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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

More like [ˈd̪ät̪ä], no long vowel.

That's my B, I was looking at Ecclesiastical Latin for that one :3

Interesting points though, thanks for the elaboration. Shows the layers of silliness that is depending upon other languages for the way we pronounce words.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Your science teacher was wrong, unfortunately. In Classical Latin, datum is pronounced as [ˈd̪ät̪ʊ̃ˑ] "dah-too(m)" and likewise data as ~~[ˈd̪äːt̪ä]~~ [ˈd̪ät̪ä] "dah-tah."

Not that Latin should really have a say in how we speak English anyhow.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Air Canada should be top 5 imo. I want my three nights in an expinse hotel (the only one with available rooms, at that) reimbursed, goddammit, I don't care if it was out of your control due to "weather" on the nice, sunny day that my wife was having at my destination.

I might be a little biased...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

A hypercorrection based on a misunderstanding of the Latin declension for the word, at that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Greatcoats actually work well on a bike when it starts to get pretty cold (ca. -20°C), I have a thick wool one that is Russian navy surplus and I might look like I just biked off of a warship, but it keeps me warm yet also breathes if I get too warm. Also, it's long but splits down the middle nicely when I straddle my bike.

I haven't biked in much colder than that, though in the winter it easily gets to -30 to -40 here. I kinda want to try but it's quite intimidating both in terms of keeping all my extremeties as well as all the ice.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I'll save everyone the visit to tineye:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but does Sync seriously charge to remove ads that they added to browsing Lemmy in the first place? I get charging for Reddit due to the API, but I have a hard time believing the app is that much better than the existing FOSS apps such that the privacy tradeoff with ad trackers and/or the monetary cost worth it for, well, anyone really. Seems kinda scummy and antithetical to the philosophy that drives much of the Fediverse to me, yet I see so many people defending it in a way that reminds me of the rhetoric used to defend Reddit. Seriously, am I just a crazy person?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here in Canada, e-transfer with 0 fees is pretty normal.

 
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can you explain a bit more, if you don't mind? From what I've read not being able to port forward can decrease the number of connections you can make while torrenting (i.e. slower down-/upload), but I don't see why this would cause IP leaks assuming your torrent client is configured to only use VPN connections. I've never used it personally. Not trying to be obtuse or anything, I'm just a bit confused and very sceptical in terms of alternatives because I'm not very serious in terms of torrenting and would be hesitant to change my trust.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What about Mullvad?