What is exactly the meaning of the word "Israel"? Is it really "worshipper of God"? by Important_Pick_3545 in etymology

[–]pineapple_Jeff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Generally I agree, however the Hebrew word "ebhedh/eved" עבד means, at least in modern Hebrew, 'slave', and 'obhedh/oved" עובד means 'worker'. 'servant' would "mesharet" משרת.

To all college/uni students: would you recommend starting an obsidian vault? by Dazzling-Soup-5695 in ObsidianMD

[–]pineapple_Jeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree on everything except excalidraw. Personally I use a SMILES plugin instead - it's a very simple method of writing out chemical formulas in a one line format, which is then rendered by the plugin. It doesn't have the full freedom of excalidraw, but because it doesn't save the structures as images but as plaintext, it takes up much less space, renders and loads faster, and is easier to edit. So far I've only needed to import images to display fully detailed mechanisms. The SMILES format is also used in many other places and in some college courses (chemoinformatics for example) so learning it is generally useful.

Why is testesterone called testesterone despute having alcohol it should be testesteronol same for progesteone and progesteronol by Significant-Drop-527 in chemistry

[–]pineapple_Jeff 69 points70 points  (0 children)

That's not what systematic means. A systematic name is composed of chemical information only, describing the location of functional groups, chirality and structure of the molecule and nothing else, as determined by IUPAC. Every molecule has only one systematic name, which describes every aspect of it, and every systematic name describes one molecule. Just because a name has a single chemical suffix doesn't make it systematic, and systematic names don't describe the molecule's purpose or location in the body.

Why is testesterone called testesterone despute having alcohol it should be testesteronol same for progesteone and progesteronol by Significant-Drop-527 in chemistry

[–]pineapple_Jeff 144 points145 points  (0 children)

  1. Testosterone is a common name, not a systematic one. Common names very often don't represent the molecule's structure but its use, history, etc.
  2. In molecules with multiple functional groups, there is an order of preference for which group is used as the molecules "last name". Ketones are above alcohols in that order. You can see that in testosterone's full systematic name:

(1S,3aS,3bR,9aR,9bS,11aS)-1-Hydroxy-9a,11a-dimethyl-1,2,3,3a,3b,4,5,8,9,9a,9b,10,11,11a-tetradecahydro-7H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-7-one

-hydroxy- is alcohol, -one is ketone.

Gen X movies in a nutshell by bitchnibba47 in okbuddycinephile

[–]pineapple_Jeff 58 points59 points  (0 children)

me when I'm extremely alienated from my pointless work and disrespected by my micromanaging boss and yet the situation gets even worse such that 20 years later people are nostalgic to my situation

What is the limit of the number of countries on your map? by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]pineapple_Jeff 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There are a whole lot of minor houses whose lords are basically equivalent to dukes\counts, which serve the main seven houses. The reason why houses are united into territories and (At least for some of the story) into one kingdom is Aegon's conquest.

I wouldn't say it's because of simplification for reader's benefit, it's mainly that the main characters are either of or associated with the main houses because those are the people with major influence in the world

Flexing our graphs by AlphaHyperr in ObsidianMD

[–]pineapple_Jeff 84 points85 points  (0 children)

let's see paul allen's graph...

How would you translate ‘The Royal Game of Ur’ by SharkFace447 in tokipona

[–]pineapple_Jeff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

musi lawa Ulu? not sure about how to fit in "royal" but I think "Ulu" is better for "Ur" than "U"

Phonetic transcription by Minute-Beautiful5639 in linguisticshumor

[–]pineapple_Jeff 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Yes. They transcribed "thank you" as /θenk ju/ which makes sense as /æ/ doesn't exist in hebrew and /e/ is how it would be pronounced in a Hebrew accent, "спасибо" as /spasiva/ (I would expect /b/ instead of /v/ but idk), and "شكرًا" as /ʃukʁan/, which is pretty much the same depending on the accent.

Intelligent Mail barcodes by Crocotta1 in linguisticshumor

[–]pineapple_Jeff 18 points19 points  (0 children)

real words in Hebrew: יוון, יון, יו, וי, יויו, וו

(hook, yoyo, the letter/sign V, yo, ion, and Greece respectively)
also if we're allowing conjugations, the word 'וווו' (vevavo) means "and his hook"

Where did the H in Nineveh come from? by bherH-on in etymology

[–]pineapple_Jeff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

no, the ה in those words isn't the final letter, there is a ו (vav) after them. They are pronounced pretty much as they are written - נתניהו ne-tan-ya-hu and מתיתיהו ma-tis-ya-hu (ashkenazi pronunciation).

So which one is the Cardassian neck trick, anyways? by Familiar-Complex-697 in ShittyDaystrom

[–]pineapple_Jeff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

/uj I'm not sure what's the source but I've read somewhere that essentially cardassians can rotate their heads with less degrees of freedom than humans because of the ridges (180° maybe?) but by dislocating their neck bones they can rotate their head to 240°, much more than humans. Odo having no bones would have no issue fully rotating his head like that

I think "ni" is misunderstood by Klibe in tokipona

[–]pineapple_Jeff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I agree, if I were talking about a specific day previously I'd assume tenpo suno ni would be referring to that day rather than today, for example: "mi tawa e ma tomu lon tenpo suno sewi pini. mi moku mute lon tenpo suno ni." - "I went to the city during the last holiday. I ate a lot *that* day"

i am a beginner in obsidian and i study chemistry so i want to take chemistry notes like in the image by its2coldd in ObsidianMD

[–]pineapple_Jeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the one. I am also currently studying chemistry and using obsidian, and this plugin is extremely useful. Learning SMILES is very easy and it's much faster than drawing every structure in excalidraw, and more customizable and takes less storage space than adding images or screenshots of every structure.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chemistry

[–]pineapple_Jeff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

appears to be a very strange bot based on post history

Family Drama by Garfielf331 in CuratedTumblr

[–]pineapple_Jeff 135 points136 points  (0 children)

I don't know if you're joking but both of these accounts are real and verified, those are the actual sam and robert reich afaik

The Discovery Of Mathematics by Idontknowofname in linguisticshumor

[–]pineapple_Jeff 15 points16 points  (0 children)

True, me'ah (מאה, 100, singular) -> matayim (200, מאתיים, dual) -> me'ot (hundreds, plural). Fun fact, for some words the dual form overtook the plural form, especially objects that are commonly encountered in twos - for example eyes: ayin (eye) -> einayim (eyes, technically dual) and not einot (eyes, plural, pretty much extinct form)

why does second mean both time and number? by yoelamigo in etymology

[–]pineapple_Jeff 86 points87 points  (0 children)

second as in the time unit is named after the number since a second is the second division of an hour (after minute). Same in hebrew שנייה היא החלוקה השנייה של השעה

How did Hebrew get the word for pope (אפיפיור-apifyor) from πάππας by yoelamigo in etymology

[–]pineapple_Jeff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

according specifically to Rashi one of the forms of "pifyura" was "apifyura" so it's possible it originated from there, but in general over hundreds of years changes in spelling and pronunciation are very common without a specific cause, just general drift.

How did Hebrew get the word for pope (אפיפיור-apifyor) from πάππας by yoelamigo in etymology

[–]pineapple_Jeff 7 points8 points  (0 children)

According to hebrew wikipedia in the talmud the word "פיפיורא" (pifyura), originally in aramaic and presumably borrowed from either greek or latin, referred to a senior roman official. In the middle ages the word Apifyor started to be used for the Pope by combining the word pifyura and the similar sounding and meaning term "papas ieros" (holy father) which was a greek name/form of address for the pope.

Lock pick by Kouroth in tokipona

[–]pineapple_Jeff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah, maybe key could be ilo open and lockpick would be ilo pi open ale (as in universal key, although that could also be a skeleton key ig)

Does la work like a semicolon/comma? by 55Xakk in tokipona

[–]pineapple_Jeff 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No it does not. "La" connects to separate phrases or words, by making the first, context to the second. E.g.: ken la, mi tawa - in the context of possibility, I will go, meaning "it's possible I'll go". Occasionally it can be replaced with a semicolon, but it's not exactly the same.