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[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The spotlight search box can be used for (simple) math prompts. My Mac (M1 iMac on 15.3.2) has its language set to Dutch. In Dutch, the official way of formatting decimal numbers is the inverse of the us-English way: groups of numbers are separated by a . and decimals with a , . So, for example: 12.345,67 (12 thousand three-hundred forty-five and 67/100).

When following the official number formatting of the configured language, math in Spotlight works fine. But Dutch people are also human and make small mistakes sometimes, and we also sometimes use a dot to indicate a decimal. But if you do that, spotlight seems to just disregard the decimal and starts showing completely unexpected results:

5,0 + 5,0 = 10 (expected) 5,0 + 5.0 = 55 5.0 + 5.0 = 110

Interestingly, while typing the above on my iPhone 12 w iOS 18.3.2, the autocorrect suggestion given after pressing the =-sign was exactly the same…

Also, this behavior has been around for years, not just the recent MacOS versions. I’m not sure if this also is present when using other languages.

Thanks for your post and work, and say Hi from me to Tim!

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I’m Dutch, I have no idea what a “Dutch baby” is… Can someone enlighten me please?

On a sidenote (and assuming you are based in the USA), we have the delicious filet americain (“American filet”), which does not have anything to do with America. If a Dutch baby is some kind of bread, perhaps try some American filet on it 🙂

Description of the Dutch “Filet Americain”

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you can connect it back and heat it up to regular printing temperatures, you should be able to do a so-called “cold pull” that should fix it.

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

Seems to be La Perla in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). The logo matches the wine glass, the address matches the visible street sign, and most important: the place sells pizza.

Their website

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Is the red/white band a Martenitsa? Happy baba Marta!

On topic, Bulgarians would call them палачинки (palachinki).

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I remember reading somewhere that only the clock and calendar icons update, because they can do so without requiring internet connection and draining battery life in order to update. At least that was supposed to be the reading a long time ago (I think still in the Steve Jobs era)

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

Yes, they should totally bring back the firewire port!

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How did they reattach the finger to the washing machine?

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Let’s assume the currency is £ (but that doesn’t really matter for the example).

Chips = £2.20

Chips + Cheese = £3.00

That means, that just the Cheese = £3.00 - £2.20 = £0.80

Chips + Beans = £2.50

That means, that just the Beans = £2.50 - £2.20 = £0.30

Chips + Cheese + Beans = £3.50

£2.20 + £0.80 + £0.30 = £3.30

I guess they did this so people don’t notice they are getting ripped off…

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you are on a random community, you can also ‘pull to refresh’ (pull down from the top of the list), which will load a new random community. Does that work properly?

[–] pro_user@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Hehe, I’m still not convinced, but perhaps I could give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration though!

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