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"For text ( and maybe other things), it helps if you read it aloud. It slows you down, and prevents you from skimming." [
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5 days ago
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"(speaking as a rest-of-the-worlder) I reckon that by and large, the actions of a country do determine what others think of it, irrespective of the proportion of the people inside said country who oppose those actions...." [
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3 weeks ago
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"sorta related: I just found out that the spanish slang for dictionary (in mexico ) is 'tumbaburros' , suggesting the book is large enough to knock a donkey over...." [
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4 weeks ago
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mexican etiquette
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"The song 'brimful of asha' was a hit for the british group Cornershop, and the funny thing is that they didn't even know she was alive and well and recording...." [
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beastlies
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magic places
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3 months ago
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"UbuRovias: but a good way of weeding out the crap.
So true. Here, for example, is Dan Brown's first paragraph." [
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4 months ago
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Towers of Babel
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5 months ago
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Keyboard calligraphy
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6 months ago
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new old music
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6 months ago
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gastronomic convergence
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6 months ago
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"It seems to me that the limitations of the guitar can be overcome by playing it lap style, as is practised by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, with his highly modified guitar, called the Mohan Veena. Surely the limitations of having only five fingers is much..." [
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7 months ago
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"This is how I make chai (I'm Indian): Boil 3/4 cup of water per cup of chai. Two spoons of sugar into the water (while boiling). A pinch of Chai Masala powder (I prefer the brand Everest, you can find it in Indian shops). When it starts boiling, add..." [
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8 months ago
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"I too grew up reading stories of mythology from ACK, and later in college ended up reading the actual sanskrit versions of some of the stories, but now, I still remember the ACK versions...." [
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8 months ago
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"In a related request, how about automatically linking pdf files with PdfMeNOT?" [
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8 months ago
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"Shantaram by Gregory Roberts. Easily one of the best books about/in India that I have ever read." [
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10 months ago
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"The way I handle people and relationships or new friends or whatever is that they automatically get a 100% score. So only if they actually let me down in someway, I start treating them more carefully. But the default setting is that they're all good...." [
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11 months ago