[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago

The anno domini (AD) dating system started in 525. The concept of zero did not make it to Europe until the 11th century.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 months ago

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume, and she poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste? For this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering the woman? For she has done a good deed for Me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

--Matthew 26:6-13

I think Jesus would have been fine spending it on himself.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 months ago

I think that is DR Congo. More french speakers than France.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

a 19 year old deputy?

Are you under the impression that deputy is a high rank in the sheriffs department? (It's an entry level position) Or are you saying that someone should only become a cop after they have failed at other professions and are looking to start a new career?

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

he said he would be a 1 term president

No, he didn't. Other people, who had absolutely no say in what Biden would do, said he wouldn't run again.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/474059-biden-campaign-denies-one-term-report/

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 19 points 8 months ago

People have always had a lack of creativity.

When the Greeks were settling around the Mediterranean they founded many 'New Cities', (Neapolis). One remained a 'new city' for long enough for the name to evolve to Naples.

The Phoenicians did the same, in their language 'New City' was Qart Hadasht, we now call it Carthage. One of the Carthages in what is now Spain was conquered by Rome and to differentiate it from the Capital of the Carthaginians they called it Carthago Nova, essentially New New City.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

Truman became president on April,12 1945. He was given a full briefing on the Manhattan project on April 24,1945. That doesn't seem like he was being kept in the dark.

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago

given the Americans did not join the war until 1944

What? Do you think D-day was the first day of war for Americans? It wasn't.

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

[-] diverging@lemmy.ml 34 points 11 months ago

$35 for 1GB RAM. 4 and 8 GB v4 are $55 and $75.

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