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		gotoeleven on Oct 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Re... It reminds me of when at some point in the 90s everyone decided to stick it to jesus by changing B.C. to B.C.E.

rsynnott on Oct 9, 2020 [–]

> In 1856, Rabbi and historian Morris Jacob Raphall used the abbreviations CE and BCE in his book Post-Biblical History of The Jews

Older than you’d think.

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