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Soren Ras Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 When people referred to the NYT as Pravda-on-the-Hudson, my younger and more naive self thought they were probably exaggerating a bit... Sigh, yes, Karl Marx was an undoubted major figure, and while an article about him and his legacy should be expected from a major newspaper, the fact that the editors chose this one is telling. The closing words of the paean: Marx, as I have said, does not offer a one-size-fits-all formula for enacting social change. But he does offer a powerful intellectual acid test for that change. On that basis, we are destined to keep citing him and testing his ideas until the kind of society that he struggled to bring about, and that increasing numbers of us now desire, is finally realized. Yes, Marx' utopian vision is still waiting for us. It's just around the next pile of corpses... --Soren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 https://www.amazon.com/Black-Book-Communism-Crimes-Repression/dp/0674076087 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) https://www.amazon.com/Black-Book-Communism-Crimes-Repression/dp/0674076087 Is the joke the price? paperback compared to hard copy? First prize is a copy. 2nd prize two copies. Edited May 1, 2018 by Mobius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT96 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 the joke is using Marx to sell things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikel2 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 BSME here. LOTS of notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT96 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 They didn't have those fancy USB flash drives when I was a CpE student... so my notes are a bookshelf full. Literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Leo Niehorster Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Most English-speaking adults. For the rest of us it means "Number".But I do agree the joke is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 It never meant "Pound" on this side of the pond. £ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT96 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 It is also known more technically as the Octothorp, and in some scripting/programming languages as a comment marker or a compiler directive. I don't see the '#' as "pound" regularly, but I do recognize it as one of the terms used for it more regularly in the years before it became #HASHTAG, so the appeal of the joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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