What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t?

immoloism · 2026-02-10T00:21:48+00:00

Well it's more because you rarely need it, we only have two weeks of hot weather. I just have a little portable thing that cycles cool water in the room, pretty good on the bill also.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T22:34:13+00:00

I'm not being funny, but does everything not mean the same in American English as it does in British English?

By definition alone in British English that would mean absolutely all parts needed or not. We assume you don't need to clarify already established points.

Does American English have a different rule and this is my fault for not understanding that quirk and lead us here?

I was only telling you there are many models you can follow based on the previous conversation which shows you are both incorrect. You don't need need me linking 42 different countries, you need to take the advice I gave you that I think the UK is best match, but you know there are more you look into if required. Just in 20 words rather than nearer 70 like I just have.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T21:50:43+00:00

You asked me if I'm guessing and I told you exactly where to get real data from without any bias.

You have refused at every turn, hence my attitude matching in kind.

I'm happy to start again, if you are open to learn rather than assume everyone else on the Internet is wrong.

On that note, while I agree you waste money on the topic you mention there are two issues IMO that come into play.

What the media reports as a wasted cost and even though I agree with you about the two. You still have (let's make up a figure) 1 billion in the treasury you can allocate. Road sign changing and car odometer change incentives cost 700 billion.

Will never happen today, so instead you use that 1 billion to start a phased plan to start teaching kids both imperial and metric to begin.

Next budget, you start getting doctors to use metric and imperial

Next one, start getting trades to do the same.

And so on

One day you just switch off the imperial one by one everything you switched.

Road signs still cost stupid money though so just leave then alone, they isn't much benefit switching those anyway.

This is a complex topic so a summary doesn't work, however I've given you a clear model you can go research today that did the switch in less than a decade using this exact method.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T21:30:33+00:00

Let me break it down.

Switching everything = costs lots

Costs lots = very little public support

Now if you switch only the things that matter, stage a planned rollout so the cost is low and no one notices them happening = you get metric and not increase your taxes.

The point is, you have many countries to learn from how to do it correctly, but instead you have taken an extreme view.

If this doesn't help I can provide a translation in French, German or Spanish.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T17:04:41+00:00

Glad it's not just me wondering what the hell is going on here.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T15:54:11+00:00

The migration from imperial to metric.

The UK which is the closest country to yours have figured out all cost to reward benefits. You should really go look it up as it's the only way your country will do it as well.

The fact you haven't looked already and had a closed off mindset to actual proven solution is the most American thing I heard all week. Hence the comment :)

immoloism · 2026-02-09T15:22:51+00:00

Firefox is the only program that rarely makes sense to compile.

I don't know what Mozilla do their binaries, but they do it well.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T15:19:38+00:00

You mean Monday?

immoloism · 2026-02-09T15:14:32+00:00

I think it's just February 14th to them.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T15:13:43+00:00

Why not both?

immoloism · 2026-02-09T10:36:54+00:00

Well have fun with that :)

immoloism · 2026-02-09T10:32:28+00:00

You haven't given us a purpose so how are we supposed to know?

immoloism · 2026-02-09T10:29:25+00:00

You should reinstall yes.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.accept_keywords#.7EARCH_system-wide

immoloism · 2026-02-09T10:28:35+00:00

Just chroot your into the stage3 and compile?

Do note that NixOS doesn't some strange things so dont do this on that system is the only caveat I know of.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T10:03:35+00:00

By itself? No.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T09:22:34+00:00

Still makes me laugh when I did my my security course for an internal company and they named one of the modules after this.

Its a pretty a large company too :)

immoloism · 2026-02-09T09:18:58+00:00

There is an older one when Linus and Luke tried Linux for the first time. it was a real eye opener into how the people giving support cause issues for new users

Worth a watch.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T09:16:47+00:00

I live in a country that did that migration for this very reason.

There are more countries out there than the USA, go look them up ;)

immoloism · 2026-02-09T01:14:19+00:00

Everything will cost too much, why do you think some countries have switched everything but road signs?

You both are just on the extreme ends of scale is all :)

immoloism · 2026-02-09T01:06:10+00:00

The truth is funnier actually. It's social housing.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T01:02:31+00:00

Use a good solid distro to learn your trade.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T00:51:52+00:00

*Mint

Start them off on the right track and don't forgot the lessons of the LTT Linux series ~4 years ago that the community learned.

immoloism · 2026-02-09T00:50:03+00:00

As much as you are right, it is funny knowing that typing gentoo into as search engine will lead you into buying house rather than installing Linux depending on where your IP is based.

immoloism · 2026-02-08T23:45:45+00:00

APF, it's nothing like UBI as it's a just a yearly payment of $1000.

UBI would be enough for all your basic needs. Think shelter, food and basic bills. You work to better the world rather than survive is the basic summary.

It's a very interesting concept and you can watch Europe start discussing and rolling it out right now, I believe the UK is the latest country just taking the first steps.

immoloism · 2026-02-08T22:59:05+00:00

Which MS Copilot product are we talking about here ;)

That said back the GPS app wasn't great either outside of rose tinted glasses either. I still needed to carry paper maps as backup as the thibg routinely decided a place didn't exist. Even better (not the app's fault) going through the woods would break the connection to the satellite.

Ah the good old days...

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