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The Post-Structuralist Argument Against (Institution-Enforced) Viewpoint Diversity
The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's Digital Garden · EN
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Improved English-language month names
Anuary Bebruary Carch Dapril Eay Fune Guly Haugust Ieptember Joctober Kovember Lecember
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Greek plural
The woman at the supermarket checkout counter this morning had a nametag that said “Fatoumata”, \and my brain just wouldn't stop yelling at me that this was obviously the plural of “Fatouma”.
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Race-switching The Dukes of Hazzard
While the 2005 film remake of The Dukes of Hazzard was being planned, there were rumors that Anthony Anderson was being considered for the role of the villain, Boss Hogg . This would have been interesting, as Anderson is Black, and Hogg is not. But they ended up giving the role to Burt Reynolds. Boss Hogg is a malevolent but jolly buffoon, and I have trouble picturing handsome, self-possessed, well-built Burt Reynolds in the role. But I haven't seen the film, so maybe it worked. Today I saw a picture of Anderson and once again regretted the lost opportunity. But then I thought: why not a versi
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Richard Blair
Richard Blair, the adopted son of George Orwell, has a surprising amount to say about what his father was like, considering that he was four years old when Orwell died.
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On futile explanations
The best sentence I wrote last week: It's true that ‘California regulatory compliance / bureaucratic dysfunction’ is a plausible explanation, but without specific details it's unsatisfying in the same way as ‘it's God's will’: it applies equally well to all puzzles and it explains nothing.
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A difficulty in race-switching the Dukes of Hazzard
A couple of weeks ago I considered a version of The Dukes of Hazzard in which most of the characters, and the Duke Brothers themselves, were Black. I overlooked at least one important detail that I have not been able to resolve. I said: One thing absolutely must be changed: The General Lee must have a new name and it cannot have the Confederate flag on the roof. I said the new car could be named for Robert Smalls . It would be a black Dodge Charger, with the state flag of South Carolina on the roof. I'm still satisfied with this. But I forgot an important detail. The General Lee's horn plays t
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The horn of the Robert Smalls
I can't stop thinking about the Black-centered remake of The Dukes of Hazzard . (Previously: [ 1 ] [ 2 ].) In the previous article I observed that while I had found a satisfactory way to replace the General Lee (now the Robert Smalls) and its Confederate flag, I was stuck on its horn sound, which in the original plays “Dixie”. I workshopped this with Claude yesterday and found what I think is an excellent solution. James Brown's “I Got You (I Feel Good)” starts with: I feel good! (Wah-wah wah-wah wah-wah wah) Listen here Even the parts of this that aren't already horns still sound like horns!
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Uthiramerur: The Grandmother of City Administrations
Last weekend was a long one and, with many roads empty owing to the great migration “to the native,” as Chennai says, I decided to visit Uthiramerur. It had long been on my list of must-see places in and around the city. To someone deeply interested in civic history, this was a kind of pilgrimage. […] The post Uthiramerur: The Grandmother of City Administrations first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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The Government Farm Village of Madras
Most accounts of the city, including those written well into the 1980s, mention with some wonder that the lands south of Gemini Circle comprised essentially farms with wet cultivation. Wet cultivation was common across these areas, and many writers added the caveat that this remained true “until recently.” Working backwards, it would appear that farming […] The post The Government Farm Village of Madras first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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Government Plans for Fort St. George: What Next?
The Tamil Nadu government has opened yet another chapter in its century-old search for a new assembly and secretariat complex. In August this year, the Chief Minister announced the decision to relocate them, after which three possible sites were shortlisted. Foreshore Estate near Santhome was eventually chosen. Several questions remain unanswered regarding the choice, land […] The post Government Plans for Fort St. George: What Next? first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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The Sapta Sthana of Mylapore
Of late, the cult of the Sapta Sthana circuit has been growing in Mylapore. It involves seven Shiva temples in the area. If social media is to be believed, the tradition is a thousand years old! And yet, until the early 2000s, none of us Mylaporeans had even heard of it, familiar though we were […] The post The Sapta Sthana of Mylapore first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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Documenting Chennai’s Architecture
The Hindu’s boardroom witnessed a book release earlier this week. It was a slim volume titled Chennai Contemporary Architecture, A Guide, written by A. Srivathsan and Fiona Evangeline S. The book was brought out by The Hindu Group of Publications and the Chennai Architecture Foundation. Receiving the first copy, I could not help reflecting on […] The post Documenting Chennai’s Architecture first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
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New Secretariat and Airport: Season of Dither
The sensational announcements have been made. And they have created the sensations that were expected. There is anger in a few places, mockery in others and genuine concern in a few quarters. All of this would have been well enough had there been well-thought-out reasons behind the decisions. Now that the announcements have been made […] The post New Secretariat and Airport: Season of Dither first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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The Avadi Story
Last week, I went to the Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar School in Ambattur to judge an elocution competition. The topic was (what else?) ‘If Chennai’s old buildings and streets could speak.’ Driving back, I reflected on how, if the neighbouring area of Avadi could speak, it would scream from the rooftops that its name is not […] The post The Avadi Story first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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The Madras Gate at Pondicherry
Each time I drove to Pondicherry, I would resolve to stop just before entering the city and read the inscription at the base of the massive obelisk that stands on the left. But then, you know how it is – the priorities of others in the vehicle invariably take over. In January this year, however, […] The post The Madras Gate at Pondicherry first appeared on Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music .
Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music · EN
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Cross-Site Requests
Hello, Internet. I thought about cross-site requests and realised we have both CSRF protection and CORS and it doesn’t make sense from the first glance. It does generally, but I need a thousand words to make it so. CSRF stands for Cross-Site Request Forgery. It was rather popular in the earlier internet but now it’s almost a non-issue thanks to standard prevention mechanisms built into most of popular web frameworks. The forgery is to make user click on a form that will send a cross-site request. The protection is to check that the request didn’t come from a third-party site.
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