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hidroelectrica ihidro

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Given the recent surge in interest in Hidroelectrica (and Romanians trying to save money now that energy subsidies for everyone are ending), I took a deeper dive into Hidroelectrica, a publicly traded company on BVB under the symbol H2O.

flowerfall

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Recently, a friend sent me “spring greetings” on WhatsApp consisting of a photo of flowering trees. Immediately, to my mind sprung two Romanian songs consisting a “tree flowers”.

Cracked Soda Cola Honest Ads Translation

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I want to help Cola addicts with a translation of an anti-commercial, and I also look at a poor translation of the “new Rasputins” article.

DeepSeek on Calin Georgescu Kremlin

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I didn't write much about the Romanian elections, and given the significant disruptions, I thought I share my thoughts. Let me start by asking a few LLMs about Calin Georgescu and the odds of Russian meddling as well as the odds of his campaign having broken the law.

Dacian Toponyms

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I felt that merely listing the Dacian toponyms isn’t doing anybody any favours. Much like most people didn’t know about the Dacian treasures until they were stolen, I suspect that most Romanians don’t know where the rivers are unless they see them on a map.

Zamoxeea Claude Zamoxey

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I’ve taken that prompt and fed it to Claude AI with amazing results. Here it is, and the Romanian translation will be more refined.