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"His exact words were, 'Please, I don't want to be humiliated for centuries to come'" (lemmy.world)
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[–] JustZ 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Any further reading on this? I don't know this story.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Agent641 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The invention of Git

[–] JustZ 2 points 2 months ago

Excellent analogy.

[–] JustZ 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wow. One of the comments on that post makes me wonder if it wasn't the historians themselves recording their identity as historians, when in fact they sound more like the royal press pool or even paparazzi; one "historian" only went with the king on a hunt by using a disguise. Kind of like how in a hundred years we will have a bunch of blog posts misidentified as journalism (burn).