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8 hours agoThat was probably one reason why Hitler wasn’t assassinated by the allies. OTOH, the death of Franco (but to old age!) meant the end of fascism in Spain. When a dictator dies, there’s always a chance for better.
Tommi Nieminen
Staunchly Peircean pragmaticist linguist, phonetician and semiotician. Does translation studies and comparative literature too when time allows. Politically far left, deal with it. Localizes FOSS (eg. KDE Plasma, Vivaldi browser, Handbrake media transcriber).
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61·1 day agoWin10 or Win11? :p
Which is not going to happen, and not only because he’s not born a US citizen.
“Strictly phonetic”—no. But more-or-less-strictly phonological, yes. Finnish is also one of those.
11·1 month ago“Why would I own a car? Our public transportation works fine. Or a watch, since I can already see the time from my mobile phone.”
133·1 month agoThe humanity does. Well, maybe not “need” it but deserve it. Finding out about the world around us is what we exist for.
Basically a Sophie Scholl kind of resistance.