Oh God, I remember the monthly format C and reinstall windows xp, followed by the dreaded service packs installation. That was how I fixed problems.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply and the links.
When you spent time tinkering on your linux box, at least you usually learn some piece of knowledge that can be applied later on.
When you tinker and debug something on windows, you usually have little idea of what went wrong and can derive very little from the experience. At least that was the case back when I still used windows, in the XP and vista days.
I did even better, took a home office day for a medical appointment.
I just finished Pikmin 3 last night, I left it unfinished on the last section for about a year, because man this last map is stressful.
But hey, I pushed on and I'm glad I did because now I only have Pikmin 2 to finish before the end of next week!
We might have some silent letters, vestigial remnant of ancient forms, but English has basically no rule for pronunciation. It's so funny watching English speakers debate among themselves how a name should be pronounced.
- Bear, pear, tear, tear, near.
- Rough, tough, though
- To read, read, read (your very best one, guys, believe me)
That's why I ride a single speed bike. This can't really happen to me anymore.
As a Mastodon instance admin that did the blocking properly only yesterday, I can tell you this list appears to be automated and accurate.
I'm French. I'm not aware of any other language that radically modifies the meaning of verbs with propositions in such a way.
As a foreigner, you might expect that break up and break down have opposite meanings because up and down do, but nope.
I use debian at work, but for various reasons I use my own laptop for work. Couldn't stand the old MacBook they had for me.
So no, I never switch back to being a normal user.
My biggest gripe as a non native speaker is phrasal verbs.
Unless you know exactly what they mean, you are screwed. You can't decypher them, there's no link between the meaning of the component parts and the phrasal verb.
As my English teacher used to tell us jokingly: you should never say: "I get on with my brother, but I get off with my sister".
It's getting harder and harder to get attention apparently. Which is good.