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Re:New work sheds light on the Etruscans, who may have found... by kragen on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:15PM (#28688132)
The Egyptian hieroglyphics might be derived from cuneiform, but the more popular hypothesis is that they were invented by someone who didn't know how to read or write.
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Re:New work sheds light on the Etruscans, who may have found... by ChainOfFools on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:30PM (#28688254)
one amateur scribe was responsible for such an enormously consequential bottleneck event?
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Re:New work sheds light on the Etruscans, who may have found... by kragen on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:43PM (#28689121)
the word we usually use around here is not "amateur" but "hacker"
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