Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Trapezohedron]

I'm not exactly sure with Starbound multiplayer being active.

Let's just say Starbound's been in Early Access for... A year and a few months now? Maybe a year and a half.

Best way to play either is to grab a bunch of friends and start a new world anyway.

--------

Is it grammatically correct to use thus after a sentence?

"We have to attend to an event today, so there's no class, thus."

It's something bothering the back of my mind. Ugh.

[scrdest]

It's basically a double 'so'. It's redundant in this context, thus it makes you sound like you have a verbal tick, thus. And poi, I guess.

[redwallzyl]

What is the singular for someone from Switzerland? Like I can say an American or a Germain but a Swiss dosent sound right.

[Yoink]

A noncombatant.

[Mech#4]

As far as I know, Swiss is both the singular and plural.

[Arx]

If you don't mind sounding a little* archaic, Switzer works.

*Well, it's only a few centuries out of date.

[Frumple]

Is it grammatically correct to use thus after a sentence?

Pretty sure the answer is just a flat no. It's definitely something you wouldn't use in anything even remotely approaching normal use.

Thusly occasionally shows up in that context, but it's still fairly rare.

[scrdest]

Is it grammatically correct to use thus after a sentence?

Pretty sure the answer is just a flat no. It's definitely something you wouldn't use in anything even remotely approaching normal use.

Thusly occasionally shows up in that context, but it's still fairly rare.

They are literally interchangable; thusly was a weird mutation of thus which sprang into existence in 1800s.

[Frumple]

Except practically they're not, at least in every bit of writing I've encountered. I've literally never seen thus used in the way being discussed. Have seen thusly, very rarely.

Probably better to just not use either like that, though. They're approaching archaic at this point, and that particular use is more than a little clumsy.

[scrdest]

Except practically they're not, at least in every bit of writing I've encountered. I've literally never seen thus used in the way being discussed. Have seen thusly, very rarely.

Probably better to just not use either like that, though. They're approaching archaic at this point, and that particular use is more than a little clumsy.

Eh. IMO thus(ly) used as in 'like that/in that way' is sometimes more elegant wording than 'so', if you absolutely must phrase it that way.

[Helgoland]

If you don't mind sounding a little* archaic, Switzer works.

*Well, it's only a few centuries out of date.

It's very close to the German word, Schweitzer. I approve, but I think 'Swiss' is the common term.

[Arx]

If you don't mind sounding a little* archaic, Switzer works.

*Well, it's only a few centuries out of date.

It's very close to the German word, Schweitzer. I approve, but I think 'Swiss' is the common term.

That's partly where I know it from. Mostly from ancient works of literature, though. And "He/She is a Swiss" still doesn't sit right, and 'Switzer' is right in the country's name!


For the Americans and Europeans out there: how warm do you keep your houses in winter? Idle curiosity, partly spawned from some discussion about central heating.

[MonkeyHead]

Ambient air temperature of between 18 to 20 deg C. Ideally I would have it lower, but wife and kids would like it hotter, so it is a compromise.

[Frumple]

If I'm the only that has to worry about it, I usually tell the AC to heat to around 40F or so, or ~ 4.4C, and that's more or less strictly to keep internal stuff from freezing. If I didn't have that to worry about, I'd just leave the ruddy thing off. When there's actually other people involved, it tends to get hovered around 68-70F, or 20-21C. Sometimes I can convince folks to leave it around 65F (~18C).

... I'm in florida, though, so it only very, very rarely even hits freezing, nevermind colder, especially for a full day or whatev'. During the winter, if it's just me, that 40F mark will mean the heater almost never actually turns on (which is just the way I like it. All hail the mighty bath robe!).

That said, those other people have generally involved at least one elderly person for a while now, and they generally both feel colder and need to stay warmer than younger folk, which is probably the reason the general level is a bit higher than MH's.

[Helgoland]

My parents aim for around 10°C, but mostly because the central heating won't yield much more. A sensible temperature IMO is enough to be comfortable wearing a pullover, but too cold to sit around in a t-shirt.