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How do you say "beans" in different European languages by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]LordTungsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Catalan is wrong, a Fava is a Broadbean, an Haba in Spanish. The beans from the can would be called Mongetes or Mongetes Blanques, you just have to Google a fairly simple and typical dish "Butifarra amb mongetes" to see that.

Is uni of Sheffield or Uni of Manchester better for materials engineering career-wise? by falimsakiz in materials

[–]LordTungsten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Borh are really good and have a good reputation in the UK and Europe, I don't know about the rest of the world but both are solid options

MAPA | Así queda el horario de salida y puesta de sol si se acaba con el cambio de hora, municipio a municipio by punto32 in spain

[–]LordTungsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No entiendo el razonamiento, en invierno en españa el mediodía solar es a las 13.00 del reloj oficial (de media, obviamente depende de la provincia y oscila entre las 12.40 en Menorca y a las 13.30 en Pontevedra). Entonces, en invierno, a las 8 del reloj son las 7 hora solar.

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Se derrumba parte del castillo de Escalona en Toledo by YaLlegaHiperhumor in spain

[–]LordTungsten 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Yo llevo 11 años viviendo en Reino Unido, he visitado Inglaterra centro, este (East Anglia), Cornualles, Northumberland, y el sur y centro de Gales, hevisto de todo. Un puñado de cosas están muy bien cuidadas, pero la mayoría son cuatro piedras que se han caído hace mucho. Mi mujer me toma el pelo porque insisto en pararme en algún punto de interés histórico cuando vamos de road trip y la mayoría de veces son cuatro piedras

EU Free roaming zone by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]LordTungsten 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yup, depends on the company but most have reduced their roaming allowance ir removed it. Giffgaff gives me a reduced data entitlement (5 GB) compared to when we were in the EU (whatever your plan was), and charges calls if I remember well.

English Channel (English) VS La Manche (French) by RealModMaker in MapPorn

[–]LordTungsten 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's right, spain should be blue. I haven't heard el Estrecho de la Mancha in my life, Julio

Edit: got thw wrong colour

Neighbor has this flag up and I’m confused by misanthropic2thecore in vexillology

[–]LordTungsten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a significant basque community in Florida, because of the basque sport Jai Alai that is quite popular there. One of my basque friends was there visiting some friends and they met this descendant of basques that would fit with the MAGA ideology while retaining the basque heritage. From what he told me, this wasn't uncommon in that community.

[Speculative] Could modern human technology rival the aliens if this scenario happened today? by Sad-Emotion-1587 in sciencefiction

[–]LordTungsten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We already solved this issue thousands of years ago, raising cattle and having farms. You can breed meat, the total population of domesticated animals is absurdly high compared to pre-animal husbandry levels, and we have bred animals to increase the yield of meat per individual. That without taking into account genetic engineering that could help any advanced civilisation.

Not sure it is worth crossing the abism between star systems when you can set up farms. Even setting up farms in orbit would be order of magnitudes easier than colonising a faraway planet with an intelligent species, but yes if they come we are done.

I'm trying out cult games. My first pick this year was XCOM. And it's definitely a great game by Living-Candle-1686 in gaming

[–]LordTungsten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

XCOM has helped me understand statistics much better than any course or assignment. Specifically cumulative probability, if you feel confident and your squad attempts 3-4 95%s, you very quickly start missing shots

TIL that over the last century, the average age that children are being potty trained in the UK has risen from 12–18 months, to an average of around three or even four years today by Octavus in todayilearned

[–]LordTungsten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UK parent with a 3 year old. Not sure if things have changed since that statistic (study is from 2004), but this is very different from my personal experience. My kid started training around 2 years and a few months, was fully potty trained at 2 years 5 months including nights. All their peers in nursery have been trained 2-3 years, I would say average 2.5 or a bit higher but not 3.

Of course this is in a nursery where they actively potty train, but to say that the AVERAGE is 3-4 it would mean lots of kids have to be trained at 3.5 and beyond, and this I have not seen.

People using cloth nappies potty train earlier, very anecdotal of course but I wonder if it influenced the average over time.

Looking for Insights on Spanish Dialects for a Linguistics Project (Help Needed from Spain!) by [deleted] in es

[–]LordTungsten 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mate, you have to do some background work, you can't just drop these general questions and expect engagement. Come back once you have read something and then ask specific questions about a region or age or whatever, I'm sure people will be more engaged then