[–] 1 point 2 years ago*

there was this other, similar town pronounced -bruh or -boro that people talked about.

You were so close: Edinburgh only got its name after Edward I invaded Scotland in 1296. Before that it (which was then a larger area than the present Edinburgh) had just been called "the Burgh", which depending on regional variation would have been pronounced either "burg" or "boro". "Edinburgh" referred to a smaller area within the Burgh that the king's guards would patrol more severely due to the perceived increased risk of rebellion due to higher population density.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    IIRC Cloudflare is the only registrar that doesn't mark up from wholesale prices, or something like that. Basically makes them cheaper than most other registrars. I think the point is that they can then sell you their other (related) services more easily — the services that actually make them money.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Would it have been possible for the speakers of the time to emit those frequencies? Imagining the equivalent of a Twitch raid: "I'm done broadcasting so I'm going to send you to the next channel."

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