The difference between "civilized" and "uncivilized" countries is that "civilized" countries call their terrorists "counter-terrorists" and "civilized" countries are allowed to bomb "uncivilized" countries in the name of civility.

Back in his day, yes. In modern greek it is sisero and in modern latin it is Chichero. Similarly, in Julius Caesar's day, his name would have been pronounced Kai-zar and in modern latin and italian, it is Chai-zar.

Cent as sent + taur as tor. We pronounce most greek c's as s in english as is cicero or cent being pronounced with an s sound instead of a k sound. Tor is the same as in taurus. Mine is not the only correct pronunciation, my explanation is just the justification for my specific pronunciation

Is tower 1 or 2 syllables for you?

I have been liking river lately after switching to it from hyprland. River is much more similar to my previous one which was xmonad.

Does anyone know a good mapping software for public transport? I like open street map but it is no good for busses.

Oh, I didn’t even think of Metas Threads. That is annoying.

What corporate entity is supposed to own the term “threadiverse”? It’s simply a portmanteau of fediverse and thread.

As a kid I’d have nightmares about falling off a cliff and definitely remember feeling it. I haven’t had a dream like that in a while though

I have never thought about it for smell and sound but I cannot see in my dreams and feel like my eyes are glued shut. Sometimes during a dream I will try really hard to open my eyes and it causes me to wake up. I have aphantasia so it is probably related. I think my dreams are mostly in concepts

My numbers are coming from the K-12 School Shooting Database. They probably use different definitions. The stat I was going by was just what I saw most articles in my country going by (Australia).