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		stavros on March 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Acme Klein Bottle (From Cliff Stoll and Family... There are two parts to history: things you remember living through, and ancient history.

aebtebeten on March 9, 2024 [–]

There are three parts to history: ancient history, things you remember living through, and what the young folk think the things you remember living through were like.

(Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres: qui cum oleo coquunt, qui cum butyrum coquunt, qui cum adipe coquunt.)

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