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Comment · 11 months ago
>Calculus is an important part of the intellectual tradition handed down to us by the Ancient Greeks.

No it isn't? It was discovered by Newton and Leibnitz. If they're talking about Archimedes and integrals, I seem to recall his work on that was only rediscovered through a palimpsest in the last couple of decades and it contributed nothing towards Newton and Leibnitz's work.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Share it here. I want to hear it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Try Alasdair Gray's translation.
Comment · 2 years ago
That was marvellous. Thank you for sharing.
Comment · 3 years ago
Is your offer invite code available to other randoms like myself? I tried to register on bsky months ago and still haven't been approved.
Comment · 3 years ago
Nit-picking, but Witcher 2 is now legal in Australia. It was banned at the time because there was no MA classification available (something that has since been rectified).
Comment · 3 years ago
Given their influence in the toppling of Australia's democratically elected prime minister in 1975, I'm not surprised.
Comment · 4 years ago
Interesting idea, but wouldn't the ejecta from multiple impacts create a global cooling effect, which would be counterproductive to the intent of the project (i.e. a warm, high pressure area)?
Comment · 5 years ago
Notable that you can edit comments after posting, which makes the number of posts you can make virtually limitless.
Comment · 5 years ago
Shat, though I notice Americans tend to use shit as both present and past tense.
Comment · 5 years ago
Legend. Thanks.

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