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spanxx··on Show HN: Rust Implementation of Conway's Game of Life
I'm interested as well in implementing Conway's Game of Life but I wonder, what are the applications of this system in computation? Can a Turing Machine be constructed with this system?
spanxx··on God be with you till we meet again (1918)
Yeah. The only illness called by a place where it didn't start or was discovered. Totally fair.
spanxx··on Stanford cancels in-person classes for rest of the quarter
Calling it Spanish Flu (instead of 1918 pandemic) were it had no relationship with Spain..
spanxx··on Coronavirus epidemy in Iran past crisis level
Unsourced comments by somebody without on-the-ground knowledge about the matter he's talking about.
spanxx··on Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
I wish people stop calling that Spanish Flu where it's totally unrelated to Spain...
spanxx··on Coronavirus outbreak likely now ‘gathering steam’
People without any knowledge of the topic, you mean.
spanxx··on Coronavirus outbreak likely now ‘gathering steam’
In fact, the only relationship that virus had with Spain is that the press was not censored as in the other European countries of that time (because of their involvement in the Great War).
spanxx··on A Mathematician’s Apology
Would you recommend that book to a software engineer with an interest in Maths?
spanxx··on A fitness watch that measures blood pressure
Doesn't Apple was trying to measure glucose with their watch?
spanxx··on Impossible Pork
I think that "not caring about other people actions" should be the standard way of thinking if you think their actions doesn't cause harm to other humans. That's what I get from that text.
spanxx··on Impossible Pork
Because he respects others people's decisions and don't want to force his/her ideas in them.
spanxx··on Ask HN: What are the Madrid and Barcelona tech scenes like?
300 € / room
spanxx··on Ask HN: What are the Madrid and Barcelona tech scenes like?
According to [1] even Barcelona football (soccer) players were pushed to learn Catalan, even experiencing racism for wanting to speak Spanish.

[1] https://app.football-espana.net/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww....

spanxx··on Inca Road System
Do you have any sources on that? As far as I know they had the same rights given by the Crown (legally at least).
spanxx··on Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017)
Interesting tale about a Columbus voyage to Ireland. Have any info on that?
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
As time passes our society should be judged more severely. You can't judge actions of XVI century, bit you can sure judge actions of XX century.
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
I'm not defending anybody, just setting some historical context.
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Aztecs were conquered with the help of other slaved tribes. Do you really thing that several sailors could conquering an empire of millions? Spaniards were helped by Aztec enemies.
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Pretty interesting how independent latin-american governments succeeded in conquering native lands and subjugating native population: See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Araucan%C3%ADa

Please note I'm giving sources.

spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Spanish Crown edicted some laws to protect the natives https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Burgos

What legal protection had the native population in the American colonies or British Empire?

spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
According to [1], slaved population by Aztec was sacrificed by the thousands, so I could see the slaved people treating the newcomers as gods, or more likely liberators and joining them in the war against Aztec Empire.

[1] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/feeding-gods-hundred...

spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Do you really think that a hundred of undisciplined soldiers could fight and won a war against an empire? Spanish conquerors were lucky that Aztecs were hated by other natives and allied them.

It was more like a civil war than a conquest.

spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_legend
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Not true at all. English made propaganda about supposed atrocities and that propaganda is alive today: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_legend
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Do you have any sources of that? Claiming 8 million people were slaved is a bit of stretch, don't you think?
spanxx··on Why was it believed that the Aztecs greeted Cortés as a deity?
Another victim of Black Legend...
spanxx··on Barcelona’s Line 9 – Inspiring Montreal’s Pink Line
Where is that money? Was it lost to corruption, mismanagement or incompetence?
spanxx··on Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain
Do you have any independent sources of that?
spanxx··on Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain
How this relates to what I'm saying?
spanxx··on Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain
What's the minimum size of people to ask for independence? One person, one thousand, one million?
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