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[โ€“] makefile@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually don't get this can someone let me be part of the joke

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Alexander the Great wasn't super creative and was constantly naming cities and settlements after himself (Alexandria).

Some records claim he named/renamed upward of 70, but I'm reading now that the modern consensus is that that number is inflated and may be closer to 20-30, plus many named after allies or followers.