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Sunrise over Edinburgh [OC] (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world
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Love it when this happens to the clouds. Purple and red and yellow and on fire...

Netanyahu bugged my bathroom, Boris Johnson suggests in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Can the mind vomit?

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh really? That's cool, thanks for the info. Language is so fascinating πŸ‘

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was thinking I might. I ly thing is, I haven't got all the books, nor do I have a website on which to host such a list. However I might still have a go πŸ‘

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Meant to say in my Nero Wolfe comment - there's a Lemmy community for interesting words at !wotd@lemmy.world - it's not very busy, but still.

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'd say so. Maybe something like "Take it easy" would fit better.

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I'm currently reading through all of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries, and one fun feature is that he almost always includes one or more very obscure words. It's a nice little thing to look out for.

In the one I'm currently reading it's, "peculate," meaning to embezzle or steal money. Others include:

  • Plerophory - Fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion
  • Apodictically - From apodictic: clearly established or beyond dispute
  • Usufruct - The right to enjoy the use and advantages of another's property short of the destruction or waste of its substance
  • Acarpous - Not producing fruit; sterile; barren
  • Yclept - By the name of
  • Eruction - A belch or burp

I had a look to see if I could find a full list but sadly not. However most Wikipedia entries for the individual novels include a section called, "The unfamiliar word," if you want to find more.

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

There used to be a Scottish football ⚽ player called Kevin Twaddle. Always amused me.

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Would "Have a good one" maybe serve that purpose? It's not exactly the same, but similar sentiment.

NFLPA reviewing fan pouring drink on Bengals RB Chase Brown in Charlotte in c/nfl@lemmy.world
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I suppose it could endanger them if it was coffee, or something worse. And there's always the possibility of copycats. Idiotic thing for a fan to do.

Mikel Arteta on Ronaldinho: "He's the only player in history that he could transform by himself, he did it in Paris, he went to Barcelona in one of their worst moments. He had an aura and energy" in c/football@lemmy.world
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe it's just me, but I read that quote as if Ronaldinho had died and Arteta was paying tribute to him! Just checked, and thankfully he's alive :-)

I didn't know HOW bad Google search has gotten. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yep, and thanks, I should have done that myself. Although setting that up as the default search takes a little more detail.

I didn't know HOW bad Google search has gotten. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Not sure if this will help for that specific search but I recently discovered a change that you can make to your browser's search defaults that makes Google search a lot better (for me at least), stripping away all the AI stuff.

Details in this thread: https://lemmy.world/post/19104187

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To Norway: An Apology (lemmy.world)
 

Sorry Norway. Our jammy win in Oslo robbed you of a chance to experience a major tournament. Instead, your place went to a badly organised rabble, with no urgency, no ambition and not even basic ball control.

You should have been in this tournament, and that disgraceful excuse for a Scotland team should have been languishing in 3rd or 4th. How in god's name did we beat Spain?

Sorry Norway, you deserved better.

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Scotland qualification scenarios (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/football@lemmy.world
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Of limited interest, I'm sure, but I spent a bit of time working all this out, and wanted to post it before Scotland go 2 down after 5 minutes tomorrow and render it all moot...

So.

If Scotland lose to Hungary, we're out. No ifs, buts, or maybes.

If we draw then we need at least 2 out of 3 scenarios to happen in order to sneak through:

  • Spain beat Albania AND Italy beat Croatia
  • Turkey beat Czechia AND Portugal beat Georgia
  • Denmark beat Georgia AND England beat Slovenia by 5 or more (I think)

If Scotland win against Hungary then any 2 (or more) of these scenarios gets us through

  • Spain avoid defeat to Albania (Scotland would finish better than Albania and also better than one of Croatia or Italy, regardless of their result)

  • Netherlands beat Austria (Scotland would be ahead of both Austria and Poland)

  • England avoid defeat to Slovenia (Scotland would be ahead of Slovenia and also at least one of Denmark or Serbia).

  • There's also the possibility that Slovenia hammer England (Scotland could finish better than England on goal difference and also would be ahead of at least one of Denmark or Serbia)

  • Portugal avoid defeat to Georgia (Scotland would be ahead of Georgia and also ahead of one of Turkey or Czechia)

  • Even if Georgia did win, we could beat them on GD, but we'd have to thrash Hungary, so not likely.

  • No draws on match day 3 in group E. Doesn't matter who wins, as long as two teams do.

  • Or, if there are 1 or 2 draws in group E then it comes down to goal difference, so we would have to hammer Hungary, see above.

And yes, I made a spreadsheet to work all this out... :-)

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Manchester United decide to sack Erik ten Hag regardless of Cup final outcome [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
 

Great timing. Unless they're thinking they might get a new manager bounce without actually appointing a new manager?

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VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please... 🀞🀞🀞

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Fans’ body pledges β€˜studs to the knee’ response if Game 39 plans are revived | Premier League [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
 

FFS, not this bullshit again... Hopefully fan pressure can fight it off just like last time.

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Feature suggestion - enable swiping between multiple photos in a post/comment (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by sanguinepar@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
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Example post: https://lemmy.world/post/14058825

I've no idea if this is technically possible at all, but on posts like the one above, where multiple images have been added, it would be really handy to be able to swipe between them as if they were in a gallery. At present it's a case of open one, close it, open the next, etc...

Same for comments, not sure if that would be different than posts.

Thanks :-)

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It's SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! (lemmy.world)
 

Let's go Niners!!!

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Blue cards to be introduced into football for sin-bins under Ifab trials [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
 

TLDR - Blue cards will be for dissent and cynical fouls. Two blues means red. Blue plus yellow also equals red.

Weird.

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Gary Lineker, Match of the Day: I don't like VAR any more (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

As someone who was against VAR from the start, I'm pleased to see someone as high profile as Lineker come out and admit he was wrong about it and has changed his mind. Fingers crossed this continues and we can start to move towards getting rid of it.

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Liverpool 4-3 Fulham: Trent Alexander-Arnold hits late winner in thriller - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

What a game!! Absolute insanity and some unbelievable goals.

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Everton receive immediate 10-point deduction (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Wooft!

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