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kepler471··on Are any words the same in all languages?
I only meant this as "similar to the Germanic", I don't know enough to give this category a proper name
kepler471··on Are any words the same in all languages?
Thanks for this!

Looking into it a bit more, the French is also from the latin source (aqua) - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eau

kepler471··on Are any words the same in all languages?
Even within Europe there are many different words used for water, very cool! This is not a comprehensive list:

  Germanic - wasser/water/voda/woda
  French - eau
  Italian/Spanish - aqua/agua
  Greek - nero (νερό)
  Danish - vand
  Romanian - apă
  Latvian - udens
  Turkish - su
  Welsh - dwr
kepler471··on Emacs User Survey (2022)
The link for the 2020 survey results seems to be https://emacs-survey.netlify.app/2020/
kepler471··on Switching from Windows PC to Mac and why I switched back
> File management is done by Finder and there is some very strange things. For example to enter a file (open it) you do not use the enter key but cmd+down and enter is for renaming (wtf!).

It definitely takes time to adjust for things. This example I find funny because to me the mac method makes sense. Cmd + Up/Down to go up or down file hierarchies, and Cmd + Down will also open files. For Windows it is Alt + Up to go up, but Enter to go down or open file. I find the symmetry of the mac binding more simple, but that doesn't mean that I don't adjust over time when on Windows.

Another bonus RE keybindings is that there are a number of system shortcuts that you can very easily change to your liking through System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, without any additional software.

kepler471··on Seam carving (2020) [video]
Here is the link the current (in-progress) course materials. It's a really nice site with each lesson posted as a notebook:

https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Spring21/seamcarving/

or the previous (complete) course:

https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/

kepler471··on WindowTabs: Browser-style tabbed window management on the desktop
Is the feature you mean called Sets?

https://insider.windows.com/en-us/articles/introducing-sets

Looks like it was removed from Windows preview due to feedback, they may be reworking it in the background.

kepler471··on MF DOOM Has Died
There's probably a worse way this year could have ended, but for me, right now, I don't see that universe
kepler471··on Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed
For me, for the rare time I need Edge, typing 'edge' will not show me the Edge browser. It offers an internet search for that word, however if i stop at just 'edg' it will correctly suggest the Edge browser.

There are many similar examples with this same pattern.

kepler471··on Show HN: Play Battleships on PostgreSQL
Why was I downvoted?
kepler471··on Show HN: Play Battleships on PostgreSQL
Nice one !