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by KoftaBob 3y ago
I've seen this infographic many times before, and being a huge history buff, I've double checked a bunch of the alphabet/script progressions to see if wikipedia has sources confirming. As far as I can tell, it's pretty a
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
> Is the brand name of being effectively the gas station of EVs worth it to them? Yes, because it's becoming more and more clear that Tesla's future potential is way more in their role as an energy company than as a carmaker. -
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Show HN: Agora – Follow your favorite topics from Nostr, Bluesky, and Mastodon(agorasocial.app)
1 points by KoftaBob 3y ago|0 comments
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YouTube legal team asked Invidious to take down the service within 7 days(alternativeto.net)
114 points by KoftaBob 3y ago|51 comments
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Ironic that their research aimed at giving them a head start on vaccine development, and yet China’s covid vaccine ended up being garbage compared to the American and European ones.
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Lemmy doesn't care about your privacy, everything is tracked and stored forever(raddle.me)
4 points by KoftaBob 3y ago|1 comments
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
https://agorasocial.app
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Coordinated arson of that massive a scale would be incredibly difficult, and what would be the motivation to do that?
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Were they taking the call outside?
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Here are your Mastodon and Bluesky profiles on Agora (I manually generated them to demonstrate the functionality) Mastodon: https://agorasocial.app/people/npub1rggseqj42g8rdutltnfna235... Bluesky: https://ag
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Ah good catch! The “smart search” right now only works with Mastodon.social and bsky.social handles, but I’m planning to add the ability to search for handles on any domain in the coming days.
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Show HN: Agora – Follow your favorite topics across Nostr, Bluesky, and Mastodon(agorasocial.app)
2 points by KoftaBob 3y ago|3 comments
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
So I've recently gotten super interested in the idea of building a webapp that can seamlessly interact with social network/link aggregator protocols through bridging, and I'm working one that does that with a focus more on fo
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
This is the torrent search engine I've been using lately, works reliably and has a clean UI: https://bitsearch.to/
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Yeah that's true, that's an example of true waste for sure.
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Although you may not have been implying it, saying the capital is being "lit on fire" makes it sound like the money vanishes into thin air, when that's not technically the outcome. Even if the capital is given to/spent b
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
The idea of Netflix executives helping your parenting by letting you avoid the terrifying possibility of...saying no to your children...is hilarious to me.
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Valid points. Also, the word "histrionic" is new to me and a great term to describe comments like OPs that I see online about how the sky is falling.
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
> once they realize who's to blame You mean the NIMBYs in their metro area that try to slow down new housing production as much as possible?
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
The gap between productivity and wages has indeed grown, but that doesn't mean the same thing as Real Wages (adjusted for inflation) stagnating, as they have not done that.
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
> Wages stagnated since 1980 Not sure how you're defining "stagnated", but Real Weekly Wages have continuously gone up since 1980: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q > Rents doubling
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
"Administrative documents assembled and transcribed from the Oxyrhynchus excavation so far include: - The contract of a wrestler agreeing to throw his next match for a fee.[4] - Various and sundry ancient recipes for treating
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Their choice to make the app "compatible with Mastodon" (uses the ActivityPub protocol and is basically a huge Mastodon instance) reminds me of the famous Microsoft "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" model. Not sure that Exti
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Lexus’s first EV, the RZ 450e, is glitchy and inefficient(arstechnica.com)
1 points by KoftaBob 3y ago|0 comments
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Another one I came across recently that's got a great interface: https://bitsearch.to
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
Weak troll attempt
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
What would be an example of a headline that you think people would label Sensationalist but that you would describe as "helping you understand the relevance of recent events to your life." ?
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Very much so
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
The population decrease has way more to do with cost of housing in that state, the other stuff are side points in comparison.
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by KoftaBob 3y ago
A couple things: 1. This headline is clickbait garbage meant to elicit a click/emotional response. The concept of reparations (whether you agree with them or not) are way more complex than simply saying "will bill you for slavery&

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