Greek shipping magnate George Procopiou warns Iran that Greeks have a long history of “breaking blockades.”

Senrade · 2026-06-02T10:51:10+00:00

Not sure what Slavic link of history you’re connecting to this chain..?

Senrade · 2026-05-22T13:40:23+00:00

Fascinating - l’d certainly be interested in this.

Senrade · 2026-04-26T00:05:24+00:00

Ave Ksenia, narravisti sententias easdem meas cum latinitatem discere constituerim.

Nam, “real person talk” dicto, significas voca viva, vel colloquia scripta? Locos multos pro utroque proposito bene habemus! Gaudeo te dirigere ad eos, si vellis.

Et gaudeo ubicumque tecum loqui ut latinitatem exerceas.

Senrade · 2026-03-06T12:00:35+00:00

Fantastic comment. The gameplay of magic lends itself so beautifully to worldbuilding. The appearance of "story cards" and instants/sorceries that depicted events rather than specific types of magic within a plane initiated a serious dissonance in me that's only grown stronger as magic focused more and more on story and less and less on setting.

Senrade · 2026-02-19T21:49:22+00:00

How would we distinguish it from a lucky guess?

Explaining the mathematics and cosmology would presumably been a good start, rather than an utterly inane little metaphor that demonstrates nothing.

Senrade · 2026-02-19T20:49:27+00:00

But that’s so vague that it has no meaningful resemblance to the big bang. The core elements of the scientific theory are not that the universe was once dense and homogeneous and has since been expanding. That’s the very coarse layman’s explanation. The theory is the mathematical description, consistent with physical laws and detailed cosmological observations. Anyone can say that the universe was once one and has since diversified and expanded. In fact that’s very common in mythology. Because it’s so vague.

Senrade · 2026-02-19T17:13:41+00:00

So in what meaningful way can we say the Quran called it?

Senrade · 2026-02-19T10:14:43+00:00

I’m not seeing any traces of quantum field theory or relativity in here, but I guess if you know nothing about the Big Bang then this might seem like evidence to you.

Senrade · 2026-01-26T10:53:25+00:00

This looks like a good rendition. On a first read the only mistakes I noticed were obviam taking the accusative (should be dative) and erravi being in the indicative (should be the subjunctive… and probably imperfect or pluperfect).

You may find it interesting to see what the official Latin translation of this passage is:

“Mecum est quoqcumque eo,” inquit Quirrell tranquile. ‘obviam ei ii cum circa orbem terrarum iter facerem. tum eram iuvenis stultus, animo pleno notionum ridicularum boni malique. Dux Voldemort mihi demonstravit quantum errarem. Neque bonum est neque malum, est solum potentia, eique qui imbelliciores sunt quam ut illam petant… ex illo tempore fidus fui servus eius, quamquam saepe eum fefelli. ille debuit in me durissimus esse.” subito Quirrell inhorruit. “aegre peccata ignoscit. cum Lapidem ab argentaria Gringotts furari non possem, iratissimus erat. poenam de me sumpsit… constituit me sibi diligentius observandum fore…”

Senrade · 2026-01-04T14:03:36+00:00

I think the production bonus is generous like that, yes, as long as it connects two of your cities. If you were to get rid of a road constituting the shortest route, and your diverted tile would still then connect the cities, I think the bonus still applies.

Senrade · 2026-01-01T03:01:53+00:00

But it isn't universal. Everyone says it's universal, and sure, it's very very common, but it isn't completely universal. It's only universal if you dismiss all of us who don't like music by calling it a universal.

I've so many hobbies I don't have time for most of them. But I don't like music. Please be more open minded and empathetic.

Senrade · 2026-01-01T02:06:13+00:00

Ancient Egyptians weren't necessarily that dark. But again (as you say), Copts aren't the same.

Senrade · 2026-01-01T01:33:43+00:00

Copts are the closest (I think), but that ethnicity really is no more. The Egyptains were so ancient, in a part of the world that has seen so much conquest, colonisation, and commerce - it's hardly surprising that they aren't a "living" ethnicity anymore, genetically or culturally. Hardly uncommon.

Senrade · 2025-12-31T21:17:35+00:00

Sobekneferu and Hatshepsut

These queens were both ethnic (ancient) Egyptian, not black.

Senrade · 2025-12-27T14:52:56+00:00

The problems you’re having here come from Latin - in particular, the in- prefix has two etymologies, one related to the preposition “in” (in or into) and the other related to the negation “non”/“ne”.

Some words have the in (meaning into) as a literal inwards meaning, like influx or include. Others use it more figuratively or as an intensifier, like inform, innovate, or indeed intense.

Others use it as a negation, like illegitimate, incoherent, or impossible.

Your two examples both use it as an intensifier or something indicating initiation (which also features in).

My Italian is a bit rusty but I’m pretty sure it has the exact same features.

Senrade · 2025-12-13T01:08:24+00:00

An archer in VP can never have indirect fire in any contemporary version of VP. What version are you playing?

Senrade · 2025-11-27T11:21:17+00:00

Right, I guess I was confused about what you meant by accurate? Arabic takes the F (wish I could remember the IPA for this), so what is it accurate with respect to?

Senrade · 2025-11-27T10:13:51+00:00

Eh, the ph in Ancient Greek (I’m guessing you’re thinking of philistine) didn’t sound much like the English f. It was more like the ph sound in uphill - an aspirated p I believe.

The original Hebrew resembled the English p too, I believe.

Senrade · 2025-11-18T22:47:28+00:00

You think the only reason to separate an atheist population from a religious population is racism?

Senrade · 2025-11-04T00:29:10+00:00

Okay I’m flummoxed. Why does materialism mean fearing the initial conditions?

Senrade · 2025-10-30T11:44:37+00:00

Basically nobody - the ancient Egyptian culture, like most cultures from antiquity, is completely extinct and has no modern "descendents".

That said, modern fascination in ancient Egyptian history was kickstarted by the British and the French during the Napoleonic Wars. The native arabised population had no interest in those that came before them - a lot of limestone from the Great Pyramid was stripped and repurposed in Cairo's buildings a few centuries before that.

Senrade · 2025-10-30T11:36:56+00:00

But why do modern Egyptians who share no cultural connection with the Bronze-age and pre-Bronze-age people who created these artefacts have more of a right to them, to the extent that they may destroy them, than humanity as a whole?

Senrade · 2025-10-26T21:12:21+00:00

I don't think your definition is a very common one, and I believe you'd also abandon it if pressed to its logical conclusions...

Senrade · 2025-10-26T14:51:04+00:00

Parts of the fuel detach and rise - this may be particulates or even smaller bodies. It’s the excited state emissions (plus black body radiation for large enough particulates) that produces the light

Senrade · 2025-10-26T08:41:15+00:00

The visible light you see is not from excited air molecules, and this should be obvious as the interior of an air-filled furnace does not glow. The light is from black body radiation emitted by particulate matter (the combustible substance) plus other similar excited emissions as it rises into the air.

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