balloonthief

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by balloonthief 3y ago
I feel like that ignores some important contextual factors like how Houston is a constantly flooding swamp where you can practically swim through the air in the summer.
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by balloonthief 3y ago
The vast majority of people aren't serious weightlifters and consequently don't need to eat like they are.
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by balloonthief 3y ago
The Greek alphabet, sure, but Hagia Sophia? The one that was ordered to be built by a Roman emperor and consecrated by a Christian bishop from Antioch? I would describe it as Roman, Byzantine, or Ottoman before I would describe it as Greek.
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by balloonthief 3y ago
Calling anything that came from before the 19th century a result of "Greek" culture makes things a bit murky, though. If, hypothetically, baklava was developed in what is now Istanbul, is it a result of Greek, Turkish, Byzantine,
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by balloonthief 3y ago
https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n
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by balloonthief 3y ago
Hmmm, this looks kinda familiar.... https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ddjBRK
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by balloonthief 3y ago
It's a tale as old as trade itself, and the US was just as guilty in its infancy: https://theworld.org/stories/2014-02-18/us-complains-other-n...
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by balloonthief 3y ago
Other animals also commit rape for pleasure, but we don't use that as a moral guideline for human behavior.
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by balloonthief 3y ago
These projects are so interesting from an architectural/engineering standpoint, but then they hit you with the "rethink the rules that say how much green space an apartment needs or where its windows must be." I highly doubt