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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 Visigoth kingdom in the 7th Century before the Islamic Conquest (which for some reason we don't call colonisation). Ceuta has always had a strong connection with the rulers of Iberia.

Gibraltar, on the other hand, was just lost in the War of Spanish succession to the British Empire, and has had a British connection to them since then, but never before

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

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 in the park, it's all very nice and quiet until a motorcycle arrives

When I want to sleep with the window open, if I hear any noise it's due to these motorbikes doing races at night.

If I was dictator for a year and didn't have policing resources to enforce noise control, I would just ban non-electric motorbikes

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 fragmentation of Christianity really exploded

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 by checking how selfish someone is - both options can be considered selfless acts.

If I remember correctly (can't find a source), places that answer yes to that question tend to have higher trust in institutions and lower rates of corruption

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 it to a street called Camino de Costa Rica in Chiclana, Spain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Costa_Rica

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

Some of these higher profits will be passed on upstream

Profits by definition are not passed upstream, as profits are what remains after you take out costs from revenue. Anything that gets passed upstream comes from costs

If there is any one person who still tries to consider things by some measure of quality, it’s like a needle sticking sharp in their side

While Sam's articles are quite enjoyable to read, I'm not sure this argument holds. If nerds don't care about quality they wouldn't spend hours complaining about how bad the new Star Wars films are

If I am a Meta investor, and I see they use my capital to buy government bonds, why would I invest in them? I'd just buy the bonds myself.

Meta is supposed to be a Tech company and invest the capital they have in technology plays

Consultancies are a way of ensuring best practices get shared across an industry without engaging in monopolistic behaviour

I needed this, thanks! Now I'm motivated to be disciplined! Let's see how long that lasts

How can you say TikTok is not full of divisive content when kids and teens are quoting Andrew Tate cos they see him there

That’s also how much teens spend on TikTok a day