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Maybe he was out of juice

Another confirmation that Endeavour is great with Steam. However I did have to follow the Arch wiki to install the correct Mesa drivers on my new PC (Radeon RX 7800 XT), as without those the GPU performance was crap.

Ugh I still run Ubuntu LTS on my living room HTPC, and generally it's fine. But on the occasion I need to fix something, I swear every seemingly relevant forum post is from 2015 or earlier. It's maddening.

It means the same as "The decision clears the way" at the start of the 2nd paragraph.

This process was blocked multiple times by the state attorney general. The lawsuit outcome says he was wrong and that the proposed amendment can now continue in the legislative process (possibly in parts, with each part requiring voter signatures).

English, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Pig Latin, Oppish, Ubbi Dubbi

So eight, if the last few count.

Right? Is this phenotypic or genotypic?

But guns are biceps, so clearly it's a gym / fitness studio.

But this says sparnies, not sarnies. And does it include chips?

Neverending Hulkmania.

Discordian!

More serious answer: I never had one to begin with. Why start now? All it seems to do is sow division.

Also, some words

My understanding is that AOSP is still and will continue to be a thing. That's Android. What Google has done though is put more and more new capabilities into Play Services, which are not open, rather than AOSP.

I hope someone will correct me or add better nuance though.

Big Money Wasted

Hey alright. I didn't know if you just wanted something available pre-1900 or specifically a horse. If I knew how to get you the hookup on equestrian pizza I'd be happy to tell ya, but I don't.

It's pretty commonly delivered by bicycle in NYC.

You're going to have to define "real magic" here, otherwise this makes no sense IMO

Testing herbs for effects sounds like folk medicine or alchemy at best, but those have been replaced by more rigorous fields like chemistry and pharmacology.

No it's an umbrella, it's even labeled

Hm, I don't care for that. Magic is flashy and fun because it's entertainment. But science doesn't look like they depict in movies and shows.

As a process, science looks more like that nerd with the clipboard taking notes on mushrooms or nuclei whatever for 20 years. Then they edit papers from other mushroom / nuclei nerds and go to a conference to give seminars and debate the others and ultimately publish more papers and eventually some books, and if we're lucky a documentary. They're exploring hidden worlds in a way that is very opposite of the showmanship and illusions we popularly call magic.

Appeal to authority popping up again? Fry is not an expert in usage. You are ceding him credibility he has not earned.

That part was my opinion. Sorry I didn't label it with a big red marker. You're welcome to your own opinions.

Overall though, I think you're missing the forest for the trees a bit. This is tiresome so I'll just leave it at that.

If you enjoy linguistics, I'm happy for that, and glad we have it in common. The minor quibbles don't really matter. It's been fun; take care.

We don’t use it in English. We just retain the latin plural for Latin words.

The English plural of alumnus is alumni. Yes of course it's retained from Latin. But it's also become a word in the English dictionary. We actively use that form in English written and spoken communication. It's been absorbed into the language. I've never once heard "alumnuses".

No, we generally don't use the "i" ending on new words, but we could. There's no rule against it.

You made an appeal to authority when you provided the Steven Fry video

I never claimed he was an English professor, though he's certainly an expert when it comes to usage. I shared it because I like his point, and I think you're a bozo for ignoring it, since it makes a strong case against proscriptivism.

But ok, if you like authority, here's a similar point made by a PhD sociolinguist.