fluorocarbon

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   by fluorocarbon 7y ago

   Mortal Republic is not about the fall of Rome. It's about the fall of the Republic, or the transition from a republic (oligarchy) into an empire (monarchy). Rome in fact reached its largest extent about a hundred years after the fa
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   by fluorocarbon 7y ago

   Because it can be a color term, it's just not always a color term. Just like in English I can use the word "metallic" to refer to a taste, color, smell, or feeling depending on context. Translate it literally as "wine-
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   by fluorocarbon 7y ago

   Since I began studying Greek, the whole wine-dark thing has struck me as pretty silly. The actual phrase is οἶνοψ πόντος (oinops pontos) which means "wine-face sea." Pontos refers to the open sea, not the shallows or the sea near
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   by fluorocarbon 8y ago

   > Consider for the moment the problem of 'fake news' ... without getting into the debate of what is and isn't true This comment reminds me of another Shirky essay [1]. He says: > [This is] the pattern for descriptions o
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   by fluorocarbon 8y ago

   This comment seems unnecessarily mean spirited. The article is on someone's private blog. Nobody's forcing you to read it. How in the world is it "disrespectful" to write in a certain style on your own blog, providing yo