- [Link] Questions on naming conventions in history: Were children named to the likes of “Earle” or “Barron” generations past the equivalent of parents naming their child “Prince” or “Khaleesi” today, or were there inherited rights to names much like surnames?
12 May, 7:56 am | top scoring links : HistoriansAnswered - A driver's license is the defacto form of identification in the USA. It wasn't until the REAL ID Act of 2005, due to the September 11th attacks, that standardizations and security measures were set. Were neither of these things really issues or concerns until then?
10 May, 8:32 pm | top scoring links : HistoriansAnswered - I don't understand the idea of ancient cities that were abandoned and are now being rediscovered. Modern tragedies seem to be lacking such a pronounced diaspora and ruin... how is it that we as a species have managed to abandon great cities to the point of culturally forgetting them?
8 May, 1:09 am | top scoring links : HistoriansAnswered - The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 2: The Scandal
18 April, 2:34 pm | The Digital Antiquarian | Comments - Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg
13 April, 8:07 pm | jwz | Comments - The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 1: The Acquisition
4 April, 4:17 pm | The Digital Antiquarian | Comments
