RobotToaster

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Originally tin cans were large things meant for military campaigns, so they used a chisel or similar large stabby thing.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Electricity is the flow of electrons, who move from negative to positive, the opposite of what you would normally expect.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The US newspaper billionaire William Randolph Hearst owned enough of congress that he started a war with Spain.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

The reprap basically started the entire home 3d printer thing.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Frankly, I doubt he said anything worth listening to.

 

"accidentally"

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tory press

The morning star is run by the Communist Party of Britain.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If they were held accountable for it more often, maybe they would stop?

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago

Not as many libraries and other tools for it.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, or perhaps less literally "bee hunter", it was used as euphemism for a bear. There's some theories that saying the actual word for bear was taboo (some theories say that people believed saying it's name could attract one), so they used euphemisms like that, or "the brown one", bero, which is where the English word "bear" comes from.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not really "modern day" snake oil when it was invented in the 1700's lol.

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