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Re:Man Stranded in Alaska Rescued After Using iPhone Emergen... by bobbyi on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:00PM (#33856530)
Apparently "snowmachine" is what they call a snowmobile in Alaska. I was confused because I thought that was a device that makes fake snow at ski slopes.
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Re:Man Stranded in Alaska Rescued After Using iPhone Emergen... by lokar on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:21PM (#33856762)
There is not as much need for machines that make snow in Alaska
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Re:Man Stranded in Alaska Rescued After Using iPhone Emergen... by di456 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:28PM (#33857503)
Snow maker is what I'd call those
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Re:Man Stranded in Alaska Rescued After Using iPhone Emergen... by taddevries on Sunday December 04, 2022 @09:54PM (#33860885)
As a former Snowmaker, they're just called guns. Snow guns if you're trying to be specific.
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Re:Man Stranded in Alaska Rescued After Using iPhone Emergen... by atom058 on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:03AM (#33866514)
In Swedish, a snow maker is called a "snömaskin", which would become "snow machine" with the intuitive translation
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