which mean utilise has the opposite nuance in the other language.
But I also looked up random instances in books and counted the ways both are used (or utilized? hmm) and there was no statistical difference so ig the nuance exist by most users are just being pompous with it.
But I also looked up random instances in books and counted the ways both are used (or utilized? hmm) and there was no statistical difference so ig the nuance exist by most users are just being pompous with it.
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
which mean utilise has the opposite nuance in the other language.
But I also looked up random instances in books and counted the ways both are used (or utilized? hmm) and there was no statistical difference so ig the nuance exist by most users are just being pompous with it.
But I also looked up random instances in books and counted the ways both are used (or utilized? hmm) and there was no statistical difference so ig the nuance exist by most users are just being pompous with it.
I was sceptical so I did some searching and you"re right throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2013/12/usin... And now I can see it, and how that would evolve from the fact utilize is rarer so it appears to give more emphasis. It's very similar to french 'utiliser' vs 'se servir de'
Using 'utilize': What the mavens say
"You use a tool for its intended purpose; you utilize it for a different purpose," Erin Brenner (@ebrenner) tweeted a few days ago. She adde...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I was sceptical so I did some searching and you"re right throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2013/12/usin... And now I can see it, and how that would evolve from the fact utilize is rarer so it appears to give more emphasis. It's very similar to french 'utiliser' vs 'se servir de'
Honestly, I don't know if i've ever experienced that. When i forget something it's just that the information isn't there, but there isn't any waking up feeling or break in the continuity of events. And not things that just happened a moment ago
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Honestly, I don't know if i've ever experienced that. When i forget something it's just that the information isn't there, but there isn't any waking up feeling or break in the continuity of events. And not things that just happened a moment ago
I will never understand people who complain about this when it's written word on the internet. Like, worst case just google it?
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I will never understand people who complain about this when it's written word on the internet. Like, worst case just google it?
This always annoys me. Oh they're being a bit over the top, presenting sad things in a weirdly neutral/joyful tone and making quick statements without nuance? Yeah that's what the tiktok genre dictates. Like it or not but pointing this things out like some sort of proof is just media illiteracy
December 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This always annoys me. Oh they're being a bit over the top, presenting sad things in a weirdly neutral/joyful tone and making quick statements without nuance? Yeah that's what the tiktok genre dictates. Like it or not but pointing this things out like some sort of proof is just media illiteracy
Not that I'm agreeing with the person above, but lossless audio is important precisely for things like archiving. While it doesn't matter as matter as much for simple listen. Re-encoding 85% of the songs to 75kb/s is a very weird choice imo
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Not that I'm agreeing with the person above, but lossless audio is important precisely for things like archiving. While it doesn't matter as matter as much for simple listen. Re-encoding 85% of the songs to 75kb/s is a very weird choice imo
Google soulbonding. It's somewhat common for e.g. authors
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Google soulbonding. It's somewhat common for e.g. authors
Kinda for the same reason when you think of it. Dreams are incoherent because the self-conscious part of you that normally keeps the flow of thoughts on track isn't there. And theses AIs don't have that either. So in both cases we're drifting based on the last few things expressed
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Kinda for the same reason when you think of it. Dreams are incoherent because the self-conscious part of you that normally keeps the flow of thoughts on track isn't there. And theses AIs don't have that either. So in both cases we're drifting based on the last few things expressed
I assume the reason is that much of western cooking rules come from elaborate multi-course dining things, and towards the end when you're already pretty full sweet feels easier/more appetizing
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I assume the reason is that much of western cooking rules come from elaborate multi-course dining things, and towards the end when you're already pretty full sweet feels easier/more appetizing
I don't like eating sweets first for probably culturally ingrained reasons, but the 'spoil your palate' thing sounds like bullshit. Only thing that might do that is chili peppers.
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I don't like eating sweets first for probably culturally ingrained reasons, but the 'spoil your palate' thing sounds like bullshit. Only thing that might do that is chili peppers.
That doesn't solve the problem when there is an obvious gap between two sentences. You still have to come up with a phrasing that has about the same number of syllables as the original per each sentence part
December 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
That doesn't solve the problem when there is an obvious gap between two sentences. You still have to come up with a phrasing that has about the same number of syllables as the original per each sentence part
I'm pretty sure Patricia understand the fundamentals of what a dub is actually
Obviously subs have constraints but much less than a lip-synced dub which has to match the number and timing of syllables in each sentence. This just read as someone not used to using subs
Obviously subs have constraints but much less than a lip-synced dub which has to match the number and timing of syllables in each sentence. This just read as someone not used to using subs
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm pretty sure Patricia understand the fundamentals of what a dub is actually
Obviously subs have constraints but much less than a lip-synced dub which has to match the number and timing of syllables in each sentence. This just read as someone not used to using subs
Obviously subs have constraints but much less than a lip-synced dub which has to match the number and timing of syllables in each sentence. This just read as someone not used to using subs
I don't understand what your point is. I'm not saying definitions aren't useful. And I'm not trying to "gotcha" anyone
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I don't understand what your point is. I'm not saying definitions aren't useful. And I'm not trying to "gotcha" anyone
I would also say the classification of prisms is not math, it's just a discussion about the language we use to describe math.
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I would also say the classification of prisms is not math, it's just a discussion about the language we use to describe math.
Regarding the "physicist brained" part I think you're basically right, physicists are suspicious of arbitrary fuzzy definitions of complex things. Obviously we still have to name things, but when doing that they're not doing science. It's not a scientific question.
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Regarding the "physicist brained" part I think you're basically right, physicists are suspicious of arbitrary fuzzy definitions of complex things. Obviously we still have to name things, but when doing that they're not doing science. It's not a scientific question.
I don't understand the binary star system example because that's an object made up of other objects and if they dissociate, you're changing the internals.
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I don't understand the binary star system example because that's an object made up of other objects and if they dissociate, you're changing the internals.
So if position is a fundamental characteristic, any definition of any object blows up to a full description of the entire universe. Which is philosophically sound but... unwieldy.
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So if position is a fundamental characteristic, any definition of any object blows up to a full description of the entire universe. Which is philosophically sound but... unwieldy.
So are astronomical objects more like geography or more like vehicles? vibes, at the end of the day. Both are valid. Relativity gives a point to the later though: there is no absolute coordinate system, you can only describe something's position by referring to other objects.
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So are astronomical objects more like geography or more like vehicles? vibes, at the end of the day. Both are valid. Relativity gives a point to the later though: there is no absolute coordinate system, you can only describe something's position by referring to other objects.
So, a lot of your argument is about orbit being a characteristic, but I'd like to point out that whether position is part of the definition of an object is often ambiguous. We assume it for some things (rivers, landmarks) but not others (cars, people).
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So, a lot of your argument is about orbit being a characteristic, but I'd like to point out that whether position is part of the definition of an object is often ambiguous. We assume it for some things (rivers, landmarks) but not others (cars, people).
Yeah right, a low/mid-range camera will have a better quality/price ratio than shit like this. Given the minuscule objective diameter and the way it's held I'd be surprised if it can take unblurry pictures in less than full daylight
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Yeah right, a low/mid-range camera will have a better quality/price ratio than shit like this. Given the minuscule objective diameter and the way it's held I'd be surprised if it can take unblurry pictures in less than full daylight
If you run it on an album url it will download the whole album yeah. For the metadata I just checked and the file does have title, artist, album name, year, track number and album cover. You need to add --format flac though to get the best quality if flac is available
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If you run it on an album url it will download the whole album yeah. For the metadata I just checked and the file does have title, artist, album name, year, track number and album cover. You need to add --format flac though to get the best quality if flac is available
(which is contradicts the tiling being regular).
So like, a regular tiling can't not fit somewhere without not fitting everywhere
tldr hairy balls strike again en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_b... (not sure but it might be a special case of it?)
So like, a regular tiling can't not fit somewhere without not fitting everywhere
tldr hairy balls strike again en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_b... (not sure but it might be a special case of it?)
Hairy ball theorem - Wikipedia
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December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
(which is contradicts the tiling being regular).
So like, a regular tiling can't not fit somewhere without not fitting everywhere
tldr hairy balls strike again en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_b... (not sure but it might be a special case of it?)
So like, a regular tiling can't not fit somewhere without not fitting everywhere
tldr hairy balls strike again en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_b... (not sure but it might be a special case of it?)
So this "deviation" grows along a particular direction, which doesn't cause problems until the 8th side because that direction is a symmetry of the circle.
But on a sphere you can't have a value continuously change like that without breaking the symmetry of the sphere in some way
But on a sphere you can't have a value continuously change like that without breaking the symmetry of the sphere in some way
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
So this "deviation" grows along a particular direction, which doesn't cause problems until the 8th side because that direction is a symmetry of the circle.
But on a sphere you can't have a value continuously change like that without breaking the symmetry of the sphere in some way
But on a sphere you can't have a value continuously change like that without breaking the symmetry of the sphere in some way
I think I get but I have a hard time putting it in words.
Say you're trying to make polygon with 46° angles, it will slightly deviate more and more with each side from where an octahedron would have been and then the 8th edge runs into the first.
Say you're trying to make polygon with 46° angles, it will slightly deviate more and more with each side from where an octahedron would have been and then the 8th edge runs into the first.
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I think I get but I have a hard time putting it in words.
Say you're trying to make polygon with 46° angles, it will slightly deviate more and more with each side from where an octahedron would have been and then the 8th edge runs into the first.
Say you're trying to make polygon with 46° angles, it will slightly deviate more and more with each side from where an octahedron would have been and then the 8th edge runs into the first.
youtube-dl works on bandcamp too. Is it because you need functionalities it doesn't have?
The good thing about soulseek is mainly that it has nearly every music in existence
The good thing about soulseek is mainly that it has nearly every music in existence
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
youtube-dl works on bandcamp too. Is it because you need functionalities it doesn't have?
The good thing about soulseek is mainly that it has nearly every music in existence
The good thing about soulseek is mainly that it has nearly every music in existence