That's interesting, thank you. I didn't know anything about Gujarati, this is a cool opportunity to learn!
Google translated it as "Nine days and seven days are tight".
Does that sound like a good translation to you?
So when someone changes a light bulb, which direction to turn is just a feeling in their bones?
That's fair.
Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"?
The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.
So does each language have a fun mnemonic?
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The concept of a shower thought is annoyingly abstract, so I error on the side of leaving posts up, but maybe this is a good chance to get the perspectives of others:
- Is the problem, or part of the problem, that the post is a question?
- Or maybe the post is not whimsical enough?
- Do people think a shower thought can ever be a question?
- Is it something else that makes this not a shower thought?
This post was reported for breaking community rules. Its not obvious to me what rules would be broken. dm me if you feel strongly about it and would like to clarify.
It's not always that simple...
They just added doc editing in the Android app!
When proton first added docs you could only edit them through a browser. I just noticed today that they added it to the android app!
This post was reported for being a news article not a shower thought. Also it seems like several of the comments are concerned that it is political.
There isn't a rule against posting a link. The article does seem relevant and OP's thought isn't taken from the article, it seems unique, like something you might think of in the shower after reading the article.
There isn't a rule against political posts. Many posts have some component of politics to them.
Thank you all for being civil with each other. Thank you all for commenting and reporting when think something is pushing the limits on what should be considered a "shower thought", it's an abstract concept, so social pressure is helpful in shaping the community. I try to error on the side of being permissive.
As always, I am open to feedback.
Edit: spelling, ironically
Yeah it doesn't have the friendliest user interface, but it does have an enormous amount of functionality when you eventually find the menu you are looking for.
OsmAnd is impressively capable
When I first tried OsmAnd a few years ago it was overwhelming, there is so much to customize.
I tried it again recently and it really impresses me.
My OsmAnd ski profile shows me slope for avalanche risk and 3D relief so I don't need Fatmap, plus OsmAnd let's you download 7days of weather.
OsmAnd doing routing on hiking trails replaces my need for Gaia.
Really impressive work by the OsmAnd team.
For a moment I was trying to figure out what kind of git merge would give someone new cars... Sounded like some tech bro shenanigans
Edit: ha I got distracted for an hour and I got beat to it.
Thanks I had no idea what it was.
This comment was reported. I'm not seeing any issue but the reporter can dm me and point it out if I'm missing something.
I'm certainly having trouble making sense of them.
Blimp Crash Yesterday
Here is an article: https://www.thesun.ie/sport/13888559/sao-paulo-blimp-botafogo-copa-libertadores-brazil/
Well if it doesn't happen again, that means Linux isn't doing well.
'it' being a handoff of ownership
I recently found the "transit" app. It has a great UI and great live updates. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetransitapp.droid
Is there and Open Street Maps project for ratings and reviews?
It's a key feature of Google maps that I don't have a great replacement for. I assume moderating the reviews would be a significant challenge for the project.
The French are still fighting for the US democracy.
The French may not have the first democracy, may not have the best democracy, but they have had to fight harder than most for their democracy.
- paraphrasing from an audio tour by Rick Steves, I think.
Edit: oops, i flipped words in the title
Street-Complete, like Pokemon Go but for good.
I first learned of Street-Complete here and I really like it.
It's satisfying to walk around, complete little tasks, and get prizes, scratching a similar itch to Pokemon Go.
Stuck waiting for someone? Add opening hours for a few local businesses.
Have a long walk ahead of you? See if you can add/check house addresses as fast as you can walk.
Want to walk off a few beers before heading home? Complete some tasks in the bar street.
Its a very constructive way to "be right" on the internet.
Which is older an infant or a baby?
Is one a sub group of the other? Does either term include toddlers?
I'm having this discussion with someone and we both thought the opposite from eachother and we were quite sure our way of thinking was the common understanding.
Is there a good source of info on rental car liability insurance?
I want to know if the car I'm renting comes with liability insurance. I just want to be sure that if I am at fault in an accident, that the other car will be covered. Lets try to ignore any personal car insurance policy and let's ignore collision insurance for now.
I am under the impression that in many countries they are required to give you liability insurance when you rent the car, but I don't have a good source. Many articles have mixed information.
For the US, this article says:
> For a registered car rental company in the US, they must provide a minimum level of liability protection for cars they rent out.
But this other article says > In the U.S., every state requires a minimum amount of liability insurance on car insurance policies, so you may already have liability coverage through your personal auto insurance.
Which sounds like in the US your personal insurance is all you have.
Community Service: Vote on a new mod
In the spirit of Lemmy/federation giving more power to the users. I want to let the users of this community vote on our first candidate for a new mod. This is a little risky because there has not been much time for community to form, but I think its a chance to set a good precedence.
Voter information
The candidate for a new mod: lemmy.world/u/forkball
My arguments for adding them as a mod:
- Assuming its the same person, reddit.com/u/forkball was an active reddit user since 2011. And from briefly scanning their history on reddit and Lemmy, they seem like a good level headed person. I think they would be a good mod, but the voice of the community is what matters.
- I have no mod experience and was always a complete reddit lurker, so it would be good to have a very active community member as a mod.
My arguments for not adding them:
- Y'all are chill and not causing a lot of work for me. So at this instant I can handle the work load. Not sure how long that will last though.
How to place a vote
I hope to avoid bots so voting will take some effort.
To place a vote you must comment on this post (I wont count nested comments). Your comment must begin with "YES:" or "NO:" followed by no less than 4 words justifying your vote.
Votes must be submitted before June 29 at 06:00 UTC.
If we have more YES votes than NO votes, u/forkball will become a mod.
Here are examples of valid voting comments: "YES: because forkball both showers and thinks!" "NO: because they didn't give me an up doot"
Fineprint
Lemmy and moderating is still new to me so if this ends up being a really dumb move on my part for some reason I cannot foresee, I reserve the right to bail on this idea and try another method for community input. Things would need to get really nuts for me to bail on this vote.
I don't expect a huge number of votes, but if im wrong, it may take some time to tally the votes.
Edits
- It seems implied, but only one vote per username. Feel free to report duplicates. I will also try to publish the counted votes so people can validate my tally.
reddit migration and an invitation to mods
I created this community because it was my favorite on Reddit and I couldn't find one on Lemmy.
If the mods from reddit want to to moderate this community, I am happy to welcome them. They do a great job!
Any US pilots flying in Switzerland?
All prospective pilots, whether they want to fly aeroplanes, gliders, helicopters or balloons, have to undergo clearly defined training. This includes theory lessons as well as practical training in the type of aircraft concerned. All training courses have to be concluded with an examination.
How hard is it to fly in Switzerland with FAA certificates? Anyone have experience with "Validation of a foreign license" which is good for 1 year or "Conversion of a BASA FAA licence to EASA Part-FCL PPL Licence"
Very impressed with Lemmy
I just joined from the reddit-exidus. I'm very impressed by all the hard work going into Lemmy. If you want to help fight off the next wave of the hug of death, you can support: https://join-lemmy.org/donate