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[–] egrets@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

This is the dumbest comment I've read all day but I've been chuckling about it for a good couple of minutes.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

they want the ability it provides to die.

Terminal Server licensing will be bringing them in a tidy amount of money from on-prem enterprises, but it's true that Windows App has a heavy focus on Azure and will definitely be aiming to push people in that direction - it can't even connect to remote Windows PCs.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Got to be able to place a phone call. And scan the surface for enemy boats.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Don't forget 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇮🇩🇱🇰🇱🇦🇹🇭🇰🇭🇸🇦🇧🇩🇲🇻🇴🇲🇸🇴🇾🇪🇦🇪🇮🇶🇰🇼🇧🇭🇶🇦🇩🇯🇪🇹🇪🇷🇼🇸🇫🇯 and probably a bunch I've missed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_skirt

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I used to run r/etymology, so digging deeper and being able to wrinkle my nose, furrow my brow, and out-pedantize a pedant is my specialty! And indeed, also learn something in the process.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

This is true, but as it happens, the general conclusion (per the OED) is that syllabus isn't an authentic Latin word at all, it's a corruption or misreading of Greek sittybos as sillybus (spelling varies). So even though it's modelled after the Latin, it's already plural if the surmise is correct.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

This is a silly argument, but:

at some point they stopped making TV shows and movies set in the past and went to making everything science fiction

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

At the risk of being cliché, I recommend the original books by Bernard Cornwell!

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (4 children)

There's still a ton of historical media too. From my past three months of watching:

  • Gladiator II
  • John Adams
  • Taboo
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Beneath Hill 60
  • When Evil Lurks
  • Life is Beautiful
  • A Haunting in Venice
  • Wolf Hall
  • The Terror
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This goes both ways, though. I hate it when I'm linked to an article that describes at agonizing length something that was captured on video, with only the lightest smattering of commentary that adds any insight or context, and not even a working link to or embed of the footage.

Think of Anthony Weiner's furious, "The gentleman is correct in sitting!" (before his fall from grace), or Musk's Nazi salute that looked suspiciously like a Nazi salute, or George W. Bush winning a free pair of shoes.

The video of the event itself would take fifteen seconds to watch and I'll still feel the need to watch it after reading the article anyway.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Oregon Trail generation

Holy shit, you're 185 years old? What's the secret?

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Just because she likes to see the giggle doesn't mean she thinks any less of the other women, she could even hold her in very high regard.

Misogyny aside, there's nothing in this sentence that is gender-specific other than the pronouns. We should recognize it and call it out regardless.

 

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