• user134450@feddit.deEnglish
    148·
    4 months ago

    What makes them think that the library of Alexandria did it any other way? Nerds have existed long before the internet…

      • rockerface@lemm.eeEnglish
        50·
        4 months ago

        You can only call then Nerds if they’re from the Nerdeaux region of France. Otherwise they’re just sparkling smartasses

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        18·
        4 months ago

        umm ackshually this is false, the concept of nerd originates from a viking ship that docked at Lübeck in 873, whereupon the crew got into an extended argument about the precise value of their cargo, leading to the Lübeck merchants exclaiming “Fücking Nörds!” and that quickly caught on and eventually the term started generally referring to anyone that was annoyingly pedantic but technically correct.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    109·
    4 months ago

    That’s literally what the library of Alexandria was all about.

    They told all of the nerds that the best nerd paper would get into their nerd building, and nerds traveled there from around the world and dedicated their lives to correcting and one-upping the other nerds.

    I love the fallibility of humans and our consistency, it makes me much more comfortable to live in a world that seems comprehensible, because I know underneath all of it are like three dumb existential complacencies that any human part of the species can’t deny.

    • gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.caEnglish
      33·
      4 months ago

      150m a year doesn’t seem that much, honestly. I know people think “oh, it’s just a website” but it takes a lot of work and money in salaries and infrastructure hosting to keep a web application as popular as Wikipedia up and running.

      • nik9000@programming.devEnglish
        53·
        4 months ago

        I used to work for them. It was weird and wonderful and I miss it and I don’t. Lots of mission driven folks working hard to keep things going getting very little respect. But a lot of respect. But sometimes none.

        Iirc a lot of their budget is spent doing charity stuff. Encouraging contributions for tiny languages. Trying not to cave to Russia or the US or France. Trying to make it less of a boys club. Trying to get local organizations going.

        I remember once they sent an email that said “if the French government asks you to delete this page please just delete it. It’s not worth going to jail. Someone outside of France will revert the delete.”

        I wasn’t qualified for the work. No one was. But it was honest work.

        • lledrtx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          4 months ago

          Thank you for your work, though!

          Very curious about the page French govt wanted deleted.

            • Churbleyimyam@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              4 months ago

              Curious to read more about that but I can’t seem to find a source for it. Do you have one?

              • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.worldEnglish
                8·
                4 months ago

                Certainly, here are some notable instances involving French colonial forces:

                1. Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962): This was a significant and violent decolonization conflict where Algerian nationalists sought independence from French colonial rule. The French military’s efforts to suppress the independence movement resulted in large numbers of casualties, including civilians. Tactics such as the use of torture, mass executions, and the creation of internment camps were reported. The exact number of Algerian casualties is disputed, but estimates suggest that the death toll could be in the range of hundreds of thousands.

                2. The Madagascar Uprising (1947): In Madagascar, a nationalist uprising against French colonial rule was met with severe repression. French forces were accused of committing numerous atrocities in their effort to suppress the rebellion, including summary executions, village burnings, and torture. Estimates of the Malagasy deaths vary widely, with some suggesting that the number could be as high as 100,000.

                3. Indochina War (1946–1954): This conflict in French Indochina, which includes modern-day Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, was fought between French colonial forces and the Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, who sought independence. The war was marked by guerrilla warfare and significant civilian casualties, with both sides accused of atrocities. The use of forced labor, internment camps, and the bombing of civilian areas contributed to a high death toll.

                These examples reflect the complex and often brutal nature of colonial rule and the struggle for independence. They involve a wide range of actions and policies implemented by French military and colonial authorities, which led to significant loss of life and suffering among the colonized populations.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    40·
    4 months ago

    “The best way to get a correct answer online is not to post a question. It is to post the wrong answer.”

  • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
    262·
    4 months ago

    All human advancement was created by nerds. Spears were invented by weaklings too slow to kill with their bare hands. Fire was tamed by the people who were scared of the dark

    • meliaesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      4 months ago

      I think fire was tamed because the food poisoning killed those without it. We are supposed to just sleep at night.

    • neptune@dmv.socialEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      I think the post makes a point important in modern capitalism: people will create “value” for free because they can, they care, they want to, it’s a challenge. Capital and/or the threat of starvation is not actually always necessary for people to be “productive”. Ego, boredom, altruism, adventure, these are also traits of humanity besides survival and greed.

  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    92·
    4 months ago

    Yes, I do, every time there’s seventeen exceptions on a statement that used to be simple. ‘This was their last album with this drummer, until he came back, except for this other time, before he left again.’ Just rewrite the damn sentence.

  • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    4 months ago

    What I find amazing is that some people are so dedicated to Wikipedia that they literally and consider vandals for how much information they put in.

  • Syn_Attck@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1011·
    4 months ago

    The other day I used the term weaponized a*t*sm in a positive way, and I got site banned for a day for ableism.

    I’m on the spectrum. I’m also the one that ended up going into weaponizrd detail in that thread.

    Semi-related, only because if you used the title you actually wanted to, you probably would have been banned too.

    Mods are weaponized.

    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
      25·
      4 months ago

      I realize autistic people often have trouble with tone and having people interpret things the way they meant it to come across – lord knows it took me took long enough to develop that skill – but good grief. I’m on the spectrum, and if I were a mod who had just read the comment in your screenshot, I’d’ve banned you too.

      Now that you’ve explained you meant it in a positive way, I completely understand what you meant, but nothing in the comment you wrote makes it clear that you think of autism in a positive way or, in fact, as anything besides “lol nerd emoji”. The fact that you had just finished going on a seven paragraph infodump (I’m guessing) unfortunately does nothing to prove otherwise: an unfortunate number of undiagnosed autistic people spend their days getting into online fights, writing said seven paragraph comments, and calling anyone who disagrees with them autistic because they want to feel superior and “autistic” is a handy epithet. I don’t think anyone would argue these people should be welcome in our communities just because of autism they themselves don’t know about.

      To be clear, I’m not saying that last statement applies to you. I’m saying if I didn’t know anything about you except that you had written the comment in that screenshot, I would have assumed it did and not given it a second thought. I can almost guarantee that’s what that mod did.

      While that term is slowly but surely being reclaimed, and I’m glad that it is, at present, it still holds the status of “insult unless explicitly stated otherwise.” Now that you’ve told me what you meant, I can see where you were coming from, but as that comment was written, “spread some weaponized autism” implies you’re prepared to call anyone who disagrees with you a slur. Your comment seems to be saying “only an idiot autistic person would miss the sarcasm in this comment and bother to respond.” It’s not what you meant, but it’s how I (and no doubt plenty of other people) probably read it.

      Please learn to use qualifiers and/or tone indicators, for the sake of your own reputation. If you’d said “Can’t wait for all my autistic friends to chime in with a seven paragraph sales pitch for their niche chat platform of choice” or even just replaced “weaponized autism” with “weaponized autism (affectionate)” and left the rest of the comment as is, I guarantee you’d have been fine.

      • bruhduh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        I feel you,i had to learn to feel context (vibe) too, however, from my own experience i can tell that no qualifiers and explanations would prevent previous me from getting everything wrong

    • DillyDaily@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      4 months ago

      I get that you’re trying to use it in a positive way, but in my country that first word you used is a slur that has not even attempted to be reclaimed, so it instantly makes me start reading your comment with an ableist tone.

      Now that I know you’re trying to frame it in a positive way, I can force myself to read your comment in a positive tone. But it’s difficult because the language chosen still makes me read it like you’re annoyed that autistic people will miss the sarcasm and take it too seriously.