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Interpol is generally ineffective, and this is exactly the type of work I've noticed that they like to focus on and screw up.

But what language is used for the inscription on the rolled silver amulet?

The article said Latin, but I don't know what script that is. It looks like it was written right-to-left so maybe it's Latin written in Hebrew script? I'm not even sure if that was a thing.

No, it's written left to right, it's just extremely messy cursive. There are also abbreviations and special shorthand symbols.

This 10 minute film on the accident is very well done and includes animation to demonstrate the specifics of the wreck in detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSV8nP0gZkk


The design of the stands "met the safety standards at the time."

Isn't that always the way? Technology advanced in a rush and no one adequately modeled the risk. Spectators, trusting the purveyors of the entertainment, were slaughtered.


Yeah, that is indeed often the case. Sometimes technology advances at an incredible rate in a short time, and safety standards are horrifically behind. I'm reminded of internet and smart phone technology.

I think many kids growing up today in developing countries also have their brains fried by the same ad-tech.


Kids in developing countries have pretty hard parents who beat productive values like education into them.


Many believe that the party gave Biden and unfair advantage using their superdelegates. The Republican Party does not have such super delegates, and in fact in 2016 Trump won solely due to his ability to organize and rally a well-working campaign even as party elites were seething at his ascendency and insulting him in public.


DNC was worried that Bernie would be nominated.


Super delegates are undemocratic, and always have been. How does the party of 'democracy' get away with this? The GOP has never used them and always just let its voters vote. When the voters chose Trump despite the leaderships hatred of them, they all stepped aside. Are they perfect... of course not? But compared to the democrats, they've always stood by their voters.


Yep, the DNC has lacked the self-awareness in these past few years to gaze within and cull the cruft that 100% of their voter base hate. Superdelegates need to go. They're this generation's Korematsu (as in they are still active while people would rightfully think they're gone). I feel confident that superdelegates will come back to bite the DNC decades down the line.

In fairness, they actually did change the rules around them after 2016 but stopped short of removing them.


I hope they get rid of them!


Yep, I think that is the ultimate reason. The GOP party ends up listening to their voters and the Democratic party does not


GOP has also been captured by a B-list celebrity whose brand is rich, asshole misogynist.


I think this is incredibly common. I currently have my wisdom teeth which are not bothering me at all, and I have received completely contrary advice with one dentist gently encouraging me to have them removed at my next convenience, and one telling me to not really worry about it. Since I suffer no pain or discomfort I have decided to just leave them be for the time being.


I feel this has also been a challenge for Greece among other places. Can they adapt within the economic zone, say to become tourist havens while the bigger states provide industry and services? Should they leave the Euro?


Greece should have never joined the Eurozone, and are basically a middle income country despite their high GDP per capita (median household incomes are comparable to Mexico and Malaysia).

That said, leaving the Euro would be too economically traumatic for Greece at this point.


I believe at one point Jimmy Zhong mentioned something about how living like a billionaire for nine years was worth the one year prison sentence he received. I guess the key is to stay away from violence, and then once it's up admit you were wrong and state that you are committed to reform (or whatever your lawyers tell you to say).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Zhong


The Bitcoin was only worth $620,000 at the time though, and he only was able to do so because he stumbled upon a bug in the Silk Road, so it wasn't premeditated. That's very different from intentionally gambling with billions of dollars from your customer's money like Ellison or SBF.


>living like a billionaire for nine years was worth the one year prison sentence he received

He's only been out for a little bit. Give it 10 years and ask him how being a broke felon is. Especially with a fraud conviction which will preclude him from employment even more.


That guy will never be "broke."


Good catch. It's for the Mark II and seems to be written based primarily on his experiences with the Mark I. I do not know if you are tripping.


It is for Manchester Mark II, which is very similar to Ferranti Mark I, so both titles are correct.


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