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by wrp 4y ago
>...Turkey accepted far greater numbers of immigrants from the arab spring and doesn't have the problems Sweden/germany and north america has. This sounds like an important point. What exactly are the factors behind the differe
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by wrp 4y ago
David Bohm was brillitant but his own worst enemy. He trashed his own career by exaggerating enmities in his mind and occasionally swerving into crackpottery. Sheldon Goldstein (author of this article) and Detlef Dürr are probably the best
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by wrp 4y ago
I have read, for example in the article on Italy in Drout's J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia (2006), that Tolkien's fiction has traditionally been associated with right-wing politics in Italy. I couldn't understand that at all,
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by wrp 4y ago
I don't understand why, but it's common for people to make this kind of claim about ethnic conflicts. "Ethnic hostilities in this area are just a recent phenomenon," is a claim I've heard about Palestine, Yugoslavia
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by wrp 4y ago
At least since the 1960s, there has been resentment around the world regarding America's influence. I've lived in a variety of non-Western countries since the 1980s and there has always been some degree of resentment against the U
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by wrp 4y ago
Would it be productive to talk about how much this shows up on HN? There have always been topics that seem to attract sponsored influencers. In the recent past, China seemed to be the biggest one, though Ukraine is now a major competing top
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by wrp 4y ago
I've heard Prince Edward Island as well. Is there a survey showing which areas in Canada have had the most significant change?
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by wrp 4y ago
Altered title changes the tone. The original is "This Woman..." not "A Woman..."
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by wrp 4y ago
John Steinbeck, in his travel book, A Russian Journal (1948) has a great quote about the perception of cameras among people who have been through war: There was some reluctance about letting a cameraman into the Soviet Union, and none ab
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by wrp 4y ago
I've recently done quite a bit of reading into the period around the Norman conquest. I'm American, so take this as a view from the outside, but English historians appear to be strongly divided between pro- and anti-Normans. Imagi
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by wrp 4y ago
Literature is often polarizing. You see many literary novels that get a U-shaped rating distribution, with most readers either loving or hating a book. I think the best explanation for this is the distinction between plot-oriented and chara
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by wrp 4y ago
Notable how they try to deflect attention to this by saying essentially "...but look how bad the Russians are." See the editor's note at the top: Editor's Note, April 2022: We encourage you to explore this research brie
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by wrp 4y ago
This is like fanzine writing, combative and narrow. If the history of the literary evaluation of Tolkien really interests you, I'd recommend Steve Walker's The Power of Tolkien's Prose (2009). It is short, readable, and cal
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by wrp 4y ago
Here is a movie for anyone tired of it always being Americans who fight off the space aliens. Made by Inuits on location in Canada's far north, it takes inspiration from The Thing rather than Independence Day . It's not a great
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Slash/Back (Movie)(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by wrp 4y ago|1 comments
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by wrp 4y ago
Very long article, didn't find it all that informative. It basically follows what has been said in the media, with less sensational language. Uncritical, they seem to take every reported number as gospel. Their summary recommendation f
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by wrp 4y ago
The last time I checked, several years ago, JOVIAL was still restricted technology. While the article points to the firm that supports the JOVIAL compiler, it doesn't say anything about JOVIAL's classified status.
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by wrp 4y ago
An informative overview which is not referenced in the article is Torkel Franzén's Gödel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse . ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12830.G_del_s_Theorem )
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by wrp 4y ago
If you are interested in the story of the Norman reconstruction of institutional architecture in England, there is a quick overview in Garnett's The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction . ( https://www.goodreads.com&#x
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by wrp 4y ago
Thanks, wouldn't have guessed to search for that list. In the entry for Escomb Church, is says there are "only four complete Anglo-Saxon churches remaining in England, the others being St Lawrence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon,
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by wrp 4y ago
I know of just one guy who is both very well informed and goes out of his way to not be influenced by anyone's narrative. He is a former NATO commander and now teaches at the Austrian military academy. Unfortunately, his video releases
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by wrp 4y ago
When the Normans conquered England, they apparently tore down every Anglo-Saxon church to be replaced by one in the Romanesque style. How much is known about the Anglo-Saxon style and how they handled things like arches?
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by wrp 4y ago
"...and to think they did it all with slide rules!" is perhaps the most predictable comment when people today talk about aerospace engineering of the 1950s-60s. I've read a fair amount of reports and autobiographical accounts
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by wrp 4y ago
My family once acquired a puppy and kitten at the same time. For the first year or so, the dog tried to model the cat's behavior. It would snuggle up against you and try to purr. It sounded like a very soft growl.
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by wrp 4y ago
Is technical analysis always purely based on stock market numeric patterns, without any consideration of contextual factors?
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by wrp 4y ago
In Wind, Sand and Stars (1939), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry describes chaperoning some Arabs around France. They were unimpressed by technological displays like steamships, locomotives, and the Eiffel Tower, but they were overawed at a water
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by wrp 4y ago
> ...the plasma is of such low density... I believe the chambers are operated at a pressure of 1/10,000th of an atmosphere.
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The Tank Is Not Obsolete(warontherocks.com)
4 points by wrp 4y ago|1 comments
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by wrp 4y ago
> ...Amazon isn't rewriting his books. That raises a kind of interesting point. They aren't rewriting his books , they are rewriting his world . Tolkien started out with a hobby of creating languages. He then was inspired to
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by wrp 4y ago
I'm not arguing for any particular position, just trying to explain the motivation of some Tolkien fans.

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