saintaardvark

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   by saintaardvark 28d ago

   I had a similar experience with nature. My dad was the outdoors type, a conservation officer who loved hunting & fishing; I wanted nothing more than to be inside reading an encyclopedia. I have always liked science, but biology was ju
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   by saintaardvark 6mo ago

   What an absolutely delightful project. This put a smile on my face. Thank you.
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   by saintaardvark 2y ago

   +1e9 for "A Sea of Words" ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218275.A_Sea_of_Words ). It's excellent reading in itself and helped a lot understanding the vocabulary.
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   by saintaardvark 5y ago

   You've got it exactly right. Years ago, I wrote "Any sufficiently important information must be indistinguishable from plain text", and your point is what I was trying to get at: if it's that important, make sure the for