_LordMcNuggets_

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[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This one's wild

 

I was on another thread and got deep into learning about the history of certain words and thought I'd post here. What word history origins / facts do you know?

I'll start with two that I recently came across:

  • "‘Wer’ (meaning ‘man’) came from Old High German with the Anglo Saxons 1,500 years ago, and was part of Old English. It then became ‘were’ in Middle English and remains as part of werewolf (‘man wolf’) in modern English." (Source: BillTongg@lemmy.world)

  • "Sculptors in antique Rome could fix mistakes they made by mixing marble dust with wax. If a sculptor was especially gifted and made no mistakes that needed fixing, they would market their art as “sin cera”, which means “without wax”, which is where the word “sincere” comes from." (Source: Pooptimist@lemmy.world)

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's wild actually, love learning the history behind words. Did you know that very fun fact from the top of your head?

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Das ist so :) I just shortened it, because I wasn't sure english speakers would know the word

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 30 points 2 days ago (14 children)

There's a German game called Wolf. Where two people are the wolf and the rest are the villagers. Each turn the two wolves open their eyes and pick a villager to kill, while the villagers keep their eyes shut. Then everyone guesses who the wolves are. If both wolves are caught, the game is over. Almost always, the wolves win.

Moral of the story, an informed minority will almost always defeat an uninformed majority.

I hope it doesn't come to this in Germany..

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I fully agree, but they do not "produce" the F35. They supply Lockheed Martin with their products, which then incorporates them and "produces" the jets. The article is poorly worded.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I thought only the US produces F35s? Dont they have marines in every nation's airbases that have bought the jet to make sure the purchasing nation never owns the software, only the jet itself?

Theres a big difference between "producers" and suppliers.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My theory is that Merz is looking to poach AfD voters, by "aligning" with their biggest point of immigration to strengthen his chancellor candidacy. But I'm also not THAT informed on the current events.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I genuinely don't remember the exact instances we were speaking about, but it happens from time to team. They released data from a French citizen to Swiss & French authorities in the past, and I'm sure this isn't the only case.

Edit: found the link: https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Maybe not the contribution that you're looking for, but going to tell you this story regardless.

I am Swiss, and am a former Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA / EDA) employee. My colleagues and I had organized an evening on cybersecurity, where we showcase what Switzerland has to offer. I invited stakeholders such as:

  • Dreamlab (really cool company, should look them up if you don't know of them)
  • NCSC (Swiss National Cyber Security Center)
  • Some Swiss cyber regulator; and
  • Proton

Firstly, when speaking to a delegate of one of the above listed (don't feel comfortably sharing publicly which one), he ushered a statement; upon me saying I'm a huge Proton fan and subscribed to all services - "they are lying to your faces".

I was curious, so I spoke with the regulators and NCSC delegates, they said that Proton has been involved in a handful of leaks - some that were made public, some behind the scenes.

When I spoke to Andy, having told him that I grew up in Canada, I asked him what his plan was for North America. His response: "I will gladly take their money, but never open up shop there - too many national security departments that come knocking on the door".

Now I see that (on the Proton page), that they are looking for a few US based positions for Marketing and Growth - going against what we discussed a few years back. In all honesty, I still have a Plus subscription with them, but beginning to questions a lot more things regarding security and ethics at Proton. Guess I'll just self-host in the future. Trust no one but yourself with your personal data.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Let's say UK, since it was filmed there for example. I mean surely the Airbnb owners have a good case right?

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, yes - this is what I was looking for. Just thinking from a Airbnb renter perspective, such a stunt would drop the value of the property + service fees such as changing the mattresses etc.

 
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