#obiternihili

[xhxhxhx]

obiternihili replied to your post: How would you describe my politics?

I don’t see them enough to know but based on associations i’d guess the north american sense progressive end of economically literate neoliberal

neat!

I thought I came across as more right-wing than that

[shacklesburst]

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1. What’s your native language?

German. My friends sometimes jokingly say it’s English by now, because I use it way more often nowadays, and I actually feel like my German abilities have eroded some during the last few years. So my actual native tongue right now could be described as ‘a garbled mess’.

4. How many/which languages would you like to know in the future?

I’ve always wanted to go for five in which I am truly fluent plus some more with various levels. I’ve been learning some elementary Norwegian grammar the last two months, and my basic comprehension of written Nordic languages has significantly increased just by that. But back to the question: my Big Three right now are German, English and Japanese, even though even with much more time invested, basic comprehension in written Japanese is still pretty slow, compared to the above-mentioned Norwegian. Norwegian is fourth, btw. Five is probably gonna be (contemporary) Hebrew.

And, as I said, basic competency (like, the first few chapters in every beginner’s book; how to ask directions, how to order food, how to be polite in everyday interactions, stuff like that) in as many others as I can manage. At least being able to read Arabic and other systems of writing and stuff like that.

So, getting the Big Five to a degree of fluency so that I can use them on the net and not look like a complete buffoon to native speakers (and, most importantly, read stuff). And going for basic competency in Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and, if leisure time permits, getting back the basic competency I’ve already had (and stupidly let myself lose) in Latin.

49. Do you have any language pet peeves?

Not really, I don’t think. All languages are beautiful, to tumblr up this post a bit. Oh! I think I’ve found something. My language tag is #linguistics, but I don’t really care about the theoretical knowledge about a given language at all. I think some stuff might be interesting, sure, but it’s all about application for me, about switching at a moments notice, as often as it takes to establish a basic rapport between myself and another human.

[wingeddrifter]

obiternihili reblogged your post and added:

If your firmware’s before 11.3 I highly recommend soft modding it. The blagh way to go about things would be to use something like jksm to back up and restore cart saves. The easier way to go about things is something easy enough to do but I’m not sure I can recommend it because legal repercussions. Still I think about all the money taken or destroyed by the parent company taking down fair use videos and feel little moral issues with doing the supposedly immoral thing that doesn’t really equate to anything if you aren’t giving money to the producers anyways on account of not having it

vine-st replied to your post “God I just want a second ACNL cartridge so badly so I can have two...”

yeah, arm9loaderhax or even a regular exploit like soundhax is a must

Throwing all this into one post since it relates

I checked my firmware and unfortunately I’m at 11.3.0.36U or something, but it looks like you can hack it at that firmware. Confirmed by smea.

It’s an idea and a half and means I could edit my town to how I please, too. I saw stuff about editing ACNL when I was looking up some other things.

I’ll probably look into it more in the next couple days when I have some free time. Setting up my town exactly how I want would be really cool and fun (and probably leave me VERY indecisive over stuff).

Right now I’m fucking tired and have to go to sleep so I can help my family finish painting the house tomorrow or whenever.

[xhxhxhx]

(I saw your answer to neo, and something besides the point caught my attention.) Why do you like selling arms to the KSA?

If someone wants to buy arms, I think we should sell them.

I don’t feel threatened by Iran the way the Americans, Israelis, and Sunni Arabs do, but if the KSA feels threatened, I think we should sell them the arms they need to defend themselves.

The KSA wants to provide for its own defense. I think it’s worthwhile to defend the world’s largest oil reserves against threats from Iraq, Iran, Yemen, and domestic Islamists. I think it would be unfortunate if the KSA was overcome by those threats. And it would trouble me if they were cowed by them.

I know that arms are an imperfect defense against domestic opposition, and there’s some danger that the arms could be turned against us. But these are not sophisticated arms, and I believe the marginal risk to internal and regional stability from an insecure KSA is greater than the marginal risk from a better-armed opposition.

I also read the KSA as a status-quo power. I don’t think they’re going to invade anyone. I think arms sales reduce the chance of preemptive war by the KSA, nuclear proliferation to the KSA, direct conflict between the KSA and Iran, direct conflict between Israel and Iran, internal rebellion in the KSA, and realignment of the KSA away from the United States. And I think that’s a good thing.

I understand that KSA supports indirect wars against Iranian-aligned powers in the Middle East, and I understand that the forces it supports can be unsavory. But I don’t have a strong ideological opposition to Islamist states or to the KSA. 

I do believe the KSA is worse than Iran, but I don’t think they’re worse than Iraq or Syria, and I don’t think the Syrian opposition is much worse than the Syrian government.

I also happen to think most attempts to force ideological change in the Middle East are misguided and counterproductive. I think this one would be too. I think the tension the KSA would feel without foreign support would accelerate both domestic and regional instability, and I think the ideological consequences would be negative.

I think that the KSA should have the capacity to defend itself against external and internal threats. And If the KSA wants that capacity, I’d prefer to have the NATO powers selling it, not Russia, Pakistan, or China.

I also just like arms in general. I think they’re neat.

[xhxhxhx]

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16. What song will always remind you of 2015?

I’m terrible at identifying songs with years. I make one-off mistakes too often. From a distance, it’s hard to remember the music that was common. Do you know the song that “Band on the Run” replaced when it hit the top of the charts in June 1974? It was a Ray Stevens novelty song called “The Streak”. (Don’t listen to it.)

I came to loathe the contents of my music library this year. I also listened to less music than I ever had before. I did not play the radio or my CDs when I drove around. I hooked my iPhone up to the stereo, and I listened to podcasts.

I don’t know what song is going to remind me of 2015. But it probably won’t be anything personal.

(The actual answer is A-Ha’s “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”) 

33. What political issue stirred you the most?

I think immigration stirred me the most. Not because I feel strongly about it, or because I agree with those who are most moved by it, but because the people I follow were moved by it.

I’m still not sure I understand it.

36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

xhxhx never listens to the lyrics