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Cowboys / sailers in the crow's nest / hunters in all stories seem to be able to see tiny things on the horizon. Is that just for the story's sake or have our developments in glasses / vision systems made us less reliant on our own eyes (and as such we don't use them to the extent that they used to).
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I was thinking about this the other day, and began wondering if the fact that coal was a major part of the economy for these states and the north using more coal (for industry & heating) than the south had an impact on them not joining the confederacy.
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Obviously current events have sparked these debates. I've read things like the Cornerstone Speech, as well as individual states reasons for secession, so where did this all get buried in favor of the "states rights" claim?
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I ask this because there is alot of conflicting information on the matter. I would simply like to know whether or not he was real.
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I'm assuming they were druids, different than Celts. I need to clarify. Also, are there any good books about the subject? thank you
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Any help would be greatly appreciated! Most of what I've studied for my education degree has been unrelated to the history of the Texas area. Enough to pass a test, but not enough that I feel like I can really teach students anything.
Here's the curriculum for Texas history and the points I need to hit: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/ch113b.html#113.19
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I know the people used to live in relative peace in Yugoslavia before the civil wars. My parents are serbians who grew up in Yugoslavia before the wars and I was born in Australia just as they were happening. They told me there wasn't that much hatred as they were growing up until they left in '86 or so. But they were from Nis which also wasn't as badly affected by the wars and is very homogenous.
Watching the amazing 6 part documentary by BBC The Death of Yugoslavia it seems like there were so many populist uprisings in favor of racism and nationalism. I'm trying to wrap my head around the massive change in ideology and can't think of much other than a rather simplistic explanation of a poor economy - but it seems much deeper than that.
Would love if anyone could shed some light.
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I think we can break down the question into a few parts.
Did the Allies know about the Holocaust as it was going on and not merely when they stumbled upon the concentration camps?
What did the Allies actually do to stop the Holocaust? Did preventing the deaths play any part in their military planning? Contextualised, of course, by how much they knew about what was going on.
Could the Allies have done more? Could the Western Allies have speeded up the Normandy landings (at the cost of greater casualties) and thus ended the war sooner? And could they, as the Pope suggested, have "bombed the railways" transporting Jews to Auschwitz and the other camps?
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Hello all, next year I'm taking a course in which it's recommended to have some background knowledge on the history of european literature. Do you know any books that will give me a sufficient overview on this topic? Thanks in advance!
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Previous weeks' Tuesday Trivias and the complete upcoming schedule.
Today’s trivia theme comes to us from /u/NMW!
The magic of Doing History is that historical understanding is not stagnant, it evolves and changes, and dare we hope, improves. Let’s pay homage to this process by showing some ideas in history that have been shall we say “upgraded” to a newer stance. Please share some history from your field of study that has been disproven, discredited, or perhaps more gracefully retired.
Next week on Tuesday Trivia: Finally a space to share what every culture on earth thought about tornados. We’ll be exploring historical understandings of natural phenomena!
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What were some examples? Were there anti-meme memes too (e.g. dank memes)?
Edit: In case you guys think I'm just trying to mess around, I wanna say that I'm genuinely curious about it. It would be interesting to know that people back then had that kind of stuff.
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I get the idea sometimes that some people are grinding to get a flair quickly. While it's great that people want a flair so much that they are willing to 'work' for it, I believe it is important to keep a proper perspective on things. Earlier today I gave some advice to a flair applicant:
If you enjoy giving quality answers here, your flair will come. There is no need to rush it. Don't get me wrong, being awarded flair is awesome - but your primary motivation should be the enjoyment, not the flair. If you post just to get your flair, you may get it, but you'll probably lose it again 7 months from now because you'll go inactive and it'll be removed after 6 months of inactivity.
Now of course I can say this, but why would anyone believe me? That's why I went through all the flair applications in the most recent thread to record how many posts were included in the application, how far apart those posts were in time, and whether or not the application was successful.
Of a total of 66 applications, the results were as follows:
| Result | Count |
|---|---|
| Approved | 29 |
| Initially denied* | 8 |
| Denied | 22 |
| Addition Approved | 7 |
(*Initially denied are those applications which are accepted after the applicant put in one or more extra posts - those posts are included in the stats.)
The only difference between these groups in number of posts put forward in the application is that for an addition of flair the number is closer to 3. Apparently existing flairs know that 3 posts is all that is needed. For the other groups, an average of about 5 posts were given.
| Result | avg. # of posts included |
|---|---|
| Approved | 5.0 |
| Initially denied | 5.6 |
| Denied | 4.6 |
| Addition Approved | 3.1 |
There were some interesting results when looking at the number of days between the posts put forward. In short, 2/3rds of successful flair applications are made with posts 3 weeks or more apart. Looking at it from another angle, only 1/3rd of flair applications made with posts less than a week apart are successful.
Result|<7 days | 7<14| 14<21|21<100|>100 |:-----------|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:|------------:| Approved|4| 6| 0| 13| 6 Initially denied|2| 0| 2| 2| 2 Denied|6| 3| 3| 4| 6 Addition Approved|0| 0| 1| 1| 5
The takeaway of all this is:
You can apply for flair as soon as you have 3 high quality posts, but don't try to rush it. The optimal time to get these quality posts appears to be between 3 weeks and 3 months.
But the most important thing is: enjoy participating in this community :)
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More specifically, I'm wondering about problems such as addiction and punishment or rehabilitation, the black market or underground economy, and general corruption. Basically, the problems that the USA is facing now that opiates are becoming so common/popular.
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Hello! I'm from a Japanese Association where I volunteer in the "Traditional Japanese Games" department. There, we have games like Karuta, Shogi, Go and Hanafuda and we want to teach to as many people as we can, though the department is still fresh in our Association and city. The point is that I know how to play them and a bit of their history, but I want to learn more about their cultural impact in the japanese society in the past, like how/where/when/why did the japanese people use to play them, what tactics did they use, etc... Any information is welcomed!
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I was watching an old movie from the 1950s that is set in the 1920s - 1930s and in one scene the main protagonist takes off her shoes and underneath she's wearing a pair of heels. Kind of like shoeception or when you wear sunglasses over your glasses. I was blown away by how smart that was, but I've never seen or heard of anything like that before. Anyone know anything about this? I'm not really sure if this is the right subreddit, sorry if it's not!
The film is Swedish and probably not that well known.
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