Re:Amateur may have cracked Linear A, a 120-year-old puzzle
by Kosturdistan on Friday June 19, 2026 @03:48PM
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Skepticism is appropriate until the experts bless the work. I will point out however that all of the words Tom has translated provide strong support for his proposed phonetic values. And that's why I published the information prior to confirmation, along with the appropriate caveats.
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Re:Amateur may have cracked Linear A, a 120-year-old puzzle
by evilfred on Friday June 19, 2026 @10:43PM
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he has apparently translated one word according to the only documentation we have. "my untrained amateur friend with no experience in the field has solved a hundreds of years old puzzle. no, trust me!" gets old real quick.