This is super speculative, but I think generally bricks are a sign of deeper markets. Ashlar blocks need to be ordered of a sepcific size, for a specific building. The builder gets into a custom contract with the quarry owner, who hires stone cutters.

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Illustrations of snow crystals as "actually observed and sketched with the aid of the microscope”, from the 1863 book Snowflakes: a Chapter from the Book of Nature — https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/illustrations-of-snowflakes-1863/

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faculty in both my departments unanimously voted to tenure me so, uh, the moral of this story is even seasoned experts make grave mistakes 😂

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I show that while farm boys with a high-school degree were more likely to leave agriculture, they were relatively more likely to remain in farming where tractors were widely adopted—consistent with education helping them adapt to modern farming. (12/14)

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AI researchers warn technology 'months away' from being able to connect to wifi using eduroam

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