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kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Could you compress text files by mapping a word to how commonly it is used and translating it with an application?6·2 years agoTo get the data, search “frequency list (of English)”.
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?1·2 years ago- Grip the bread vertically to your chest.
- Start cutting in direction from the front to the back.
- Slowly rotate the bread, so you cut the crust only in one point (the tip of the knive moves through already cut bread).
It may be easier to see it with a short knive.
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?8·2 years agoIn czech, we have a phrase “jak sa kráje chleba” (same way as a bread is sliced). Problem is, that (at least in my social group) nobody knows, wether it means clockwise or anticlockwise, as everybody slices the bread differently.
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?1·2 years agoI’ve just find (in wiktionary) the word “moonwise”, meaning antisunwise/counterclockwise. But the moon moves the same way as the sun does. So is there some deeper meaning based off of some long-term patterns in lunar movement, or is it just simple antagonism sun×moon?
kozel@lemmy.worldOPto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How to dispose of dirty polyethylene?4·2 years agoI might try to compost it (and than separate the plastic and soil), unless I find better sollution, but I’m a bit afraid of animals messing it out from the composter.
Local trash company recycles the plastics (at least they claim so). I’ve also writtern them an e-mail, but I don’t really expect to get an answer from them.
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do you call a word that is so rudimentary that it can't be defined without being redundant?1·2 years agoWhat about words like “happiness” or “love”?
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do you call a word that is so rudimentary that it can't be defined without being redundant?3·2 years agoMaybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but you could be interested in “circular definition”.
kozel@lemmy.worldtoUnpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Kids should not be riding electric bikes around3·2 years agoYou seem to be mixing up your unhappyness of e-cyclist riding on the sidewalks and oppinion about healthy benefits of a normal bicycle.
Aso for the second, consider that riding an e-bicycle is still healthier than not riding at all. (Especially at 45 mph = 70 kmph. The electric support is restricted up to 25 kmph. Are your shure about that 45 mph?)
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•how do you make friends if large gatherings arent your thing?2·2 years ago- Find your local facebook group. (Or some alternative to this.)
- Make a group chat with description like “let’s go for a walk together time to time, to make new friendships”. Hopefully a lot of people shall join the group, most of them as lurkers.
- Write there st like “Let’s go for a short walk this evening, start at [time, place]”. Hopefully somebody shall come and they will be a cool person.
Somebody did this a few months ago in my student dorms’ group. Since then, we’ve been meeting ~1 a week. Allways a bit different group, everyone knows that everyone is here to make friendships, so the ices are broken. The group tends to be small-ish, as it’s called usually few hours in advance. The feeling is very good. And I have one person from there, with who we’re getting to be good friends.
kozel@lemmy.worldOPto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What is so great about Reddit/Lemmy apps?6·2 years agoThank you, this is the type of answer I’m looking for.
kozel@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is the language selection for Lemmy never used / pointless?English2·2 years agoProblem is that finding the language from the rolling menu is quite annoying, and as you usually write in language you axpect members of the community would understand, it’s easier to left it ‘undefined’.
Scandinavians do, 1 scandinavian mile = 10 km.