overview for Hudsonius

TIL that symbols to denote irony or sarcasm in print have been around since at least the 1500s in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ha, where do you find such talents⸮

Redditors coming over. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m sure there’s an instance for that

TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The modern version just made the news. Death in 20ms by the abyss

Lemmy statistics have gone through the roof in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It makes every comment like yours all the more valuable :)

Massive mineral deposit discovery could meet global battery and solar panel demand ‘for next 100 years’ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wow oil and now this. Good for Norway

Dispelling the myth of a universal "Lemmy" community, and discussion of what the fediverse really is in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is so cool, these discussions remind me of events in the Bobiverse books where the spirit of these topics are similar. Also the start trek instance is totally getting this right from my perspective of things (startrek.website). Of course there are many ways to approach this as « right » is one’s opinion.