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Velites, Signifers, and Nero intensify
  • Yes and no, and it depends… the history of Latin is long and varied as it was spoken by many people in many places over a long time, so I’m going to simplify a lot and hope my memory of long ago lessons is correct.

    In this context the “vv” combination was fairly common in Latin and it does have a ‘w’ like sound, which I’m pretty sure is how ‘w’ came to be. In earlier Latin they did not use a ‘vee’ sound. The ‘w’ sounding consonant was represented by a single letter “v”, but the vowel sound now known as ‘u’ was also represented by a single letter “v”. Thus “vv” (‘wu’) had a ‘wuh’-like sound. Vowel “v” also had multiple pronunciations (like tune vs tuck), so when the vowel “v” (or ‘u’ in later Latin) was doubled to “vv”, it would have an ‘oo-uh’ or ‘oo-wuh’ like sound.

    So, words like vulgare, vulpes, equus, tuus, manuum, vacuum, and uvula, would all have been spelled vvlgare, vvlpes, eqvvs, tvvs, manvvm, vacvvm, and vvvla, and pronounced with a lot of ‘wuh’s.

  • I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers
  • Hard disagree.

    1. Waste packaging is a common problem.
    2. Lots of folks have cats
    3. You can already buy a commercially made strip and strap cutter. This is just fixed size version that uses a more common blade.

    Honestly, my bigger gripe with the video is the little dots of hot glue. That feels like wouldn’t hold up (I’ve had cats disassemble store bought scratchers). I’d brush on flour paste or thinned down school glue for non-toxic full coverage. You could even mix in cat nip to encourage use.

  • Do rotating plates in microwaves help when heating food?
  • Yes, commercial and maybe some premium microwaves can achieve the effect of the turntable by more hidden means.

    Though, I don’t know if they still make cheap microwaves without any hotspot mitigation whatsoever.

  • Does anyone actually use the windows key on their keyboard as intended by the OS?
  • Yes I do.

    🪟 + ⬅️/➡️/⬇️/⬆️ snaps windows into tiles on your screen or maximize/minimizes them.

    🪟 + shift + S is the shortcut for the ‘new’ snipping tool

    Sure, 🪟 alone opens and closes the start menu, but when opens opened, your curser is already the search bar so if you want to quickly open an app, it’s just: 🪟, first few letters of the app, Enter

    I don’t use it as much, but: Ctrl +🪟 + ⬅️/➡️ cycles you through virtual desktops

  • How do you eat kiwifruits?
  • This, but sometimes I’ll roll a slice out of its skin as I eat it, like pulling the ripcord on a gyroscope. Then I’ll eat the strip of skin on its own. Only a monster licks the cream out of an Oreo and leaves the biscuit behind.

  • Recommendations on casual GB/GBA games?
  • Game and Watch gallery series would be good for mindless hand occupation

    Low intensity staged 2D platformers:

    • Warioland series
    • Donkey Kong Country series
    • Kirby’s dreamland 2

    Harvest moon 2, 3 & friends of mineral town are pretty chill but may probably more text heavy than you are looking for.

  • Nintendo Patent Approved in August Could Be What It Uses Against Palworld
  • The request for an expedited review of patent number 7545191 also facilitated the approval of three other patents from Nintendo and The Pokemon Company (7528390, 7493117 and 7505854). Kurihara noted that amending an existing patent for specific litigation purposes is an established industry practice, and possibly what happened in this particular case.

    This does not make sense to me.

  • Kinda catchy

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