darklamer

joined 2 years ago
[–] darklamer 3 points 5 months ago

unless the thing is originally German

This is the key, if I can read the original, I want the original.

[–] darklamer 32 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Disabling the absurdity of 12-hour clock with am/pm, which bizarrely often is the default for no rational reason whatsoever.

[–] darklamer 4 points 5 months ago

I found The Ambassador by Mads Brügger to be particularly gripping, he goes too far and realizes that he's gone too far and many uncomfortable truths are revealed:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2048877/

[–] darklamer 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Google Flights can do that, see for example this search for flights from Mysłowice to Åre which found the small regional airports of Katowice and Östersund, click on "Change flight" in the flight details to see the original search query which only mentioned the places of departure and arrival, without any airports specified:

https://www.google.com/travel/flights/s/YqdhwS3UoZT9w3F17

[–] darklamer 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, even though English grammar has dropped gender from pretty much everything save pronouns these days, there are still quite a lot of gendered nouns from times past left in the language, compare for example "I'm a father" vs. "I'm a mother" (vs. "I'm a parent"), or "I'm an actor" vs. "I'm an actress". There are also some adjectives left that aren't strictly gendered per se, but still tend to have gendered usage, compare for example "I'm handsome" vs. "I'm pretty".

[–] darklamer 3 points 5 months ago

For interactive use, apt provides a nicer interface. I can easily see why some people would prefer that.

[–] darklamer 2 points 5 months ago

You need to enter the UK using a British passport as a British citizen.

This is very common and the EU has the same requirement, anyone who has EU citizenship must use their EU passport (or national identity card) to enter the EU (even if they also have other passports that could otherwise have been used).

[–] darklamer 8 points 5 months ago (6 children)
[–] darklamer 4 points 5 months ago (7 children)

That's a lot of languages! Which ones of them are you comfortable speaking?

[–] darklamer 6 points 5 months ago

My local Viking bar no longer has axe throwing, but they still serve Icelandic White Ale so it's still OK, I guess.

[–] darklamer 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Volcán de Fuego is a wonderfully unimaginative name for an active volcano.

[–] darklamer 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

You had me at "nuclear".

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