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I had a similar experience in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this city, there is a famous tourist attraction called The White Tower (which has grey color, by the way). One day, I had to …

I tried viewing the article on 4 different monitors. All monitors had default settings except for brightness. Monitors A & B were on new laptops, monitor C was on a very old laptop…

In my opinion, getting used to living in small space is the simplest thing about surviving on Mars. It is much more difficult to maintain a steady supply of oxygen, water, food, an…

The planet in Nemesis had one major difference which may turn out to be crucial: it was not actually a planet. It was a moon. Since Proxima b is a planet, it is probably locked wit…

From my experience, the votes are rarely a sign of a constructive comment. For example, my top comment is the one in which I basically said that learning natural languages is hard.…

Actually, declining numbers is something most native Russian speakers can't do. Even people on TV, whose job is to speak correctly, often struggle with it. Moreover, in the Russian…

I would like to point out that learning a computer language usually takes between a week and a month, while learning a natural one takes about a decade. I agree that knowing a natu…

I (sort of) agree that having many languages encourages diversity and coexistence of different cultures. However, I think that apparent drawbacks outweigh any potential benefits. A…

While I agree that Tesla's article is not perfectly logical and its marketing campaign is not impeccable, I would like to demonstrate that people at Tesla Motors have a point. 1. "…

This is very sad news. The #1 reason why I moved from Facebook to Twitter was that the latter service used straightforward algoritms for deciding what to show me. When I opened Twi…

A potato has 2 more chromosomes than I do. Does it mean that I shouldn't eat potatoes?

Murphy knows the answer! https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/epotek/album/466327/view/...