Railison

joined 1 year ago
[–] Railison@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Let’s see how the incoming regime goes. Most people seem to view him as a useful idiot and it wouldn’t be difficult for trump to bury him by ripping up contracts or regulating him into obscurity

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 14 points 4 days ago

We need to set up a date with Daisy and Lenny

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

I miss the KDE 3.x crystal theme

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

❤️ from a 35yo

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It’s not that I can’t stay up all night, it’s that I have too much on to waste half a day sleeping

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is so mind numbingly fucking stupid. I have linguistics training and my dickhead uncle tried to pull this one on me. He’s never tried to flex his grammar on me since.

Next time this shit happens to you, try this trick.

In the above question, the word “can” could be interpreted in one of two senses.

  • One is the deontic sense, which denotes permission or approval.
  • The other is the epistemic sense, which denotes capability.

As a competent English speaker, you will easily infer that vampire is using the deontic “can”.

The confusion seems to derive from the recipient’s inability to understand that modals in English grammar can possess different senses depending on context.

It is worth noting that the deontic “can” has been documented in writings for hundreds of years. It is a normal and standard element of English grammar. Case in point: the idiot trying to flex on you knows what you mean but they’re pretending they don’t.

It’s not my problem that you don’t understand basic English grammar. Maybe you should go read a few books and educate yourself.

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the suggestion I’ll follow it up!

 

So the final thing tethering me to macOS is Apple Photos, which is really a fantastic program.

PhotoPrism looks like it’s improving quickly, but I was curious to know how it’s going today with regards to:

  • Search filters
    • Date
    • Place
    • Object/person recognition
    • Text recognition
  • Live Photo support
  • Ease of importing
  • Album support, including smart albums
  • Built-in touch ups
  • General stability
[–] Railison@aussie.zone 16 points 1 month ago

I remember HATING clothes for Christmas. But now it’s all I want (so long as it’s my style). I don’t want random useless shit at Christmas, I want stuff I can use for years and wear out.

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

FHS is an absolute dumpster fire that would never be dreamed up in this day and age

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 32 points 2 months ago

One pothole and it’s done for

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

People using carriage returns as paragraph breaks 😭😭😭

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’d agree with this. When I first started using Excel in school and university, I’d follow the instructions and not really know why I was doing what I was doing.

But then, having to work with Excel at work and make it do new shit, the penny dropped in my head and I understood how spreadsheets worked.

I use spreadsheets for heaps of things now, even if I don’t need to use formulas. Excel has some weird idiosyncrasies but it’s a good product overall. It’s not as bad as Word, which most people use incorrectly.

 
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