Root Access

Journeyman Geek

00:38

There, rss feeds rebuilt, least as far as I can remember

@CanadianLuke were the partitions created on OS X or windows?

Michael Frank

01:09

That's my phone termination point. D:

Canadian Luke

01:22

@JourneymanGeek osx side

qasdfdsaq

01:44

Fuck it's 2am

and I'm still a cat

Canadian Luke

?

Journeyman Geek

02:05

Hmm. Maybe OS x partitions differently...

qasdfdsaq

@CanadianLuke can you do detail diskin diskpart?

Canadian Luke

One sec

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            200 MB    512 B
  Partition 2    Primary            111 GB   200 MB
  Partition 3    Primary            111 GB   111 GB
  Partition 4    Primary            619 MB   223 GB

DISKPART> detail disk

ST750LX003-1AC154 ATA Device
Disk ID: C6340163
Type   : ATA
Status : Online
Path   : 0

qasdfdsaq

Hmm. OK

What you've got is Windows thinks the disk is MBR, not GPT. MBR only allows 4 partitions, but GPT is required to boot in EFI mode (though Bootcamp hacks all that anyway)

Canadian Luke

But Windows 7 SP1 supports reading GPT disks...

qasdfdsaq

27

Q: Windows detects GPT disk as MBR in EFI boot

This disk is OCZ VERTEX 128GB SSD. It is formatted as GPT from OSX. The disk layout is, /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk1 1: EFI ...

43

A: Windows detects GPT disk as MBR in EFI boot

Did you happen to use Apple's Disk Utility to create a FAT filesystem in that to-be-Windows partition? If so, you converted the disk from a legal GPT disk into a hybrid MBR disk, which OS X sees as GPT and Windows sees as MBR. The solution in this case is to clear the hybrid MBR data. A number of...

Canadian Luke

02:15

Nice find...

Looks like what I want isn't possible, though

qasdfdsaq

Oh?

Canadian Luke

Well, I'd have to reinstall Windows 7 in EFI mode...

qasdfdsaq

Ah

I wonder if a startup repair would do the trick

Canadian Luke

02:45

No, doesn't in regular instances

Canadian Luke

03:09

Based on what that answer states, it's likely I can't do it while Windows is installed in BIOS mode.

bwDraco

03:40

pcgamer.com/…

How do people play games like this so well? What am I missing?

For background:

1

Q: How do I improve my gameplay in turn-based strategy games, given that they tend to be difficult?

TL;DR: Turn-based strategy games tend to be designed for high difficulty. As a less experienced gamer, how do I improve my gameplay in TBS games to meet these high standards? I've been playing Fire Emblem Awakening for quite some time, and I've finished the game at Normal/Classic without exce...

fire-emblem-awakening turn-based-strategy

HackToHell

04:01

anokha.amrita.edu/bob

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell Go CBE! Boo spelling misteaks!

Canadian Luke

Exicting... Might be a word in his language

Upto is a new word

It's now officially means "its"

I want to attend an Institue!

"Everyon"....

OK, I'm done nitpicking...

HackToHell

04:16

@JourneymanGeek there's a spelling mistake ?

Canadian Luke

@HackToHell I found 5...

HackToHell

> exicting

#k

Ramhound

Don't you hate when you order a pizza and then accidently, because you switched your address in your profile, send it to a state 280 miles away?

I was comparing the menu between the two addresses then proceeded to just order :$

Canadian Luke

LMAO! What states?

Ramhound

I moved from GA to FL

bwDraco

04:28

> And when luck fails him, Zemalf falls back on his slow and thoughtful playing style, methodically considering every option before making a move. He narrates his Let's Plays the same way, speaking in a deep, calm voice.

Canadian Luke

Nice...

bwDraco

That's the answer.

Ramhound

Was trying to order breaded wings from Pizza Hut, and compared the two menus, and ended up ordering from the wrong location.

Apparently the GA location does have breaded wings..

bwDraco

This is the exact same issue.

Oct 21 '15 at 2:45, by DragonLord

Effective immediately, I'm going to be making major changes aimed at addressing self-control issues that have repeatedly cropped in this chat room. My focus will be on being a calm and stoic person at all times, never losing control of myself, so that I can always act in a constructive and controlled manner even under the difficult conditions. I will not let anything like this happen again.

> slow and thoughtful playing style, methodically considering every option before making a move

Feb 3 at 6:33, by bwDraco

Unfortunately, my tendency to shoot first and ask questions later breaks this.

Canadian Luke

@Ramhound I didn't know they would change their menu based on location... Mind you, we only have one Pizza Hut in my town

Ramhound

04:29

So I ordered a very expensive pizza..

Canadian Luke

Wait, is the GA Pizza Hut delivering to your house in FL?

Ramhound

Some are not franchises

bwDraco

The reason I have trouble playing hard games of this sort is exactly the same as the reason I have these outbursts here.

Ramhound

but still take part in the online ordering

This location I normally order from now did have the breaded wings, but for the last month, they have not.

bwDraco

Any thoughts?

Canadian Luke

04:31

@bwDraco We all have those moments. Just recognize them, then think like a responsible human, and talk out your decisions. Life's too short to worry like that

@Ramhound Those bastards! Not having your breaded wings...

Ramhound

lol

I always order to much food. So its my own darn fault.

bwDraco

I took a closer look at the article and the cause of the issues I have with these games is no different than the cause of the issues I've been having here in chat.

Canadian Luke

@Ramhound I should ban you... No such thing as "too much pizza"... Just saying :P

bwDraco

Exact. Same. Problem.

4 mins ago, by bwDraco

> slow and thoughtful playing style, methodically considering every option before making a move

Ramhound

What normally happens

Canadian Luke

04:33

@bwDraco It all comes down to your brain, and how it's wired. You have multiple stages or areas of your brain that dictate certain thoughts

bwDraco

I'm committed to making sure this is how I behave in the future.

Ramhound

I order bunch of stuff and a pizza

then end up not eating the pizza.

Canadian Luke

@Ramhound Cold Pizza is good too... Just saying...

bwDraco

Making snap decisions is never OK.

Feb 3 at 6:11, by bwDraco

My experience tells me there's one thing in common with the best leaders: they are calm, cool, and collected.

Well, there's an upside to this: it means that there is just one problem to solve, and it is to be calm, cool, and collected.

It is my failure to stay calm under stress that causes me to misbehave. There is quite literally no other plausible explanation for these issues.

For the exact same reason I presently would not be a good mod.

Canadian Luke

@bwDraco Don't aim for being a mod right now. Yes, some parts are awesome (like shaping a community), but it's still a lot of work. Being patient and thinking lots before you act in certain situations are critical.

bwDraco

04:42

@JourneymanGeek: Your thoughts?

Canadian Luke

I've been called out on Meta SE to defend myself a few times. I can always explain my actions, but there are many people who would try to make you break.

bwDraco

Perfect XCOM game at the highest difficulty level—thanks to the player's personality characteristics that are the exact opposite of what mine are—and that form the basis for my end goal in life.

Canadian Luke

Patience is the biggest thing you need to work on.

BRB, gotta reboot the computer

bwDraco

I've said this countless times and I'm going to say it again: I am committed to making myself a calmer person able to make sound decisions even under extreme stress. I firmly believe this to be my ultimate life goal as all my research and experience agree that this one skill is the key to success in every aspect of life.

(This might be worth pinning.)

Onward and upward!

Journeyman Geek

04:59

@bwDraco I maintain what I've said before.

You're ready to be a mod when other folks start bugging you to be a mod

@HackToHell No, there are many ;p

bwDraco

I'm aware I'm not ready.

Journeyman Geek

@CanadianLuke I've had someone complain about me. Funny thing is I can't read the post cause I don't have enough rep

bwDraco

Really, it's this one aspect of my personality that's holding back my full potential.

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco also I'm not calm. I try to be self aware but there's a difference.

bwDraco

Yes, I'm self-aware of these issues. The problem is not a matter of self-awareness but whether I take the appropriate actions to address the issues.

Journeyman Geek

05:01

(also, I occationally don't give a crap.)

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek Yeah too many

bwDraco

It's been at the heart of my research for the last several years. I know I need to be calmer. Self-control is everything.

The question is how do I actually implement a working solution?

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco the fact that you researched this is part of the issue

The secret to calm is to be able to let go

to let things take their own path

qasdfdsaq

Well that's very Zen of you.

Journeyman Geek

(also, know exactly where to hide the bodies)

HackToHell

05:08

@bwDraco I'm hot headed myself

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq or should I say "stop giving too much of a shit what other people think? " ;p

qasdfdsaq

Speaking of self control, I have none. It's 5am and I'm playing KSP again.

HackToHell

But the fact that I am a little bit of a coward gets in the way of my impulse to shout/break things

bwDraco

I stand by my word.

Journeyman Geek

and embrace your inner terrier?

qasdfdsaq

05:09

@JourneymanGeek Well I've been practicing that for a while, and it's resulted in a few bans

HackToHell

Be like a cat

Cat doesn't give a fuck

Journeyman Geek

sleep all the time?

qasdfdsaq

HackToHell

Yeah that's a good idea too

qasdfdsaq

Journeyman Geek

05:12

speaking of which, despite the eu tu brutae look...

(dog wash. Suprisingly useful thing for a dog park)

allquixotic

@qasdfdsaq rofl. cats acting like dogs!

qasdfdsaq

@allquixotic Yup. It's a marketing campaign from my mobile provider.

allquixotic

that's a Maine Coon cat, isn't it?! <3

my kitty is Maine Coon but she's brown and black instead of cream colored

bwDraco

@allquixotic: Your thoughts on the perfect XCOM game and calmness under stress?

HackToHell

Journeyman Geek

05:18

@allquixotic or maybe a norweigian forest cat

aka the miniature Norwegian flufftiger.

allquixotic

@bwDraco how does calmness under stress relate to the perfect XCOM came? :P

game*

bwDraco

51 mins ago, by bwDraco

> And when luck fails him, Zemalf falls back on his slow and thoughtful playing style, methodically considering every option before making a move. He narrates his Let's Plays the same way, speaking in a deep, calm voice.

allquixotic

I've played lots of turn-based strategy games, but most of 'em aren't timed, so I just take my time, as much as I need, to suss out the best course of action from the ones available, even if it takes me much longer than most people

if it IS timed then I tend to get a little stressy, make mistakes and probably lose

qasdfdsaq

I think so, yes.

Journeyman Geek

also, I suspect @allquixotic know exactly how impulsive I am gaming ;p

bwDraco

05:20

The same issue at the heart of my problems here in chat.

allquixotic

oh god... that freaking halfling rogue named 'Rogue' running around like a dolphin >_<

Journeyman Geek

;p

allquixotic

setting off traps

running into groups of mobs

Journeyman Geek

AHEM

The traps was not my fault.

allquixotic

talking to random vendors while we're trying to do our thing

Journeyman Geek

05:21

Someone else set them up ;p

;p

allquixotic

yeah, but YOU are supposed to be in detect mode!

Journeyman Geek

See? ;p

allquixotic

you're a rogue!

Journeyman Geek

someone else tried to pick the trap when I was trying to pick it ;p

allquixotic

probably bob

Journeyman Geek

05:22

also, I mentioned I needed to talk to that guy

since he had the last part of my highwayman set ;p

anyway

I am SO not calm gaming ;p

Until I die a few times anyway

(like that <spoiler> who was giving me trouble)

bwDraco

@JourneymanGeek ...and I'd call a time-out on this happening to understand what's going on.

HackToHell

Ha, when i used to play Dota 2

I used to scream so loud

My mom used to shut my room door xD

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco @allquixotic @Bob and I play sword coast legends every weekend ;p

bwDraco

I'm aware of that.

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek ooh what's that

Journeyman Geek

05:24

On one hand, my charecter has significantly better gear. Also, may have a tendancy to pull out pricy gear at random when people are short on gold cause of glitches.

Bob

@allquixotic Nah, that's me :D

bwDraco

@HackToHell D&D5-based RPG.

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell D&D based combat RPG

bwDraco

I don't plan to play it, though.

HackToHell

Like Torchlight ?

Bob

05:25

@JourneymanGeek ...yea, about that -_-

Journeyman Geek

closer to dungeon seige

Bob

I still have no idea what happened.

Actually. Maybe.

Maaaaaybe because of the save file swap? :S

Journeyman Geek

;p

maybe ;p

Bob

I didn't pay attention to my gold. Mostly cause I never buy anything.

Journeyman Geek

lol

HackToHell

05:26

bleh, azure portal is dead

Journeyman Geek

I was trying to get a specific loadout ;p

HackToHell

looks like they pushed bad code to prod

Journeyman Geek

(basically dual wielding with a dagger + the full highwayman set)

(and eh, we got rained out for todays plans. I'm going to get phoebe 2.1 (preview) up ;p

bwDraco

1 hour ago, by bwDraco

> And when luck fails him, Zemalf falls back on his slow and thoughtful playing style, methodically considering every option before making a move. He narrates his Let's Plays the same way, speaking in a deep, calm voice.

45 mins ago, by bwDraco

I've said this countless times and I'm going to say it again: I am committed to making myself a calmer person able to make sound decisions even under extreme stress. I firmly believe this to be my ultimate life goal as all my research and experience agree that this one skill is the key to success in every aspect of life.

One problem to solve. One key to unlock success everywhere.

Journeyman Geek

._.

qasdfdsaq

05:55

If only it were that easy

Journeyman Geek

da

bwDraco

The one problem itself is hard to solve.

Journeyman Geek

I'd like to introduce you to Mr Fermi

bwDraco

...but it really is a universal skill.

Journeyman Geek

Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi (Italian: [enˈriko ˈfermi]; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian physicist, who created the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age", and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of the few physicists to excel both theoretically and experimentally. Fermi held several patents related to the use of nuclear power, and was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and the discovery of transuranic elements. He made significant contributions to...

He had this amazing talent for breaking down a big problem into a series of small problems

bwDraco

05:59

@JourneymanGeek In my experience, that's a learnable skill.

Journeyman Geek

The one problem is many little problems.

bwDraco

I've done lots of "R&D" of my own in trying to address the sub-problems.

Journeyman Geek

I'm job hunting now. Its one big problem. Its also many little problems (Identify and classify jobs based on desirability, optionally tune up resumes for the job, deal with first level interviews with non technical folk, deal with second and subsiquent interviews...)

bwDraco

For instance, how do you make sure you don't lose control of yourself when something bad happens? How do you prepare yourself for a difficult situation? How do you calm down quickly? How do you ensure you can continue to make sound decisions under stress?

It's all unified into one key issue with one key skill to build, but there are lots of sub-problems involved.

Journeyman Geek

Well perspective

bwDraco

06:03

I'm well aware of this.

Journeyman Geek

and letting yourself some slack

bwDraco

06:13

in Ask a Super User Moderator, Jan 24 '15 at 3:42, by random

You're in some kind of "full on" election mode setting. And time is just on the other side waiting to see when you're going to snap from stressing yourself out

Journeyman Geek

see?

People say the same things ;p

ugh. I reinstalled the HGST drive annnnd, its detected correctly with no errors now

bwDraco

in Ask a Super User Moderator, Jan 14 '15 at 23:05, by DragonLord

@JourneymanGeek I'm very sorry to say that your fears have come true. I cannot contribute at my full pace any longer and may retire from Stack Exchange completely within the next few months.

in Ask a Super User Moderator, Jan 4 '15 at 3:29, by Journeyman Geek

(To the point where I'm worried you'll burn out.)

It's only gotten worse since, to the point where I've genuinely risked a suspension on the main site:

Jan 21 at 8:45, by bwDraco

I fear that if I don't address my self-control issues, my Stack Exchange career will come to a grinding halt with an extended suspension.

Oct 21 '15 at 2:10, by Journeyman Geek

The next request to be suspended may be entertained.

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, Jan 19 at 3:32, by bwDraco

We might need a CM here because I attempted to out a mod.

Nearly got myself banned for good.

Alright, gotta go. It's getting late here.

It's pretty obvious what I need to fix, and it really should not be that hard.

Implementing what you proposed should only take a few days at most (and can in fact be done by end of day tomorrow) and would be a big gamechanger.

Always calm, never out of control.

Journeyman Geek

06:31

heh

I'm not always calm ;p

bwDraco

Come to think of it, it's insanely simple.

It's not hard to do and it takes very little time or effort.

tereško

mrning

bwDraco

2 hours ago, by bwDraco

> And when luck fails him, Zemalf falls back on his slow and thoughtful playing style, methodically considering every option before making a move. He narrates his Let's Plays the same way, speaking in a deep, calm voice.

This is not hard to do at all. It just takes relaxation.

tereško

has anything interesting been going on lately?

bwDraco

@tereško Read back from here.

Journeyman Geek

06:36

facedesk

Now that drive is back up

bwDraco

Good morning and see ya.

Journeyman Geek

In perfect shape

NO issues at all

WTF is going on?

tereško

@bwDraco it sounds like something that would require extremely careful movement

I tend to way too impulsive with my solders in XCom

(which sometimes ends up with me being surrounded by 3+ spawned packs)

Journeyman Geek

SEE? ;p

bwDraco

2 hours ago, by bwDraco

The reason I have trouble playing hard games of this sort is exactly the same as the reason I have these outbursts here.

One and the same.

2 hours ago, by bwDraco

I've said this countless times and I'm going to say it again: I am committed to making myself a calmer person able to make sound decisions even under extreme stress. I firmly believe this to be my ultimate life goal as all my research and experience agree that this one skill is the key to success in every aspect of life.

tereško

06:43

keeping calm is not the problem

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco turn the difficulty down to easy then ;p

bwDraco

@JourneymanGeek This is nothing more than a cop-out.

Journeyman Geek

And sometimes I just spend a week not playing. Then go back and kick ass.

bwDraco

That's just masking the underlying issue of impulse control and calmness.

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco this is why I'm a calmer person ;)

bwDraco

06:47

Tomorrow I have to do a comprehensive cleanup of my entire office, as a Chinese New Year tradition. See ya.

Insane

06:58

0

Q: How to prevent accidentally closing Chome?

So, I am an developing a Chrome Extention which means I am constantly accidentally closing Chrome: And while you may not see it now, I've closed Chrome at least 8 times because of accidentally moving too fast and clicking the instead of the button for my extension. I mean the top of the b...

google-chrome

I'm about to implode if I close Chrome again while trying to debug why my crappy vertical align isn't working on my extension popup ;)

tereško

44

Q: How to enable confirmation alert before closing chrome tabs?

How to enable confirmation alert box option before closing opened tab in chrome browser? Need to change setting? I couldn't find any such options in setting window.

google-chrome google-chrome-extensions

will this do?

Bob

@Insane Other option, can you move your button?

Insane

@tereško read da question c:

@Bob it might, but i'd prefer something that nips it in the bud.

@Bob it might help other devs who dont have 10 other extentions to be able to put infront of it

@Bob and also if you need to test your extension in an environment with no other extensions which makes some sense, then that wouldn't work

tereško

who said that you development environment has to be the same as the testing environment?

if that were true, we all would be writing code in notepad

Insane

@tereško i am writing it in notepad(++) but i'm just saying "install some extensions then move them behind your extension" is a sloppy workaround. has nothing to do with dev/testing environments

tereško

07:07

that's actually sad

seriously man, use sublime 3 or brackets or atom

:P

Insane

whats wrong with ++

I've used subline on my macbook air when I'm not in Windows boot

and it's not too bad

but why > np++ :P

tereško

well, first of all the UI is better, it not generating shitload of foo~ files, all of those editors have superior set of extensions

Journeyman Geek

google.com.sg/…

this seems rediculously common

2

Insane

SEEEEE IM NOT THE ONLY DEV

I bet if an answer gets posted that works on my question it'll eventually get like 20k view

@tereško ill seriously consider it tbh, thanks

@tereško a friend of mine was still using wingrep and when i showed him astrogrep he like died inside. so im more open to switching software

tereško

if your PC has the resources, ho with Atom as the option .. it's a bit more versatile (the resources would be because it runs on top of node.js ... you also might find electron.atom.io interesting)

Journeyman Geek

07:14

sublime is really nice

I use it as a wordprocessor tho ;p

Insane

yeah I do have the power

i just cleaned up my chrome tabs over 4 windows for the first time in like a week

was about ~120 tabs

@tereško is that an online environment?

tereško

nope

it's a dekstop app, made using JS .. courtesy of Github (they made the initial development and that 's where the Electron platform comes from too)

Insane

will add to to-do-do-list

Journeyman Geek

tereško

07:44

@JourneymanGeek there is one problem with domesticating foxes - they tend to "mark territory", and it smell worse than cat

Journeyman Geek

;p

tereško

I actually looked into that, because they look really cute

unfortunately, you really can't have one in an apartment

Bob

07:59

@tereško vscode :)

tereško

@Bob I actually have installed it (on Arch). IT looks interesting but it's currently as raw as Atom was when I first found it

it took it about 1.5 years to get to stage at which I found it "good enough" to migrate from Sublime3

Clippy

Super User Blog: ISO files, optical drives and bootable flash drives

jiggunjer on February 07, 2016

(Question ID 66948)

This is a popular question with many similar or overlapping questions. Browsing the various linked and related questions I noticed the information on this subject is limited and fragmented. Most answers are simple software recommendations and do not touch upon any underlying issues. This article is meant to help fellow superusers appreciate the assumptions we take for granted and serve as a springboard for those that need to dig deeper to solve their problem.

Most people who are looking to place an ISO on a USB drive want to put any ISO on a USB drive and make the drive bootable (also known as making a live USB or installer USB from a binary image file). Examples include: …

Bob

08:19

@tereško yea, it's still a bit buggy/unpolished

HackToHell

12:01

wh00t torrentfreak.com/…

Faheem Mitha

12:12

Hello everyone. So, I've read reviews about Xonar DX needing a "floppy cable" for extra power. What is that about, and is it a problem for me?

Journeyman Geek

Really?

A floppy cable?

You'd need something like this amazon.com/4-Pin-Molex-Floppy-Drive-Power/dp/B005L919LY

Quite a few modular PSUs come with em.

I hacked mine up to power my backlights

Well some PSUs still have floppy cables too

Basically you need one of those little plugs

~~Quick google suggests it has one.~~

WHY WOULD ANYONE HAVE A FLOPPY CABLE AS A PREREQUISITE AND NOT SHIP AN ADAPTOR?

Faheem Mitha

12:29

@JourneymanGeek Ok. So not a show stopper, then? I've just seen it in a couple of reviews, not in the specs. I guess I should check the specs. The reviews said it needs it for extra power. Does that sound right?

Journeyman Geek

@FaheemMitha "show stopper" no

Something that might be an annoyance? Oh heck yes

Faheem Mitha

@JourneymanGeek Annoyance how? Just get the cable and stick it in, right? Or am I missing some potential problem with that?

Journeyman Geek

@FaheemMitha you need to get the cable

or find one ;p

and they arn't used much at all these days

Faheem Mitha

@JourneymanGeek Let me check Amazon India.

Journeyman Geek

some PSUs might already have em

Faheem Mitha

12:31

What is a Molex connector?

Something standard?

Journeyman Geek

molex is an oldschool HDD connector

less common now

Faheem Mitha

Will amazon.in/Molex-Floppy-Power-Cable-Female/dp/B000I21Y0K work?

Journeyman Geek

But most PSUs have a few since people power uncommon stuff off it

yup

Faheem Mitha

@JourneymanGeek I see. Hmm.

Journeyman Geek

(I have a molex cable to power my bias lighting ;p)

er

Its very useful to know what a molex, sata and floppy connector are

;p

That Brazilian Guy

12:44

@qasdfdsaq Is it possible to forget one's own native language?!?!

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy sure

That Brazilian Guy

O_o

I guess if it's a 5yo kid who moves to another country
But I think a grown up person who "just don't practice it" and then forgets... Sounds strange to me.

DavidPostill

@ThatBrazilianGuy bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27690891

Language attrition

Language attrition is the process of decay that a language experiences for lack of use. Attrition may take place at the level of an individual speaker who gradually forgets a language that they used to speak, or at the level of the speech community that gradually shifts to another language and change aspects of their original language in that process. Individual speakers whose competency in a language has been affected by attrition may be called semi-speakers, and languages with high rates of semi-speakers have been shown to undergo similar types of language change such as loss of grammatical and...

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy My cousins lived in UK for the first decade or so of their lives

They could understand tamil but not speak it

i.imgur.com/LVvKgdB.png new wallpaper

Kinda minimalist but I like it ;p

That Brazilian Guy

> It's rare to totally lose command of a first language, she says. Instead people have "language attrition" - trouble recalling certain words or they use odd grammar structures. Age is a factor. Once past puberty, Dr Schmid says, your first language is stable and the effects of attrition can reverse themselves if you are re-immersed. But children as old as 10 don't necessarily retain the language they were born into

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense to me

> Sgt Bowe Bergdahl spoke English for 23 years until he was captured by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan five years ago. But since his release, he has trouble speaking it

That makes zero sense to me.

Unless it's caused, in this case, by all the trauma of being captured

DavidPostill

12:54

@ThatBrazilianGuy captured by Taliban fighters == trauma for most people I would think.

Journeyman Geek

Yup

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