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That’s exactly what “horoscope” means in western astrology, which only uses solar system’s planets + the sun.

The commonest meaning is a prediction based on this.

It can also mean just the positions of planets moon and sun relative to constellations but that is a much less common usage.


Yes, the title has been changed. The one I posted clearly said "Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation”.


Can you change it back? Currently it says "Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg, has died," which seems to be misleading people.


I can’t, sorry, there’s no edit button, I guess because of low karma. Maybe the mods (or who changed it) can revert it to the old title.


NB: You can email mods with such requests after the edit window has expired, or for submissions by others.


They seem to have done so now.


I have a 10€/day rule: if I want to buy something that costs 120€, I have to be sure of wanting it for 12 straight days.

That doesn’t apply to emergencies, of course.


This is my only complaint. Most of the websites work fine, but others get stuck. I don’t know if Wipr 2 solved the issue.


We occasionally have this with the actual full uBlock Origin on Firefox as well.

I don't think there's a general solution for this issue. Content blockers need to provide a workaround for each situation, if at all possible.

At least it's possible to contribute to uBlock Origin's filters.


It appears so, but that 50$ doesn’t keep going. What happens, for example, when the grocery gets robbed? That 50$ becomes 0$. When money’s involved, whether it’s debit/credit or cash, there’s always a money management cost involved, and cash usually has a much higher cost than debit or credit.


Are you saying this because there’s a link between the two?

I thought the reference simply was the word “book” in Italian.


I think they're just telling OP that the name might generate confusion. If that's the case, I don't really agree. "Libro", as you point out, is just Italian (and Spanish, fwiw) for "book".


But also Saramago, Gadda, García Márquez, or Victor Hugo and his 800+ words sentence. Stream of consciousness usually has long paragraphs, but it’s quite common in other genres (I feel like genres is not the right word for it. Techniques?). Popular fiction is the only one that usually avoids long sentences/paragraphs/chapters.


Saramago is a great example. He writes in Portuguese that is easily and closely translated to Spanish which is my native language. When I first read Saramago it was really difficult to get used to his long sentences with only commas and no dots. But after a while it starts flowing.


“Stray information” sounds good, though.


It’s the same in Italian. It comes from László Bíró.


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