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Perpetual Motion finally achieved!
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Technically speaking, pretty much all of our power is solar power with extra steps.
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Perpetual Motion finally achieved!
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Technically speaking, pretty much all of our power is solar power with extra steps.
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Free energy mod!
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This sounded very wrong to me, so I googled and apparently they had a setup where the reflected air from the sail caused a net flow in the opposite direction allowing them to move forwards. But that is less effective than just blowing the air straight backwards without a sail.
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catgirl rule
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4 ears > 2 ears
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Also having a semi auto as the standard issues rifle
There is another: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistel
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Anon takes a DNA test
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Genetic tests can be used to determine paternity though?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_paternity_testing
Maybe you are referring to a specific type of test?
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Who sees the moon when
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That is mostly true when the moon stands directly above the equator, however its orbit isn't fixed to the equator so the duration can vary during a month the same way the duration of the sun being in the sky varies over the year. So especially near the poles it is possible to see the moon for more than 24 hours or not at all for multiple days.
https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/92abef/how_long_is_the_moon_visible_per_day/
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Lemmy.world improvements and issues
On the homepage lemmy.world, new posts keep appearing at the top even when not sorting by new. This causes annoying layout shift, especially when browsing all communities, not just local ones. (I use Firefox / Win 10)
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Chinese chefs summoning the fires of 8 hells just to make some fried rice
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Nah, all their comics are left to right.
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What's a word you've spent a long time not using right?
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Wiktionary says it's the other way around (until originates from til) and both til and till are correct: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/till#Etymology_1
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"Sorry Win 11-tan." by @Clov_erD
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-tan seems to be a cutesy / baby-talk version of -chan.
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Anime Girlfriend
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https://anilist.co/manga/30436/Uzumaki-Spiral-into-Horror/ Read at your own risk of feeling icky afterwards
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How realistic is it for me to learn Japanese so that I can experience Anime better? How long would it take to learn? Has anyone attempted this?
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As someone who has tried studying all three languages, Korean and Japanese are actually quite similar. Many grammar patterns like particles and conjugations can be directly translated and many loanwords from Chinese sound very similar in both languages. So knowing either one certainly does make learning the other one easier.
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相席(あいせき) doesn't exist/is long in English. More words like that, please?
Maybe ご多忙中 (ごたぼうちゅう) is a good example? Something like "Excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy".
Edit: 盥回し (たらいまわし) - handing off a problem to someone else to evade responsibility
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Did Google just have a little hiccup?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_services_outages
Still fairly reliable overall I'd say.
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I don't really understand the use of こと here, any help?
I would translate のこと as 'regarding' or 'about'. It shouldn't really change the meaning but is just a slightly more indirect way of saying 'the weather will be x'. Maybe you've also heard of あなたのことが好き(すき)です as a way to confess your feelings. The meaning should be the same as あなたが好きです but it might be perceived as more indirect and polite I guess.
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South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
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Adolescents attending schools with restrictive, compared to permissive policies had lower phone (adjusted mean difference −0.67 h, 95% CI −0.92 to −0.43, p = 0.00024) and social media time (adjusted mean difference −0.54 h, 95% CI −0.74 to −0.36, p = 0.00018) during school time, but there was no evidence for differences when comparing usage time on weekdays or weekends.
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Foreign Rabbits (by s73d)
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I tried searching for the katakana and a song called Fallin came up. Fallen would probably be spelt フォーレン
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Hrmmm 🤔
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I don't think this image is AI because of the background composition. While I agree the pattern on the right arm looks a little weird, that alone doesn't proof it's AI. It could be edited using AI but might just be photoshopped. Also you shouldn't trust AI detection software, it doesn't work.
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相席(あいせき) doesn't exist/is long in English. More words like that, please?
I can't think of any off the top of my head, but might reply again later. You could also check out some 四字熟語, although those are more like proverbs rather than words. Eg. http://www.edrdg.org/projects/yojijukugo.html
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Anything but a Democrat!!!
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