Incredible to think about that we got it right the first time (with email) and still had to spend the last 20 years complaining about centralized social networks.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Okay, based on that article Zipf’s law seems to mostly apply to languages. Cities, for example, don’t follow it.

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      4 days ago

      It shows up when choosing things. Most people will choose the largest, some will choose the next largest, etc. I might be wrong, of course.