Hello @snailboat you haven't told me why you prefer LPD to the other two yet! =)

@snailboat Long time no see

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@CowperKettle That is a very nice bear.

ell.stackexchange.com/a/201788/3395 I've never really heard people referring to multiple programs (or rather, their respective interfaces) sharing a computer screen as such. What they list are technical terms, and they might mean different things depending on the program/OS.

Also, I'd just say the program is taking up (the asker says just taking and I don't know if that's idiomatic) (the left/right) half of the screen.

Googling "taking half of the screen" brings up a number of results but most of them seem to come from non-anglophone sources.

Word of the day: threadbare

Hi I had a question. Can "make out" be an alternative of "decipher"? Like : I can't decipher your handwriting. Can there be a sentence to mean the same sentence using "make out"?

Like:. I can't make out your handwriting.

Or: I can't make out what you've written.

And what about a message?

Or a picture.....

I can't make out what's written in the picture.

Or: I can't make out that picture.

I can't decipher that picture.

@It'saboutEnglish Decipher a picture? Where have you read/heard that?

So how can "decipher" and "make out" or "tell" be used in case of a message, picture or something written?

The closest relevant meaning of make out that I can think of is "discern".

Someone used it

Meaning you can't really see what's there, or identify, recognize.

No something that is written in a picture.

I can't make out the text in the picture means you can't really discern the letters because the picture is blurry, or the font is too small.

I can't make out your handwriting can also be said.

So I guess it can mean "decipher" in that sense.

But I can't make out the picture... I don't know. Probably not. I wouldn't use that.

I can't make out what's in the picture.

Googling it shows it's used, but I guess I'm just not used to hearing it that way.

Bah... no more answers for a while, migraine aura coming on. How is everone?

Word of the eve: overweight (excessive weight)

@SamBC I'm sorry! I hope you'll get better.

Tablet taken, it'll resolve sooner or later, and hopefully won't get full-blown.

@snailboat It's alright. Whenever you remember and have the time. =)

@snailboat Yeah, I sometimes get just aura, sometimes just pain, and sometimes both. Rarely, because if I notice the aura I can take tablets and they mostly let me skip the pain. Still get the postdrome, though. Other tablets allow it to be skipped much more thoroughly, but I don't fancy stomach ulcers so don't use them unless I really need to.