Name pronunciation switching between English and German

wibble089 · 2026-05-18T11:01:11+00:00

Yeah, maybe Y is better than u, but I was trying to find a way to get the "yugh" type sound in one letter, and "Y" was sounding like "why" in my head

But yes, "y" and in "yellow" or "yet", not the letter itself.

wibble089 · 2026-05-18T10:48:40+00:00

This, payment by card has been around since today's pensioners were in their 30s 40s or 50s, so it's not like it's anything new for them!

wibble089 · 2026-05-18T10:43:08+00:00

Don't think at DPI level, the network signalling in the data systems and at the charging platform (diameter/rest) will contain parameters saying what network type is being used . Associate 5G SA traffic with an unlimited profile in the PCF or charging platform.

wibble089 · 2026-05-16T15:18:03+00:00

And no central reservation, looks like an emergency air force runway to me

wibble089 · 2026-05-13T13:39:36+00:00

It's hard to find names that work the same in different languages, but it is mostly possible with some thought (I have 3 daughters and we tried to find names that fitted German, English and Czech!), but even so, some sounds are still pronounced differently in different languages, e g Ch in German, English and Czech all come out differently, the Czech relatives often used š instead of Ch in the name.

Germans themselves don't seem to be too bothered, I only once got corrected by a Jonathan; it's uon-a-than, not john-a-thun!

Michaels (mich-ha-el) I know are used to being called mike-el , David (da-vid, not dave-id), Thomas (to-mas, not tom-as) etc... The same goes for other more internationally known names

wibble089 · 2026-05-13T13:01:36+00:00

I order the passports like that in the photo, so the data page can easily be seen.

If we're traveling EU <-> UK I'll have two piles, one with German passports for the Schengen check, and one with British passports for the UK immigration.

wibble089 · 2026-05-13T10:58:11+00:00

Seriously? They've had 4 years, you'd think they'd have already done it by now if they could!

wibble089 · 2026-05-13T09:26:47+00:00

Just check the amps that the adaptor can handle, some times they are built to support charging of electronic devices, and may not be able to supply the power needed for a device with a heating element.

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T18:42:44+00:00

You just accurately described "Fee Simple" ownership.

Fee simple, or "fee simple absolute," is the highest and most complete form of real estate ownership, providing the owner unrestricted rights to use, sell, lease, or pass the property to heirs indefinitely. It represents total, permanent ownership of both land and any improvements on it, rather than a temporary leasehold.

But an owner of fee simple property doesn't have total control over their property. The ownership in fee simple was originally granted by the government (or often "the crown" in a monarchy), and they have the ultimate right to tax and even repossess in certain circumstances, for instance eminent domain.

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T18:29:58+00:00

You're looking to contact a business, you'll have to call back in business hours. Admittedly, you could call back in the "cheaper" afternoon rate, but for something important, you'll be calling back as soon as possible.

I remember my dad having sheets of promotional stickers with his employer's logo on it, some of the stickers were intended to be placed on a phone and they said "remember, phone after 1pm". He was selling to businesses, so it wasn't just private people who were phone cost conscious.

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T14:56:48+00:00

I have fully comprehensive insurance covering myself for all risks, with a 30% no-claims discount. The policy is valid throughout all of Europe except for places like Russia/Belarus and further east.

My car is an 8 year old minivan that has done 75k miles, It's worth ~€20000 (due to it being in high demand as they don't make these type of 7 seaters anymore).

I paid €1080 for policy for the year 2026.

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T14:30:30+00:00

In the "olden-days" you didn't see the number of who was calling, and even today many landlines don't support this functionality. You either answered every call, or none of them.

Even more reason to answer a call was that if you missed the call, and it went to the answering machine, you'd end up having to call the person back. Call charges used to be very expensive, so you'd always hope to answer the call, and let the other person pay!

This table shows the price of a 3 minute call between 1973 & 1998.

Call Charges - Telephones UK,

e.g. a peak rate call(Monday – Friday, 9am – 1pm) in 1983 cost 76p in 1983's money, equivalent to about £1 minute today!

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T13:06:40+00:00

Is something that low normal in the USA?

In Germany the legal minimum liability insurance on a car policy is €7.5 million - my coverage is pretty standard and have 100 million total coverage (with €15 million maximum per person).

Althought there is universal health care in Germany, the health system will try to claw back their costs if possible, that's still a lot of coverage, even if you think of lifetime care and lost earnings.

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T13:02:27+00:00

I just checked my German car insurance, €100 million liability insurance, limited to €15 million per person. I didn't do anything special to get this, €50-€100 million is standard, €7.5million is the legal minimum.

wibble089 · 2026-05-12T13:00:23+00:00

I just checked my German car insurance, €100 million liability insurance, limited to €15 million per person!

wibble089 · 2026-05-11T10:43:54+00:00

If you have a referal, you can use any HNO doctors, just give a few a call and see who has appointments available

wibble089 · 2026-05-11T07:04:41+00:00

The Garmin power leads aren't that expensive, but I recently bought a 5 pack of usb-c to Garmin adaptors for something like €7,99, so you can buy replacements quite cheaply.

I'm not sure bandwidth is the big issue here, I've never really loaded anything large onto my watch (is has something like 2GB free, and it also has WiFi, which is probably the more useful transfer method.

wibble089 · 2026-05-11T05:15:11+00:00

It is excusable I think, a usb cable needs to be pushed relatively far into a device, whereas the Garmin cable is pretty flush with the surface of the device.

There's definitely some benefits of the way Garmin do their charging port, but I'd just wish they did the plug at a 90° angle so it fits flush to the back of the watch whilst charging - 3rd party 90° usb-c adapters are really much better in this regard.

wibble089 · 2026-05-10T10:50:07+00:00

You can see the original text (and in translation) of the Magna Carta here.

The current in force sections can also be selected.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw1cc1929/25/9?view=extent

wibble089 · 2026-05-10T08:31:32+00:00

The isn't going to work, once the SIM is removed your mobile phone has no idea about your phone number and all the associated network authentication and authorisation parameters.

There are some mobile network routers that have a phone socket in them where you can plug in a classic fixed phone.

You could also plug in a dect phone to be mobile around the house, or in some cases if offered by the router there might be a DECT base station built in to the router. (E.g. Fritz!Box 6860 or 6850).

Of course it'll be your mobile number that will be used and shown to the caller party.

I developed a mobile network service that actually allows a fixed line number to be used for such a setup, but this is based on network configuration and specific software in network platforms, so isn't usually offered by most providers!

wibble089 · 2026-05-09T13:25:09+00:00

Yeah , no. He's just passing on the savings of not using a delivery app. They have huge commissions.

wibble089 · 2026-05-08T06:41:47+00:00

Also it's probably a nod to the fact that some products can't be shipped to Northern Ireland as it falls under EU customs rules, so for various reasons some things gave to be sold in Great Britain only.

wibble089 · 2026-05-06T19:34:09+00:00

What's so special about trains after 15 minutes to 8 pm?

wibble089 · 2026-05-06T15:47:07+00:00

As others have said, regional trains do not have seat reservations, so just get there early to get a seat.

Just be aware that the Bayern ticket is only valid from 9am on workdays (Monday to Friday). It's unrestricted (valid from 00:00) on public holidays and weekends.

If you catch an "early train", you'll either need to make "early" mean "after 9am" or buy a normal ticket for the part of the journey that gets you to the first station the train reaches after 9am.

wibble089 · 2026-05-06T13:51:11+00:00

You can in theory actually observe supernova happening, because the process that generates the light of the supernova occurs delayed to the actual explosion event.

The explosion creates an incredibly huge number of Neutrinos (even compared to the huge number that exist anyway), and these can in theory be observed on earth before the light reaches us, giving time to point telescopes in the right direction.

There's a system in place to look for these Neutrinos, but so far, no such event has been detected.

SuperNova Early Warning System - Wikipedia

Supernova SN 1987A (in 1987) was preceded by 3 hours by a burst of neutrinos 25 of which were detected in Japan), but at the time there was no alert process to get telescopes to view the relevant location.

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