jaratec

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by jaratec 11mo ago
> Do you mean a username that is distinct from email or phone number? No, he means a unique user id, generated by the server when you sign up for the service. Then for every login attempt, you provide the username/email + user id +
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by jaratec 4y ago
> Yes, the Germanic tribesmen were climate refugees. Not quite. Those germanic tribes were fleeing the huns. The crossing of the danube in 376 by the goths (as war refugees) and the crossing of the rhine in the winter 405/406 by the
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by jaratec 5y ago
I think the OP argument is: if you have less energy available, then you will manufacture fewer things. Hence the advice to seek long lasting, energy efficient, replaceable/repairable hardware.
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by jaratec 5y ago
The roman/latin name for peaches was malum persicum (persian apple). The romans got the fruit from the persians, but the persians themselves got it from central asia or china.
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by jaratec 5y ago
It is the other way around. The sweet potato is natively from America, but it made it to Polynesia, unclear how.
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by jaratec 5y ago
As a former subscriber I can point this out: One gigantic error: they have not seen the 2007/2008 crisis coming. Their policy recommendations are always the same: "cut red tape", privatize, remove tariffs..., and this mirrors
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by jaratec 5y ago
how so? care to explain?
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by jaratec 5y ago
The keyboard layout (inherited form the typewriters) comes to mind.
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Bordeaux (France) cancels Christmas tree in public square(tellerreport.com)
1 points by jaratec 6y ago|0 comments
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by jaratec 6y ago
Do you have photos of the sword? Were there any other artefacts? Where did they end up?
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by jaratec 6y ago
The way I see it, there are two factors for the origin myths: The misidentification of various people. Practically every barbarian horde descending from euro-asian steppe into europe was called scythian as if it was one and the same. That w
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by jaratec 7y ago
Nitpicking here: Linear A is a language script, we don't know whether rongorongo is a script or just decoration. Also, the character set of Linear A is pretty much the same as the one for Linear B (which most likely adopted them), whic
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by jaratec 7y ago
I am not sure about these "facts". Why would quebec accent stay the same for centuries? Languages are unstable, especially their pronunciation. Consider also the extraordinary diversity of accents in uk. Did only one cross the Atl
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by jaratec 7y ago
Copper was readily availble in cyprus. So, no, that's not what happened.
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by jaratec 7y ago
Can you point me to the information sources for this theory?
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by jaratec 7y ago
The name is older, it comes from the philistines, one of the people that emerged after the bronze age colapse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistines
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by jaratec 7y ago
I propose that Planet 9 (when/if is found) to be named "Big Ben"
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by jaratec 7y ago
The greeks adopted the phoenician alphabet, even though phonologically phoenician and greek languages have a lot of differences. I have read of a theory claiming that greeks simply misheard the sounds of the phoenicians and made the best ad
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by jaratec 7y ago
"A new life awaits you in the Off-World colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!" (Blade Runner)
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by jaratec 7y ago
There is something puzzling about the existance/presevation of the word in Tocharian B. The tocharian people were living in the tarim basin, a dry land, far away from any ocean. Were there any salmons there?
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by jaratec 8y ago
What books do you recommend on bronze age in general and greek bronze age in particular? There doesn't seem to be much material available. I have a book on Linear B queued up for later reading.
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by jaratec 8y ago
I enjoyed reading the Anabasis. The writing felt more like recollections of past events. Xenophon gives account of details by accident. For example, the greek army has marched deep in the persian empire, the battle of Cunaxa took place (and
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by jaratec 8y ago
Out of curiosity, were there attempts/proposals for adopting the Orkhon script (or variant)? Wouldn't it be more natural/easier to use for a turkic language? Link to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x