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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11761 on: September 23, 2021, 07:54:19 PM »
https://hamodia.com/2021/09/23/judge-dismisses-ag-lawsuit-against-bh-photo/

They have an extra zechus to get this news on Chol Hamoed when they (including their website) are closed despite the potential for missed sales.
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11765 on: September 24, 2021, 06:21:52 PM »
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11768 on: September 29, 2021, 09:32:10 PM »
Isn't the a separate place for tech articles?
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« Reply #11769 on: September 29, 2021, 09:33:53 PM »
Isn't the a separate place for tech articles?
Tech ≠ Interesting
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11770 on: September 29, 2021, 09:38:21 PM »
Tech ≠ Interesting
Whatever, but there is a thread titled Interesting Tech Articles here https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=39036.0
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« Reply #11771 on: September 29, 2021, 09:54:32 PM »
Whatever, but there is a thread titled Interesting Tech Articles here https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=39036.0
If you see what gets posted there..
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11772 on: October 01, 2021, 06:23:44 PM »
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/29/22698014/google-lens-update-text-search-desktop-chrome

Can’t imagine how google lens will work well if their reverse image search can barely figure out status images
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« Reply #11773 on: October 02, 2021, 08:00:39 PM »
Can’t imagine how google lens will work well if their reverse image search can barely figure out status images
In my experience it's been excellent
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11774 on: October 03, 2021, 12:24:38 PM »
Disclaimers:

1. I don't know if anything coming from thesun.co.uk can be categorized as Interesting.
2. Most (or all) of the "archeological evidence" isn't based on anything corroborated by Jewish tradition IINM.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16300240/bible-archaeologists-mount-sinai-god-moses-commandments/

The only reason I found this interesting and intriguing, is because the way I read things I believe understand Midyan to be located more or less around present-day Kuwait, which always puzzled me how Moshe Rabbeinu would end up in the Sinai Peninsula with Yisro's herd.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2%B035'48.0%22N+35%C2%B020'08.0%22E/@28.6111824,35.3488186,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d28.5966667!4d35.3355556

This location is about 700-750 miles in a straight path from Kuwait. I'm not convinced, though it is closer than anywhere in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11775 on: October 03, 2021, 12:50:53 PM »
Disclaimers:

1. I don't know if anything coming from thesun.co.uk can be categorized as Interesting.
2. Most (or all) of the "archeological evidence" isn't based on anything corroborated by Jewish tradition IINM.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16300240/bible-archaeologists-mount-sinai-god-moses-commandments/

The only reason I found this interesting and intriguing, is because the way I read things I believe understand Midyan to be located more or less around present-day Kuwait, which always puzzled me how Moshe Rabbeinu would end up in the Sinai Peninsula with Yisro's herd.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2%B035'48.0%22N+35%C2%B020'08.0%22E/@28.6111824,35.3488186,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d28.5966667!4d35.3355556

This location is about 700-750 miles in a straight path from Kuwait. I'm not convinced, though it is closer than anywhere in the Sinai Peninsula.

What is the basis of your understanding that Midyan is around Kuwait? My rudimentary understanding placed them near Moav. It would have been quite some distance for there to be an abundance of Midyan women right near where the Yidden were when near Moav, Sichon and Og and they would have needed to travel there to wage war with them as described in the pasuk.
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11776 on: October 03, 2021, 01:17:16 PM »
What is the basis of your understanding that Midyan is around Kuwait? My rudimentary understanding placed them near Moav. It would have been quite some distance for there to be an abundance of Midyan women right near where the Yidden were when near Moav, Sichon and Og and they would have needed to travel there to wage war with them as described in the pasuk.

My basis is the possuk פתורה אשר על הנהר ארץ בני עמו which places Midyan (ארץ בני עמו) on the bank of נהר פרת.  (see Rashi and Unkelos here and here)

I also wonder if the geography might have changed with the events described in שירת הבאר. Is it possible that the gulf of Eilat/Aqaba didn't exist at the time, and was only created by the seismological event described in שירת הבאר?
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11777 on: October 03, 2021, 01:38:11 PM »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58780465

How many people will pay attention to the following (which seems to be reiterated a few times)

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #11779 on: October 03, 2021, 03:10:42 PM »
My basis is the possuk פתורה אשר על הנהר ארץ בני עמו which places Midyan (ארץ בני עמו) on the bank of נהר פרת.  (see Rashi and Unkelos here and here)
Is it so clear that Midyan was ארץ בני עמו? In parshas Ki Seitzei Moshe describes him as being called from פתור ארם נהרים.
ETA: See Rashi and Ibn Ezra here (and even more explicitly in Sifsei Chachomim here) that he was NOT from Midyan.
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