grundrausch3n (u/grundrausch3n)

grundrausch3n commented on The German language broke my website speedbumpapp.com/en/blog/... · Posted by u/nullderef

ryvi · 6 months ago

As a German, I can tell you the problem is that none of these translations are common here, as the whole concept of a speed bump is something entirely ungerman. In fact the first time I've ever seen them was in Mexico, and we were joking that there isn't even a word for it in Germany.

Sure, you could translate it as Bremsschwelle, but I bet your metaphor would confuse most people.

grundrausch3n · 6 months ago

I am originally from north western Germany and they were everywhere, especially in 30km/h zones and play streets. We just called them Huckel and I never thought about an official term. I can not remember seeing any of them in Berlin though. Here they make you break by going left and right instead of up and down.

grundrausch3n commented on Goodbye from a Linux Community Volunteer lore.kernel.org/netdev/2m... · Posted by u/ajb

Gentil · 10 months ago

It's interesting to note that Linux Foundation is not even mentioned anywhere in the discussions. It is all Linus Torvalds for people apparently. Linux Foundation and their corporate lawyers should be the ones who recommended this right?

Moreover, I am interested if this effects FreeBSD which is not run by corporates like Linux Foundation but is still US. And what about OpenBSD which is Canadian?

grundrausch3n · 10 months ago

To be fair, I would personally welcome for these Foundations to move to more neutral countries. RISC V foundation moved to Switzerland because of the shenanigans concerning China. I would trust the Swiss government more to keep the spirit of Open Source/Free Software up than the US one.

Because the code is thought still owned by the devs, I do not know how much difference that would make.

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donw · a year ago

Technically, the US does as well.

You have 240 V at the panel, but you only run half for each common circuit.

grundrausch3n · a year ago

Technically basically all buildings in Germany (residential and commercial) run on 400V 3 phase power. But access to it via sockets is only common in residential homes via sockets in a garage. It gets more common with car charging although they rather use 3 x 230V as far as I am aware of.