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9·1 year agoI didn’t say “Websters Dictionary defines” - I showed that the word is in common usage as a non-perjorative by Jewish sources
A simple search of DDG found multiple Jewish sources using and explaining the use of the word ‘zionist’ as an adjective for individual persons e.g.
The Times of Israel: “To be a Zionist means to recognise the land of Israel as the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people and to believe in the existence of a Jewish state in the land of Zion, or Israel.”
Every Best Picture Winner Ranked by How Good a Muppets Version Would Be
“Imagine this. Kermit the Frog in his little Columbo jacket and tiny fedora, backed up by Fozzy, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, and Rizzo. What are they doing? Uncovering the sexual abuse crimes of the catholic church. Billion dollar box-office.”
https://www.localsearch.com.au/guides/landscape-supplies/what-is-blue-metal
“It’s called blue metal since it has a blue colour.”
That explains the blue, but not the metal…
3·2 years agoalquicksilver for president
I used to provide tech support for the family, and tried to move them to Linux to make them easier to support (similar simple use cases)
Thry weren’t interested so now requests for help get a genuine “Sorry, I don’t use Windows so I can’t help”
Agreed, see also
“Gentlemen, I put my pants on like you: one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on I make gold records.”
John Safran - Not the Sunscreen Song
One of the things I like about the Pern universe (similar to the Wool universe) is that you start with a technologically advanced society that (for whatever reason) loses knowledge, and the way that hidden history impacts society over extended periods
NiMH has been common in consumer batteries for around 15 years (in my experience, although Wikipedia shows the chemistry is way older) but you can still buy the other chemistry (NiCd), and there may be newer lithium rechargables but I haven’t seen them in standard sizes (AA etc)
Eneloops set the standard for good quality NiMH batteries for a while, but IKEA Ladda batteries are also NiMH, and probably plenty of others now
Because rechargable batteries before NiMH sucked for many use cases - they were good for the Gameboy as you charged and used them straight away at high draw, but try using one in a low power device like a remote or wall clock and you’ll find it is dead in a week despite minimal actual usage
One of many such scenes in that cave - worth a visit once…
This is somewhat outdated, developers can now opt in to reproducable builds using their own keys
Classic skullet