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[CABL]

So, I've accidentally pressed "Music" when browsing my Steam library, and I almost died from shock; EVERY sound file from Civ V is listed there!

Spoiler: Seriously, look at this shit! (click to show/hide)

[Kagus]

And that's one of the reasons it's so jarring when you accidentally hit the "start playing music" hotkey. Suddenly there's this symphony of sound effects playing in the background.

EDIT: There's a "friend of a friend" on Facebook whose posts keep popping up in my feed, because everyone needs to listen to this dork highlighting and singling out every line of a random bible passage as though it's this profound and meaningful utterance, and then immediately after posting a link to "Anarchapulco: The biggest meet and greet for anarchists and libertarians anywhere!"


Also I don't think I've ever seen Muslims referred to as "Muhammadians" before.

[Arx]

I just discovered that Amaranthe has a cover of Army of the Night. Stylistically it... feels like a pop band covering Metallica or something. The music's not bad, it's just that it sounds very, very different as soon as you change away from an opera singer belting out the lyrics like a crazed fanatic. O_o

[Frumple]

Also I don't think I've ever seen Muslims referred to as "Muhammadians" before.

Pretty sure I have, though I can't recall the context. Given where I live it's probably not flattering

[scriver]

I'm not sure I've seen it with that suffix but it's just another variant on "follower of Muhammed", just like how Christian is "follower of Christ". A bit aged perhaps but not an insult.

[Il Palazzo]

The greatest school. Tremendous even.

[Teneb]

I'm not sure I've seen it with that suffix but it's just another variant on "follower of Muhammed", just like how Christian is "follower of Christ". A bit aged perhaps but not an insult.

I've seen it in the context of an insult, though it was something close to "Mahometist" instead.

[ChairmanPoo]

I've seen a similar term in Spanish, "mahometano". It might be interpreted as vaguely derogatory I guess. Then again the Spanish version of "muslim" would be musulman, which in German is highly offensive, apparently. Thing with the "offensiveness" of language is that it's so ambiguous, context specific and changing that pretty much anything goes.

[Cathar]

"musulman" is the litteral translation of "muslim" in french, and is absolutely dictionary-grade descriptive. It just means "muslim". Same with "mahométhan", means "follower of muhammad". Absolutely descriptive with no value judgement, altho this one is less used.

"Islamiste" is derogatory tho.

[Teneb]

"musulman" is the litteral translation of "muslim" in french, and is absolutely dictionary-grade descriptive. It just means "muslim". Same with "mahométhan", means "follower of muhammad". Absolutely descriptive with no value judgement, altho this one is less used.

"Islamiste" is derogatory tho.

I was basing what I said off of portuguese where "muçulmano" is the correct term and "maometista" is exceedingly rare, but I've seen it used as an insult about two times total.

Bigots prefer to just call them terrorists instead nowadays.

[Il Palazzo]

Bought a nice new laptop with a fingerprint reader. While I didn't get it especially for that feature, it did feature somewhere in the decision making process as it seemed like a fun, more secure, and faster way to login than entering a longish password.
Turns out, Windows 10 will only allow you to setup a fingerprint login if you also setup a 6 digit pin login, and any later attempt at disabling the latter will also disable the former (why, for fucks' sake, why?). So, you can have your faster and more secure way to log in only if you also enable a less secure and slower (no numpad) one.
What dimwitted committee got paid to think this one out?

[Rose]

I mean, you still need to log in if the fingerprint reader isn't working.
As for why pin instead of password, beats me. I guess it's so you can have something to type in that isn't related to your main MS password.

[bloop_bleep]

It’s because fingerprint reading or the idea that “all fingerprints are unique” is a complete myth, not supported by any scientific research.

So they want you to enter a PIN as well so that they’re not culpable if someone gets in.

[Il Palazzo]

It’s because fingerprint reading or the idea that “all fingerprints are unique” is a complete myth, not supported by any scientific research.

So they want you to enter a PIN as well so that they’re not culpable if someone gets in.

No, it's either or. I can log in with fingerprint only, or PIN only.

I mean, you still need to log in if the fingerprint reader isn't working.

Yeah, but why not let people have password as the backup?
(I know we're on the same page, I'm just venting)

[Rose]

You can set the pin to allow letters as well, in which case it just becomes a local password.