lproven

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[–] lproven@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@Mihies I honestly don't see why, no, not at all. If you want to keep the data then you plug the drive into anything else with a USB interface. If you don't want to keep the data, what's the problem? Just format it and donate it, whole.

[–] lproven@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

@Mihies @douglasg14b

Stick the drive in a USB caddy and keep it?

If it's an array, buy a big one and then repeat from step 1...

[–] lproven@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@datendefekt @drawerair

Yeah, no, that's utter nonsense.

During the COVID lockdown I was doing a lot of walking around the local woods with my infant daughter in a pushchair. I listened to music on my phone. I was using free conf-swag head phones.

So I bought myself new ones. Absolute top-of-the-line super-fancy Sony in-ear things with bass boost and all the trimmings.

They were about CzK 600, which equates to about £25.

I still use them. 6Y later they still sound amazing. By any objective measure they are better than any in-ear things: excellent isolation, superb sound (in as well through the integrated mic), complete cross-platform compatibility, *infinite* battery life -- no batteries! No pairing, no synching, no updates ever. Come with build-in anti-theft anti-loss device: a cable.

£25. What that is in dollarbucks I don't know as I avoid visiting fascist states that might imprison me. $35?

[–] lproven@social.vivaldi.net 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] lproven@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

@GregorGizeh @Sxan Old English (and current Icelandic) letters. English had these until we bought printing presses from the Germans, who lack these sounds.

þ represents unvoiced th (e.g. "think"), ð voiced "th" (e.g. "this").

So, more logical spellings than the bodge of "th" for both.

So why not?