Re:Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
by wiz21c on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @03:24AM
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as a totally lambda citizen : natural gaz is a co2 emitter, so it's a no. The fact it's cheap is not enough anymore.
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Re:Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
by chrisweekly on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:47AM
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> "a totally lambda citizen"
I've never encountered this use of "lambda" as an adjective; care to explain?
Re:Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
by jmuguerza on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:38AM
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I imagine she/he's is a native french speaker. In french a "lambda" object/person is a non-specific, average one.
Re:Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
by wiz21c on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:52AM
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ah, it's a bad influence from my mother tongue. Lambda means "anybody", but that's just, well, not english :-) I wonder how somebody says it in english.
Re:Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
by mkl on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:09AM
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You might want "layperson", meaning non-expert. Is that want you intended to convey?
Re:Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train
by bobthepanda on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:00PM
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I would say the common word is "average".