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North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

I don't understand how they put Vancouver and Toronto in the same accent group. Quite distinct.

It's OK, Yellowstone in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Well, north America anyway

expensy wensy in c/catposting@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

https://arrogantworms1.bandcamp.com/album/fan-funded-song-2022

"Ten Thousand Dollar Cat", Arrogant Worms

Signal Developer Explains Why Early Encrypted Messaging Tools Flopped in c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Bugs me that in all of his examples he does the thing for the user instead of having them do it while he guides them through it. I have a 'sit on my hands' rule for cases like that. But it has been a while since I've done desktop support.

How do you pronounce zsh? Sudo? Ssh? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Zed ess aitch

I hear David Hume could outconsume him... in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Aristotle, Aristotle, was a bugger for a bottle, Hobbes was fond of his dram...

Feeling jealous toward this guy in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I felt like I was being a bit of a dick. :)

What has he done to deserve this? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Should've. Didn't. Oh well. Stuck with it.

What has he done to deserve this? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

In retrospect I definitely would have liked a duodecimal metric system, but we have what we have at this point. It's good enough and a DAMN sight better than imperial.

I mean, he's not wrong. in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

"This part of the Crown corporation is profitable on its own, we should sell it off!"

"Why are we spending so much money to subsidize this Crown corporation!? We should sell it off!"

Feeling jealous toward this guy in c/memes@lemmy.world

I'm done with Windows and Microsoft. in c/linux@programming.dev

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Most package managers store md5sums. A few times I've used that to validate package binaries. I'm not sure what tool you'd use for it, since I always just whip up a bash one-liner for it.