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• Post #2932946

  Those are actually two different etymologies/meanings. The word “impregnable” itself has two meanings, which kind of mean the opposite of each other. See etymology 1 and 2 here: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnable For “impregnate”, it lists the meaning “to fill pores or spaces with a substance” under the same etymology as knocking someone up (which is etymology 2 above): en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impregnate

• Post #652955

  Well, even before those, there were machines which wouldn’t spin the can. It would just conveyor-belt it under the sensor, not find a barcode and then conveyor-belt it back out, until you turned it the right way around…

• Post #642245

  Yeah, it’s usually used by somewhat kooky folks, who think gay pride is a political opinion and somehow at odds with their own existence. The kind of people where you’re also really not sure how secure they really are in their straightness and them overcompensating does not help with that at all.

• KDE Connect of the Future

  KDE Connect of the Future

• Post #174397

• Post #65124

  To give a quick highlight, because this case is often politicized and misrepresented: The plaintiff, Stella Liebeck (1912–2004), a 79-year-old woman, purchased hot coffee from a McDonald’s restaurant, accidentally spilled it in her lap, and suffered third-degree burns in her pelvic region. She was hospitalized for eight days while undergoing skin grafting, followed by two years of medical treatment. […] Liebeck’s attorneys argued that, at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C), McDonald’s coffee was defec...