I'm pretty sure the model of train is a proper name and it's named after the satellite. I don't think I would describe any train as a literal "sputnik" of the rails.
Also Russian is full of composite words like that. "Explorer" in russian would be "исследователь" (issledovatel') - ис (completely) + след (trace/footstep) + оват (make, imbue) + ель (he who). Literally it would be "he who makes (places) completely (covered in) footsteps"
If the “pa” part of “companion” comes from path
It doesn't though, it comes from French compagnon/compaignon and then Latin com (with) + panis (bread). It probably originally meant "someone with whom you share bread (eat together)".
And actually, looking at wiktionary, Old English had a word "ġefēra" (with the same meaning) which is constructed very similarly to "спутник": ge ('with', still the same prefix in german e.g. Gebrüder) + fera ('to go'/'to fare', e.g. in seafaring)
Great assessment TBH. Iran is clearly posturing here, they haven't won yet, even though the US did lose already.
US plutocrats don't actually care that much whether the stock market is red or green in the short term, they will make money from it either way. I think the existing strategy of jacking up oil prices (which will impact the economy long-term) and also hitting their assets directly where possible (e.g. datacenters and oil refineries) will have more impact.
However, it is also possible that with some reshuffling of the demands the ceasefire might actually hold. If they allow Trump to not lose face, they could get most of their demands practically met and be the ultimate victors in this. I hope this is how it goes, otherwise we might see a worldwide famine due to fertilizer shortages by the end of this year.
That's just not true. Most ATMs still run on Windows. There is a lot of industrial machinery running Windows 98 or XP to this day. A lot of POS devices too. Almost all accounting is done on Windows. The amount of chaos if it disappeared would be immense, it would probably be on the same order of magnitude as the last pandemic in terms of immediate economic impact as businesses have to manically switch to alternatives, and hundreds or thousands of people would die from financial chaos alone.
Linux is probably still worse because it would mean that more than half of smartphones are suddenly bricked, literally all of the internet just stops working, and a shitton of industrial automation stuff is gone.
It's still super fucked up that you're basically gifting some other person a sizeable chunk of your income just because they were able to put up a down payment and secure a mortgage. Landlords are middlemen leaches that should not exist even by capitalist standards, see Adam Smith.
It is still presenting it as a point of discussion rather than a foregone conclusion, which it should be.
I really think we’re gonna lose a carrier to swarm drones before this is over.
Paraphrasing donald trump, "inshallah"
Plenty of propaganda outlets would cast doubt on it. AP is preemptively doing it right now. If you read the article it is not talking about the threats, it is specifically discussing whether bombing power plants would be a war crime. Shameful
Actual plan and report are here: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-releases-preliminary-citywide-racial-equity-plan-a
The plan seems pretty toothless but at least it's good that the inequality and racism is brought to public attention
Yesterday I was thinking that trump might get angry that Iran is letting through some ships and try enforcing a complete blockade... this seems like the first step towards that
trump Threatens to Commit Even More War Crimes If Iran Maintains Sovereignty
FTFY
Yeah sure, this movie with 1.3 rating and 5 (out of 100) metascore, with only 50k ratings, is the #1 movie this week. The algorithm is really transparent and trustworthy, clearly there's no manipulation going on.
(for those who don't know, IMDb is owned and operated by Amazon)
This is my daily driver at the moment - X201s modded with a 51nb motherboard with i7-10710u (a.k.a X2100). A lot of geo nerd cred to whomever can guess the location by the mountains :)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33203710
Sunrise in Wadi Rum desert. Taken from my phone with OpenCamera's stacked HDR.
Sunrise in Wadi Rum desert. Taken from my phone with OpenCamera's stacked HDR.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32177363
Moon rising during sunset. Taken from Gombori mountain. Nikon D700, 85mm, cropped.
Moon rising during sunset. Taken from Gombori mountain. Nikon D700, 85mm, cropped.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31830215
I liked posting a picture here so I think I will try to do it weekly :)
This is what the dawn of January 1st 2025 looked like for me. We've slept in my van through the night to get this view. The temperature was about -20℃ but it was worth it in the end.
The flats in the picture is the frozen Lake Paravani and the mountains are the Samsari ridge.
I liked posting a picture here so I think I will try to do it weekly :)
This is what the dawn of January 1st 2025 looked like for me. We've slept in my van through the night to get this view. The temperature was about -20℃ but it was worth it in the end.
The flats in the picture is the frozen Lake Paravani and the mountains are the Samsari ridge.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31459711
Since today is my first cake day, I've decided it's time to post instead of commenting. This is a picture I took last month on my phone through binoculars. Taken from Gomismta, the mountains you see are the Main Caucasian Ridge.
Since today is my first cake day, I've decided it's time to post instead of commenting. This is a picture I took last month on my phone through binoculars. Taken from Gomismta, the mountains you see are the Main Caucasian Ridge.
I would argue it's not. There's still a lot of professional and industrial software that doesn't run on Linux at all, even through Wine. I've had a glimpse into the world of industrial automation, there's a bunch of devices that simply don't have the drivers to run on anything but a specific (old) version of Windows. Supply chain issues would persist for decades.