World War II tech eLoran deployed as GPS backup in the UK
From Slashdot
The link between atmospheric CO2 and rising global temperatures cannot be dismissed as a case of “correlation and causality.” Continue reading
Who to praise? Who to blame?
This is magnificent.
As Christian Ready wrote:
If you can get Littlefinger to support your space program, you’re doing something right.
Also see Why Watch ESA Rosetta’s Movie ‘Ambition’? Because We Want to Know What is Possible. The article ranges from the Classics to the changing roles of America and Europe in space.
It calms you down but drains you of energy
From Andrew Mills, who related it to the Stoic concept of negative visualization.

From Floraidh
Irish Class, October 20, 2014
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Found on a shelf in my garage:
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Irish Class, October 13, 2014
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Two sentences (in English!) in each category: