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[–] bier@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's interesting because this also happens in other languages. In Dutch we only use couple (koppel) for people in a relationship.

If you are talking about other things we use "pair" if you have two. But over time people also started using pair wrong, so someone saying "ik heb een paar knikkers" I have a pair of marbles, can still mean he has 5 marbles.

In practice people usually just say I have two marbles when they mean exactly 2.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

To add to this, jealous is for example when you are afraid your partner will dump you for someone else.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago

Yes we need more long time energy storage. It helps to balance the energy grid and it helps for days when not enough energy is produced. Batteries aren't really the answer, but pumping water uphill might be.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I work in software development, I understand websites, webservices and the backend it all runs on at a pretty deep level.

But I never owned an Apple device. So whenever my wife (iMac user) has a problem and I try to help, I struggle with all the basic shit. I don't know the interface, don't know the menu structure, don't have muscle memory for basic key bindings (like copy paste).

Same with my parents, a few years ago my dad gave my mom his old iphone, didn't do any factory reset etc. She used logged out his apple id and logged in hers. But the apps he installed refused to update, very little information from the device about the problem. They don't know you shouldn't do this and just give me the phone and say apps don't update. It took me a while to figure out what the hell was even going on.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 6 months ago

If you ban tabacco all out its going to create a huge black market. Addicted smokers that don't want to stop aren't just going to stop.

But, raising the legal smoking age with one year every year might work. Tabacco use is already pretty low for GenZ as smoking isn't "cool" like it was in the 70s.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 12 points 7 months ago

I just found out GUMBIES 7 isn't backwards compatible with GUMBIES 1.

And yes I know GUMBIES 1 was released in 2013, but still what the actual fuck!

[–] bier@feddit.nl 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about the windows stuff, haven't used it in years. But back in the day installing Ubuntu was super easy (just boot from USB stick and install and mostly everything works). But a fresh windows install was a real pain like downloading drivers for all your hardware etc.

Nowadays it's pretty easy in both cases I guess.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

That's a valid point, but it's not like the Jews never lived there, go far back enough and it's a very different situation. That is what makes this entire conflict so difficult.

That is why I think it's good to just look at current events.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The 2 things are not the same

Russia a country invaded Ukraine a country.

Israel a country was attacked by Hamas a terrorist group and in response invaded Palestine a country.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Throwing darts at balloons

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

https://theicct.org/publication/co2-emissions-from-commercial-aviation-2013-2018-and-2019/

Based on that graph it's 85% of aviation, so I think it's under aviation, because passengers make up 85%

[–] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Also because aviation is actually not a big part of the CO2 emissions

https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector

We should still try to fly less, but there are other sectors that can make a much bigger impact.

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