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  • Bonfire Social 1.0 is here, back the community‑funded roadmap

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  • TLDR

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    TIL Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, secured insurance coverage for the complex, including terrorism risk, six weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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  • Don't even know what you are talking about.

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    TIL Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, secured insurance coverage for the complex, including terrorism risk, six weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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  • Predictive programming is the idea that movies or TV shows portray future events to make people accept them. There’s no verified proof that media intentionally foreshadowed 9/11. I don’t know the total budgets for all the films and shows showing the Twin Towers being destroyed, there's a whole lot of media portraying that, it's probably in the hundreds of millions to billions, but the commission should probably have received at least that much, if only to investigate whether anyone ever contacted the executives to influence the content that way.

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    TIL Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, secured insurance coverage for the complex, including terrorism risk, six weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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  • The commission was given a $3 million budget to investigate what happened. I don't think that counts for much so neither do their conclusions. The War on Terror had a budget of around $8 trillion for Afghanistan and Iraq.

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    TIL Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, secured insurance coverage for the complex, including terrorism risk, six weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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  • The official explanation for the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, as determined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), attributes the failures to a combination of factors. The impact of the hijacked airplanes caused significant structural damage, dislodging fireproofing materials and compromising the integrity of the buildings. Subsequent fires, fueled by office contents and exacerbated by the loss of fireproofing, weakened the steel framework, leading to the progressive collapse of both towers. In contrast, World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7), which was not struck by an aircraft, collapsed due to pyre pressure.

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    TIL Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, secured insurance coverage for the complex, including terrorism risk, six weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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  • he signed the lease on July 24, 2001.

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  • How should Lemmy sort posts so small communities can compete?

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  • I'm fine just using the hot sort or scaled sort in my subscribed communities. I don't participate much since I mainly post in niche communities, and Lemmy tends to smother those, so I have to keep using Reddit.

  • How should Lemmy sort posts so small communities can compete?

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  • I think it is, and niche has lost to shitposting. Also, don't tell me what to do.

  • Late Stage Capitalism @lemmygrad.ml
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    In China, billionaires don’t control government policies. Policies are designed to lift working-class people up.

  • How should Lemmy sort posts so small communities can compete?

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  • Nah it only rewards communities with few members, that means bot communities with lot of posts and almost no active users are always going to be top. That's not the outliers sorting that I want.

  • How should Lemmy sort posts so small communities can compete?

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    1. Compute raw post score (upvotes minus downvotes).
    2. Normalize score by community size (e.g., divide by square root of active users).
    3. Calculate z-score relative to community mean and standard deviation.
    4. Apply time decay to prioritize recent posts.
    5. Sort posts by adjusted z-score.

    • Outcome: Posts that significantly outperform their community norm appear prominently, giving small and large communities equal visibility potential.
    • Enhancements: Minimum engagement thresholds, Bayesian shrinkage for small communities.
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    How should Lemmy sort posts so small communities can compete?

  • Favorite Spice Mixes? 🌶️

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  • I had never thought of putting sugar in meat, but now that I think about it BBQ sauce probably contains sugar as well.

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Use the appropriate link when crossposting

  • Cooking @lemmy.world
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    Favorite Spice Mixes? 🌶️

  • Polls & Surveys @reddthat.com
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    Favorite Spice Mixes? 🌶️

  • Looking for bot-friendly Lemmy instances/communities for RSS reposting

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  • Saying that without showing any proof seems slanderous.

  • Looking for bot-friendly Lemmy instances/communities for RSS reposting

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  • So should I ask the admin first or it's fine if I just make my own community there and run the bot to post my RSS feed?

  • Looking for bot-friendly Lemmy instances/communities for RSS reposting

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  • There is also ibbit.at !meta@ibbit.at but with that one, I guess you will have to ask for separate communities per feed and the admin does care about the type of content it would be pulling

    This is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for, and I see the sources I wanted are already there, so there's no need to post my own.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Looking for bot-friendly Lemmy instances/communities for RSS reposting

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What's your opinion on divisive topics furthering working class division?

  • On the relevance of upvotes in relation to quality and discussion

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  • I think upvotes are stupid in the first place since Lemmy doesn't personalize the feed based on the upvotes like many other social media. You would achieve pretty much the same results scoring posts based on views and comments.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Is there a way to browse lemmy instance by posts or comment per month?

  • What features from some site do you wish were used in more sites?

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  • Yes? But I mean I would like sites like Discord and Twitter to sort discussions like that.

  • What features from some site do you wish were used in more sites?

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  • Discourse Moderation System — assigns user privileges based on five trust levels (0 to 4), where new users start at level 0 with limited abilities and, as they gain experience and participation, they progressively earn more rights to moderate and contribute, with level 4 users having nearly full community moderation powers short of staff status.

  • What features from some site do you wish were used in more sites?

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  • Reddit Nested/Threaded Comments — A tree-style comment system that visually nests replies, making conversation threads easier to follow in complex discussions.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What features from some site do you wish were used in more sites?

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About

  • Lemmy User Feedback and Improvement Thread: Share Your Complaints, Suggestions, and Ideas

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  • Lemmy’s approach to privacy is fundamentally flawed compared to other social media platforms. All your posts are permanently public under your profile, with no option to restrict visibility. This means anyone can see your outdated and potentially cringe-worthy posts at any time, and tech companies could likely de-anonymize your profile by analyzing the topics you post about. The open profile design only serves to enable stalking and doesn't contribute anything practical to the site.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Lemmy User Feedback and Improvement Thread: Share Your Complaints, Suggestions, and Ideas

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Federated Social Media with Topic-Based Following and Blocking?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Why Isn't the "All" Feed Different for Each Instance?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Lemmy User Feedback and Improvement Thread: Share Your Complaints, Suggestions, and Ideas

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Are there any Lemmy instances or similar platforms that don't allow memes?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Are there any innovative platforms in the Fediverse?

  • Polls & Surveys @reddthat.com
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    Who would you pick as the US president?