Jc

Law, communications, web interfaces, ux. Learning German.

[Jc @jcguan]

5 German words for bags and how they're used!

As a follow up to my last word-chart on bags, I experimented with a different visual presentation. I worked on it forever, and I also took all the suggestions for improvement. I'm super excited about it, and here's the result! 👇👇👇

[Jc @jcguan]

Random thought: Y'all should stop protesting and instead have environmental groups praise the tariffs for reducing overconsumption.

No more cheap crap that nobody needs and it's just gonna end up in a landfill!

[Jc @jcguan]

My (non-native English speaker) kid calls Americans "united people" and i just thought that today of all days I'd mention it.

[Jc @jcguan]

As a former-lawyer-now-product-owner, i secretly chuckle when a ticket for an image-upload feature says "allowed formats: .jpeg, .png" and i can't upload a .jpg during QA.

Like, not even mad. You got what you asked for.

[Jc @jcguan]

Skinny dipping in America: omg! Scandalous!

Skinny dipping in Germany: DER SAUNABEREICH IST EINE TEXTILFREIE ZONE!!!
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(No swimsuits allowed in saunas so if there's also a pool there, people swim naked)

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For context, in Quebec, any store with non French-speaking employees would be run out of town, tarred and feathered.

In Montreal they might get away with an employee who only speaks English but that's still a semi-official language.

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I didnt realize how deep French-Canadian culture ran in me until i went to clothing stores in Berlin and employees would tell me they don't speak German.

And I'm like... how is this allowed.

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@lowerdowns A baguette is a bread for non french speaking folks, so a magic wand is a magical bread.

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My German colleagues tried to explain to me why they thought magic wand in French (baguette magique) was so hilarious to them.

Took me a good 2 minutes to get it, so i guess that's what Germans feel when foreigners say German words are funny...

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@poonaikaari Plus collecting the laundry and emptying the washing machine. And when you have kids, putting away the clothes is like 3 tasks by itself.

[Jc @jcguan]

Spouse just rented an office in Berlin and apparently on the first day he needs to bring his own LOCK.

Not, like, a padlock for a locker.

An actual lock. The thing in the door that the key goes in. He needs to bring his own.

Is this a normal Berlin thing?

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@poonaikaari But work is how i escape my kids

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

God-tier prompt injection: using the knowledge cutoff date against ChatGPT

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@ant6n

[Peter Taylor @PJTMtl]

Because of Meta’s dispute the the Canadian government a moderator on a FB page can’t see the arguments happening on his page so can’t moderate and has been suspended for not doing his job @alexbfree

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Is it real or do they just send requests to some mechanical turk

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Oh my god.

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Omg is this for real

[gaut @0xgaut]

ok this is absolutely *wild*

using AI to live translate and sync your lips

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Girl bought seats (!) on a night train AND didn't sit at her reserved seat then complains about being too stressed about being kicked out of the seat to sleep. 🙄

Yup, matches expected journalistic quality of an Insider article.

https://t.co/zJKtORDSQV

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I mean, yes, it's Germany, there's no reason they need to worry about how English speakers read their brands, but still...

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Recently started working at a German company and omg going to the doctor is like a national sport.

And I come from Canada where there's public healthcare.