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[โ€“] lessthanluigi 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Dalmatian == Dalmacija == part of Croatia == Croatia Mentioned ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท

[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Yeah honestly my first thought was 'Wait there is a tectonic plate just for Dalmacija? I don't remember that one.'

[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 24 points 1 week ago

Can I impress dog-lovers by mentioning microplates?

[โ€“] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Laika is a breed? Thought it was just the USSR space dog's name.

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Both!

And Laika wasn't a Laika

[โ€“] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Lai" also means "bark" in russian, so they just named the dog Barky before yeeting into space

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

Barky McBarkface

And Laika wasnโ€™t a Laika

Both in breed and name.

[โ€“] Gsus4@mander.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Chihuahua mass extinction event (and crater)

[โ€“] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That explains why only the smaller ones survived

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

They annoyed the asteroid to death.

[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

'The mountains near here formed when the ... Newfoundland ... microplate collided with, uhh ... Labrador.' 'Ok, now you're definitely just naming dogs.' 'Wait, no, that's actually almost correct.'

[โ€“] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bedrock is unbreakable, who tf abused creative mod here?

[โ€“] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"unbreakable" unless you follow any of several guides. The new method which doesn't use TNT is easier

[โ€“] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 3 days ago

Can you obtain it tho?

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Do you fall through space until the y-axis sign flips?

Then presumably you fall from the sky and strike the ground at a very high speed. Do they implement terminal velocity?