OK, today I learned a most impressive German word from a Spanish friend. In German, when you want to say ‘receding hairline’, you say Geheimratsecken. It sounds mysterious, doesn’t it? Litterally, it means ‘the corners of the secret council’. How cool is that!
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Planned books:
- Manifold: Time (Manifold) by Stephen Baxter
Current books:
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The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
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Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition) by Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
Recent books:
- BGP by Iljitsch Van Beijnum
- The Burning City by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- Makers by Cory Doctorow
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