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No, that's en-GB-Yamyam.

According to Wikipedia: - Jehan (Old French form of "John") -> Jan - Jan -> Jankin (diminutive) - Jankin -> Jackin - Jackin -> Jack

Traditionally, yes; these days, perhaps not so much. The author Jack London was originally John London. John F. Kennedy was familiarly known as Jack ("Senator, you're no Jack Kenne…

Apologies, didn't notice when I got the link from YT's "Share" button. Won't make that mistake again. Comment is now to old to edit: for convenience, here's the link without the pa…

> a compelling story about a sentient toaster "Howdy-doodly-doo! Anybody like any toast?" https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec?si=YbQfnZbrCe01Bicy

I keep on meaning to try these out: https://www.schaffter.ca/mom/

Yes, it seems to be promoting the idea, popular in New Age writings, that Celtic Christianity was a separate denomination (or what Rome would have considered a heresy); and that ju…

But was it doctrinally different from Chalcedonian Christianity to justify its own colour on the map. Wikipedia suggests no, which chimes with my understanding: some local minor di…

But the graphic suggests that Celtic Christianity was in some sense theologically distinct from Chalcedonian Christianity, and that doesn't seem to have been the case. The main way…

What is going on with Celtic Christianity? Was it really as distinct from Roman Catholicism (and for as long) as the graphic suggests? Also, why no Cathars/Albigensians in the sout…

One of the only episodes of Blake's 7 I really remember is "Orbit", in which Avon and Vila play a game of cat-and-mouse aboard a shuttle that's been stripped back to the wiring but…

The manuscript is ~1200 years old, but the poem was composed earlier. The Venerable Bede, who died in 735, includes it and the story of its composition in his Ecclesiastical Histor…

I was under the impression that the "machine elves" were very different from the tiny people described in this article.

The Wannadies had to go with "You & Me Song" https://youtu.be/t_e_45Szprk?si=4JVZHZzguqm3SFHN

The ones in the UK are much more minimalist: logos and symbols rather than detailed drawings.

That mentions app stores, but I can't see anything about device-level age-verification there. Also, does Ofcom have the power under the Online Safety Act to mandate app-store verif…

> it is fundamentally the UK’s fault by requiring such draconian measures It would appear the UK doesn't: > Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, praised Apple for the decision…

To counter your downvoters: > Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, praised Apple for the decision, especially since it’s not required to implement age verification for the iOS…

> Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, praised Apple for the decision, especially since it’s not required to implement age verification for the iOS or its App Store under the …

Apologies, I was specifically replying to your last sentence, "Every other drink has to use in metric."

Many Americans do claim to use imperial units. They’re wrong, but they do claim it.

But that just means the quantity has to be expressed in metric units, possibly in addition to imperial, correct? E.g. I currently have a carton of milk in my fridge that’s labelled…

This is why I get agitated when Americans claim to use imperial units. If they did, their pints would be the correct size.

I think I've heard something similar -- that subjects have duties while citizens have rights. But of course, citizens typically also have duties -- commonly, the duty to take up ar…

This myth keeps getting repeated. It hasn't been true since 1949, when British subjects in the UK became Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies. In 1983, the status of CUKC wa…