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Ceuta was never Moroccan. In fact, Morocco didn't even exist when Ceuta became part of Portugal first (1415) and then Spain (either 1580 or 1640). Ceuta was a part of the Spanish V…

It's because of Jonathan Haidt's book

It's more a metonymy than a synecdoche

Agree with the sentiment but the article feels AI generated. I cannot explain why

so if I block it with my finger from takeoff to cruise I can create a little explosion? Or is the issue the repeated cycles of pressure weakening the material over time?

Will HN add the label too?

This post gives off the old "women shouldn't be reading or they'll get ideas" energy

Is this also the brand that tracks your driving data and sells it to insurance companies?

Meta has been investing in AI for more than a decade

Meta's profit has increased almost 2x since 2023. Meta makes money from advertisers spending money on Meta. So the profit growth from Meta does very much come from the real economy…

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I live next to a main road in London. As technology progresses, cars have gotten quieter, but for some reason motorcycles feel like they're becoming louder. When I go read a book i…

can you elaborate?

that good eh

source?

It's kind of analogous to the old taxi drivers who took pride in having a sixth sense knowing which route to take you, vs uber drivers who just blindly follow their navigation

Not really. Before the Reformation there had only been one schism (Eastern Roman Empire - Orthodox; Western Roman Empire - Catholic). The Reformation was the time where fragmentati…

The stories feature is actually the most used stories product in the world (more than IG or Snapchat)

World Wars

The selfish / selfless binary is a bit simplistic to explain corruption. If your brother killed someone, would you turn him over to the authorities? You can't answer this question …

I can't wait

Yeah but also what about second breakfast

Nice idea! I found an error though. There's a podcast about the Camino de Costa Rica, a trail that goes from the Pacific to the Caribbean in Costa Rica. But the app has associated …

Wouldn't the reduction in cost of rides vs Uber create massive demand for self-driving car rides, increasing congestion?