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by labster 3y ago
It’s only connected insofar as the HRE was one of many claimants to the legacy of Rome, which is to say not at all connected.
512.
by labster 3y ago
I don’t know who she is, but she’s quoting Voltaire.
513.
by labster 3y ago
Useful use of cat
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by labster 3y ago
People fight wars over maps, even though they are not the territory. Nine dashes, can you imagine? The maps can be just as risky as the territory. People will feel just as violated by fake nudes as real ones.
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by labster 3y ago
So basically Middle-earth’s version of Austrians and Australians.
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by labster 3y ago
I think it’s this one: https://www.tor.com/2017/08/01/tolkiens-map-and-the-messed-u... I just read it because I’m thinking about writing a crossover fanfic between Tolkien and Sailor Moon set at the end of
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by labster 3y ago
The thing about orcs being corrupted elves isn’t canon, as Tolkien himself never settled on a theory for the origins of orcs. I’m personally against this theory because an elf put under extreme duress will likely just pop back to the Halls
518.
by labster 3y ago
People flag you because you’re not using an appropriate tone for this site. Try being more curious and less accusatory. Less insults and more questions.
519.
by labster 3y ago
GP is a bad user. Bing is a good Bing.
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by labster 3y ago
I’m surprised a study from before the Colombian exchange is still relevant in ecology.
521.
by labster 3y ago
California would still have lots of disastrous wildfires regardless of controlled burns, because the chaparral ecosystem is spark-limited, not fuel-limited. Unless you limit your comments to forest ecosystems, which is only half the story,
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by labster 3y ago
Baldness seems like a good comparison, though, given how hearing involves hair in the inner ear. Cancer is thousands of different disorders so it’s unlikely there will ever be a single cure; making hair grow where we want it is a simpler ta
523.
by labster 3y ago
SF didn’t change the name of Haight Street either. People are pretty comfortable with homophones in general.
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by labster 3y ago
Because the average carbon credit is prima facie less legit than the average crypto token. You don’t need a deep investigation when almost the entire industry looks like junk when put under the slightest scrutiny.
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by labster 3y ago
It might be history making for corporations, but it’s only slightly below average competence for a non-profit board.
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by labster 3y ago
Nah, one day Ilya will be replaced by AI.
527.
by labster 3y ago
This is the word of truth. Cilantro mutants of the world, unite!
528.
by labster 3y ago
Man, I was thinking about the gay Dumbledore thing, and the trans thing of course (JKR has very different conceptions of her characters than some of her readers do). Those are like national newspaper debates. But not as interesting as the o
529.
by labster 3y ago
I don’t think that support was guaranteed at the beginning, though. Certainly Jan Hus suffered a worse fate, being too early, but Luther could have imagined meeting the same end (before meeting God obvs). The political situation mattered a
530.
by labster 3y ago
While I agree with you that there’s little to no hope for the future, I pretty easily got monarch butterflies in my back yard by planting some milkweed. Insect populations can recover very fast. Honestly the reduction in non-human apex pred
531.
by labster 3y ago
That’s why Martin Luther was smart and got the nailing part out of the way at the beginning.
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by labster 3y ago
They already are. And not just deep in the Harry Potter fandom, but in bitter, highly public schisms over the meaning.
533.
by labster 3y ago
These are the droids you’re looking for, now at reduced prices!
534.
by labster 3y ago
You’ll be prosperous if you find phosphorous phosphorus in the Bosporus.
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by labster 3y ago
Exactly right, fellow YCombinator News commenter!
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by labster 3y ago
I understand the conspiracy suggestions but from my personal experience this seems a lot like typical nonprofit board drama. Just with a couple orders of magnitude more money. I mean seriously, how many people here have complained about Moz
537.
by labster 3y ago
Building a giant vault is definitely easier than convincing people to change the way they live. Putting aside whether the book of Genesis is literally true or not, the tale of Noah’s Ark certainly describes how people behave correctly.
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by labster 3y ago
You’re a genius. Of course, no one wants a big connector in their cell phone, so we’ll have to make a mini C. And then a micro C. And then they’ll make USB D to try to simplify all of these competing standards. That said the form factor of
539.
by labster 3y ago
The third best time to build nuclear is in about 20 years, when we develop fusion.
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by labster 3y ago
The owls are not what they seem

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