@Cerberus Not to bang the gong too hard, but I'm sure this could have been asked of the Germans in 1935. "Don't worry! Things have a way of working out!" Which is true of all disasters, by the way.
@Cerberus We've seen the iceberg, we've notified the crew, but a significant percentage of the passengers are convinced it doesn't exist, and full speed ahead!. And the Captain is calling us "fake news" and "the enemy of the people."
This is a problem for the planet, not just the U.S. Especially for low-lying coastal areas, like, um ... let's see, do any come to mind right off the top of your head?
As to coastal areas, we have enough money and knowledge to build dikes. We won't be affected that badly. As opposed to, say, Bangladesh. We're now helping them build dikes, I believe.
But the weather is another problem: parts of the tropics may become too hot to live in part of the year. And there will be droughts and flooding to destroy harvests in various places; poor countries don't have the money nor the organisation to counter those effects.
@Robusto What I am saying is that the places most affected by climate change (in a negative way) are not rich countries with lots of experience in holding off the sea, but rather poor countries, especially those in the tropics, on (low-lying) coats, and near deserts. Especially those with more than one factor combined.
Trust me when I say there will be unforeseen consequences. There are always unforeseen consequences. When we're talking software, it's no big deal. When we're talking global climate change, it is a very big deal.
> "The time scales for destabilization of marine hydrates are not well understood and are likely to be very long for hydrates found in deep sediments but much shorter for hydrates below shallow waters, such as in the Arctic Ocean... Overall, uncertainties are large, and it is difficult to be conclusive about the time scales and magnitudes of methane feedbacks, but significant increases in methane emissions are likely, and catastrophic emissions cannot be ruled out... The risk of a rapid increase in [methane] emissions is real but remains largely unquantified."
Note the "not well understood" statement.
The truth is, we really don't know what will happen. But that's not a reason to plow ahead on our present course.
> Born Gaius Octavius, the grandnephew of the dictator was adopted by will as his son and heir, becoming Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. ... later, the Senate granted him the title of Augustus, which ever after signified the holder of imperial authority.
So he would probably be called Gaius informally.
Or perhaps he had some other cognomen that isn't attested.
Robusto, I just had to paste the link to your "old man" answer in a comment to my "pretty lady" answer (not about capitalization at all, BTW) because... I thought whoever (maybe an old man) would believe you and leave me alone... I hope you don't mind.
I feel like I'm being harassed (maybe I'm overreacting) because a commenter just refuses to believe that some people don't capitalize terms of endearment (not to be confused with nicknames) in direct addresses. He/she suggested that I put it up for a vote here in chat. So, can we just get this over with... "Hey, pretty lady, you seem like fun." Obviously, that is his nickname for every fun-seeming lady...
Actually, I did a lot of research on it, too much...and was beaten to the punch, as usual. But, hey, now I have you to refer to... Ah-ha! See there! Take that! Those soft returns were for Cerberus.
Actually, you can type text of any length in a text editor, copy it, and paste it into the window here. There is no character limit in this case either.
my manager is changing and he was awesome person. I would like to thank him for including me in his team. There was meeting held and I was not part of the meeting as I was on leave. A colleague told me that manager is changing
can any body please help me in sending an email?
Dear xxx,
I was on leave when the meeting happened regarding change of reporting manager.
I missed the meeting and I am sorry for that.
You are one of the best manager, I have worked with in my 5 years of IT career.
I wish to have another chance of working with you.
Thank you again for making me a part of your team.
Regards,
zzz
hi everyone, can you please tell me if it is correct to say "trace the influence" ? as an example: "I can clearly trace the influence of environment on me."
When I worked in an office one or two people would look at my screen and ask if I could read the code I was working on, because I had the font set "so small" (seemed pretty normal to me). I mean, of course I can read the code. I don't set up my workstation to make my life harder. 🙄
on the other hand ubuntu 18.04 has made my life harder. What is the point of this netplan nonsense?
I don't want to strain my eyes, but the default font sizes in Windows are too big for me. I can choose a size that is larger than the one I have now, which is the minimum I can set it to, but Windows warns me that that would be an option that is not recommended.
@MattE.Эллен No idea what netplan is. Ubuntu 18.04 uses the GNOME shell now, and Unity has been retired. I tried Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE 18.04 and didn't like either. MATE is getting buggy and bloated now. Maybe it's time to use Xubuntu.
@MetaEd Because of system and browser settings, I cannot be sure that the size you see and the size I see are the same. There are many settings in different places.
@Jasper yeah. I guess that's why the error in unity in 16.04 isn't being fixed. I accidentally upgraded to 18.04 because I thought I would get a point release of 16.04
nautilus isn't working for me either
so I can't browse files. although I generally use bash anyway
What do we call the department inside a govt. ministry that undertakes the relay of documentation, official letters from outsiders (requests, appeals)? In Russian the weird word is "Expedition" (Экспедиция). I'm translating a document bearing a stamp that says "Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Expedition. 12 October 2012, 15:40".
@CowperKettle I guess there isn't really a term for that. It depends on which country and which ministry, and they would all have different names for that. Nothing I know of. Expedition is certainly not a word to be used in this case.
@MattE.Эллен What is it about Nautilus that doesn't work. Do you mean you cannot access your files through it?
Since a few weeks when I try to start nautilus in Ubuntu 18.04 I get the following message :
nautilus: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tracker-2.0/libtracker-data.so.0: undefined symbol: sqlite3_bind_pointer
It seems everything else is working fine. I ran dpkg -l | grep libtrack...
I'm actually not sure if German would it like that last sentence say, or if it would "I am playing my part in English a little bit more German making" be. Or something.
"Stop me to finish" should be "stop me from finishing".
@MetaEd Yup, that's what inspired this thought. :D
Now, the problem with saying something like "that's what this thought inspired" is that now it looks like "this thought" is the subject of the sentence instead of the object.
"Wenn haber man kann nicht meinem Rede Verstehen, so werde ich ihm später dasselbe übersetz, wenn er solche Dienst verlangen wollen haben werden sollen sein hätte."
Now, the distinguishing-for-people thing sort of makes sense. You want to distinguish between, say, "Policjant je artystę" (the police officer eats the artist) and "Policjanta je artysta" (the artist eats the police officer). But it's fine for "chleb" to always be "chleb", because bread isn't going to eat anything.
Wikipedia says Caesar Augustus was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, making his nomen Octavius and that nomen would have held sway prior to his ascension to emperor.
Screenwriters, though, seem always to refer to him as "Octavian" at that time of his life. A classicist I know assures me that his act...
Since a few weeks when I try to start nautilus in Ubuntu 18.04 I get the following message :
nautilus: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/tracker-2.0/libtracker-data.so.0: undefined symbol: sqlite3_bind_pointer
It seems everything else is working fine. I ran dpkg -l | grep libtrack...
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
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