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leaky_shower_thought @ leaky_shower_thought @feddit.nl
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What's a name that you kept mispronouncing?

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  • Wikipedia says it is like Chóngqìng. "Chong" with long o sound, then tsin.

    • What's a name that you kept mispronouncing?

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  • yeah, french (and borrowed words) is usually my hard-mode when it comes to pronunciations. this one is special because it's dessert (or so I think).

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  • Chongqing like "Chongqing Chicken". not pronounced "chonking".

    "Añejo", not pronounced "ah-neh-joe"

    "Hors d'oeuvre". funnily not pronounced "horse divorce".

    • The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers

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  • i like this one better than cloudflare's turnstile.

    cf blocks me all the time for the smallest reasons and i can't seem to find their nag email.

    • What's a perfectly bad name for a cat?

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    • Finally paid off my Costco hotdog 🙏

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  • good job! a+ financial discipline!

    • Does your language have animal slangs?

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  • monkey = not attractive, can also be foolish

    gorilla = swole, ripped

    crocodile = greedy

    worm = of low social status

    turtle = slow

    cockroach = hard to kill

    • Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI

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  • it is a paradigm shift.

    what they learn from this is to make sure to not get caught in the future.

    • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • book reading club?

    • The two-frame test

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  • the bench didn't show up on the first frame so, duh, popping~

    stuttering~

    the game engine sucks.

    • YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great!

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  • thanks! very helpful in decluttering and prolly peace of mind for those that chase after internet brownie points.

    • Genius

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  • it could be a solution twenty- or thirty-some years ago. at least to keep the readers from getting near.

    but, they don't have to be near to read do they?

    or, as others have pointed out, the power company can always fudge it and shift you the burden of proof.

    • For the second time in my life, I'm going to eat soap.😋

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  • looks like the gamer girl one before her just paved the way for this kind of product.

    the internet does connect people in interesting ways.

    • people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now?

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  • to be fair, that's some presidential level autocorrect if it thinks it knows how you should measure your dashes.

    i agree that in the internet, no one does (or at least, actively) try to measure them dash sizes.

    hmmm, any thoughts... huh these people and their cracks sure do love their long lines~

    • Catchiest video game song?

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  • megalovania is one of the badasses in my book

    • people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now?

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  • there's a use for the em dash. it is mainly on reports and literature. i just don't see it on the casual internet much.

    from what i read, it is the use of realm and delve that have strong leanings of ai bias.

    • What is the longest first name of a person you have met?

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  • hmmm... evangeline for a girl, i think it's like evangeline rose for the full first name.

    a rare name for guys is like claudualdo. usually guy names are shorter. benjamin or methuselah are more common.

    • Those of you that back your vehicle into parking spots, why do you do it?

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  • imo it doesn't matter if you have the kei car. they are very manueverable. also the introduction of backing cameras make things safer.

    things change once you get into the bigger cars / pickups.

    • Is 8GB a lot? Depends on the context.

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  • dying in 8gb unified ram intensifies

    • What's your method of enjoying (or at least tolerating) physical exercise?

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  • i learned to love the feeling of muscles getting stretched