wieson

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[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 13 hours ago

I was not talking about the yard at all. I was talking about 440. Which is a number not wholly divisible by 12.

Be true. It isn't a duodecimal system. Sometimes it needs 12 to get to the next highest unit, sometimes 3 or 8 or 16 or 14 or 5280.

Being entirely duodecimal would be kinda cool in fact. But it's not applicable and shouldn't be used as an argument pro US customary system.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago

What's a sixth of an ounce? A sixth of a pint? Of a gallon? Of a pound per square inch? Of an inch?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Ok, and what's the significance of 440?
440 ÷ 12 = 110 ÷ 3 = 36⅔

Is that really a dozenal (sic. duodecimal) system? Or more like a copecimal system?

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago

That would still be a decimal system just written in a hexadecimal way.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think it's good. The flood of cheap manufactured items was too great for customs to handle. They couldn't check every little package and so children's toys with poisonous traces and all kinds of stuff bad for your health made it thru.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

Thank you for including si units <3

[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Da brät mir doch der Hund einen Storch in der Pfanne

[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

French does, doesn't it?
Also in German literature, but only printed books not newspapers.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Jemandem einen Bären über den Tisch ziehen.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

It's just polite to not do it when you're out in society

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Flour should be in your budget. Learn how to make a pan fried wheat tortilla - super quick and easy. Then you can look up Turkish flatbread or Italian focaccia. That will spice up your routine.

Fried potatoes, refried potatoes (from boiled leftovers).

Make sauces with nothing but a bit of butter, flour, instant buillon cube/powder. Optional: cream, milk, onions, garlic, anything that was left in the pan from something you just fried.

You can also steam some potatoes with canned meat in a pot.

But onion - I think - would be a great game changer.
And if you can plant some rosemary or thyme in a garden or pot on the windowsill. Those are hardy plants and won't likely die on you and they taste amazing with potatoes, especially freshly picked.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

We know and disapprove

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by wieson@feddit.org to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
 

A brittle rock made of glitter. It breaks in this linear fashion and can be pound into sand by a mortar and pestle.

Anyone got any clues?

Edit: Thanks for all the answers. I found it in Romania and after searching for forums of minerals from Romania, I got a few other clues.

It isn't conclusive to me yet, but the possibilities are:

  • Pyrit
  • Mica
  • Schist
  • Nagyágit
  • Calaverit
  • Sylvanit

Of these, Mica and Sylvanit fit the best (imo).

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