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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if there is a point where the graphs of "perceived effect on the water" cross for both this experiment and homeopathy, and what that means.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That is an interesting source. Thanks for the link!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I read every line as 4 syllables of which the 2nd and 4th are stressed. The last line is 7 syllables and can be read as two more lines of 4 beats: (pause) I am AN / aus-TRA-li-AN.

Fits perfectly that way in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Syllables, LSD to MSD.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

I like that I can hear that omitted space there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

git was designed to be decentralized. Everyone can (technically, but it is not too hard to set up if you have some affinity with servers) fork/clone another git repository and serve it up. It has built-in ways to synchronize with any other server. In fact, that synchronizing is what most developers do when they use git.

Of course, that would make it harder to know which repository has the "official" version, but in a way, that is maybe also a benefit of decentralisation. Knowing what code is authentic can be done by signing the commits.

The hubs that we see, are usually a combination of git and a way to serve the code, along with documentation, roadmap, bug tracking, automatic testing and building and the resulting binaries in a visually pleasing way. That does not need to be a part of decentralizing the code, and it is not the only way to do it.

Some of that can also be done with git built-in tracking of files, and the building and testing can probably also done in other locations, as long as there are files describing how to do that bundled with the code (which practically all projects already do).

Sourcehut (https://sr.ht) is one hub that helps developers use simpler tools for those workflows, and I think that's a good place to find some inspiration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Might not be a useful plugin, but fans of Terry Pratchett might like the GNU Terry Pratchett idea. For librewolf I use this slightly updated add-on which fixes some minor issues (source available).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Heh, thanks. I did just look up what people on StackExchange thought about it, and in short: both are correct, although the word originated as a mass noun (uncountable).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was guessing that the intended usage would be "email messages". And I would compare it to (snail) mail. You can get a lot of letters, but it is still a lot of mail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thanks! I've used emails as a plural of email for a long time, referring to the messages. Not a native speaker, maybe it's something Dutch people do with some loanwords. Never softwares or the (more recent) codes, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Falkor energy.

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