gelert

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by gelert 6y ago
I would respectfully disagree. I think highlighting another instance of how convoluted and dysfunctional a lot of American legislation has become is quite revevant to technology particularly as large tech firms have come under increasing sc
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by gelert 6y ago
"This is an opinion presented as fact. The Dothraki looked cool to me." The point I was trying to make is that the Dothraki aren't dressed like any human culture would dress. Therefore, the practices and culture which go into
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by gelert 6y ago
"contradicts the central thesis of the article" No, actually extending the quote makes Martin's position worse. Instead of just generally "steppe peoples" he is making a more specific claim that the Dothraki resembl
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by gelert 6y ago
The reason to assume that Dothraki climate resembles that of Earth steppe peoples is, as quoted in the essay, because Martin claimed to have based the Dothraki on them. Those Steppe peoples have adapted their clothing and cultures to the cl
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by gelert 6y ago
That's true for the established wealthy (and generally white) population but the US is bolstered by strong birth rates in minority populations and among recent immigrants so it has a much healthier demographic future than somewhere lik
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by gelert 6y ago
That sounds awful! Thankfully the most annoying things I've run into are these Americanisms like Crosswalks/different traffic lights/fire hydrants. Your post reminded me of this quite funny dunkey video on Captcha's whic
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by gelert 6y ago
But it's okay for 10 year olds to kill combatants? Edit: That statement alone is underdeveloped but I wanted to provoke a reaction. Given that the above comment says that killing civilians is what would make this game inappropriate for
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by gelert 6y ago
As the blog post points out within a decade of the 'great heathen army' and just four years after this game is supposedly set a majority of these vikings had converted to Christianity including prominent leaders among them. That&#
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by gelert 6y ago
While it is true that vikings traded and travelled down there - the famous Varangian Guard of Byzantium is a notable example. It does make Asian representation less likely. Trade with North and West Africa was purely maritime whereas to tra
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by gelert 6y ago
The Robinson projection is probably what you're looking for. It was explicitly created to try to balance these two extremes. I also think that the Robinson is probably the best candidate for an accurate "default" map of the w
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by gelert 6y ago
Speaking as a masters student who's had a lot of seminars through teams it is a fairly good solution. However, it requires effective moderation - the situation is still lacking in social cues.