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My latest constructed language, Hearthsider (just started this week). None of this will make sense but here we go:

Verbs are a closed class. To form complete sentences you use an equivalent of "do", plus a verbal noun phrase. This noun phrase can have determiners such as articles attached to them, which indicate things like whether the action was performed only once, repeatedly, etc. To say "X verbs Y", it would translate literally to "X does Y a verb". Plurality will likely not be indicated on nouns but will be in articles.

rMl   t  qb  b sBsb    zGK
Light do 2sg a  shine  friend

"Light shine upon you, friend!"

This is a fairly common greeting crosslinguically, so I have translations in my other two conlangs:

Outlander:

sg Bqqbsd rkr PLr
sg      Bqqb-sd        PLr
2sg.AMI illuminate-OBJ light

Commonthroat:

L   rLPq-p      BCq-b         sFsF-qn
OPT light-3D    illuminate-NA friend-2

Here are the gloss abbreviations:

2sg = 2nd person singular pronoun
OPT = optative modal
2sg.AMI = 2nd person singular amicable pronoun
-OBJ = Object focus/trigger suffix
-3D = 3rd person distal noun suffix
-NA = Nonauthoritative verbal mood
-2 = 2nd person noun suffix

It's not salt that hardens pulses (beans, lentils etc.), it's acid. Salt your beans from the start, they'll taste better. Also, most beans dont need to be soaked first, just cook them longer or start them hard for 20 mins then turn down the heat. Chickpeas, however, need to be soaked, unless you cook them with baking soda. But then you lose out on the aquafaba, so I say soak em.

When writing BASH scripts:

• The .sh extension isn't necessary.
• Using /usr/bin/env bash is better than /bin/bash as not everyone has their bash located in bin.
• Try to use local variables when you can. If you use global variables that won't be used anywhere else, unset them at the end of your script.
• Don't use set -euo pipefail. It will only cause more issues down the road.
• Functions are your friend. If your repeating code, put it in a function.

These are some of the tips I learned while learning bash.

Its 100% worth it to clean and regrease the bearings in your bike's axles (if they are open bearing). And it's really not a hugely intensive process.

I've been going down a massive rabbit hole of bicycle stuff, and it's really similar to the older days of pc building, lots of possibilities for upgrades, lots of brands, compatibility is pretty wide but also needs to be paid attention to.

It's loads of fun.

I turned my hyper fixation into lemmy communities! You can too!

!carnivore@discuss.online - There are fives of us, fives!

!ketogenic@discuss.online - Dozens!

Norwegian train car designation shorthand (incomplete).

B: Class B (which is the only class these days. So, meaning passenger seats)
M: Motorized (implies S. See below)
S: Steering capability
L: cargo space ("Lasterom")
C: Special capability of some sort, such as wheelchair ramp.
MU: Motorized car without driver capability (As in M without S)
P: Car with a pantagraph
R: Restaurant/bistro

So, for example, type 92 is a small set consisting of only two cars: A BM and a BS. Both cars have seating, the train can be controlled from both ends, but only one of them has a motor.

T93 is similar. In layout.

T74 and T75 is a five-car train, and I don't remember them all, but I remember the middle of them is called BCMU or something like that.

The older T3 trains (now retired, I think), has a car designated LCR (or a different order), which means cargo space, food service, and some sort of special amenities that I never figured out. This train type also had class A with seating of a higher comfort level.

All of these types are printed on the side, usually next to a number, which is an internal serial number. So a 9214BM* means "Type 92, number 14, motor carriage (with passenger seating)"

*: I don't remember the exact syntax, but it's something like that.