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On September 13 2020 00:05 Simberto wrote:
Have the US people here heard of a writer called "Karl May"?
He is a german author who wrote a gigantic amount of wild west fiction at the turn of the 19th century (and some other stuff, but the wild west fiction is what he is famous for). Some of his iconic wild west characters, like for example the Apache chief "Winnetou" are basically almost universally known in Germany.
So i got to wondering if this means that there is a whole bunch of wild west mythology which is only known in Germany, and not the US.
He's certainly not only known in Germany. I've read a lot of his books as a little kid. Can't say I remember anything specific from those though, it was long time ago.
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I also only remember a few details, having read the books as a child, too. I remember the self-insert Mary Sue "Old Shatterhand" whose super power it was to always knock everyone out with a single blow. I think a lot of different people were called "Old X-Hand". I think i recall "Old Shatterhand", "Old Surehand" and "Old Firehand" at least, but there were probably more.
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On September 13 2020 00:05 Simberto wrote:
Have the US people here heard of a writer called "Karl May"?
He is a german author who wrote a gigantic amount of wild west fiction at the turn of the 19th century (and some other stuff, but the wild west fiction is what he is famous for). Some of his iconic wild west characters, like for example the Apache chief "Winnetou" are basically almost universally known in Germany.
So i got to wondering if this means that there is a whole bunch of wild west mythology which is only known in Germany, and not the US.
I read some of his books as a kid, in Netherlands. So probably well known around most of northern Europe at least.
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Does anyone know what happens when you report a player in SC2? All I know is that they are added to my block list and I get a message saying something about thanking me for contacting Blizzard customer support. I haven't been able to find any other info. Can I still be matched with them on ladder? Does Blizzard ever review these, and if so, what do they do?
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On September 17 2020 02:33 AirbladeOrange wrote:
Does anyone know what happens when you report a player in SC2? All I know is that they are added to my block list and I get a message saying something about thanking me for contacting Blizzard customer support. I haven't been able to find any other info. Can I still be matched with them on ladder? Does Blizzard ever review these, and if so, what do they do?
You cannot be matched with players who you blocked. As for whether Blizzard reviews reported players? They probably have an intern in charge of that, so maybe something gets done at some point, possibly?
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On September 17 2020 07:11 Acrofales wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2020 02:33 AirbladeOrange wrote:
Does anyone know what happens when you report a player in SC2? All I know is that they are added to my block list and I get a message saying something about thanking me for contacting Blizzard customer support. I haven't been able to find any other info. Can I still be matched with them on ladder? Does Blizzard ever review these, and if so, what do they do? You cannot be matched with players who you blocked. As for whether Blizzard reviews reported players? They probably have an intern in charge of that, so maybe something gets done at some point, possibly? I imagine most of it is automated with perhaps a real person taking a look before serious punishments are dealt out (bans)
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Are there any serious "global warming is great" movements anywhere? I mean, surely there have to be some people in Canada and not-southern-Europe who are happy that they no longer have to deal with nasty winters every year.
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Don't know of any.
And that makes a lot of sense to me. Because usually people have established themselves in a place with the assumption that it will stay similar to how it currently is. Change is almost universally threatening to the people currently living at the places, because it threatens some aspects of the way stuff is set up.
Sure, it being a few degrees warmer might sound good at some places. But then you suddenly have more or less rain, which are both bad. In the former case due to flooding, in the second because it kills your crops. Or some glaciers thaw and lead to even more flooding. Or the ground you built your house on stops being permafrost and your house sinks into the ground. Or the forest starts dying. Or there are mosquitos everywhere.
The people already have long-established ways of dealing with the problems of the current climate at their places. They don't have any mechanism in place for dealing with the problems a warmer climate brings.
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On September 23 2020 05:20 Sent. wrote:
Are there any serious "global warming is great" movements anywhere? I mean, surely there have to be some people in Canada and not-southern-Europe who are happy that they no longer have to deal with nasty winters every year.
Greenland's pro-mining groups are the closest I've heard of. I don't know they outright advocate climate change, but they take a glass half full approach at minimum.
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Norway28738 Posts
On September 23 2020 05:20 Sent. wrote:
Are there any serious "global warming is great" movements anywhere? I mean, surely there have to be some people in Canada and not-southern-Europe who are happy that they no longer have to deal with nasty winters every year.
I dunno about movement but i thought your very own corwin-mikke was one such person. Putin also seemed focused on opportunities presented, but that was before siberia started burning.
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Russia is usually presented as one of the "winners" of global warming. Staple crop yields likely to be improved with minimal disruption, opening of the Arctic resources. Many important urban centres far away from coastlines. Wouldn't call it a movement, just acknowledged circumstance.
In my case, this year I am happy to see plants reflower in my garden where they wouldn't survive winter unaided before, what with the extremely mild winter I just had, but on the other hand last year people were moaning about 3 months of near constant 30+ degree weather. Which I found quite pleasant, but everyone has different tolerances, and people tend to be acclimatised to the weather they live most of their lives in. Of course I'll probably have a different opinion if my house was flooded.
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I called a gas station about a gas price that it showed me on google maps, because it was like 0.5km out of the way, but like 7 cents cheaper per liter. Wanted to confirm the price was accurate before driving there.
The lady that picked up said she can't share gas prices over the phone. Is that some bullshit archaic law, or is the business just evil?
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Canada11355 Posts
On September 28 2020 13:50 FiWiFaKi wrote:
I called a gas station about a gas price that it showed me on google maps, because it was like 0.5km out of the way, but like 7 cents cheaper per liter. Wanted to confirm the price was accurate before driving there.
The lady that picked up said she can't share gas prices over the phone. Is that some bullshit archaic law, or is the business just evil?
One of the jobs of a gas station attendant is to report local competitor gas prices to corporate/whoever. We were always told to go out and observe the prices on their sign when I worked for shell.
I was never told not to mention prices on the phone but I imagine it would have something to do with price reporting.
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How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch?
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On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch?
I think so. Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver).
Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?!
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On October 13 2020 04:58 Acrofales wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch? I think so. Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver). Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?!
You think we measure butter?
Just was watching something and everyone they intro'd mentioned weight and everyone was between 10 and 13. The other thing was that it usually just gets rounded, I rarely see 13.4 stones or 9.3 or whatever either? So you have more than 1 weight division in fighting/boxing where the limit is "11 stones" for example.
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On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch?
Not sure how but they are.
E.g. the default on the NHS BMI checker is stones https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/
I think it's just that everyone uses it so everyone uses it.
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United States43540 Posts
On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch?
We use metric for anything commercial such as buying fruit but use imperial for non commercial measurements such as measuring people.
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On October 13 2020 05:36 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 04:58 Acrofales wrote:On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch? I think so. Recipes I use are in grams (generally bbc goodfood or jamie oliver). Considerably easier than american recipes trying to make me measure all manner of solids in cups or tablespoons. How the hell do you measure 3 tablespoons of butter?! You think we measure butter? Just was watching something and everyone they intro'd mentioned weight and everyone was between 10 and 13. The other thing was that it usually just gets rounded, I rarely see 13.4 stones or 9.3 or whatever either? So you have more than 1 weight division in fighting/boxing where the limit is "11 stones" for example.
Well, if you don't measure butter when baking, your pastry will turn out too sticky or too flaky or too wet or too dry. Measuring is kind of an important part of baking.
E: that was a very interesting autocorrect, if anybody caught it 
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On October 13 2020 06:11 KwarK wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2020 03:13 GreenHorizons wrote:
How do "stones" continue to be more popular than kilograms for measuring people's weight in the UK? Or is that just the UK shows I watch? We use metric for anything commercial such as buying fruit but use imperial for non commercial measurements such as measuring people.
somehow a system even worse than the US exists, lmao
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