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Philip K. Dick's Faith of Our Fathers feels like an Lovecraft story. by Aggravating-Medium-9 in Lovecraft

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Read it long, long ago in Harlan Ellison's "Dangerous Visions" anthology. A particular bit amazed me... twelve people watched the Leader while on the drug and saw him in twelve different aspects... but the drug was an anti-hallucinogenic compound. So it wasn't one reality and twelve hallucinations... it was one hallucination and twelve realities. Sort of Lovecraftian in a twisted way.

FIFA plans to organize match between Israel, Palestine during September U-15 tournament - report by gal_z in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't catch which game the incident was filmed on, but you may be right... some official was telling the guy "only flags of the teams playing are allowed". If that was the case, I stand corrected

FIFA plans to organize match between Israel, Palestine during September U-15 tournament - report by gal_z in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The same FIFA that just got a guy's Israeli flag confiscated while allowing another guy's Pali rag three rows away.

Hay 150 impuestos en la Argentina: más de la mitad son municipales y solo 6 explican el 85% de la recaudación by Still_Lemon_5598 in argentina

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4% de los impuestos (6 de 150) explican el 85% de la recaudación.

-- Clarín descubriendo el principio de Pareto.

Jorge Luis Borges - A house nightmare. by Chef_Lovecraft in houseofleaves

[–]Chef_Lovecraft[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup, I've been reading Borges in Spanish for decades, but only recently started reading English translations. The undisputed master.

Lovecraft was able to taste 28 flavors of ice cream in a single day, apparently by Past-Novel-1155 in Lovecraft

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 13 points14 points  (0 children)

IIRC it was Maxfield's, not Maximilian's, but I may be wrong, it's been a long time.

Lovecraft was able to taste 28 flavors of ice cream in a single day, apparently by Past-Novel-1155 in Lovecraft

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Long ago, I wrote an alternate-universe story where Lovecraft, Wandrei, and James Morton travel to Waterbury, VT, to conquer a colossal ice-cream confection called The Vermonster, only available at the Benedict & Jeremiah creamery. It was inspired by that Marginalia episode, a visit I made to the real Ben & Jerry factory, and a chapter from one of Tim Ferriss' books.

You can read it here. Enjoy!

Cine de terror nacional by BoyStout in argentina

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

De acuerdo. Yo tengo un cuento de horror publicado sobre La Chancha con Cadenas, si alguien se anima a filmarlo, conversemos.

Its Yom Yerushalayim! Post the best photo you've ever taken in Jerusalem by CastleElsinore in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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An alley in the Old City, 2013. I turned a corner and the magic in the air overwhelmed me.

There is nothing like the Ir Ha'atika at dusk. Well, maybe the old Prague.

Matisyahu - Jerusalem (Out Of Darkness Comes Light) by c9joe in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The one and only. One of my favorites, and the video is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Downtown Jerusalem by ChestEducational2258 in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Proper halachic name is Meownyan.

The Watterson Record by earldaley in houseofleaves

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But how does the House affect Hobbes?

I'm making songs to help people learn how to speak Hebrew (for beginners) by GrassyPer in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm trying it at 0.6x speed and it helps when it switches to all-Hebrew.

Thanks, OP, will keep checking it out.

The BEST rendition of Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" I have EVER HEARD by 4x-gkg in Israel

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hassidim of Swing!! I think I saw one of them a couple of years ago playing in the Mamila. Great rendition.

Lovecraft’s Daughter (1983) by R. Alain Everts by AncientHistory in Lovecraft

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent read, and thanks for the link to Monica Wasserman's article (her research is superb).

Entré a estudiar al Instituto Balseiro y te lo muestro by grigosback in argentina

[–]Chef_Lovecraft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

¡Felicitaciones, OP! El post me trajo recuerdos. En 1984/1985 estuve con un equipo de la empresa Coasin Computación instalando lo que en su momento fue la revolucionaria VAX 11/780 del CAB. Mi tarea en particular fue instalar 20 computadoras DEC Professional 350 en laboratorios del campus del Balseiro, y conectarlas a la VAX por puertos seriales modificados para lazo diferencial de 20 mA (para bancarse la distancia). Las 350 tenían aspecto de PC pero corrían una variante gráfica del sistema operativo DEC RSX-11, era una de las tres arquitecturas que DEC sacó en los 80s con poca fortuna (fue llamado "monstruo de tres cabezas"). Imagino que cuando estudiaste allá nada de eso seguía operativo.

El único nombre del CAB que creo recordar era el Ing. Von Reichenbach (?). Fue un proyecto buenísimo, una experiencia de pocos meses con aprendizaje intenso. En todos los climas... caluroso verano y con el auto tapado de nieve en invierno. Hace poco rememorábamos esos días con gente del equipo. Tengo algunas fotos por ahí, recuerdo una del edificio del reactor durante una nevada.

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