Mr. Incredible @hinterwaeldler@mastodon.social
Interested in tech, politics, business, pop-culture. I try to toot and boost accordingly! Feel free to connect!
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When I come across new social media software and no one has bothered to think about abuse, it's like a plumber coming in to check out the house you're building and finding no one has installed any pipes, but you've already put up the walls. You are gonna have a house filled with poo, and the only people who will come in your house are people who enjoy shit.
I did read two #books in 15 days, I'm proud of me! 💪
@trwnh You're still closer with a forum. Just make it a distributed forum, the way that IRC is.
4) The Crusades are another sign for the importance of the Middle East regions. To protect Byzantine from the Seljuks, the pope calls his people to the first crusade in 1099 AD, successfully invading Jerusalem. The crusade is supported by the maritime nations Genua, Pisa, (and mostly) Venice. These cities quickly rise to power on the world's stage.
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3) "Once [...] the ancient Greeks and the Roman's had allowed the sciences to flourish. Then they adopted Christianity."
Around 900 AD, the Silk Roads are the scientific (and therefore cultural) heart of the world. Europe is meanwhile stuck in the Middle Age, which should be only a side note in history.
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2) To my surprise, the Roman Empire wasn't as European as I thought it was. The author states that Rome was very focused on the East. This is one of the reasons why it's capital was shifted from Rome to Byzantium / Constantinople in 330 AD. Also, don't forget that Rome religion, the Christianity, originated in the Middle East.
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1) The main thesis of the book is: The European-centric way of telling the world's history is flawed. Actually, Central Asian territories have had the biggest influence on the world's destiny (with respect to culture, trade, power, religion).
The first third of the book clearly makes this point, while the latter parts seem to tell the "normal" world history, making the book less special. In this point, I agree with most of the book reviews I found.
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I finished reading "The Silk Roads - A new history of the world" by Peter Frankopan. 📚
This certainly was one of the most difficult books I ever read, since it was packed with information, I wasn't acquainted with the topic yet, and I read it on English instead of my native language. However, it was a nice read and I'm certainly proud of me. 👍
I'll make a thread with some things I noticed and learned...
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Now I've done two hours of device testing and writing a support ticket to the manufacturer - I guess the ratio between time spent on actual research for my #PhD to all the other bullshit is around 1/10. 👨🔬
Research: Buying experimental devices for 4000€. You would expect that they function well.
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"PC can't detect the device"
TFW you accidentally load Twitter without uBlock Origin enabled and notice just what a horribly ad-polluted garbage experience it is for most users.
Can I take the IPS screen of my #thinkpad X220 and put it into a X250? I don't even know what to search for via google...
The last time Germany didn't make it out of the group stages at a world cup was in 1938 and we know how poorly they took that.
what's german for schadenfreude
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It has been >20 years since chat application became mainstream on the internet.
So why do they all still suck so much?
