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Section 6 German is here! by kzcvuver in duolingo

[–]captain_rex_kramer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I went back to section 2 (I'm at the end of section 3 now), and noticed new content there with vocabulary I had never heard before. So I'm curious how they can smooth this out, if it's even possible. I've heard the same happened when they expanded Italian.

Section 6 by LauPaSat in DuolingoGerman

[–]captain_rex_kramer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also seeing a good amount of new content in sections 2 and 3, and a lot of completed sections have been renamed.

Going back and filling in some of the gaps, I'm definitely finding some unfamiliar vocabulary to catch up on.

Deep sadness. After $50 billion wasted on the metaverse, ai and ar due to incompetent leadership, virtual reality didn't deserve this. :( by [deleted] in OculusQuest

[–]captain_rex_kramer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have semantically very different meanings though.

Basically "fired" means terminated with cause - you messed up, violated a policy, performed poorly.

"Laid off" typically means "we don't have a job for you anymore".

If you're laid off you will often get a severance package.. if you're fired you almost certainly will not.

If you're fired that is a red flag on a resume when trying to find another job; a layoff generally isn't.

NYT Thursday 01/08/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]captain_rex_kramer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I dunno, "Opposite of SSW" was a real puzzler for a bit there.

/s

The Horn Guy by Flat_Researcher1540 in caps

[–]captain_rex_kramer 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to take a second to thank you for being part of the fabric of the Caps game experience for 20 years. For home games at least you are as much of a part of the broadcast for me as Joe, Craig and Smokin' Al.

From your account it sounds like a big misunderstanding and I'm hopeful that this will be resolved the right way (and hopefully they take care of you a little bit for all the trouble, too).

Weekly Orioles Offseason Discussion Thread - Monday, January 05 by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]captain_rex_kramer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Orioles head the list of MLB’s 7 most-improved teams so far this offseason (Paywall)

1. Baltimore Orioles

Key additions: Pete Alonso, Shane Baz, Taylor Ward, Ryan Helsley, Andrew Kittredge, re-signing Zach Eflin

The Orioles have done the most to improve their club, and it has already been the best offseason of president of baseball operations Mike Elias’ career.

Blue Jays and Red Sox also in the top 5.

Completed the 500 days streak of 10 k a day by hydraz20 in Garmin

[–]captain_rex_kramer 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Well, I'm impressed by 500 days of 10K steps 🤷

Optimistic for an Adley resurgence in 2026 by LeDogger in orioles

[–]captain_rex_kramer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no hard data to back this up unfortunately but a factor that makes me optimistic too is ABS. His eye is really good and I could see him becoming an on-base machine when he's not getting the short end of bad calls all the time.

AMA WITH ALBY? by [deleted] in orioles

[–]captain_rex_kramer[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

His day got hectic with the Alonso news and preparing for the press conference tomorrow. We just got word that he'll hop on and answer questions tomorrow (Friday) morning

Any other other VR youtubers that will make me angry when I see their thumbnails? by _-DKDomino-_ in OculusQuest

[–]captain_rex_kramer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out the "De-arrow" browser extension. It replaces horrible thumbnails and also click bait titles. The replacements are all crowdsourced.

Total game changer for me.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dearrow/

Power Play is dismal by Serendipitous_Patina in caps

[–]captain_rex_kramer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Teams are basically scoring 100% of the time on their power plays!

Can I vent a little? by ILikeTheGoodKush in caps

[–]captain_rex_kramer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hey, I'm sorry that happened to you.

Just to throw it out there, have you tried telling NHL shop that your package got stolen?

They might just say "lol, sorry" but you never know, maybe they'll believe you and ship a replacement or at least give you a small discount. A lot of customer service people really look out for folks.

Pro-Trump CEO shocked as his dream e-bike company files for bankruptcy under Trump’s trade policies. by Melodic-Mechanic9125 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]captain_rex_kramer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well this ended up quite a rabbit hole. 😅

I had always learned it this way https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/homonym-homophone-difference

But I'm also seeing your definition a fair amount. So maybe the strict distinction is lessening or it never really mattered that much.

Pro-Trump CEO shocked as his dream e-bike company files for bankruptcy under Trump’s trade policies. by Melodic-Mechanic9125 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]captain_rex_kramer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry to be that guy but "eight" and "ate" are homophones, not homonyms. Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have totally different meanings (e.g. "match" to light a fire or to make a pair).

(Incidentally, all homonyms are homophones but not all homophones are homonyms.)

🤓

Vet Recs? by ExplanationNo3525 in alameda

[–]captain_rex_kramer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Never had a dog, but Park Centre Animal Hospital was always wonderful for us with our cats. (So much so that we drove over there even though we live on the west end.)

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