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by nowandlater 6y ago
The biggest single dump of KGB archives was from Mitrokhin, who in the burst of freedom after the union dissolved walked off with a few hundred thousand papers he'd copied (The book version is a good read). If possible, could you poi
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by nowandlater 6y ago
My favorite from this summer so far, and one I don't see mentioned much is "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" by Claire North (Catherine Webb). https://www.amazon.com/First-Fifteen-Lives-Harry-August&#x
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Crafting a Revolution: The (2004)(web.archive.org)
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Toronto police pay $16.5m to protesters wrongfully held at 2010 G20 summit(theguardian.com)
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In Sheep's Clothing Hifi(insheepsclothinghifi.com)
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Do B vitamins increase the risk of getting cancer? (2018)(examine.com)
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Damn Cool Illusion(web.archive.org)
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by nowandlater 6y ago
Oh, thanks very much!
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by nowandlater 6y ago
Here's a thought I've had recently: it might be worthwhile to have a page, perhaps linked to from the topic's comment page, that shows all flagged comments for said topic. People would not be able to reply to these comments,
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by nowandlater 6y ago
I see what you mean, but wow, his description of Klaus Kinski frothing at the mouth while shattering a wine glass by screaming at it (whether true or not) definitely makes me want to keep watching -- Herzog is unapologetically over the top,
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by nowandlater 6y ago
That Peter Eisenman building looks like it'd be a killer skate park. Say what you will about James Howard Kunstler, his TED talk on Architecture seems to be in the right direction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ZeXn
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by nowandlater 6y ago
Try getting a non-notarized VST to run in your DAW. At least in my experience, even after allowing the plugin in security and privacy it still never loads in Reaper. It's entirely possible, even probable, that I'm doing something
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by nowandlater 6y ago
“We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!” ― Arthur Miller, The Crucible
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by nowandlater 6y ago
Wat https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
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by nowandlater 6y ago
Correct, hollow-point ammunition is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. This has always baffled me since large caliber and high explosive munitions (120mm HEAT rounds from an Abrams) are regularly used against soft targets in combat, not
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by nowandlater 7y ago
Unfortunately not. I share your sentiment; that "something bigger than us" feeling seems to nag at us.
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by nowandlater 7y ago
Only once: While on an Army training exercise at Fort Irwin California, through the IR scope of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, at night (~ 9:45 PM) in the summer of 2009. I was gazing at the exhaust of a hovering black hawk when a perfectly sp
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by nowandlater 7y ago
I might add that this might be specific to the kind of circles you run in. Either way, this conclusion is far too absolute and a hasty generalization.
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by nowandlater 7y ago
Pretty true. The worst is when they butter you up a bit with, "how was your weekend?", or "The weather is pretty nice today". Like they actually care about you, ha!
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by nowandlater 7y ago
Indeed. I ran it through outline. It's a fascinating read. https://outline.com/quXJhb
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just nod if you can hear me
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For anyone interested, this a pretty good write up on "Bogons": http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2004-04/2004-04-isp.htm
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Apparently their CEO was in it, dogfooding https://twitter.com/BoeingCEO/status/1113539958139183104
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This is an old but worthwhile lecture on the topic by the, at times bombastic and over-the-top, James Howard Kunstler: https://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_sub...