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moriara··on Intact Ottoman 'war camel' skeleton found in Austrian cellar
Thank you for the source!
moriara··on Intact Ottoman 'war camel' skeleton found in Austrian cellar
This is surprising to me, since I have read many primary source documents and have not seen mention of camels in Ottoman cavalry, besides some of the Yemen and Hejaz campaigns. It certainly does not make sense to bring "war camels" to Austria when Ottomans had horse cavalry which are much more suitable to the geography, I think at most it could be a pack animal.
moriara··on Announcing Starfighter
Don't get me wrong, I would love for the current system to go away, since every interview I had got me one step closer to an imminent hear attack. But, I think the most we will get out of Starfighter is that it will become just another step in the process, MAYBE replacing the phone interview. Nothing is preventing a group of people from sitting in front of the computer, collaborating on a solution, there is absolutely no way to catch that. Also, none of the companies that are most in demand will abandon their dreaded on-site interview any time soon. It works for them, they need to weed out as many people as possible.
moriara··on Feeling Sad Makes Us More Creative
Being creative sounds pretty miserable, one article on front page says boredom boosts it while the other claims sadness does...
moriara··on Show HN: Rainbowstream – Twitter the geek way
Sounds good! This is really neat and elegant by the way :)
moriara··on Show HN: Rainbowstream – Twitter the geek way
Feature request! Instead of a link to photos, there could be ASCII converted images, like with http://picascii.com/