for conlangs only), so I prefer digraphs with a generous serving of historical orthography.

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  • Amazon is raising free-shipping minimums for customers without a Prime membership
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 100%

    Might I ask where you buy from? I'd like to make the switch, but since I live in another country and get my items here through courier, getting everything I need in one or two packages is significantly cheaper for me.

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    Emacs rule
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 100%

    It's rather easy to get modal editing in emacs, such as the famous evil-mode or the less famous but easier to learn and customize modalka, which I use. Note that I'm not a programmer, so I use org-mode and LaTeX editing mostly.

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearME
    me_irl 1y ago
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  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 88%

    Do not be scared

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  • U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish amid radioactive water release outrage
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 100%

    Freakonomics Radio did a pretty great interview with him. It's enlightening.

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  • its even more outdated
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 100%

    I've used SMS exactly 3 times in my life, all 10+ years ago. My phone plan doesn't even include SMS anymore. It boggles my mind that people use SMS in the US, and I mean that seriously.

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  • its even more outdated
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 83%

    If you live in most of Europe or definitely Latin America, yeah, it is so popular it's kind of inconceivable not to use it, or at least hard to imagine. I genuinely don't understand how people in the US communicate.

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  • What is the opposite of "All rights reserved"?
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 100%

    I met my favorite group in Jamendo 10 years ago. Good, good times.

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  • emacs moment
  • GadolElohai GadolElohai 1y ago 100%

    Modalka for me. It has exactly what you want and no more, which also makes it a lot easier to learn: useful for me that I'm not a programmer.

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearAN
    Anime GadolElohai 1y ago 100%
    What minor songs from anime do you think are underrated?

    I was thinking of two songs I've met through anime that are really special to me, namely, ["...To You"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdY5D06Uqg) by Ayako Kawasumi, the opening from the small anime "Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart"; and ["Never Looking Back"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiQIOiymFS0&list=PLtlhfThLf5Y5f-7B1kJKSrC7k4sAkg4gY) by Shizukunome, the second ending to You-Gi-Oh!! SEVENS. So, what are some small pieces you'd like to highlight?

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