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by ta2112 2y ago
As a string player, terroir strikes me as a beautifully appropriate way to describe timbre. My instrument was constructed in the 19th century, probably in Germany. The luthier, their choice of wood, the shape, the workmanship, the strings,
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by ta2112 3y ago
> Of course that discounts intelligence where in we as humans could probably roundly poison them into extinction if we wanted. What is that, irony?!
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by ta2112 3y ago
The title is compelling, and I was interested to read a take on the over-incarceration of our citizens, and maybe something about how we could focus our effort in that regard. It's a complex subject, and there are lots of angles. Unfor
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by ta2112 3y ago
Looks right. Read it and transcend journeyman programmers!
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by ta2112 3y ago
Well, that's as addicting as the original. Kudos!
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by ta2112 3y ago
Browsing the public library one day in the aughts, I came across Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan. Having been raised on the Disney version of Tarzan, I thought, "Ho! I should read this here original of the classic children's story!&q
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by ta2112 3y ago
I like this quote! Was going to buy it on Kindle, but it's only available in print. It was reprinted with illustrations in 2010. Maybe the library has a copy. Thanks!
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by ta2112 3y ago
I kept waiting for them to drop that they are quitting quitting. But alas, the author is not very self aware.
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by ta2112 3y ago
A good example of why to avoid the opinion section. The former Republican governor of Indiana believes in his gloomy predictions of the future, and they are indeed worrying. Yet Republicans have consistently held to Reagan's Laffer ide
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by ta2112 3y ago
It's easy to over engineer, using more resources and time than is required to solve a problem. The real challenge of engineering is to fit the cheapest fastest practicalest solution to your problem. Most solutions seem to start out ove
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by ta2112 3y ago
I'll do my best. Mozart was one of the top Classical period (1750-1830) composers, and is certainly the most famous. He was a genius, he was prolific, he was famous during his day, and among classical composers he is often considered t
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by ta2112 3y ago
The joke was that Mozart was considered inferior, while Bach was still worth drawing on for inspiration. Perhaps less funny explained, but also amusingly musically accurate.