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King Mansu Musa was incredibly rich and when he went on hajj to mecca he spent much of his gold in Egypt causing a massive inflation. On his way back to Mali this has caused him needing to spend much more this time on his route through Egypt which is why he needed loans from merchants.
Dunno if this could be considered a big loss?
Cambium stock recently dropped to $10 after the CEO stepped down during their call. A large part of their problems are likely due to the pandemic shortages catching up.
But a high failure rate on their new line of switches, and high prices while starlink eats their lunch isn't helping.
Edit: Used to be over $50.
you may want mention the before stock price, that $10 needs something to compare with
Prepare to laugh your ass off.
I'm due for surgery next month to finally get my ass sewn back on after listening to this.
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Can we make a bot that cuts out the begging for likes and subscribes for a full minute at the start of videos?
You mean something like Sponsorblock?
It doesn't just skip sponsors, it can skip subscription reminders, as well as a bunch of other stuff.
Any history book will be filled with such stories. Depending on the outlook, I'd say all history is like that.
Take any one event. Let's pick any decisive moment in history. Say, the battle of Salamis. Now flip it to the side of the Persians and you have the kind of blunder you're looking for.
Very true when talking historical events. Say the USA lost the American Revolution and it's now a land mass of Brits that can't believe how foolish the revolutionaries were. (Although if other colonies are any indication independence may have eventually happened anyways)
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg