Coolishguy

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry, but the example in your comment is nonstandard usage. The part after the semicolon would typically be an independent clause, whereas the "because" marks yours as a dependent clause.

There are still comma-like uses though. The major one I can think of is as a separator in a list where each element is long, possibly containing commas of its own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not Christian, so I don't have a view on what interpretations are "correct." But if I might ask, how did you come to the conclusion that your interpretation is the right one?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In some Christianity. Many define it in terms of disobeying God, which can conflict pretty badly with the not-being-a-dick thing depending on interpretation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would only take 11 decimal digits though. Sadly, an uneven 36 in binary

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My biggest caution about this test is how some questions ask about your beliefs about society and gender in general. Someone could be a cis woman through and through but also recognize that someone's gender can change over time, or dislike the gendering of a lot of things in society. I think it reads knowledgeable people who give a shit as being a little bit fluid and a little bit agender no matter what they actually experience of their own gender.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are specific learning disabilities around math. If you think your issue might be something fundamental about how your brain works, you should look into dyscalculia

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Teacher here. Yes and ouch

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

With some industry software, the proprietary stuff really is better. There are plenty of great FOSS tools out there, but not always the exact thing you need. For example, PDF software: I don't know of any editor as powerful as Acrobat. And I absolutely hate Acrobat, but it's the best tool out there for modifying a PDF.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't know the last time you updated, but Inkscape layers got an overhaul in 1.2, released about a year ago. Still not perfect, but a massive upgrade from how they used to be

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or they don't speak English very well because they're Dutch

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Our idea of a week can probably be traced back directly to early Israelite religion. There's good evidence of a 7-day cycle by the 6th century BCE, maybe as early as the 9th. They cared which day was which because the 7th day was a holy day of rest (still practiced as Shabbat), matching up with the supposed final day of creation. Jews have been keeping this practice for a very long time, so I would guess that we're still aligned with the days the ancient Israelites were following that they thought matched up with the days of creation. Unfortunately, the exact nature of what day they decided was which is lost to time.

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