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How would the alphabet of an internet civilization develop?
For example, the Eastern Asian languages of Chinese and Japanese use such flowing characters because they're painted with ink on scrolls.
Korean hangul is so squareish because it was developed by writting in ceramic.
Latin alphabet is very sharp shaped lines because they were developed out of writting in rocks and the like.
How would a completely original language from the internet develop like? How would it sound, and look like, if we had to create something of our own using computers...
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>>1357300
Then how the hell did Georgian alphabet originate?
>>1357300
That's a fascinating question but I have no real idea..
Two things I've noted about computer fonts though:
- as you said, East Asian scripts were made to be painted on scrolls and such, so they're basically giant characters and thus they're really hard to read at low font sizes (the most complex characters can actually show up as black squares.) Other scripts are easier to read at low font sizes without straining your eyes or zooming in, on top of being simpler to draw and print, and...
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With computer screens, pixels can take not only inumerous shapes, but also colours.
In adition to that, information on a screen can move.
When you write something on a sheet of paper, the text is static. But with the internet, you have access to .gifs, videos, .webms and so on.
I think that every word or idea would be expressed by a square that could be as small as a pixel, and each of these units would flash different colours in different sequences.
So for example, a pixel (or larger square made up of other pixels) could flash the sequence red-blue-green,...
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Can we have a history literature recommendation thread?
Recommend any history books, documentaries, or papers here that you found interesting and educational.
I'd recommend 1491 for a basic overview of precolombian way of life. It seems very well cited and it's a fun read.
Also could anyone suggest any good books or documentaries about ancient Americas, Egypt, China, or Slavic people? Or anything history related since I don't know much in general.
Here's a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhKYg641K3c
>>1357279
Tell me about this book
Why was Italy in the past 400 years shit while the rest of Western Europe was boss
Because being the richest people from 500 BC to 1650 AD made them stop giving a single fuck
>>1357216
I'm a vegan
>>1357211
>the rest of Western Europe was boss
Italy is Southern Europe, not Western
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What are the best books about politics?
>>1357102
Depends what kind of politics. The Republic is a necessary starting point. You're better off if you come to terms with the fact that Thrasymachus was right about everything.
>>1357102
>>1357109
Is Islam just a Christian heresy?
>>1356946
No, it's a Jewish heresy's heresy.
>>1356946
It was seen as such in the middle ages, at least by some. But I don't think that a religion that doesn't consider Jesus Christ to be God can be called christian, not even heretically christian.
Judaism + christianity + zoroastrism = Islam
Why weren't the Nuremberg Judges from neutral countries?
>>1356833
Forgot to add: The Allied countries should have been prosecutors only, not judges.
>>1356833
>crying over dead war criminals
Because neutral judges couldn't be trusted to give the correct verdict of "guilty."
What about the gooks, chinks, and japs were so impressive that the Dutch and British have spawned generations of cuck-aboos.
>no philosophical contribution
>muh efficient beauracracy (that still failed them)
>economic surge in the 20th century due to Western support
Why did the land the of Hobbes, Adam Smith, Kierkegaard hold these rice niggers in any positive regard?
>>1356827
Probably how quick the Japanese adapted to the changing world despite not being European and being isolated.
Also China being China
>no philosophical contributions
Nice b8 m8
>>1356888
Come on. What novel contribution did they make that really enhanced our search for answers that wasn't "just roll with it;suffering is lyfe"
Why couldn't Japan defeat China that was divided and fighting each other?
>>1356700
There are millions of people in China alone? The civil war basically stopped and everyone averted their eyes to the Japanese menace. Japan probably would've eventually succeeded had they not pissed off the European powers.
>>1356718
>The civil war basically stopped and everyone averted their eyes to the Japanese menace.
Get a load of this guy lol.
>>1356700
A full campaign into China would require resources that Japan couldn't make on its own. When the allies made it clear they wouldn't be supporting Japan in any manner by embargoing their oil, they were doomed from the start.
Do you find yourself fascinated with various specific eras in history? If so, which ones and why?
The Victorian Era interests me a lot due to the huge amount of change going on throughout the time period. Also I like reading and learning about the Great Game which occurred during that era.
>>1356518
only pseuds like the 19th century
>>1356521
Okay.
so i was wondering about historical warfare
as far as i understand the 3 popular melee weapons were axes, swords and warhammers/maces
what were the benefits/negatives to each weapon type ?
why would you use one over the other ?
also, how good were polearms/how often where they used ?
what was the best to use for cavalry?
and lastly, how good was armor against guns in the 18th and 19th century ?
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>>1356434
Just watch scholagladiatoria on youtube. Like really m8.
What period are you talking about? "historical" doesn't really tell us much as there is a lot you could be talking about.
What are regarded to be the biggest "oh fuck" moments in history?
For example the Rampjaar. In 1672, the English, French and German bishops simultaneously attacked the Dutch. The entire country was on all levels in complete and utter chaos, allowing the Orangists to overthrow De Witt's republican government and assassinate both De Witt brothers.
>>1356415
when your mother found out she was pregnant
>>1356415
When the abbisad caliph realive no one cared about him
>>1356415
When the defenders at Masada saw the Romans building an earthen ramp to get up at them.
What is the right ratio of soft power (things the government gets you without threats) versus hard power for a government.
>>1356331
Depends.
>>1356336
I know I was hoping for a discussion honestly. I guess the heart of my question is can there be too much soft power.
>>1356331
Neither of those is a thing, they're just approaches. Obviously the idea govt would use only soft power, but at least 2% of humans are psychopathic so some hard power will always be needed.
Was the National Bank and good thing?
>>1356223
They're where good thing.
>>1356223
>They're where good thing
>>1356223
We live like kings Fuck yea it was a good thing
Best Greek general
Prove me wrong
greatest admiral too :)
>Philip II was Macedonian
>Alexander III was Macedonian
>Pyrrhus was Epirote
>Mithridates VI was Pontic
>All the Diadochi were Macedonian
So we're left with shit like Epaminondas, Iphicrates and others?
>>1356220
I see your Pyrrhus and raise you Alexander.
Your move OP.
Weren't the Sturmabteilung( brown shirts) basically the old equivalent of neo-nazis?
>Lower class
>Most of them were uneducated
>Their only function was to bash other people
Atleast they weren't boneheads
>>1356181
The SA was a force of change though.
NeoNazis are just edgelord echo-chambers.
>>1356181
>Many of them were closeted homosexuals.
Yep, sounds like modern nazis.
