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RainfallSonata, in Why does America say 'merry christmas'?

Personally, merry Christmas just sounds better than happy Christmas. Something about the repeated “m” sound, I think.

Varyk,

That’s called euphonics, and I agree

Deceptichum,
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It was bad when Hitler did it and I’m not going to suddenly start agreeing with it.

ivanafterall,
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It's Christmas! Let the guy do a little euphonics if it makes him happy.

Varyk,

Euphonics?

TheGalacticVoid,

Replace “euphonics” with “eugenics” and the joke will make sense

Synthuir, in WTF species of spider is this

For anyone from the Americas who thought they’ve seen these little guys before, Gasteracanta cancriformus is probably the cousin of OP’s orb weaver spider that you’re familiar with.

LegionEris,

That’s immediately what I thought of. I remember these from the woods when I was a kid.

naonintendois,

We had tons of those in my backyard growing up in South Florida.

protist,

Tons in Texas too

LegionEris,

I talk about these guys and the banana spiders a lot! Banana spiders were so cool.

naonintendois,

Banana spiders are terrifying looking. Almost crashed once because one was crawling on the roof of my car (on the inside)

cashews_best_nut,

That’s the coolest fucking spider in the universe.

ada, in Why does America say 'merry christmas'?
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Who is “everyone else” in this story?

The only place I know that days Happy Christmas is the UK

In Australia, it’s merry

Mr_Dr_Oink,

I’m from the UK, and I’ve always said merry.

I doubt it’s any more prevalent in a specific country and more likely specific to individual families and friends.

For example, i always thought it was an american thing to say happy christmas.

Rhynoplaz,

Definitely not an American thing. It’s ALL Merry over here.

jak,

My family always said happy, but we also say Gesundheit, so who knows

ada,
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Either way, happy and merry Christmas to you :)

bamboo,

Happy Merry to you too!

TheGalacticVoid,

In the US, it’s incredibly rare if not impossible to find someone who says “Happy Christmas.” It’s either “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.”

maniel, in What movie or book had the biggest impact on you this year?
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Started reading Hyperion, couldn’t finish it because of the Sol Weintraub story, it’s hard to read when you have kids

AteshgaRubyTeeth,

I finished it and read the sequel, loved the Shrike story line but there’s better scifi to read in my opinion.

braxy29,

i’m reading Hyperion now! just finished Kassad’s story. 😧

quesomodo, in What movie or book had the biggest impact on you this year?
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The Origin on Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes.

Now that was a wild read.

braxy29,

read that one 20 years ago and still think about it sometimes.

HotDogFingies, in What's something you'd like to leave behind in the old year and not carry into the new year?
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My life

blazeknave,

You need help?

Kolanaki, in best app for lemmy?
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Raccoon for Lemmy came out in Early Access the other day and I’m checking that out to replace Liftoff, since it’s unlikely Liftoff will get updated before most of the instances update to 0.19 and break the app.

doublenut,

Oh. That’s why it hasn’t been working.

cashews_best_nut, (edited ) in what are your fun, low stakes new year resolutions?
  • Lose ~15kg
  • Start a business
  • Make friends
  • Fix my mental health
  • Get my career back on track
  • Stay clear of meth
dutchkimble,

That last one might fix all of them

ours,

Failing his last one might help with the first one. But don’t.

Fenrisulfir,

Dude these all seem like they could be very hard to do. Mine was gonna be like save more/stop going to restaurants so much

ohlaph,

What kind of business?

cashews_best_nut,

I don’t know yet. Probably something in the retail tech space. Electronics, networking, SBCs, etc. It’s going to be a year of chucking shit at a wall to see what sticks.

Doorbook,

If these your low stakes resolutions, i would like to know your high stake resolution.

ours,

“World peace, end hunger, fix climate change”

ohlaph, in what are your fun, low stakes new year resolutions?

In the realm of low-stakes New Year’s resolutions, I’ve decided to approach things like a turtle: slow, steady, and deliberate.

One of my goals is to read a few pages before bed each night, embracing the tranquility of the night like a ghostly whisper weaving through the pages.

Another resolution involves culinary adventures—I plan to try a new recipe every month, daring my taste buds to dance to flavors they’ve yet to meet, maybe even conjuring a dish that turns a stinky apple into a delicious surprise. And to inject some movement into my work-from-home routine, I aim to take short walks during breaks, not as a sprint but as a turtle’s amble, allowing myself to soak in the world outside my screen.

These resolutions are gentle nudges toward a better self without the weight of undue pressure.

greenfish,
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Here’s to the year of the turtle 🐢

ridethisbike, in what are your fun, low stakes new year resolutions?

Sounds dumb, but eat more soup. Like miso soup with veggies and an egg, for example. Low calorie but filling and tasty. Trying to skip the noodles and rice with this one. Might add beans or quinoa if it isn’t filling enough

greenfish,
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I love this!

BugKilla, in How to pull rocks out of pipe in the ground?

Fill with mercury. The rocks will float to the top then you can just pick them up.

RunningInRVA,

How is this practical or safe?

superbirra,

when he claimed it was?

Death_Equity,

It is practical as rocks should float in mercury and it is safe if you use elemental mercury and don’t eat it.

It isn’t environmentally fantastic and you would want to remove it with a vacuum trap, which does make it a less than ideal option compared to a shopvac.

Agent641,
justlookingfordragon, (edited ) in Thoughts on reddit reposter bots?
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It’s a double-edged sword IMHO. On one hand, it means that people on Lemmy don’t need to give reddit any clicks / traffic in order to read the same stuff, but on the other hand, the sheer amount of reddit reposted content can easy drown out actually original content on Lemmy that might have been equally or more interesting. And if it looks like Lemmy content is 99% cloned stuff from reddit anyway, there’s no real incentive to prefer Lemmy content over reddit. Not many people actually take the time and dig deep for OC inbetween reposts.

What the Fediverse needs, is lots of original content not found anywhere else, but as long as the total userbase isn’t big enough to offer that on a consistent schedule, then copypasted content is still better than NO content at all …

Personally I dislike bots tho. If an actual human decides to repost interesting things from reddit and actively participates in discussions, that’s something I can get behind. A soulless bot just copypasting random stuff… no thanks.

SaintWacko,

The problem is that 99% I have to go to reddit for information, the information is in the comments, not the original post, and those dummy get brought over

Flyspeck, in What are your dental hygiene tips and hacks

For sensitive gums, my dentist told me to rub the (sensitivity) toothpaste directly on my gums before going to bed. The toothpaste builds up the tissue.

cheese_greater,

Good deal, 10/10 will try tn

disconnectikacio, in What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?

Seperate fingerprint sensors, which were fast, reliable, and accurate, in contrast to the shitty in screen sensors, which are slow, inaccurate, and sometimes just dont work. I would like to kill all people who were part of this shit

0x2d,

mine is pretty accurate, but you need to set up carefully

also, it doesn’t work well with a screen protector

TheIllustrativeMan,

Varies wildly from phone to phone. I prefer the in screen detectors, since they work great when your phone is on your desk or in a phone dock/charger. They need to be implemented well though.

The one on my Huawei P30 was fantastic. The one on my Pixel 6 was ass, the one on my Pixel 8 is good.

The one on the 6 was ass even without a screen protector, the one on the 8 is good even with one.

disconnectikacio,

I have huawei p30pro, and the in screen sensor is shit, its slow, unreliable, inaccurate, and sometimes it isnt works at all. Its a common problem.

On my redmi 8 pro it was perfect, as it was on the backside of phone, not in screen

herrvogel,

Eh. First fingerprint sensors were useless, inconvenient, unreliable garbage. I hated the one on my galaxy s5 where you had to SLIDE your thumb over it just so for it to work. Then the tech was improved and we got nice sensors that work well. In-screen sensors are going through the same process. Once they’ve matured, they’ll be better than the separate fingerprint sensors.

disconnectikacio,

They wont be, moreover in screen sensors are totally useless, and inconvenient things. I need to directly put my finger on it, while on my old phone the sensor was on the back side, where i naturally hold my phone! So i didn even need to think about unlocking my phone when i took it in my hand, to use it, ive unlocked it. This cant happen with screen sensors, as those arent there where you touch your phone, and the screen above it will always limit its capabilities.

herrvogel,

Counter: I absolutely hate fingerprint sensors on the back and think that’s easily the worst place to put the sensor. They get thrown off by phone cases leaving them in a deep pit where finger contact can become unreliable, and they’re completely unusable when the phone’s lying on its back on a surface. I strongly disagree that the back of the phone is a more natural spot than where your thumb most naturally touches the screen.

disconnectikacio,

My last phone was in a very hard plastic sturdy case, to stand dropping when riding motorbike, but the fingerprint sensor on the back was in a 3 mm deep pit, it was no problem to touch it without thinking about touching the sensor. How can you use the phone on a surface? Even with face unlock, i barely can do anything with it if its not in my hand. You can hold and use the phone reliably, only by touching its back, so the fingerprint sensor if there is. I touch different parts of the screen, not that single point where the sensor is, also i need to hold itt differently, to make that crappy in screen sensor work. If it works at all, as since a month it barely does, sometimes it even disappears from the menus too. One of my friends just replaced his samsung s20 too as the fingerprint sensor was barely working, just as my huawei’s sensor. I also see many fingerprint sensor problem topics across the net, all phones mentioned have in screen sensors.

CaptainArcher,

The in-screen fingerprint sensor on my s22 is damn near perfect. Unlocks the phone near instantly. And that’s with a screen protector.

disconnectikacio,

Until its stop working…

Blackmist,

I sometimes think that mine is working alright, and then I try and use it in the dark and it fails 3 times in a row because it turns out it usually gives up and uses face recognition.

And this is a proper Google phone. What must the shit brands be like?

And the only advantage is that you have more screen space which is now covered with indicators for back, home, etc, because you can fuck off if you think I’m using gestures for that shit.

disconnectikacio,

They are same. However there are some “shit” brands that still have separate sensors, which are just perfect 🤣

Yarmin,

try rescanning you finger and add it twice I’ve always done this on any fingerprint device and it improves reliability greatly at least for me

Grayox, in What movie or book had the biggest impact on you this year?
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A Canticle for Lebowitz. A post apocalyptic scifi written about earth after a nuclear holocaust written in the 1950s and is extremely fun and terrifying to read. The guy who wrote it was a WW2 bomber and only every wrote this one book and it is an amazing piece of literature.

MajorMajormajormajor,

Sounds like “One Second After” which is about a man and his family trying to survive after nuclear war hits america.

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