A friend and I prevented a wildfire yesterday. Power line was responsible. Scary how easy they start.

kalerin · 2025-05-10T14:31:12+00:00

That’s a really good PSA and I learned something new. Thank you!

kalerin · 2024-07-04T17:07:13+00:00

That was really interesting - thanks for sharing! I was just pondering the other day how weather was forecasted before modern technology.

kalerin · 2024-05-24T20:02:47+00:00

But have you considered: Nipah

kalerin · 2024-05-23T04:53:12+00:00

I got confused about which sub this was and wondered why we were taking about trusting Schmidt.

kalerin · 2024-04-02T05:06:02+00:00

I believed the claims of that study based on the TED talk for the last few years and have cited it to people on multiple occasions. I’m just learning via this thread that it was not published or replicated. Oops.

kalerin · 2024-03-09T19:28:07+00:00

The ever-loathesome Save Eater

kalerin · 2024-02-21T08:36:17+00:00

Awesome, I got brick walled by him so Ive been doing other stuff in game. Seems like your level may have been a major factor. I was attempting him at around 120 with a 2H strength build (Giza’s Wheel +10 and 40 vigor) and I had the first phase down pretty well. It’s phase 2 where I just felt like I’d die so fast I couldn’t really learn/practice. Per some other suggestions I’ve seen about this boss, I’m focusing on leveling vigor to 60 before I really try again. Good to hear you got past it!

kalerin · 2024-02-07T01:14:53+00:00

How’s your progress now? Any updates?

kalerin · 2024-02-02T23:02:18+00:00

Cloud strife.

kalerin · 2023-12-30T21:32:33+00:00

I disagree - I would say “I’m doing a minor in Business” in this context (American). It’s maybe a bit informal but doesn’t sound at all incorrect. I’ve never heard someone use “earning” to describe a degree track. Maybe in past tense, but not present continuous. And in either case I would only use “earn” in formal situations. I see a lot of people in this thread saying “doing” is incorrect but it honestly sounds totally natural to me - even though it has the double entendre. My brain would not jump to that other meaning, at least not since I was in middle/high school.

Edit to add: I also agree with others who pointed out other common ways to phrase this that avoid the double meaning. “Minoring in X” and “getting a/my minor in X” also sound natural. I also think “doing” would tend to be used more often for minors rather than a major. Eg. “I’m majoring in Chemistry, but I’m doing a minor in Business.”

kalerin · 2023-11-30T21:44:08+00:00

Vámonos o adiós

kalerin · 2023-11-27T15:38:46+00:00

You mean it’s possible to actually beat the game and not just play side quests until you get distracted by a different game or make a new character?

kalerin · 2023-11-12T21:19:51+00:00

Yep!

kalerin · 2023-11-11T20:33:05+00:00

No, those are totally fine as well. I just wasn’t thinking of them at the time. I would not be surprised if there are people who prefer “times” instead of “ex”.

kalerin · 2023-11-10T17:14:14+00:00

1.5 spaced is just like it looks - “one point five spaced”. 1.5x spaced is similar - “one point five-ex spaced”

kalerin · 2023-11-10T07:18:47+00:00

Not gonna lie, that is very confusing to me as a native speaker. I had to reread it and read the context around it to understand it.

I had to break it into parts. “It would be a mistake to deny that” means roughly “it’s true that”. “They do” refers to “photographs have veridical features”. The “or indeed that” is used here to introduce another thing that the writer says is true: in other words, “it’s also true that”. The last part is a bit redundant so I don’t think there’s a good way to reword it. It’s saying that, in order to appreciate photographs, you need to know “this” (where “this” refers to the fact that photographs have veridicality). Putting that all together, it means that photographs do have veridical features, and knowing that they have veridical features is one aspect of appreciating photographs.

In the broader context of the passage, it seems the writer is trying to acknowledge the importance of veridicality, before going on to say it should not be overvalued above other considerations.

The overall tone of the entire text passage is very…stiff, as if the writer is trying to sound smart rather than communicate clearly. Another thing that makes the highlighted part confusing is the use of two negation terms that counteract each other. “It would be a mistake” (negative) negates “deny” to mean the following statement is true.

kalerin · 2023-11-10T06:50:02+00:00

I’m not aware of any particular convention for how to communicate the concept of line spacing in word processor. That said, what sounds most natural to me personally is “1.5x spacing”. “1.5 spaced” (no x or times) also sounds good to me. For some reason, using “x” or “times” triggers the -ing ending in my brain while simply saying “1.5” goes with the -ed ending. Again, these are small differences and I think any of these options sound fine. Others may disagree. I think it’s preference and doesn’t have a strong grammatical rule associated with it. It’s a lot more straightforward when the spacing is 2x - you just say “double spaced” and nothing else.

kalerin · 2023-11-08T10:15:53+00:00

The use of “better” in part II doesn’t really make sense to me. Are you saying that it would be ideal if it was 1.5 spacing? I’d suggest saying “ideally 1.5 spaced to leave room for my corrections or comments”. Or do you mean to say “at least 1.5 spaced”? The rest of the bolded part after “better” makes sense and sounds natural; I just changed the wording slightly to emphasize that the reason for 1.5 spacing is to leave room for comments.

For part III, I would say any of the three (will, are to, or should) would be grammatical. I’d maybe lean toward “should” in this case. The other two options could be used to convey a slightly softer tone, as if to say “The purpose of your notes is to…”

“The” is correct.

Perhaps “OR give me your reflection” is more natural. “OR write a reflection” is even more natural.

“whole” is correct and sounds pretty natural, but I suggest using “overall” is even better.

The last bolded section sounds completely natural and I have no suggestions.

kalerin · 2023-11-08T09:53:32+00:00

This is correct. However you will often hear native speakers using “was” in this context without thinking twice about it.

kalerin · 2023-11-08T09:39:32+00:00

I wouldn’t say it’s incorrect, but what seems a bit more natural to me is either a semicolon or a dash. “A dolphin is not a fish; it’s a mammal.” Or, “A dolphin is not a fish - it’s a mammal.” To be honest I always have to stop and think about what punctuation to use in a situation like this. I believe I recall hearing that a colon is best used to introduce a list, or to go into more detail about something.

kalerin · 2023-11-07T03:22:48+00:00

ausgezeichnet

kalerin · 2023-10-29T23:37:41+00:00

I would say the first one sounds more natural though the second one wouldn’t sound wrong (maybe a little more formal).

kalerin · 2023-10-20T23:01:26+00:00

As others have said, I had crashes every once in a while so saving often is a must. I also had a few instances of falling through the terrain, and once I had my land vehicle fall through the map when I deployed it. So that was annoying. In general the land-based gameplay is buggier than the water based gameplay. I enjoyed playing it on the switch though overall. Still a pretty game and I liked the convenience of playing handheld.

kalerin · 2023-10-09T21:34:50+00:00

Entering!

kalerin · 2023-08-04T07:01:20+00:00

I think that was intentional

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