TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
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@Bulb said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL in Russia, Harry Potter is called Гарри Поттер (note the first letter).
That's because Russian (unlike Ukrainian⁺) does not have any H sound.
Хахаха.
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Хахаха
That's another example. You're equally bound to find ха-ха or хи-хи and га-га or гы-гы. These days гы-гы might be used to convey insincere or mocking laugh, but older texts will play it straight.
Хохотать and гоготать both mean "to laugh". Ho fihure.
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Хахаха.
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@Zecc No, that's Ча-ча-ча
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@Zecc said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Are you that attention deficient that you forget which way is up once your hand disappears out of your sight?
That feels like something that can happen to me
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@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
The USB connector I plug and unplug the most often, by far — the micro-USB to my phone —
There is a verifone POS that has the microusb port upside down
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I'm sure @HardwareGeek will be here shortly to inform us all about Greek-Cyrillic-Slavic weirdness at length.
Sorry to disappoint you, but my knowledge of Slavic languages is pretty much limited to da, nyet, and spacibo. (I don't have Cyrillic keyboard on my phone, and I'm not going to install it for this one post.) I know just enough of the Cyrillic alphabet to recognize the letters that have Greek equivalents, but not letters like Ж that don't.
As for Greek weirdness, well, I was trying to do a skill building/review exercise yesterday, and I was slapped hard by CRS. I'm sure I've learned aorist (simple past) tense, but I don't remember how to form it. Recognize it when selecting a word from a list, yes (maybe); writing it myself with no hints, not so much. (It doesn't help that there are (or were, in Ancient Greek) six different ways of forming it, and there's no rule; you just have to memorize (or look up in a dictionary) which verb uses which form.) The other verb tense/mood (I don't even remember now just what it was, some kind of subjunctive, I think) I encountered in that "review," I don't remember seeing before at all in Modern Greek. (I probably saw it in Koine Greek, but it's been about four years since I studied it, and I've forgotten a lot of it. Plus, of course, Modern Greek is different.) I probably did, but the language app is structured so that it rewards rapid, shallow study that doesn't necessarily get firmly embedded in your memory more than it does intense, thorough learning. Stupid gamification.
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@Zecc I know how to dance cha-cha, but I find that diagram thoroughly unhelpful in explaining or understanding it.
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@Applied-Mediocrity X is different from H, though.
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@hungrier said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Applied-Mediocrity X is different from H, though.
Then I must have misunderstood what is being meant by "H sound"
Latin H
In English, ⟨h⟩ occurs ... in various digraphs, such as ⟨ch⟩
In the German language, the name of the letter is pronounced /haː/Kha (Cyrillic)
Kha or Ha (Х х; ...)
It commonly represents the voiceless velociraptor frivolic /x/, similar to the pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
the voiceless velociraptor
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@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
the voiceless velociraptor
voiceless velar fricative
To a layperson those highfalutin long words explain far less than they're worth in scrabble.
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@HardwareGeek said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Applied-Mediocrity said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I'm sure @HardwareGeek will be here shortly to inform us all about Greek-Cyrillic-Slavic weirdness at length.
Sorry to disappoint you, but my knowledge of Slavic languages is pretty much limited to da, nyet, and spacibo.
Here's the most important one:
Na zdrowie!
(Though I've been told, it's not a Russian version of "cheers!" - but you can use За здоровье! instead.)
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@JBert said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Boner said in In other news today...:
TIL that this cat has a job title:
(I'd have picked a French one, but didn't know how to find that.)
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@Rhywden said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Na zdrowie!
(Though I've been told, it's not a Russian version of "cheers!" - but you can use За здоровье! instead.)That one looks like Polish, but is close enough to the common Russian "Na zdorovye". I've never heard "Za zdorovye" (your second example)
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@hungrier said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Rhywden said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
Na zdrowie!
(Though I've been told, it's not a Russian version of "cheers!" - but you can use За здоровье! instead.)That one looks like Polish, but is close enough to the common Russian "Na zdorovye".
Pronunciation is only slightly different and meaning is the same. "Na zdrowie" is indeed polish.
I've never heard "Za zdorovye" (your second example)
That's correct, but needs a subject. "Wypijmy za zdrowie Katarzyny", "let's drink for Catherine's health".
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@Rhywden Though practically, I suspect that cheerfully raising your glass and mumbling about anything would probably work as well.
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TIL 5 of the last 8 presidents of USA were left-handed.
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@Gąska Which 5?
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@Mason_Wheeler Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton and Obama. There were total of 8 left-handed presidents in US history.
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@jinpa said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@boomzilla said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I guess poisonous fruit is the botanical equivalent of femmes fatales. Not sure why a tree would want fruit (which is designed to get animals to disperse its seeds) that poisoned the eater.
The purpose of fruit is not necessarily to entice animals to disperse its seeds. It may also just serve to help fertilize the soil immediately surrounding the seed. And in some cases, a plant may actually make the soil less hospitable to other plants that would compete for water and light, giving itself (and/or its seeds) a better shot at success; oak trees are an example of this.
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@Gąska said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Mason_Wheeler Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton and Obama. There were total of 8 left-handed presidents in US history.
That's about twice the rate in the general population (10%)
I've read (decades ago-google search didn't help) that there are higher rate of left-handers among the ends of the IQ spectrum.
I remember at least one grade I was in in elementary school where 30% of us were left handed.
I leave it as an exercise for the reader as to which end of the IQ spectrum that was.
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@Karla said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I leave it as an exercise for the reader
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@CarrieVS said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I had to google that.
TIL: "dexterity saving throw" LOL
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TIL about mandatory copyright deposit
And that's really fucking with me because that seems like a pretty big deal, and I've done quite a bit of research about copyright law, and I never heard anything about it before.
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@anonymous234 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
(TL;DR: anyone who "publishes" physical copyrighted works in the USA must send two copies to the library of congress)
And that's really fucking with me because that seems like a pretty big deal, and I've done quite a bit of research about copyright law, and I never heard anything about it before.It's not necessary to claim copyright, but it's considered a good idea. If anyone files a copyright claim against you, and your stuff is in the Library of Congress but theirs isn't, you win automatically. Otherwise it takes lawyers and judges to sort it out. (I haven't done this with my stuff, because paperwork, fees, bureaucracy, red tape, etc.)
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@anonymous234 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
And that's really fucking with me because that seems like a pretty big deal, and I've done quite a bit of research about copyright law, and I never heard anything about it before.
It's pretty common around the world, and part of the stuff that publishers normally handle for authors.
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@Karla I'm so confused, because I don't remember posting in this thread recently and that's just a blank post apart from your handle. Did it say anything else originally? Or did I just goof and accidentally hit reply and then post??? I don't know.
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@CarrieVS I was confused too but I think I got it.
You accidentally made a blank response. She was replying to your signature.
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@anonymous234 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@CarrieVS I was confused too but I think I got it.
You accidentally made a blank response. She was replying to your signature.
This.
First I thought it was just blank. But then I thought @CarrieVS tagged me because of her signature.
Since I was talking about handedness and dexterity often refers to the hands.
I tried too hard not to miss a potential joke.
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@Karla Sorry.
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@CarrieVS said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Karla Sorry.
No worries. Turned out to be funny by accident. Funny is funny.
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@Karla said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@CarrieVS said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Karla Sorry.
No worries. Turned out to be funny by accident. Funny is funny.
And for the record, just in case @CarrieVS decides to change her(?) signature, it says:
"Those who don't wish to be baptised, make a dexterity saving throw" - Dungeon Master
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TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
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@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
Back in the 60's - 70's, a local PBS station would have a promo type thing with some spinning lines that would show purple on black and white sets.
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@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I'm crying on the inside because I don't see the colors as he describes them, and the recast simulation suggests different ones entirely...
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@Tsaukpaetra Weird. I see the colors exactly the way he describes. Have you been tested for color-blindness? (Alternatively, maybe you have some weird monitor?)
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I'm crying on the inside because I don't see the colors as he describes them, and the recast simulation suggests different ones entirely...
I couldn't even find the spinning discs in the video, and I'm not about to watch all 1.5 hours.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra Weird. I see the colors exactly the way he describes. Have you been tested for color-blindness? (Alternatively, maybe you have some weird monitor?)
I have not previously exhibited symptoms of color blindness, thus have not been tested.
I am viewing it from a standard LCD screen, might try again on my 4k one though to be sure....
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@mott555 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I'm crying on the inside because I don't see the colors as he describes them, and the recast simulation suggests different ones entirely...
I couldn't even find the spinning discs in the video, and I'm not about to watch all 1.5 hours.
14:30. Did the embed start and stop times must not have be working for the usage in your browser too.
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@mott555 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
and I'm not about to watch all 1.5 hours.
Look closely at the title; it's a restricted time range.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@mott555 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I'm crying on the inside because I don't see the colors as he describes them, and the recast simulation suggests different ones entirely...
I couldn't even find the spinning discs in the video, and I'm not about to watch all 1.5 hours.
14:30. Did the embed start and stop times must not have be working for the usage in your browser too.
I guess not. Now that I know where to look...I don't see the illusion either, just spinning black rings.
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@mott555 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@mott555 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
@djls45 said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
TIL that you can produce
an illusion ofcolor using only black and white.https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1t0egTZY44?start=535&end=1020
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I'm crying on the inside because I don't see the colors as he describes them, and the recast simulation suggests different ones entirely...
I couldn't even find the spinning discs in the video, and I'm not about to watch all 1.5 hours.
14:30. Did the embed start and stop times must not have be working for the usage in your browser too.
I guess not. Now that I know where to look...I don't see the illusion either, just spinning black rings.
Hello there fellow alien...
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I very faintly saw colors on the spinning disc (although I think I saw them better on my monitor back at work when I didn't have time to more than glimpse at the video), I didn't see any colors (other than red, obviously) for the red/black-and-white clown picture.
@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I see some colors in the paused image:
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@topspin said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I very faintly saw colors on the spinning disc (although I think I saw them better on my monitor back at work when I didn't have time to more than glimpse at the video), I didn't see any colors (other than red, obviously) for the red/black-and-white clown picture.
@Mason_Wheeler said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
If there's any doubt that it's an illusion created wholly within your brain, you can try something that the lecturer wasn't capable of doing: pause the video while the disc is spinning.
I see some colors in the paused image:
Well, from that distance you're likely to be getting aliasing artefacts from the camera, aren't you.