https://bensaber.net/misc.htmlRecent content in Miscellaneous links on shioneHugoen-USCopyright © 2024, renken.Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://bensaber.net/misc/archived/de.htmlTue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://bensaber.net/misc/archived/de.htmlAn abandoned series of posts highlighting things I have learned about the German language. Chapter 1: introduction Cognates A cognate is a word that is derived from the same original form such as kühl and cool. We’ll explore some consonant relationships that exist between German and English to make guessing more accurate and faster but of course, always consider checking the dictionary for the definitive answer. German English Examples f, ff (medial or final) p hoffen - to hope, scharf - sharp pf p, pp Apfel - apple, Pfeife - pipe b (medial or final) v or f geben - to give, halb - half d th Ding - thing ch k Buch - book, machen - to make, suchen - to seek cht ght Macht - might, Sicht - sight, Recht - right, Nacht - night g y or i sagen - to say, legen - to lay, Nagel - nail, fliegen - to fly k c kommen - to come, kritisch - critical s, ss, ß (medial or final) t hassen - to hate, grüßen - to greet, besser - better, Fuß - foot tz, z t Katze - cat t d trinken - to drink, kalt - cold, Tochter - daughter Note that sometimes it may require some flexibility with vowels to get the correct word e.https://bensaber.net/misc/p/birthday.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://bensaber.net/misc/p/birthday.htmlHappy birthday!! I’d like to thank pika and verm for this lovely picture, it never fails to put a smile on my face. Hacker/Artist pika can be found on Pixiv. renkenwaifu.kra Wednyasday’s nyan night!! pikanyan drew another picture of nonoka on a late Wednesday night comfy stream and it’s amazing. I love it! nonokasayshi.kra Original Do NOT Steal!! pikapyon drew yet another amazing picture, this time with the three of us together.https://bensaber.net/misc/archived/mqtt.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://bensaber.net/misc/archived/mqtt.htmlI first came across the MQTT protocol when I was looking for possible alternative ideas and implementations to Syncplay. The key concept was that video players such as mpv would connect to a central server, share information about their media they’re playing and synchronize their state with other peers. MQTT stands for Message Queuing Telemetry Transport and is an open OASIS and ISO standard. It is designed to be lightweight and primarily for as a publish-subscribe protocol which is what synchronization-based software such as Syncplay should use.