rotateabull

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[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Be the change you want to see in the world

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Much appreciated! I'll do some research on there.

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Incredible write up, did you come up with that or is it a quote? I'd be quite interested in reading more if it's available.

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Good to know, thanks again!

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This looks promising, seems like an active community too. May require more coding than I've willing done in my life though. Thank you!

 

I've been searching for a software (for windows 10 for work/home, soon to be Linux mint for home) that can emulate the right click gestures extensions found on browsers.

The browser extensions allow for a RMB click and drag in a specific direction to cause a specific action - such as closing a window with RMB+drag down then right, or minimizing the window with RMB+drag left then up, focusing the first tab with RMB+drag up then down, scrolling to the top of page with RMB+drag up etc.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a software that would allow for this type of action to be used system wide? Specifically minimizing and closing windows, maybe tiling windows to half the screen. This type of functionality would be really handy to use system wide and not just in a browser but I have not had any luck in my search.

Thanks in advance!

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Makes sense, thanks for taking the time to reply!

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Mind if I ask why dual boot two Linux distros? I've heard (and am currently trying to find the time to attempt myself) of dual boot with windows and Linux, but not often of multiple distros.

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

That's what had me asking this question, wasn't able to articulate the as clearly in my big speel as you did in 2 paragraphs though haha

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

That is exactly the type of example I was looking for! I wonder if that's common amongst books that are written in languages those regions?

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

I didn't even think about the being a common nonsense or flavour of jibberish in other languages, thanks for sharing!

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Interesting! Names of old Germanic gods (Odin, Tyr, Hella, etc.) or typical German names (Klaus, Sabine, Angela, etc.)?

 

Apologies if this is not the correct community for this question, happy to post elsewhere if that is the case.

In English, it feels common place for fantasy novels to use Latin inspired words for their spells or magic languages - unfortunately Harry Potter is the only one I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more! Sci-fi can also fall into this 'trope' using Latin themed titles or names - such as "Augustus", "Primus", military titles, names etc.

Is this common for other languages in Europe to pull from Latin for their fantasy/sci-fi books? Do novels in the eastern hemisphere pull from dead/uncommonly spoken/ritualistic languages for this purpose? Does one languages pull straight from other living languages?

Is Sanskrit used in South-Eastern Asia? Are there extinct Chinese dialects that live on in the fantasy/sci-fi genres? Do novels written in an Arabic language use a dead sister language from the Arabic continuum? Do books in South American pull from the wealth of languages spoken before European colonization? Do languages with multiple alphabets (looking at you Japanese, but would love to learn about other languages with multiple alphabets) use only a specific alphabet for magic spells? Is Swahili used for magic words in Somalian media?

I'm not looking for answers on these questions explicitly (not that they wouldn't be appreciated), just giving examples of the theme.

A notable (English) exception I recently read - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - which uses names from the native language(s?) of the Americas, primarily Aztec if I'm remembering correctly.

[–] rotateabull@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Fun fact, pineapples do not ripen after they have been picked. They will begin to rot which is why they start to soften up on the counter:

https://eathealthy365.com/the-definitive-answer-on-ripening-pineapples-post-harvest/

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