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08 Apr 2019

Day 098

German

Wann vs wenn

Wann vs wenn: Wann has nothing to do with if, it’s a question asking for a point of time. Wenn is closer to “if”, but it’s also a translation for “when”.

If we can say at what point time instead of when, then we need to use wann.

Wann [=at what time/when] kommt der Bus? \ Bis wann musst du arbeiten? \ Thomas fragt Maria, wann genau sie nach Hause kommt.

On the other hand, \ Ich gehe nach Hause wenn[!= at what time! just the “when” closer to “if”] ich fertig bin.

Roles

A wann-clause is ALWAYS functioning as the object of the verb.. If I can replace the clause with a thing, then it’s wann.\ Wenn answers to “at what time”, we can basically replace it with “at 3 am”.

When I have finished work, I will call you and tell you when I will be at home.\ When I have finished work, I will call you and tell you at what point in time I will be at home.\ Wenn ich mit der Arbeit fertig bin, rufe ich dich an und sage dir, wann ich zuhause bin.\ At 3 I’ll call you and tell you this thing.

Github reset (undoing last commit/s)

$ git reset --soft HEAD~1 resets to last commit leaving all the changes on disc, but uncommitted. \ $ git reset --hard 0ad5a7a6 returns to any previous version.

.gitignore for LaTeX projects

Here, and it’s excellent. I should actually learn git in a normal systematic way. Additionally, what to do when your .gitignore is ignored by git@SO.

Random

Busy person patterns as linked on HN Testosterone seems to have different effects than the stereotypes say, and road/roid rage is actually caused by estrogen spikes.

Cooking

This eggs inside avocado recipe is very interesting. Will try tomorrow. Also this avocado hummus recipe.

Nel mezzo del deserto posso dire tutto quello che voglio.