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They had coordination between kings of different regions. They had messengers using authentication bearer tokens, for god's sake. Edit: Seems like evidence of s
by natch 3y ago
They had coordination between kings of different regions. They had messengers using authentication bearer tokens, for god's sake. Edit: Seems like evidence of something, though not airtight proof of centralization.
Reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26576528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26576528
which I will modestly (/s) say if you drill into the link and think about what it's saying, will possibly be the coolest thing you read on HN today imho.
- nemo 3y agoRelated, the Greek word "symbolon" from which we get the word "symbol" means "fit-together" and originally referred to the ancient Greek practice of using broken battery shards the fit together for the same purpose of identification.
- natch 3y agoAwesome. I suppose you mean pottery shards of course.