chalimacos

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by chalimacos 8y ago
If you want to hear how it sounds, Spanish National Radio (RNE) has a podcast in judeoespañol: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-sefardi/
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by chalimacos 10y ago
The criteria of "usefulness" is a slippery slope. Books like The Iliad are completely devoid of any practical usefulness, they would have been discarded centuries ago by the librarians at Alexandria. I've seen libraries in S
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by chalimacos 12y ago
What some people who don't see the need to preserve languages are missing is that each living language is in itself a Noah Ark that preserves lots of dead languages and world views. English preserves latin, greek, yiddish... Consider t
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by chalimacos 12y ago
If they had devoted all this effort to beating the MLB they'll be rich.
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by chalimacos 13y ago
This a misleading article. Ford didn't graciously concede the 40 hour week. Moreover, it is an insult to the memory of all the workers that fought and died for it (like in the Haymarket massacre).
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Dare to Decide - Søren Kierkegaard(hebrew4christians.com)
1 points by chalimacos 13y ago|0 comments
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by chalimacos 13y ago
The US should get rid of its Old Testament vengeance mentality. You cannot lock away social problems.
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by chalimacos 14y ago
I translated the Spanish version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Como-Vivir-Veinticuatro-Horas-melusi...
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by chalimacos 15y ago
There is a (unfounded) rumor that Google is the client behind the test: http://ecatinfo.com/e-cat/e-cat-info-hints-sat-google-being-...
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by chalimacos 15y ago
In mobi format: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Harvard_Classics_Available_a...
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by chalimacos 15y ago
Regarding lists, this one by Fadiman&Major is one of the most compact and pertinent I have seen: http://interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtfad4.html
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by chalimacos 16y ago
This is very good for activists.
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by chalimacos 16y ago
What about geniuses that didn't enjoy a supportive environment? Dali's father has an accountant radically opposed to his painting career. They broke relations. At 26 he had surpassed all his teachers in the most prestigious classical art ac
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by chalimacos 16y ago
Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in 6 weeks. That's genius.
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by chalimacos 16y ago
Some answers here are striking coming from users of a site called "Hacker News". "We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without relig