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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:29PM (#37451335)
I only meant this as "similar to the Germanic", I don't know enough to give this category a proper name
Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:51PM (#37421849)
Thanks for this!

Looking into it a bit more, the French is also from the latin source (aqua) - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eau

Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:30AM (#37420406)
Even within Europe there are many different words used for water, very cool! This is not a comprehensive list:

  Germanic - wasser/water/voda/woda
  French - eau
  Italian/Spanish - aqua/agua
  Greek - nero (νερό)
  Danish - vand
  Romanian - apă
  Latvian - udens
  Turkish - su
  Welsh - dwr
Re:Emacs User Survey (2022) on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:51AM (#33329803)
The link for the 2020 survey results seems to be https://emacs-survey.netlify.app/2020/
> File management is done by Finder and there is some very strange things. For example to enter a file (open it) you do not use the enter key but cmd+down and enter is for renaming (wtf!).

It definitely takes time to adjust for things. This example I find funny because to me the mac method makes sense. Cmd + Up/Down to go up or down file hierarchies, and Cmd + Down will also open files. For Windows it is Alt + Up to go up, but Enter to go down or open file. I find the symmetry of the mac binding more simple, but that doesn't mean that I don't adjust over time when on Windows.

Another bonus RE keybindings is that there are a number of system shortcuts that you can very easily change to your liking through System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, without any additional software.

Re:Seam carving (2020) [video] on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:22PM (#26845410)
Here is the link the current (in-progress) course materials. It's a really nice site with each lesson posted as a notebook:

https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Spring21/seamcarving/

or the previous (complete) course:

https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/

Is the feature you mean called Sets?

https://insider.windows.com/en-us/articles/introducing-sets

Looks like it was removed from Windows preview due to feedback, they may be reworking it in the background.

Re:MF DOOM Has Died on Thursday December 31, 2020 @10:46PM (#25600656)
There's probably a worse way this year could have ended, but for me, right now, I don't see that universe
For me, for the rare time I need Edge, typing 'edge' will not show me the Edge browser. It offers an internet search for that word, however if i stop at just 'edg' it will correctly suggest the Edge browser.

There are many similar examples with this same pattern.

Re:Show HN: Play Battleships on PostgreSQL on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:45AM (#24617887)
Why was I downvoted?
Re:Show HN: Play Battleships on PostgreSQL on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:43AM (#24552961)
Nice one !