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The Kafka story is the singular (sis) and Ovids is the plural (ses). Wikipedia disambiguate does not list them on the same pages, which is confusing.
Except, they included his uncharged battery in most frames.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyztoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Ever lost something really important?English18·5 days agoCould also be bone eating bacteria.
That is a Fight Club level idea. Radicalize the data entry workers.
Car is one of those repurposed words. It used to mean any wheeled vehicle until around 170 years or so ago. Automobile was used at first for cars. When I was young automobile or auto was the preferred term. Car or auto can be used for motorcycles or trains, there are just better words for those.
Human sexuality is a spectrum and not an either/or situation, and should be treated as such. That being said, a chromosome test would answer the question in over 95% of cases, I believe. I could be wrong about this, so anyone with a better understanding, please correct me.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Technology@lemmy.world•42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the InternetEnglish1·8 days agoDo any countries provide email services to their citizens? Of course email is no use unless you have a way to access it, so you would need to add some sort of basic internet connection. And of course you would need something to connect with…
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Technology@beehaw.org•Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks14·9 days agoIf you live in a boarding house or apartment and the man above you comes home late and sits on his bed and takes his shoes off and drops them on the floor. You wait for him to get the second shoe off and drop it.
To paraphrase Bernard Shaw, Communism might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.
I believe this is what happened to Dr Who. When it started it was for science and history nerds, science sounding gobble-de-gook, cos play outfits, very low production values (the infamous duct tape boots). All just good fun.
When it was rebooted the focus had shifted. The Doctor as the cool guy, a Jesus figure, became more and more pronounced. They started to make fun of nerds on a regular bases. Amazing writing and production values, but at some point during the Tennant era I stopped watching in disgust.
When you have no idea what you are doing and everyone else seems to be in a panic for some reason.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Games@lemmy.world•Does the 2 hour refund limit on Steam affect game design?English2·14 days agoI will check out utube videos on the game before buying, if the game is over a certain price and a complex game. This will spoil some things, but it is usually not too bad.
A man without faith is like a fish without a bicycle.
Charles Harris. 1958Earliest usage I could find.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•JD Vance says Europe should have done more to stop Iraq WarEnglish6·15 days agoI remember the US and UK being the only ones that really wanted the war and others being opposed or undecided. Isn’t that when the name ‘french frys’ became a political thing?
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Technology@lemmy.world•LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotionsEnglish71·15 days agoBuying a TV should be a one time cost. These companies trying to create a continuing income where none exists is just rampant greed. Don’t want to pay the cost of updating and distributing your software? The open source it and get back to making better TVs.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Parents of daughter who died of measles meets with RFK Jr. to blame everyone but themselves.English9·15 days agoNot old order Mennonite then. They don’t even use zippers because they are not mentioned in the bibel. They must be in a ‘pick and choose’ branch.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyzto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The worst part of all this political nonsense is that porn never makes it to my homepage anymore1·16 days agoJust because he doesn’t realize it doesn’t mean he isn’t doing it.
They should worry about the US switching from Micro$oft while they are at it.