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by mafm 8y ago
I'd suggest putting it down as a learning experience and moving on. People will rip you off from time to time. Unless you have a good chance at a quick, profitable, resolution I'd suggest getting on with your life. I've been
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by mafm 8y ago
I'm curious about how much of the tone is the instrument and how much is the player. I remember watching an Igor Oistrakh masterclass where he complained about the sound a young violinist was making on her cheapish violin. He said &quo
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by mafm 8y ago
The idea that all states (or their heads) are nominally equal is pretty recent. It came from the treaty of Westphalia, ~1650. I'm no expert, but I think that model wasn't really applied to states outside Western Europe until ~20th
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by mafm 8y ago
Honestly, no point in waiting. I paid for google music for a couple of years before switching to spotify. Spotify is a lot better - more music, better recommendations. about the same price.
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by mafm 10y ago
What is the better way that is banned?
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by mafm 10y ago
Somebody at TU Delft did some work on making 3d scans / reproductions of paintings, and one of the artists they were scanning was van Gogh. I think the reproductions were for sale, but they were pretty expensive (~$25K???). Hackaday di
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by mafm 10y ago
It is _not_ technically correct to call asylum seekers 'illegal immigrants'. The 1951 UN Refugee Convention (Australia is a signatory) recognises that refugees have a lawful right to enter a country for the purposes of seeking asy
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by mafm 11y ago
http://www.abjpress.com/tarpv1.html
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by mafm 12y ago
I think it was chosen to emphasise that Nepal isn't part of India.