Notices tagged with til
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 20:39:28 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Czech_presidential_election #Czech_Republic #election 2023-01-13 and 2023-01-14. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 01:12:07 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} I've known since childhood that certain patterns make my skin itch and also like insects are crawling all over my body. I discovered today that there's a name for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia #TIL #Trypophobia -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 05:21:42 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL -- Today I learned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Brands_International
Restaurant Brands International owns:
* Tim Hortons
* Burger King
* Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen
* Firehouse Subs -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2022 01:42:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Today I learned ( #TIL ): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Riese -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 24-Jul-2022 18:00:22 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: Trench Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_effect
Discovered because of the 1987 King's Cross Fire in the UK. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 10-Jul-2022 04:41:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} https://advertisingrow.com/advertising-magazine/does-dewalt-own-black-and-decker/ [advertisingrow com]
#TIL: Stanley, DeWalt, Black & Decker, Craftsman, and some other brands of tools are all owned by the same company. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 01-Jul-2022 13:34:28 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: Homestuck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jun-2022 03:41:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: Consanguinity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consanguinity -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 00:20:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: Mezuzah https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/256915/jewish/What-Is-a-Mezuzah.htm -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 17-Apr-2022 13:14:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: #Salesforce owns #Heroku https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/breaking-salesforce-buys-heroku-for-212-million-in-cash/ -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 10-Mar-2022 01:57:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: "MNT Reform":{https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2020-05-08-the-much-more-personal-computer.html} [mntre com]. Ars Technica's review lets me know that I'm not really in the target audience (I can't spend USD$1,300 to USD$1,500 on something that can't even match a RasPi 4's performance), even though I'm very much interested in all the things they seem to be targeting.
https://nu.federati.net/url/285269 [arstechnica com]
That said, I'd buy one if I had that sort of money to throw around.
#open_hardware #open_software #floss / #foss #diy -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 04:30:42 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: SPFS and CIPS -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 00:12:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beenz.com -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 18-Nov-2021 18:54:21 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: New York State has an Orange County https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_New_York Named after William of Orange, not for locally grown fruit. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 04-Oct-2021 00:52:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: https://nursingmoms.net/best-strips-to-test-breastmilk-for-alcohol/ [nursingmoms net]
Breast milk alcohol test strips -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 27-Sep-2021 22:25:06 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: #Middle_Endian http://dgnlib.maptools.org/dgn.html -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 19-Sep-2021 00:34:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: https://contourderm.com/blaschkos-lines/ Blaschko’s Lines
Apparently, everybody has them and they may become visible under UV light or when a discoloring skin disease strikes. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 05-Sep-2021 08:04:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: 1981's "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell was a cover of a 1960s song. 1964 Gloria Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainted_Love -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 20-Aug-2021 19:21:50 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: #blankfacing / #blankfaces
*https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=5675
* https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zcriHTKgKNehSSdyG/against-blankfaces
See also: https://pleroma.guizzyordi.info/objects/ce274a7b-72de-446b-a868-80c10e424b31 -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 08-Aug-2021 10:22:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #TIL: Received Pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation
Thanks to @clacke