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Some of the deeds through which the claimants based their title had slight irregularities in various signatures. With these documents and this evidence, Johnson and the other claim…

On the morning of August 11, 1873, Custer was encamped with a portion of the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition (Eight companies of the 7th Cavalry) along the north side of the Yellowston…

There were several formats developed for recording video on optical discs before the DVD. Optical recording technology was invented by David Paul Gregg and James Russell in 1958 an…

A fiendishly clever brand of meta-level genius propels The Cabin in the Woods, a pulpy, deceivingly insightful send-up of horror movies that elicits just as many knowing chuckles a…

The Cone Nebula is an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 26, 1785, at which time he designated it H V.27. The nebula i…

Brickellia parvula (Mt. Davis brickellbush)[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northeastern and north-central Mexico (Chihuahua…

HN groupthink

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In the name of moderation groupthink is being encouraged here!

Grr, HN is run by fascists.

HN stinks so bad.

HN stinks

I'm aware of that history. The word "baggage" has negative connotations (to burdens and impediments); so my question really is by speaking English, as an Indian-born national, what…

> Indian identity was split right in the middle and was done on religious lines Religion is only one factor. People also derive their group identity along cultural, caste and socia…

I never understood the sensibility of the notion of imposing Hindi to others in the country. It is like say Germany imposing German to be the de facto language all across Europe! A…

That's amusing. It does however take some time to get used another person's accent. I sure had difficulty in the beginning with the English accent of my Scottish coworker (not to m…

> [English's] own (post-colonial) baggage What are those? It is just a language people speak.

I think they would rather be making jokes about plant-based diets.

Ask the mods. They have flagged my account so that new comments in some threads begin with 0 points. Agree on the upvotes thing; it is a health sign of skepticism.

I write Haskell currently, but have used Clojure in the past. I find Haskell to be superior (static typing being one reason) however it takes more persistence and effort in the beg…

How is Stoicism different to everyday psychological dissociation covered up with a nice-sounding philosophy?