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The Vatican's Website in Latin

The Vatican's Website in Latin

ks2048

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  • efskap
    If anyone is interested in learning it, there's nothing better than Ørberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata. It's entirely in Latin, including grammar explanations, but it starts out incredibly simple and ramps up gradually with lots of repetition. And that's fun AND effective, since you're immersed rather than grinding tables.
  • iberator
    Latin might be useful if AI is gonna be finally destroyed and the Emperor will rise. (wh40k)
  • Jakob
    My partner and I are from two different European countries that speak different languages.When we wanted to marry in the country of my partner, both our (catholic) churches needed to sync. They did so in their common language: Latin.That was a fun surprise.
  • jll29
    Latin is the Web's primary language: In the beginning, there was index.html ("index", Lat. "one who points out").
  • zdragnar
    I'm somewhat surprised it's still up, given the rather firm refusal by Francis to allow the Latin mass at churches that wanted it in the States.
  • jdw64
    I used to think the Vatican would be old-fashioned, but the writing on its site is more readable than I expected. In particular, while reading the section “Development: Humanism and Posthumanism,” I found it interesting to compare the religious worldview of the West with my own more humanistic worldview.This passage especially stood out to me:> At the application level, AI in the strict sense raises questions about the reliability of data and the criteria by which programmers process it so as to make it available. It is unclear what biases or power systems influence the work. In particular, serious doubts arise regarding automated, AI-based decision-making processes in sensitive areas of human life: when deciding whether to provide medical care or grant loans or mortgages or insurance, or when prosecuting criminal cases in court or assessing the conduct of prisoners and the likelihood of reoffending with a view to reducing sentences, or when deciding on military attacks or law enforcement interventions.It is funny because this almost feels like a complete summary of recent Hacker News debates in a single paragraph.
  • DavidSJ
  • ks2048
    I don't see in lang="la" in their HTML. (Not surprising, with this old-looking design).
  • whyage
    Professor Dave Explains has a great series for those interested in learning Latin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9EcIVsQMJOj...
  • ks2048
    They have 10 languages linked from their home page (https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html).Latin and Chinese are the only two that don't have the home page same design. Maybe they've laid-off some of their translators.
  • dlt713705
    How do you say "Click here" in Latin ?
  • mrKola
    It has to be there for the aliens.
  • nullhole
    Well at least the spelled 'appendix' correctly
  • hulitu
    The 404 page is in English. ;(
  • DeathArrow
    I imagine a parallel universe where Latin is used as lingua franca instead of English.If you squint enough you can see English as a barbarised form of Latin.
  • atleastoptimal
    lorem ipsum
  • user3939382
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