dirkgentle

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[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Do subway trains have batteries for the purpose of moving themselves? I don't know much about subway trains specifically, but in my imagination I can't picture one working during a power outage.

If they don't carry large batteries then it makes perfect sense to me to dump the energy back into the grid. Electrical losses should be fairly small.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think word count is not the best metric precisely because of what you mention. "Krankenversicherungskarte" is one word vs the three word "health insurance card", but they convey the same information in roughly the same amount of characters.

Overall I don't find German particularly verbose, only sometimes a small phrase is condensed into a single word.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I've seen pictures of Costco Japan.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

IIRC the wikipedia for each language is pseudo independent. This feature will eventually make it to all, I hope.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Vector dot products go with dot, cross with times.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

In some old Spanish translations he is referred to as "Ratón Miguelito".

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's also Toronto and Montreal.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

As a native Spanish speaker, inclusive sounds a little goofy, but overall seems pretty harmless to me.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You have the president's face in airports?

 

Hace poco salió un disco nuevo de Juan Wauters.

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