Thank you. I feel like people either think “Stalin was a socialist/communist and a horrible leader” or “Stalin was a socialist/communist and good, actually” instead of considering that maybe the socialist branding was just the propaganda they used to justify the dictatorship.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•eYou promises to change social media. But the alternatives already exist
2·2 months agoThe network effect is one reason, if users are responsible for the content then there will be a shortage of content until enough users join.
Beyond that, humans are social creatures and want to fit in. If your community mainly hangs out on one platform, people will want to be a part of that platform. What helps is if people with a large enough following or entire communities make the decision to change platform, but that can be tricky.
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politics @lemmy.world•Senator Says Iran War ‘Is Going Horribly’ Because Military Is Getting Orders From ‘Senile Old Man’
3·3 months agoOil prices going up makes his oil-producing buddies richer and the deal with Venezuela more profitable. No matter how this ends, he and the rest of the psychopaths in his orbit profit from it.

But cycle life is a central parameter for the cost of a battery, the longer it lasts the more rarely you have to replace it. In the longer term, a battery that lasts twice as long can be practically half as expensive.