she/her
Oh I didn’t mean it sincerely, just by gut feeling I’d assume the lifetime of empires is something like an exponential distribution, so talking about the mean gives really no insight as to how long any given empire will last.
I just think its funny (with a solid dose of gallows humor) that this number is being floated so often, just as the US is sliding into fascism, 248 years after it’s founding
About 250 years on average
The pin is still in
They refused for too long to run a younger, more progressive candidate because that would upset the oligarchy, which let to massive disillusionment among the base
Nicht mehr bleibest du umfangen
In der Finsternis Beschattung,
Und dich reißet neu Verlangen
Auf zu höherer Begattung.
What NFTs (and crypto in general) do is very different from a web of trust style approach
Crypto creates one source of absolute truth, the Blockchain, costly computed via consensus.
Web of trust, on the other hand, requires you to declare which accounts you trust. Via public-private key signing, you can always verify that a post is actually made by a specific person, and if you trust that person (e.g. because you’ve met them before and exchanged keys), you know it’s legit. You can then extend that system by also trusting accounts your trusted accounts verified, etc
“my design still is bad” also works
Damn, those letters are like, 50cm? Impressive Google Earth can resolve that
Annual, since there are occasional drops
It un-circumcises you
The original is a boomer cartoon about food allergies/preferences
This version is making fun of a weird scare going on with people claiming that folk are lacing Halloween candy with drugs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
jaq means “just asking questions”, people always playing devil’s advocate
that just keeps the data in one physical location though
why wouldn’t there be