GeorgeRichard

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by GeorgeRichard 7y ago
"The East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi) ... buil[t] up a massive archive of people’s smells. Started in 1979, the collection was kept across East Germany, collected and evaluated by the Main Department XX, responsible for
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by GeorgeRichard 7y ago
Is this a religious (Christian) site? Some of the thumbnails and the name "holy..." seem to indicate it is. That's ok but if it is you have to be upfront - lots of people with mental health problems are atheist (like me), Mus
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by GeorgeRichard 7y ago
I fear Seattle may be real. Pace Bostrom.
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by GeorgeRichard 8y ago
Because the caption says "LETTER SIGNED TO FERDINAND IV, KING OF NAPLES, VERSAILLES, SEPTEMBER 24, 1788" (I am quoting verbatim, not shouting) rather than, for instance, the Proust example which is captioned "AUTOGRAPH MANUSC
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by GeorgeRichard 8y ago
I think the letter was written by someone else - the only part by Marie Antoinette being the rather less attractive signature.
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by GeorgeRichard 8y ago
> it seem quite "cacky" (I can't explain what I mean by cacky, but it sounds like what I mean). From cack-handed (inept; clumsy)? https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cack-handed
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by GeorgeRichard 9y ago
Great photographs: it's really difficult to make a good photo of a black subject against a black background. The first three images in the photo essay---in particular the third---show that, with skill, it can be done.
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A poison in our island(abc.net.au)
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by GeorgeRichard 9y ago
> Each student in the human powered Van Unnik student building is responsible for generating the electricity that’s used in his or her individual room. No elderly or physically disabled students need apply.
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The rise of open-label placebos(theguardian.com)
1 points by GeorgeRichard 9y ago|0 comments
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by GeorgeRichard 10y ago
As man who has been diagnosed with heart disease (as well as an alarming variety of other medical problems) I find myself quite unwilling to be appraised of the date and time of my death. Everyone dies. I am not one of those dogs who wants
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by GeorgeRichard 11y ago
I was in the Soviet Union for a couple of weeks at the end of the 60's. Our Intourist guide took us to see an exhibition having to do with the Soviet space effort. One of the exhibits was a spherical module which, given the date, I ima
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by GeorgeRichard 11y ago
"... it changes in tone depending on it's angle to the sun ... the effect works ... even when the sun is below the horizon." This sounds like magic. Have you observed this effect yourself and do you have an explanation for it
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by GeorgeRichard 11y ago
>The Mountain View Computer History Museum is saying goodbye to one of its most unique exhibits, if not also its most priceless. I know its poor form to mention such things but "unique" and "priceless" are both absolu
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by GeorgeRichard 11y ago
I found this fascinating. I grew up in London during the 50s so the war and the blitz were still fresh in people's minds when I was a child. My father, who was a member of the crew of a Sunderland flying boat, didn't talk about it