Grains are fruits
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France was actually two parts of Québec that drifted separately and then rejoined later on. The Paris region lingered in the ocean a bit longer, and people got accustomed to thinking of it as an island. That’s why they named it Île-de-France.
Continental drift. This was a part of Brazil that broke off and drifted across the ocean. Then it joined up with the rest of Spain, which had broken off from Mexico. That’s why the rest of Spain speaks Mexican.
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ADHD@lemmy.world•How many of you get extremely stressed when hearing gas leaf blowers?English
142·2 months agoBelieve it or not, you’re also allowed to say frig on the internet
You think French people mind inhaling smoke?
And True Romance starts when your boss hires an escort to sleep with you on your birthday, and the two of you end up falling in love and getting married at city hall the next day
Make sure you use plenty of oil so it doesn’t stick to the pan.
If I had to guess, I’d say there’s probably a Mac in that drawer and it’s getting charged
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World News@lemmy.world•Singaporean man executed for importing cannabisEnglish
6·4 months agothere are many place where public transportation and bikes can’t go, especially in the countryside
Are we still talking about Singapore?
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linuxmemes@lemmy.world•So what color *is* Linux exactly? Is it black like Tux and the terminal? Purple like Debian? Blue like Arch?
16·5 months agoUnless you use GNOME. Then your options are grey or black.
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linuxmemes@lemmy.world•The bloat is coming from inside the house!English
15·6 months agoInside of you are two Gus Frings
They are not the same
It’s a class that’s allowed to access another class’s private members. Obviously Linus doesn’t have any, because he codes in C.
GIMP is the original GTK app. The first version of GTK was created specifically for GIMP, and it was initially named GIMP ToolKit.
Couldn’t you just install Gnome now? Most distros have packages for Gnome and KDE, and there’s usually nothing stopping you from installing them both.
Have you tried MATE System Monitor? It’s a fork of the old GNOME System Monitor from GNOME 2.
ray@sh.itjust.worksto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’English
541·8 months agoThe NFL doesn’t need to drop the word “football” entirely, they just need to be more specific so there’s no confusion. They could change their name to “Non-Soccer Football League”, or NSFL for short.
Component Object Model?
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL about a bridge that turns into a tunnelEnglish
15·10 months agoThe Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is another one. It’s a bridge most of the way but there’s one section that’s a tunnel.
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Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Who cares about time complexity
3·10 months agopublic static int convertRomanNumeral(String numeral) { numeral = numeral.replace("M", "DD") .replace("CD", "CCCC") .replace("D", "CCCCC") .replace("C", "LL") .replace("XL", "XXXX") .replace("L", "XXXXX") .replace("X", "VV") .replace("IV", "IIII") .replace("V", "IIIII"); return numeral.length(); }






That might be enough cash to buy a bike, but I don’t think it’s quite enough to buy a camera store