You might get some downvotes for mentioning that book. The author makes a few sloppy assumptions, and the anthropology/sociology/history communities love to hate him for it. His overall thesis is still generally good though, IIRC.
One thing I don't think is in Diamond's book: once Europe had realized they could sail far and wide to get things, the Dutch invented the idea of a stock market to fund voyages (the British took this idea and really ran with it). This system made long, risky trips easier to finance. Instead of a single monarch funding a single expedition, many people could pool their money to fund many expeditions.
I agree that none of this means Europeans have some special intelligence or attitude. Any other civilization that developed in similar conditions could have followed the same path.
I didn't notice that! I wonder who originally made that edit, and when. Google image search comes up with both versions from multiple sources.
Another strong contender, to be sure.
Also saying “im cishet” is so odd lol.
Yeah, reading back I see that it's a clumsy choice of words. I'll work on that in the future.
I don't even try to hide it anymore. My manager and I send each other memes during the work day.
His left arm even seems to suggest his hand is between his knees
This is actually a crop of a famous photo. In the full photo he is nude, with his left hand between his knees and his forearm just covering his privates.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/news/a48108/burt-reynolds-cosmo-classic/
I'm cishet and not afraid to say Burt was one handsome man. They don't make mustaches like that anymore.
~~I believe user IP addresses are stored and correlated with a user's session token. Those tokens are valid for a while. The database does not have a post-by-post record of a user's IP.~~
~~Disclaimer: I am not one of the admins with direct database access, so I cannot confirm that this is true. My statement above about IP addresses is secondhand information from memory. I may be wrong.~~
I should leave this to the professionals:
Each instance's database contains the email addresses of local users only. Lemmy does not share email addresses between instances.
Viewing users' email addresses requires directly querying the database. They are not visible through the API.
I remember an mp3 going around where a guy turned it into a song, complete with the chorus, "I don't like the DMCA."
Shorting is intently more risky than being long for two reasons:
Your theoretical loss is unlimited.
If the stock price jumps up and you start accumulating losses on paper, time is not on your side. You cannot simply wait for it to come back down. Your brokerage can force you to close your position and realize that loss without notice.
Now add the fact that Tesla is essentially a meme stock with a valuation based heavily on hype, hope, and the news cycle. You may as well play roulette at the casino. At least you would have some control over your losses that way.
I was impressed by the attention to detail. These illustrations are usually so bland and generic.
That is one adorable timber tiger right there!