PS calling it "soccer" means you are not in touch with the football world, as there is only one country that calls it that way (retaining the name "football" for a game played mostly by holding and throwing the ball)
Na, we here in the US know other countries call it football. We call it soccer here. It's not that complicated. Football is a word we use for another sport (a sport where every drive ends with a kick by design).
The problem I have with Soccer is that the name comes from an abbreviation of one governing body and not the sport itself. It would be like calling all American football "NFL" even if it was played in Cuba... by kids in the street. Or saying high school kids in Italy are playing in the NBA if they play rounders at lunch.
My problem is not that you have a different name for football- my problem is that the name is... well, wrong and inaccurate.
MLS in the US is not part of the English "Football asSOCiation" (what the name originally came from) any more than kids playing rounders in school are part of MLB. It's not that the name is different- it's that it is technically WRONG.
I live with it, I mean, I understand that's what Americans call it now- but I feel like there should really be a better name for it.
No facial information should be allowed to be stored by a government entity without a warrant. I would have thought that THAT is already covered by the constitution.
No private entity should be allowed to store facial recognition of an individual without that individual's explicit written consent- and should not be allowed to sell any data collected via means of facial recognition.
Ii there's any substance to this, it's more likely that the Kremlin didn't want Hillary as president than they wanted Donald. Hillary's an aggressive war mongerer who'll try to push NATO further east, while Donald's a buffoon who's reducing the USA's diplomatic credibility in the world. Sounds like the Kremlin, if they did do this, did the rest of the world a favour.
I'm sure you're pretty close to it. Russia saw Donald as a weak man they could easily manipulate by guiding his ego. Of all the candidates running for any party- Donald was the one most likely to destroy America's relationships with other countries and weaken America's position in the world.
It was really a smart move by Putin. For the many bad things you can say about Putin, you can't call him stupid.
First of all, that sound you hear is Russia, quaking in it's boots, lol
Secondly, the US government conducted espionage against a U.S. presidential campaign, with the goal of either making it lose, or as a fallback to be an "insurance policy" in case that candidate won. Any charges going to filed in that? Anything? Beuller?
You know, for a long time it would have been the Republicans who were willing to stand up to Russia and prevent their abuses and they would have called the Democrats weak, or doormats in their handling of Russia. The roles seem to have switched. The Democrats are enraged at Russia and wanting to stand strong and the Republicans are now the doormats.
What soccer needs are post game flop analysis and actual punishments if it's deemed you flopped
Exactly this. A dive should be treated as a red card offense- and it should be allowed to be awarded after the game too- so the player is banned from the next fixture. 3 dives in a season and you are banned for one calendar year.
As an Indian, I welcome this. I am not against freeing up regulations on internet, however it is better to wait and watch what happens in USA than experiment on our now. Freeing regulations is way easier than allowing something and then bringing in regulations as merits of each side changes.
Congratulations India- you now live in a more technologically advanced State than the USA. The baton has been passed... India, Europe, China, you are now the first world of the post-internet era.
I've taken over Python from Guido. My first edict will be to require that only tabs be used for whitespace. This will save valuable disk space. No complaints allowed. I am also assigning APK as my vice-dictator.
If you're saving disk space does that mean "{" should never be placed on a new line.
I have lived all my life in Spain, so obviously Spanish is my mother language, and I'm seriously tired of all the idiots who try to promote this supposedly "gender neutral" language, ending words in -@, -x or -os/as. The first two are unpronunceable, the last one is way too cumbersome. I wish they would stop butchering our language.
It's funny how many things are considered offensive "on behalf of another group of people" when that group of people weren't offended in the first place.
Can we give these Gerbils wings? They could replace bats in the ecosystem. They would be much cuter than most bats. Bonus points if the wings are ribbed for Gere's pleasure
I have trouble with the concept. I know most European languages have it, but it seems strange assigning gender to inanimate objects.
I agree... What is amazing is how the concept is so global. Europe- Asia- Africa... gender is in language everywhere. It would be one thing if it was just one language family- you'd think it's just a quirk of that language, but it's everywhere.
It probably says something about the human brain... I'm not sure what- but probably says something.
That's because it ends in "-chen" a diminutive. Gender in German on a compound word is always based on the last part of the compound rule. A diminutive of anything is a "das".
If you referred to a boy as a Jungchen it would ALSO be neuter. Das Jungchen.
Just to follow up if anyone is curious: Mädchen is formed by joining Magd (Maid, a feminine noun) with "chen" (a generic diminutive ending that is neuter).
And you can join Junge (boy masculine) with chen (neuter) to form the word Jungchen which is neuter in exactly the same way that Mädchen is.
Bad example. German is completely bonkers with its articles. The table is male, the milk is female, so "The girl puts the milk on the table" is literally "it puts her on him" in German.
English is the odd one out here. Almost all the languages in the world have gender nouns. Yes, there are exceptions, English, Hungarian, (I think) Japanese etc..
It's not necessarily the genders that makes German a pain to learn- it's the grammar associated with those genders in each of German's many cases.
Europeans are far less concerned with political correctness when it comes to language. They want to look the part. In German the word for girl, das Mädchen, is neutral... meaning girls are literally an "it," while boys, der Junge, are masculine "him." What a world... the PC crowd would have a lot of work reforming German... don't get me started with French!
That's because it ends in "-chen" a diminutive. Gender in German on a compound word is always based on the last part of the compound rule. A diminutive of anything is a "das".
If you referred to a boy as a Jungchen it would ALSO be neuter. Das Jungchen.
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PS calling it "soccer" means you are not in touch with the football world, as there is only one country that calls it that way (retaining the name "football" for a game played mostly by holding and throwing the ball)
Na, we here in the US know other countries call it football. We call it soccer here. It's not that complicated. Football is a word we use for another sport (a sport where every drive ends with a kick by design).
The problem I have with Soccer is that the name comes from an abbreviation of one governing body and not the sport itself. It would be like calling all American football "NFL" even if it was played in Cuba... by kids in the street. Or saying high school kids in Italy are playing in the NBA if they play rounders at lunch.
My problem is not that you have a different name for football- my problem is that the name is... well, wrong and inaccurate.
MLS in the US is not part of the English "Football asSOCiation" (what the name originally came from) any more than kids playing rounders in school are part of MLB. It's not that the name is different- it's that it is technically WRONG.
I live with it, I mean, I understand that's what Americans call it now- but I feel like there should really be a better name for it.
I thought the one thing FIFA has done well is reduce the amount of rioting.
Football is nothing like it was in the 80's anymore.
Come on, that blatantly fake injury stuff is entertaining to watch. I feel it adds to the sport.
If you like that, might I suggest WWE?
No facial information should be allowed to be stored by a government entity without a warrant. I would have thought that THAT is already covered by the constitution.
No private entity should be allowed to store facial recognition of an individual without that individual's explicit written consent- and should not be allowed to sell any data collected via means of facial recognition.
Ii there's any substance to this, it's more likely that the Kremlin didn't want Hillary as president than they wanted Donald. Hillary's an aggressive war mongerer who'll try to push NATO further east, while Donald's a buffoon who's reducing the USA's diplomatic credibility in the world. Sounds like the Kremlin, if they did do this, did the rest of the world a favour.
I'm sure you're pretty close to it. Russia saw Donald as a weak man they could easily manipulate by guiding his ego. Of all the candidates running for any party- Donald was the one most likely to destroy America's relationships with other countries and weaken America's position in the world.
It was really a smart move by Putin. For the many bad things you can say about Putin, you can't call him stupid.
First of all, that sound you hear is Russia, quaking in it's boots, lol
Secondly, the US government conducted espionage against a U.S. presidential campaign, with the goal of either making it lose, or as a fallback to be an "insurance policy" in case that candidate won. Any charges going to filed in that? Anything? Beuller?
You know, for a long time it would have been the Republicans who were willing to stand up to Russia and prevent their abuses and they would have called the Democrats weak, or doormats in their handling of Russia. The roles seem to have switched. The Democrats are enraged at Russia and wanting to stand strong and the Republicans are now the doormats.
I wonder why?
The mountain gave birth to a mouse.
Perhaps they need basic biology lessons. They're sacrificing biology to teach hacking instead.
What soccer needs are post game flop analysis and actual punishments if it's deemed you flopped
Exactly this. A dive should be treated as a red card offense- and it should be allowed to be awarded after the game too- so the player is banned from the next fixture. 3 dives in a season and you are banned for one calendar year.
I'm not a graphic artist, but isn't editing photos a lot like CAD, you need precise input?
How can you remove wrinkles from your older girlfriend's pictures with a giant finger mashing on a 7 inch screen?
You can't... you'll have to dump her and date a college student instead.
How much money do we have to give to Adobe for a Linux version?
They're planning on releasing it for Linux during the year of the Linux desktop.
Your grandchild should be able to install it for you from here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
We should implement Blockchain RADAR immediately as a response to this newfangled Quantum RADAR.
At the very least it should have AI embedded and be made of carbon nanotubes.
Perhaps we are playing "Two Lies, One Truth?"
Perhaps... but, I'm not sure what they gain announcing these technologies- unless it's to set our researchers in a tizzy.
If you really have technology to detect stealth planes on radar- why let the world know that- you've just lost your ace in the hole.
"Had this been a real alert, you would all be dead by now"
"Had this been a real alert, the sound you just heard would be followed by screaming, wailing, and the sounds of vehicles rapidly leaving the area"
"Had this been a real alert, do you really think we'd warn YOU?"
Nah, you'll probably live for several weeks after getting radiation poisoning.
{ is"left titty" and } is "right titty".
A good rule of thumb is you always need as many left ones as right ones .
As an Indian, I welcome this. I am not against freeing up regulations on internet, however it is better to wait and watch what happens in USA than experiment on our now. Freeing regulations is way easier than allowing something and then bringing in regulations as merits of each side changes.
Congratulations India- you now live in a more technologically advanced State than the USA. The baton has been passed... India, Europe, China, you are now the first world of the post-internet era.
I've taken over Python from Guido. My first edict will be to require that only tabs be used for whitespace. This will save valuable disk space. No complaints allowed. I am also assigning APK as my vice-dictator.
If you're saving disk space does that mean "{" should never be placed on a new line.
I have lived all my life in Spain, so obviously Spanish is my mother language, and I'm seriously tired of all the idiots who try to promote this supposedly "gender neutral" language, ending words in -@, -x or -os/as. The first two are unpronunceable, the last one is way too cumbersome. I wish they would stop butchering our language.
It's funny how many things are considered offensive "on behalf of another group of people" when that group of people weren't offended in the first place.
He steps down.
If I recall my childhood correctly, he could have just slid down a python instead.
Can we give these Gerbils wings? They could replace bats in the ecosystem. They would be much cuter than most bats. Bonus points if the wings are ribbed for Gere's pleasure
I have trouble with the concept. I know most European languages have it, but it seems strange assigning gender to inanimate objects.
I agree... What is amazing is how the concept is so global. Europe- Asia- Africa... gender is in language everywhere. It would be one thing if it was just one language family- you'd think it's just a quirk of that language, but it's everywhere.
It probably says something about the human brain... I'm not sure what- but probably says something.
That's because it ends in "-chen" a diminutive. Gender in German on a compound word is always based on the last part of the compound rule. A diminutive of anything is a "das".
If you referred to a boy as a Jungchen it would ALSO be neuter. Das Jungchen.
Just to follow up if anyone is curious: Mädchen is formed by joining Magd (Maid, a feminine noun) with "chen" (a generic diminutive ending that is neuter).
And you can join Junge (boy masculine) with chen (neuter) to form the word Jungchen which is neuter in exactly the same way that Mädchen is.
So... no sexism here.
I couldn't give less fuchs
Bad example. German is completely bonkers with its articles. The table is male, the milk is female, so "The girl puts the milk on the table" is literally "it puts her on him" in German.
English is the odd one out here. Almost all the languages in the world have gender nouns. Yes, there are exceptions, English, Hungarian, (I think) Japanese etc..
It's not necessarily the genders that makes German a pain to learn- it's the grammar associated with those genders in each of German's many cases.
Bingo!
Europeans are far less concerned with political correctness when it comes to language. They want to look the part. In German the word for girl, das Mädchen, is neutral... meaning girls are literally an "it," while boys, der Junge, are masculine "him." What a world... the PC crowd would have a lot of work reforming German... don't get me started with French!
That's because it ends in "-chen" a diminutive. Gender in German on a compound word is always based on the last part of the compound rule. A diminutive of anything is a "das".
If you referred to a boy as a Jungchen it would ALSO be neuter. Das Jungchen.