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Avram Miller
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June 2021
If you want to help Palestine, do something that matters.
I guess I need to start by saying that while I am a supporter of Israel, I am not a supporter of its current government and in particular how it has conducted itself in Gaza. I must also say that Hamas and its supporters are aberrant. They are both religious fanatics but also scum. How … Continue reading →
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“When looking for a place to live, I was shocked to see advertisements in newspapers saying, “No Jews wanted.” I had not much experience with antisemitism before. This was the beginning of the realization that Jews were still not safe in Europe.”
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
“In those days, if you made a long-distance call from a pay phone, the operators would ask you to deposit a certain amount of money to speak for three minutes. Each type of coin would make a distinctive sound on the line, which the operator would track and credit.”
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
“We recorded the sounds when we made a call. From then on, we just used the recordings to reproduce the sounds that would tell the operator that we had deposited coins.”
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
