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00:36

SmokeDetector

06:11

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SmokeDetector

06:30

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer, pattern-matching email in answer: Generic word for uni-, bi-, tricycle, etc.? by Adam sandar on english.SE

Izana wistaria

07:08

@KannE When people say something following "news flash" do they mean to allude to some actual news? How do they know the other person has the knowledge of that news?

Feeds

09:23

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Q: Is there a word for “carefully planning your future” or “treading carefully”?

I want a small word, if possible. Words from other languages or old English will also suffice. Can someone help me with this?

Educ

09:57

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but an urgent impulse to do something despite fear.

what we call this kind of advise

?

skull

10:11

proverbial

Proverb

A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience. They are often metaphorical. Proverbs fall into the category of formulaic language and form a folklore genre. Proverbs are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language. Both the Bible (including, but not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs across Europe. Mieder...

Educ

10:37

@skull Thank you so much and if I would like to state it in my conversation with someone should start with : It has to say ......

skull

As they say, courage isn't the absence of fear...

Educ

Thank you

As the saying goes

skull

sure

SmokeDetector

10:56

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer, pattern-matching email in answer: English grammar Genitive case by Benjamin Joesph on english.SE

Educ

:)

Does anyone have account on coursehero I would like to download a copy of the following documents which quiz about

coursehero.com/file/7169128/Kellner-Reading-Quiz

KannE

@Izanawistaria (re: 'news flash') It's usually said in a joking way to introduce 'old news'--something the speaker thinks the listener should already be well aware of--or, in my case, to introduce an older person's perspective on something that's not new or remarkable to them in any way--sort of a 'been there, done that' attitude.

Educ

actually, I'm looking for analysis of CULTURAL STUDIES, MULTICULTURALISM,
AND MEDIA CULTURE of Douglas Kellner

Feeds

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Q: Can “chronological” refer to future events?

Quoting Merriam-Webster: chronological: arranged in or according to the order of time Quoting the Cambridge dictionary: chronological: following the order in which a series of events happened Does that mean that “chronological” can not refer to future events? E.g. would the following ...

single-word-requests meaning word-usage phrase-requests

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Q: Single-word verb for "to do from scratch"

Example: There weren't any available templates for my project so I had to do it from scratch. written in the following form: There weren't any available templates for my project so I had to _____ it.

single-word-requests

Izana wistaria

@KannE I see, thanks

KannE

11:19

@Izanawistaria YW. Gm.

I'm in the top 4% of what this month? Underachievers? I don't understand how that works yet.

Izana wistaria

12:06

@KannE Morning. I think it means you are in the top 4 percent of the people who have contributed this month. That's a good thing I suppose.

@Educ I can't read that, it is too little.

Educ

12:43

@Izanawistaria us.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/…

Xrait

13:17

Can I word this any better?

"Join our channel to learn more about technologies and platform that can grow your business. We'll be talking about Cloud, Web, and Apps that is used with large and small companies everyday operation."

bertieb

@Xrait platform → platforms; Cloud → the Cloud; apps → Apps; that is → that are; used with → used by/in

I'd do something with 'operation' at the end

Xrait

Yeah don't like it either

bertieb

either "used in large and small companies everyday operations" or "used by large and small companies in their everyday operation"

Xrait

I like "used by large and small companies in their everyday operation"

bertieb

Sure

Xrait

13:25

@bertieb Thanks

bertieb

companies... operation makes me twitch a little because of quantity agreement (operations); but "an operation" as a collective noun for what a company does is also acceptable AIUI

@Xrait Pleasure :)

terdon

14:06

@Xrait "Join our channel to learn more about technologies and platforms that can grow your business. We'll be talking about Cloud, Web, and Apps that are used by large and small companies in their everyday operations."

Or just "... used every day by large and small companies" perhaps.

Educ

15:03

please which tense we use for narrative essay ?

Educ

15:54

Is it correct that : There are three dimentions of main culture : Text reception and effect ?

Izana wistaria

18:17

@Educ Either present tense or past tense. Whichever you like.

The writer must decide what is the when of story.

@Educ Correct. Use a comma after "text" if those are separate things.

KannE

@Izanawistaria Hmm, I don't think that's possible unless they're grading on a big curve. I didn't contribute much, just commented mostly.

Izana wistaria

@KannE Hmm right, yeah I'm not sure. I'm not on the main site. It sounds like a good thing though.

I mean you are surely not an underachiever like you thought you were.

Not sure about their formula myself

Something to motivate new users perhaps? I don't know.

Faheem Mitha

18:44

@Færd Yes, the US doesn't do ground floors.

Færd

21:02

Just listened to Chomsky and Foucault's debate. It started from human nature and whether there are shared intrinsic factors at play in the human race's cognitive and scientific history (as Chomsky believes), or rather it's all dictated from the outside reality, partly after passing thru the filters of society and class interaction etc (as I gather that Foucault believes).

Then the discussion transformed into a political-scientific debate over whether we are allowed to envision or outline some basic ideas of a better society based on the values that we find human beings intrinsically cherish and strive to realize (as Chomsky does [envision]), or we should avoid such assumptions and ditch those old notions of morality and justice as extrinsic and indoctrinated thru the course of history and hierarchic society (as Foucault does [avoid]).

Chomsky characterizes his political endeavor to decentralize power and empower the proletariat as a moral and virtuous one that reaches for a better (not ideal) and more just society. Those moral and human values, in his belief, have their roots in human nature (He's an atheist of sorts, BTW. He doesn't refer to a supreme and unworldly standards when he talks about moral values).

Foucault on the other hand, denies that any such notions could be essential to human nature, and argues that our very conception of justice is formed thru our experience of interactions withing the classes of society. Therefore the struggle of the proletariat to overcome the centralized power should not be characterized in any such notions, but should be seen as a sheer power struggle: people oppose the power elite for no reason other than that they want more power to themselves.

Personally, I find Foucault's theory a load of contradictory and paradoxical hooey. In short, the purported fact that people fight for power and not to realize an intrinsic notion of justness (however vague), is referring to an essential trait in human nature which is to seek power over his/her oppressors. That contradicts F's denial of any absolute human standards.

Furthermore, the inherence of humans' physical attributes (such as coloring, height, etc) is taken to be obvious in today's biology: to a great extend they are results of our genetic make-up. Why is it that when it comes to language and cognition and the mind, suddenly everything has to be dictated on us from outside factors?

I could go on, but this is neither the time nor the place to go further. I'd have to watch it again to gather my thoughts better.

God, I love Chomsky.

(I guess I made a lot of grammatical and punctuational and other mistakes, but I'm virtually unable to go back and correct them. It's too late at night.)

I might also add that, personally, one of the main reasons that debated was so thrilling to follow, was that I could understand both of them in the language they spoke (though partially, in the case of Foucault).

Faheem Mitha

@Færd Chomsky's political debates are more fun to watch.

Also, I think somewhere that Chomsky said he doesn't know what human nature is.

Færd

21:18

On the contrary, this was one of the most refreshing ones I've watched. He was questioned about the foundation of his political thinking and got the chance to lay it out and defend it.

@FaheemMitha Yes, of course. He doesn't claim to know the reality.

Faheem Mitha

@Færd Link?

Well, have you watched his political debates? They are very entertaining.

Færd

But he is against denying the fact that there is a reality to be discovered.

Debate Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault - On human nature [Subtitled]

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@FaheemMitha I have, and many of them.

Faheem Mitha

@Færd Ok.

Actually, they aren't so much debates as massacres.

Færd

Hehe. I'm very keen on finding what he's wrong about.

A very difficult task.

Faheem Mitha

Hmm, now I know why I didn't watch it. I can't understand French?

Færd

21:21

There are subtitles in several languages.

Faheem Mitha

Doesn't Chomsky speak French? If so, lazy. And American.

@Færd Huh? Who is wrong about what?

@Færd Ah, ok.

Færd

I'm curious to know where he went wrong. Those would be great lessons to me.

Faheem Mitha

This Foucault guys mannerisms are very distracting. Chomsky is fortunately quite boring to watch.

@Færd Where who went wrong?

Færd

Our chum.

Faheem Mitha

Who, Chomsky?

You want to know where he went wrong about what?

Færd

21:24

Anything.

For example, I'm not quite sure I agree with his stance on BDS.

I think maybe he's a bit too lenient there? Not sure yet.

But I must leave you now.

Talk to you later.

Faheem Mitha

@Færd Um, he's not right about everything. He's only human.

It's not possible to be right about everything. And in most cases it's impossible to prove anyone is right. Outside of mathematics, really.

And since mathematics is mostly about implications, it doesn't really have any relevance to everyday life.

@Færd Have a good night.

Mitch

22:21

@Færd I wondered that too. Maybe too much 'I'?

@KannE Sorry, I didn't listen to the news. In the 80s, guys dressed like Sid Vicious called their best friends to score some smack? Can I borrow your equipment? Needles and all? We all contracted Hep-C rotting our livers until we contract AIDS and died of toxoplasmosis from changing cat litter too often.

@Færd What's BDS?

Faheem Mitha

22:43

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (also known as the BDS Movement) is a global campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets what the campaign describes as "[Israel's] obligations under international law", defined as withdrawal from the occupied territories, removal of the separation barrier in the West Bank, full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promotion of the right of return of Palestinian refugees. The campaign, organised and coordinated by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, was started on 9 July 2005 by over 170 Palestinian...

@Færd Not sure what you mean. He's anti-BDS.

Færd

23:54

@Mitch Yeah, maybe not correct enough for a presidential parchment. I think that's a bit pedantic tho.

@FaheemMitha That's part of the reason why I'm looking for those mistakes: I think they exist, and I think they're valuable mistakes. (not talking about some petty slips, obviously)

@FaheemMitha He's not ani-BDS. He's in favor of boycotting businesses that are directly related to the occupied regions, because that's a justified move in the framework of international law.

However, he's against indiscriminate sanctions against Israel, because as long as we have to play in this framework, that would mean holding Israel accountable according to different standards.

Hardcore BDS fans don't call for sanctions against the US, for example, which Chomsky considers "hypocrisy" on their part.

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