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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Barthez should be the goalkeeper.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You guys made me curious, so I checked Wikipedia:

Despite their handling difficulties, and in the particular case of MELF resistors, they are still widely used in high-reliability and precision applications where their predictable characteristics (e.g., low failure rate with well-defined failure modes) as well as their higher performance in terms of accuracy, long-term stability, moisture resistance, high-temperature operation far outweigh their disadvantages.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact that you think this needs a citation shows that you are a native speaker.

These might be no high quality sources, but it shows that it is something that non native speakers find weird:

Quora1

Quora2

Reddit

Blog entry about mistakes that native speakers make

Another similar blog

Oh, and here is a PhD thesis where you can see in chapter 5.2 "Error processing cost" that this type of error is more disrupting for non native than for native speakers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Could of" instead of "Could've""Could have" is not a typical mistake people make that have English as their second language.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

This right here is exactly the kind of content that was posted in r/mildlyinteresting when it was new. After the sub went popular the content was way too interesting for my liking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get the constant hate for badminton. If one of those should have been dropped it's tennis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did Noki get accepted back into the group?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It is still possible to unlock an android phone with a fucked screen.

I had to do this once and managed to unlock the phone with a USB mouse. It took me a while to get the right pattern, but it is possible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think it is necessary to name or train a bed. I don't think it is possible for a bed to learn anything.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, funny story:

I work for the government and once during an inspection they noticed that a light on the roof our building needed to be replaced.

What should be a 5 minute task took many months. Why? Safety rules state that only roofers are allowed to enter the roof, but only electricians are allowed to work on anything that has to do with electricity which includes changing a light bulb. So we had to wait a couple of months for one of the electricians to get certified as a person that can enter the roof.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Director is obviously big fan of the old Monaco director.

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