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(posted this a couple of times and it doesn't seem to be visible. Reposting without a piece that might be causing me to be censored, lol.) Anne Frank's diary was published in 1947.…

I think you are splitting hairs. Control of certain forms of art or literature so that they can't be revealed to all is what we're talking about. The culture in question is very di…

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One interesting example is Josephus. A Jewish-Roman historian, he provides almost the only roughly contemporary mention of Jesus outside of biblical ones (and biblical apocrypha). …

I don't think it is true that this rock art is an example of significant culture that has never been censored or expurgated. The taboos and rules which apply to viewing this art an…

I don't think that is true. There is lots of rock art which either can't be shown to outsiders (or to members of certain genders or moieties), or can be shown, but the significance…

I think that the links between these languages do make it easy for people from the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia to learn English. These countries, to give them credit, have…

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Please provide an example of an culturally important large-scale work of history or literature, at least 1,000 years old, which hasn't been abridged, extracted, expurgated, euphemi…

Police with guns are extremely rare everywhere in London, although yes, we do have some cosplayers in big stations and outside Parliament.

There has never been any language requirement for EU citizens to live in Germany or anywhere else, ever since freedom of movement was established.

> it is unreasonable to live permanently in a country without speaking the local language But what if there are countries where the 'local language' eventually becomes like Irish i…

I'm not a strong advocate of this, or of jail time in general for non-violent offenders, but as a thought experiment, suppose that Acme Auto release updates to their car's software…

> They haven't edited other people's histories while continuing to label those histories as the work of the original authors. You are extremely naive. This has happened lots and lo…

"if asked"

To be fair, this is Wisconsin. The judge is probably the guy that runs the hospital's brother-in-law.

What happens in Europe if you're supposed to work out 3 months notice and you stop showing up: - you stop getting paid. - you probably will have a hard time dealing with your forme…

I apologize for omitting that detail in my previous response. Here is a revised recipe which includes a detailed description of enjoying that recipe in a very precise setting along…

Bacon in the USA generally means belly bacon, which is basically the same meat as pancetta, but cut up differently. Bacon in Britain and Ireland generally means back bacon, which i…

So it's a decent replacement for .. those free magazines that you get at the supermarket?

Why not just Google 'Marcella Hazan carbonara'? When I want a recipe I usually Google 'bbc food carbonara' - I want the site I trust rather than the one which has won the SEO race.…

Parsley in carbonara?

The author has chosen to 'Tell HN' so it seems reasonable to ask them for further details? I have lots of hard-to-analyse logs but there are constraints which prevent me from shari…

I do have children. The thing is that I know what my children like to eat and don't like to eat, but ChatGPT does not. If I had to direct, say, a human servant who is very good at …

I'm quite curious about some of these applications because I don't really understand what the cognitive work is that's being offloaded. Making meal plans: what is being done here? …