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Melissa Maliniak wrote a new blog post Forced Trust in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
In October 2018, I signed my first lease. It consisted of five-ish pages and very small font. It also included terms I didn’t know and things I have yet to comprehend. I also knew already that the landlord had a […]
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Melissa Maliniak wrote a new blog post What’s the Difference Between a $1 Chip and a $100 Chip? The Risk Factor in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
The Big Short describes the 2008 stock market crash from the points of view of those who work on and around Wall Street. Michael Lewis, the author, tells the stories of multiple people in the industry such as […]
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Melissa Maliniak wrote a new blog post King Lear’s Detrimental Swap in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Economic terms are not just for
Wall Street bankers. Every day, in one form or another, we participate in economic
transactions. There is so much complex jargon that accompanies these
transactions, yet three […] -
Melissa Maliniak joined the group American Studies 4 years, 7 months ago
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Melissa Maliniak wrote a new blog post Update: I thought I knew more than I did in the group Digital Humanities: 5 years, 5 months ago
I did not expect this class to be this way at all. I’m not sure what I expecting, but it was not this. I had never done any sort of coding before or even understood the complex inner-workings of things as simple […]
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Melissa Maliniak edited the blog post On a Need-to-Know Basis in the group Digital Humanities: 5 years, 6 months ago
I have never been one to excel at technology. The first main piece of technology I ever “owned” was my brother’s Wii (we basically shared it but don’t tell him that). I knew how to turn it on and off, use it, and […]
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Melissa Maliniak started the topic Group 3 Discussion 2/13 in the forum Digital Humanities 5 years, 7 months ago
How did “shortcuts” evolve over time? For example, sending a telegraph with the message shortened to be cheaper as to us now texting “u” instead of “you?” How have they changed? How have they remained the same?
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Melissa Maliniak joined the group Digital Humanities 5 years, 7 months ago
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Melissa Maliniak started the topic The Unpopular Opinion of "Georgia" in the forum Film Talk 7 years, 4 months ago
Many people hated Georgia (1995) but I found it unrelentingly honest. Everything about the main character, Sadie, is honest. She at times seems to be able to replicate the honesty of a child. Our first impression of her is in the opening scene, she is curled up in the front seat of a car peacefully sleeping. She never has bad intentions; she just…[Read more]
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Melissa Maliniak joined the group Film Talk 7 years, 7 months ago
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Melissa Maliniak became a registered member 7 years, 7 months ago