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spanxx

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    Comment #22811306

    I'm interested as well in implementing Conway's Game of Life but I wonder, what are the applications of this system in computation? Can a Turing Machine be constructed with this sy…

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    Comment #22718967

    Yeah. The only illness called by a place where it didn't start or was discovered. Totally fair.

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    Comment #22515641

    Calling it Spanish Flu (instead of 1918 pandemic) were it had no relationship with Spain..

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    Comment #22456239

    Unsourced comments by somebody without on-the-ground knowledge about the matter he's talking about.

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    Comment #22428041

    I wish people stop calling that Spanish Flu where it's totally unrelated to Spain...

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    Comment #22309729

    People without any knowledge of the topic, you mean.

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    Comment #22309716

    In fact, the only relationship that virus had with Spain is that the press was not censored as in the other European countries of that time (because of their involvement in the Gre…

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    Comment #22223202

    Would you recommend that book to a software engineer with an interest in Maths?

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    Comment #22010716

    Doesn't Apple was trying to measure glucose with their watch?

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    Comment #21978061

    I think that "not caring about other people actions" should be the standard way of thinking if you think their actions doesn't cause harm to other humans. That's what I get from th…

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    Comment #21977919

    Because he respects others people's decisions and don't want to force his/her ideas in them.

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    Comment #21711791

    300 € / room

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    Comment #21711789

    According to [1] even Barcelona football (soccer) players were pushed to learn Catalan, even experiencing racism for wanting to speak Spanish. [1] https://app.football-espana.net/?…

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    Comment #21680561

    Do you have any sources on that? As far as I know they had the same rights given by the Crown (legally at least).

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    Comment #21643555

    Interesting tale about a Columbus voyage to Ireland. Have any info on that?

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    Comment #21518580

    As time passes our society should be judged more severely. You can't judge actions of XVI century, bit you can sure judge actions of XX century.

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    Comment #21518557

    I'm not defending anybody, just setting some historical context.

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    Comment #21518550

    Aztecs were conquered with the help of other slaved tribes. Do you really thing that several sailors could conquering an empire of millions? Spaniards were helped by Aztec enemies.…

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    Comment #21516118

    Pretty interesting how independent latin-american governments succeeded in conquering native lands and subjugating native population: See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation…

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    Comment #21516042

    Spanish Crown edicted some laws to protect the natives https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Burgos What legal protection had the native population in the American colonies or Br…

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    Comment #21515974

    According to [1], slaved population by Aztec was sacrificed by the thousands, so I could see the slaved people treating the newcomers as gods, or more likely liberators and joining…

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    Comment #21515916

    Do you really think that a hundred of undisciplined soldiers could fight and won a war against an empire? Spanish conquerors were lucky that Aztecs were hated by other natives and …

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    Comment #21515879

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_legend

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    Comment #21515875

    Not true at all. English made propaganda about supposed atrocities and that propaganda is alive today: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_legend

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    Comment #21514652

    Do you have any sources of that? Claiming 8 million people were slaved is a bit of stretch, don't you think?