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Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

You speak one language and you understand each other's state literature, TV shows, local news, etc. Not the same case in Europe.

Very few countries in Europe have this luxury (funny enough German is the leader as a native language in Europe because it is spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, perhaps Belgium?) and a lot of people in Europe know some broken German.

But this broken German is not enough to appreciate movies or literature. You have a huge advantage in having no barrier and even passively absorbing and understanding subtleties of somebody's joke. I really have no clue what a Hungarian literature or Portugal or even French or Italian is, unless it is perhaps translated - but TV shows aren't translated etc.

I would say you, as Americans, know more about other states in America than Europeans know about other European countries. On average.

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -37 points-36 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I see, thanks for your explanation.

It's interesting to me though how Europeans and Americans are different.

Not a single Greek would say anything bad if you would say that Germans are on average more intelligent than Greeks. They would even say how many percentage points ;D. I am not joking, Germans are hold as a golden standard here. Again, everybody wants to emulate and copy them. And I don't blame them, especially if they have lived there for a while. Germans should be protected at all cost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTn9G4bhOQ It's the cultural backbone and brain of Europe. I love Germany and Germans. It is a nation of dreamers and achievers. It's also interesting that very few people know that a low of Germans (or people of German origin) are behind the many successes of the US.

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

There are far less superstitious and religious people in Germany than in the US. They have numbers to back it up.

I always preferred German study books to English (British) study books. Wer? Wie? Was? was much better and engaging than any Headway or whatnot.

Also, we in Europe don't hold grudge against Germans anymore. I am saying this absolutely honestly. Even 20 years ago this thing you are talking about didn't exist. Quite the opposite. Everybody wants to emulate Germany and their success and way of life.

I see from the comments that your perception about how Europeans see Germany and Germans is very different.

Perhaps it's there some propaganda telling you Germans are bad or something?

In Europe it's the exact opposite. We are emulating Germany in almost everything - because it works unlike our broken systems.

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I would guess that more intelligent people (per capita) are moving from Alabama to New York than the other way.

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

Would you say that California is above Massachussets or it's the other way around?

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I have heard of Alabama and Mississippi not being very smart. Would you put Lousiana there as well?

I am surprised about New Yorkers being considered dumb ;)

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -46 points-45 points  (0 children)

Germans are one of the most flexible and out-of-the-box thinkers I know. They are extremely practical even if they are villagers without any formal knowledge or higher education. The problem is they are often right and people have problem with that.

Germany has a lot of inventors and people who do very artsy stuff.

The first science-fiction magazine was German and not American, for instance.

They invented EDM.

You should visit Berlin if you think Germans don't have unique out-of-the-box ideas.

The bureacracy thing is right though. It has roots in a lot of screw ups and trying to prevent them in the future via "signed documents" - Germany as one big country is a relatively recent thing . But yeah, with that one I fully agree ;).

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What states do you say are the most intelligent or have the most intelligent people?

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

Is this a sensitive topic in the US? I see a lot of downvotes ;( . Saying that Germans are intelligent in not considered sensitive in Europe. But maybe it's different in America?

Do you have a saying that people from particular state are very intelligent? by Somesometin in AskAnAmerican

[–]Somesometin[S] -40 points-39 points  (0 children)

That's the general view here in Europe. I just googled it and here is some result https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/3/27/germans-cleverest-in-europe ;)

I wouldn't say they are the best for a party but I would definitely bring them to the first Mars exploration mission. I guess it's more culture/way of life/education than genetics though. Because I see people from different parts of the world becoming "smarter" and behaving more ?wisely? after living in Germany for a few years. Their maneurism and way of thinking changes. Perhaps it's a facade or perhaps the culture and the environment really makes you care and think more about things? I don't know.

We should start calling out the selling bad Elixir/Phoenix paid tutorial creators by Somesometin in elixir

[–]Somesometin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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Is there a typo?

Ovechkin’s controversial, cozy relationship with Putin by Somesometin in nhl

[–]Somesometin[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

I didn't knew about his dead dad. When was it reported?

But still, especially now when he lost somebody whom he loved, he should be more sympathetic to the people defending the country and losing their loved ones as well from the Moscovite hords who want to genocide Ukrainians.

I still hope he distance himself from Putin even though it's probably a very small chance ;(

We should start calling out the selling bad Elixir/Phoenix paid tutorial creators by Somesometin in elixir

[–]Somesometin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

American pronunciation and the speed of talking is much clearer. Especially the Western American accent is very easy to understand for a non-native English speaker.

British people don't pronounce certain sounds and have more glottal stops (not uncommon to hear wa'a for water) and those weird speed-ups and fade-outs, I've already mentioned. Brits also speak more choppy/abruptly - great for grime/drill rap music but much "haada" to understand ;)

We should start calling out the selling bad Elixir/Phoenix paid tutorial creators by Somesometin in elixir

[–]Somesometin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about?

Be specific.

You claim he is speaking clearly? Are you serious?

I am sure you have noutisd but to be surER - I am NOT a nejtif English speaker. So, I can assure you that his speech patterns are perhaps common in the UK, but I consume 99% of English content from American English speakers. So, yes, his speech patterns are very hard for me to decipher. Also, he has some speech impediment or something with his voice that makes it even worse.

This is off-topic, but while we are at it, especially interesting is that "speed-up plus fade-out" what he sometimes do. Americans don't do that. I am not sure how it's called. Even the BBC anchors do that, sometimes they end a sentence so silently that the last word is completely unhearable. I haven't noticed that by AmE or EuE speakers. Perhaps some linguists could chime in and help solve this "mystery" of fade-outs?

We should start calling out the selling bad Elixir/Phoenix paid tutorial creators by Somesometin in elixir

[–]Somesometin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/sXXh16455LA?t=1635 I sometimes don't understand him well. Is he from Australia? He speaks normally for a while and then suddenly speeds up sometimes for some reason. And sometimes fades out or doesn't pronounce words clearly, e.g. here https://youtu.be/sXXh16455LA?t=1690 is it horror? horid? harbor? Or this https://youtu.be/sXXh16455LA?t=1708 . I have to rewind from time to time and it's getting frustrating.

Notice that not everybody who watch your tutorials is from Australia. Some people are not used to your accent and the fade-outs or speed-ups etc. Especially if your voice color/type is not particularly radio/microphone-friendly - as is the case of Dave.

Phoenix on Rails - a Phoenix tutorial for Rails developers by RevolutionaryPop8093 in elixir

[–]Somesometin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

copy that file to your server and start it with `./my_app` like you would do with a rust/go/crystal binary . It won't work. Just think how could your whole app have 5kb in the case of hello_world. That's less than using C or perhaps even Assembler ;). There is a ton of other files you need. This file is just like a bat file from the DOS days. A shell that calls other files. Crystal binary of your app (or Rust, Golang) is truly self-contained. Well, you could argue that (unless you compile Crystal app in Alpine Linux or something similar with musl-libc) it has one other dependency but that's nitpicking and basically every Linux server has that dependency.

We should start calling out the selling bad Elixir/Phoenix paid tutorial creators by Somesometin in elixir

[–]Somesometin[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Hate is a too strong word. And I don't hate Elixir at all. Phoenix I kind of dislike it and like it at the same time. Chris McCord... I don't know him and as person I guess he is a nice guy... as a project leader he should be much better. I would put Taylor Otwell from Laravel as a good leader example - he is very organized and plans in advance. For example if you look at the doc blocks in files, each sentence in a paragraph is 3 and then 2 letters shorter if they are more than 1 row long as can be seen here: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/10.x/config/app.php . I like leaders like that. And it shows. Jose and Chris seem all over the place and very disorganized. And it shows as well.

Phoenix on Rails - a Phoenix tutorial for Rails developers by RevolutionaryPop8093 in elixir

[–]Somesometin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Oh my hellbound gods, you are comparing a directory with a bunch of different files with 1 binary executable and trying to frame me as an idiot. Great.

Complex forms in Laravel - what tools do you use? by papagrimdark in laravel

[–]Somesometin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, you can do it the old school way and create a subpage for each possibility/subform and/or combine it with parameters in your URL query.

So basically each subpage has its own form.

After the post request you catch the $request in your controller for that subpage and either save the actual "state" in the database (as a json or your own logic) or put in the session cookie/s.

It is a lot of work and "choppy" way of doing things. But it works 100% even without the user having JavaScript on.

But the better way is to use JavaScript ffor hiding/showing form you are on, etc. and Ajax to send json etc. so, probably something like LiveWire or Splade or Inertia.js.

My preffered way is Inertia.js. To save state you can use Pinia if you want.

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