In the Wikipedia entry about Infocom’s Enchanter, it mentions that Enchanter’s system of magic is based on the Old Speech of Earthsea in terms of mechanics.
I was curious about the source of this idea, but apparently Dave Lebling (one of the authors of Enchanter) stated that the entire Enchanter series was influenced by Earthsea.
OMG. So the Etruscans were the B Ark of Lydia (a kingdom that encompassed Western Turkey)?!?!
According to Herodotus, the story goes something like this: Around 800 BC, there was a famine in Lydia (in what is now western Turkey). Eventually the king, “divided the people into two groups, and made them draw lots, so that the one group should remain and the other leave the country.”
It’s unclear which group this scenario actually favored, but according to Herodotus, the castaways eventually ended up in Italy.
Where did the Etruscans come from? The linguistic and genetic clues are piling up. • 2016 Apr 18 • Alina Simone • PRI
Chrome will start blocking Flash by default.
Google plans to start blocking Flash in Chrome this year • 2016 May 15 • Jacob Kastrenakes • The Verge
It is frightening that people who are purportedly doing science on human subjects have no concept whatsoever about the meaning of consent.
It is even worse if such people think the idea of consent comes from “social justice warriors” rather than, say, ethics.
OKCupid Study Reveals the Perils of Big-Data Science • Michael Zimmer • Wired