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Re:A Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (Ca. 1869) on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @02:58PM (#41723904)
I believe they were disambiguating from the capital city of Wales, which is also called Cardiff.
Thanks for the Chinese Room experiment link. I had never heard of it. I don’t suppposr anyone has any good book recommendations around this train of thought?
Re:Downloading All of Hacker News Posts and Comments on Monday June 02, 2014 @06:50PM (#7837004)
Great work! Does anyone know if there is anything similar for Slashdot?
Re:Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season on Sunday April 06, 2014 @12:55PM (#7541529)
Indeed. Especially so for children. In British schools in the 80's/90's at least, it was commonly used if you enjoyed class a little too much.