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by daverol 4y ago
This brings to mind the Vindolanda tablets: https://www.thoughtco.com/vindolanda-tablets-roman-forces-in... used by Romans at Hadrian's wall. Many personal messages, for example: 'Caelum crebris imbribus ac nebuli
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by daverol 4y ago
Many accounts sat the in the UK in the early 20th century dentistry was still so expensive that some people chose to have all their teeth pulled to spare themselves a lifetime of pain. Having all your teeth removed was considered the perfec
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An Interview with a Professional Jump Roper(youtube.com)
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by daverol 4y ago
“fear, uncertainty, and doubt”
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by daverol 5y ago
Some more Wilder screenwriting wisdom - from Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe. 1. The audience is fickle. 2. Grab 'em by the throat and never let 'em go. 3. Develop a clean line of action for your leading character. 4.
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Nuffield science project(en.wikipedia.org)
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Evaluation of Russia by Finnish Intelligence Colonel (Subtitles)(youtube.com)
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The #1 Source for Oldtime Strongman Training Secrets(oldtimestrongman.com)
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by daverol 5y ago
I had a chatty passenger like this in my car once - never again!
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'All those agencies failed us’: inside the terrifying downfall of Boeing(theguardian.com)
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by daverol 5y ago
Textile Block method, so an obligatory 'Blade Runner' mention: https://www.fancypantshomes.com/architecture/frank-lloyd-wri...
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by daverol 5y ago
Best guess is that he was trying to parlay others (free/commission) work into a real company by signing design contracts.
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“Newton’s Apple Tree” Falls to Storm Eunice(twitter.com)
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The average person doesn’t have a chance with the smart home(techcrunch.com)
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Kind of Bloop (2009)(kindofbloop.com)
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by daverol 5y ago
Three days? Some people thought that 24 hours was so difficult it merited a cash reward https://www.reviews.org/internet-service/digital-detox-chall...
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Nuffield Science Project(en.wikipedia.org)
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How to create advertising that sells(lannigan.org)
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by daverol 5y ago
https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2021/07/15/what-went-wrong-with... had some reflections on this after the previous High Court trial
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by daverol 5y ago
Don't hold your breath: Paula Vennells, who was chief executive of the Post Office until 2019, was awarded a CBE for ‘services to the Post Office and to charity’...
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by daverol 5y ago
"We estimate this home will sell faster than 94 % nearby." I wonder about the other 6%...
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by daverol 5y ago
Quite: see for example https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12817450-800-the-merc... for an example of the effects of mercury contamination in a building used for Physics research in Cambridge UK
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How Buster Keaton Became a Digital Meme(washingtonmonthly.com)
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Holmes verdict: indictment of Silicon Valley’s ‘fake it till you make it’ ethos(theguardian.com)
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Bullshit Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence(journals.sagepub.com)
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Mobile Phone Museum – over 2000 examples(mobilephonemuseum.com)
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by daverol 5y ago
In 1986 he was playing in London: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/17/john-cl... In 1953 he looked and sounded like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRXIOvMxdc
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British F-35 jet crashes into Mediterranean(theguardian.com)
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by daverol 5y ago
There is a blog article about filming this (google translate available): http://culturaaeronautica.blogspot.com/2011/06/roberto-carlo...
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by daverol 5y ago
Indeed: https://savvytokyo.com/preparing-your-child-to-walk-to-schoo...

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