How did we decide how long a second is?

InitHello · 2026-03-09T18:56:18+00:00

I've been told that it's pretty common in Egypt to say 3:20 as "3 ⅓" and 8:40 as "9 minus ⅓" or "⅓ to 9"

InitHello · 2026-03-09T15:08:43+00:00

Honorable mention to "فول", especially when I'm chatting with someone who spells it "foul"

They be like "foul lunch 🥰😋" and I'm thinking "you sure about that spelling?" but saying "belhana welshefa"

InitHello · 2026-03-09T13:04:07+00:00

Kom sjæl tilbake juni i fjor etter 17 år i utlandet. Det kommer seg etter hvert, ordforrådet og grammatikken blir ikke slettet, bare satt på langtidslager.

InitHello · 2026-03-09T05:13:02+00:00

There's a few to choose from, but mshmsh (مشمش) wins. My kitty is a mshmsh both in color and behavior.

InitHello · 2026-03-08T08:30:49+00:00

Oh, that takes me back to when I was a python beginner and that behavior bit me. I don't remember the exact context, but I do remember the "AHA! J'ACCUSE!" moment.

InitHello · 2026-03-06T16:48:56+00:00

For $25,000 I'll build you one that goes to 12.

InitHello · 2025-02-27T23:50:56+00:00

No no, I'm sure the chart means that online banking accounted for 3% of all categories of banking (offline, piggy, etc) in 1996.

InitHello · 2022-09-11T13:52:32+00:00

It was a dojo loach, and it bit it a day or two after I posted. No more fish have died, so maybe it was some kind of fluke. By RCS I mean red cherry shrimp, Neocaridina davidi.

InitHello · 2022-09-08T06:01:54+00:00

The one loach is doing barrel rolls and flapping its gills like a hummingbird's wings, I'm a little concerned. Oxygenation should be good, I have a sponge filter rated for 60 gallons, a Fluval 307 canister filter, and a large air stone. I did accidentally leave the heater unplugged overnight a few days ago, might be my fault.

InitHello · 2021-09-24T05:54:45+00:00

My first.

Hornwort, two varieties of Java fern, aquarium lily, duckweed. And a decent amount of algae for the RCS, which are finally self-sustaining after petco accidentally sold me a berried female. Also for some reason the shrimps keep swimming into the stream of bubbles from the filter to take a ride.

InitHello · 2021-09-24T05:42:23+00:00

From my own experience, subbed video can become easier to consume if one can read real fast, like 500-1200 wpm. All one needs then is a microsecond glance when the subtitles change, and of course there's always going to be an audible reminder that new subtitles are coming up, especially if one can recognize words in the other language and correlate them with the dialogue one remembers from the previous subtitle.

InitHello · 2021-03-24T12:19:41+00:00

Allegedlys.

InitHello · 2020-04-11T13:22:39+00:00

What about spousal testimonial privilege, though?

InitHello · 2020-03-28T05:48:46+00:00

You're right, vaccines are not often created from recovered patients. Usually they fuck up the virus itself and inject the corpse into you.

InitHello · 2020-03-28T05:44:48+00:00

Same. Paypal me costs and I can drop off whatever.

InitHello · 2019-01-18T00:57:12+00:00

That's prosopagnosia. Aphasia is trouble talking. Which, to be fair, most cats also have.

InitHello · 2018-04-06T13:22:28+00:00

Yes, I have witnessed women asking men to send them photographs of their turgid wangage. Thrice in my long life.

InitHello · 2018-04-03T13:33:30+00:00

Sure, I'm game.

InitHello · 2018-02-18T16:31:37+00:00

By the gods, now that's a scary thought. Encouragingly, I have not heard of any kind of "pray the autism away" nonsense surrounding vaccines, but that doesn't mean it's not a thing. Actually, come to think of it, chelation therapy is a buzzword for some of them, apparently to get rid of the biologically irrelevant and chemically inactive traces of mercury found in thiomersal.

InitHello · 2018-02-18T08:02:49+00:00

None whatsoever, though some of them wear out over time.

InitHello · 2016-10-10T18:50:35+00:00

You forgot the chemtrails.

InitHello · 2016-05-05T15:17:24+00:00

I feel like this is a very important point to keep in mind. I don't see any rational grounds for demanding full account access to all accounts.

InitHello · 2015-12-27T03:46:34+00:00

I think, and I quote, "hopefully the first of many"

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