Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't. (leminal.space)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I've always heard PNG pronounced "ping".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I call them pong files