Yeah, that’s the gist of the question.

How many different standards are there for sign?

I excluded Spanish because I am already relatively fluent.

Realistically, not India/Pakistan. Other than that I will likely hit the Americas, Europe, Oceania, Thailand, Vietnam, Shanghai, Singapore, maybe South Korea, Japan, UAE, Morrocco for sure, Turkey, etc. So, quite a bit I hope.

I got excited for a moment. Like when you learn Spanish and get most of Italian and Portuguese for free.

Early adopter of that one. ~1994 IIRC

I keep debating Mandarin but my issue is how the language is tied tightly to China. Helpful if I decide to explore China in depth but seemingly less so if I want to “get by” in a large number of countries. If I had an ability to learn languages quickly, I would probably learn French, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi, but I think I am already pushing my limits.

I have said it since ~2015. This country was screaming for change. There were two options on the table, Trump’s fascist populism, and Bernie’s progressive agenda. The Democrats (the establishment and the middle + upper class voters) chose to bury the progressive agenda in favor of a status quo because they were all comfy. Now we have fascist America.

Well done.

Be a homie and make sure your work doesn’t run. Use permanent markers.

I meant that yes, it sucks today, but unfortunately the suckage will persist and escalate. So in the context of the clip, the sun will get louder and hotter every morning until they are finally driven mad or cooked.

I had seen the video.

the sun will come up in the morning

Unfortunately. The torture will persist and escalate tomorrow, and the day after that, etc.

Unfortunately, posts that do include the keyword in the text but not in the title, still get through. Case in point, this one.

In the US, eggs are washed, which significantly decreases their shelf life.

I stopped a pack and a half a day habit of ~10 years cold turkey. It was either food or smokes.

As others have said, there is no effective short cut. Ultimately, it is all will power. At least it is easier now. When I quit, EVERYONE smoked.

Naughty jokes aside, I would love that, laugh my ass off, and look forward to an amazing date.

Do you know who makes that licensing money? Disney…who own Marvel.

I don’t have a title per se, but I can say that I work with information security and vast amounts of data. I have ADHD so doing “mindless” things like quipping on Lemmy, sudoku and word search puzzles helps me think. It is also why I often comment with images. So I might be commenting or shitposting, but in the back of my head I am thinking about how to restructure a query so that it will return in seconds rather than minutes.

EDIT: It is also why most comments are edited. I comment now and return to spell/grammar check later (if at all).

They were specific in their post.

A house in Austin

2018: $275,000
2022: $725,000

Those are actual numbers from East Austin. I believe the 2024 market rate is $625,000 but it hasn’t changed hands again so I can’t say for certain.