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Symbiote
on Jan 24, 2018
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Mary Lee Berners-Lee has died
Starting a fire is the default meaning of the word.
Kindling as a noun is the twigs, leaves, moss or whatever used to start the fire.
DiabloD3
on Jan 24, 2018
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Which is somewhat hilarious when you realize Amazon is telling you to burn books.
romwell
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Doesn't sound bad when you take it figuratively. The fires that some texts kindled centuries ago are still burning.
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Kindling as a noun is the twigs, leaves, moss or whatever used to start the fire.