#todayilearned — Public Fediverse posts
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TIL: Durch Zufall festgestellt, dass man im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen Pflastern mit „Hansaplast Universal Wasserfest“ Touch-Bildschirme nutzen kann!
Auf dem Handy tippen, auf dem Tablet blättern und scrollen, PIN auf Kartenterminals eingeben, alles kein Problem!
😃👍Mit Hansaplast „Classic“ und „Sensitiv“ ging das bisher nicht, auch nicht mit diversen Drogerie-Eigenmarken oder dem sonst von mir sehr geschätzten „Aluderm“ Zeugs von Söhngen 🤷♂️
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TIL: Durch Zufall festgestellt, dass man im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen Pflastern mit „Hansaplast Universal Wasserfest“ Touch-Bildschirme nutzen kann!
Auf dem Handy tippen, auf dem Tablet blättern und scrollen, PIN auf Kartenterminals eingeben, alles kein Problem!
😃👍Mit Hansaplast „Classic“ und „Sensitiv“ ging das bisher nicht, auch nicht mit diversen Drogerie-Eigenmarken oder dem sonst von mir sehr geschätzten „Aluderm“ Zeugs von Söhngen 🤷♂️
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#TodayILearned that the word “benzin”, used to mean “gasoline” or “petrol” in many languages around the world, came from the name of an aromatic gum from Java called “lubān jāwi” in Arabic (lit. “Javanese frankincense”). The word then traveled to medieval Catalan where it was rebracketed into “lo benjuí”. It then entered French as “benjoin”, and the rest is history. “Benzin” and other variants were used to name any number of things that produced a volatile or combustible vapor, including petroleum.
Interestingly, petroleum is called “bensin” in Java, and I never realized the term traveled around the world and returned full circle.
Video source: hxxps://www.facebook.com/reel/1709454410291684
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#TodayILearned that the word “benzin”, used to mean “gasoline” or “petrol” in many languages around the world, came from the name of an aromatic gum from Java called “lubān jāwi” in Arabic (lit. “Javanese frankincense”). The word then traveled to medieval Catalan where it was rebracketed into “lo benjuí”. It then entered French as “benjoin”, and the rest is history. “Benzin” and other variants were used to name any number of things that produced a volatile or combustible vapor, including petroleum.
Interestingly, petroleum is called “bensin” in Java, and I never realized the term traveled around the world and returned full circle.
Video source: hxxps://www.facebook.com/reel/1709454410291684
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#TodayILearned what "findom" is.
To my immense disappointment, it has nothing to do with fins, nor finns, and instead is something a lot more disappointing.
EDIT: Just realized, in case people read that into it, I should clarify:
No, I do not take offense with people selling sexual acts of, or content of themselves and consenting partners.
It is legitimate work, and should be compensated fairly, etc.But the whole concept of sexually dominating someone via money rubs me the wrong way.
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#TodayILearned what "findom" is.
To my immense disappointment, it has nothing to do with fins, nor finns, and instead is something a lot more disappointing.
EDIT: Just realized, in case people read that into it, I should clarify:
No, I do not take offense with people selling sexual acts of, or content of themselves and consenting partners.
It is legitimate work, and should be compensated fairly, etc.But the whole concept of sexually dominating someone via money rubs me the wrong way.
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#TodayILearned ... that there's a #HillFigure map of #Australia, and that the map is, like real Australia, the wrong way up.
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#TodayILearned ... that there's a #HillFigure map of #Australia, and that the map is, like real Australia, the wrong way up.
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I always thought it was "gotcha" and not gacha.
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I always thought it was "gotcha" and not gacha.
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TIL about Kiwix thanks to the Fediverse. I’ll use solutions like these someday when, either due to external forces or my own choice, I live in an internet-free home. https://get.kiwix.org
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TIL about Kiwix thanks to the Fediverse. I’ll use solutions like these someday when, either due to external forces or my own choice, I live in an internet-free home. https://get.kiwix.org
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Ich habe Ratschen-Spanngurte, bei denen ist auf einer Seite ein schwarzer Streifen eingewebt, damit man besser sieht, welche Seite oben ist und ob der Gurt verdreht ist. Fand das immer ganz praktisch.
Weil ich das für die Klemmschloss-Gurte meines #Lastenrad auch wollte habe ich etwas gebastelt.
Einfach zwei passgenaue Schlitze in eine Pappe und davor ein mittiges Loch für einen Edding. Stift aufsetzen und langsam durchziehen. Wie lang's hält wird sich zeigen 🤷♂️
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Ich habe Ratschen-Spanngurte, bei denen ist auf einer Seite ein schwarzer Streifen eingewebt, damit man besser sieht, welche Seite oben ist und ob der Gurt verdreht ist. Fand das immer ganz praktisch.
Weil ich das für die Klemmschloss-Gurte meines #Lastenrad auch wollte habe ich etwas gebastelt.
Einfach zwei passgenaue Schlitze in eine Pappe und davor ein mittiges Loch für einen Edding. Stift aufsetzen und langsam durchziehen. Wie lang's hält wird sich zeigen 🤷♂️
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Today I learned...
I don't know why I never knew this was a thing. But I just discovered you can (and probably should) store a bobbin directly in the underside of the thread spool.Edit: maybe this is just Guttermann thread? Either way, smart.
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Today I learned...
I don't know why I never knew this was a thing. But I just discovered you can (and probably should) store a bobbin directly in the underside of the thread spool.Edit: maybe this is just Guttermann thread? Either way, smart.
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TIL: For 30+ years, orange Garfield phones kept washing up on a beach in Brittany, France — no one knew why. In 2019 the mystery was finally solved: a local farmer remembered finding a shipping container full of them, wedged in a sea cave only reachable at low tide, after a 1980s storm. He’d just never told anyone. 🐱📞
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TIL: For 30+ years, orange Garfield phones kept washing up on a beach in Brittany, France — no one knew why. In 2019 the mystery was finally solved: a local farmer remembered finding a shipping container full of them, wedged in a sea cave only reachable at low tide, after a 1980s storm. He’d just never told anyone. 🐱📞
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News to me:
Ducks sleep in, while deer are up and roaming about at 6:30. -
News to me:
Ducks sleep in, while deer are up and roaming about at 6:30. -
@ruemaleficent I already try hard to give every image an descriptive ALT text.
I found the following reason for CamelCase I wasn't aware of: 'suggestion: hashtags are important here. please use “Camel Case” so screen readers understand what the words are and can pronounce them properly.' -- https://gdevops.frama.io/web/fediverse/applis/mastodon/tips/camel_case/camel_case.htmlAlso kudos to @morst for pointing in the right direction. 🙏
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@ruemaleficent I already try hard to give every image an descriptive ALT text.
I found the following reason for CamelCase I wasn't aware of: 'suggestion: hashtags are important here. please use “Camel Case” so screen readers understand what the words are and can pronounce them properly.' -- https://gdevops.frama.io/web/fediverse/applis/mastodon/tips/camel_case/camel_case.htmlAlso kudos to @morst for pointing in the right direction. 🙏
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#TodayILearned that baby sea turtles often float about with their front flippers tucked behind their backs and it’s adorable as all heck
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#TodayILearned that baby sea turtles often float about with their front flippers tucked behind their backs and it’s adorable as all heck
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@rahmstorf Thanks for posting this. “Its (Clausius–Clapeyron relation) relevance to meteorology and climatology is the increase of the water-holding capacity of the atmosphere by about 7% for every 1 °C (1.8 °F) rise in temperature” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausius–Clapeyron_relation #TodayILearned #TIL
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@rahmstorf Thanks for posting this. “Its (Clausius–Clapeyron relation) relevance to meteorology and climatology is the increase of the water-holding capacity of the atmosphere by about 7% for every 1 °C (1.8 °F) rise in temperature” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausius–Clapeyron_relation #TodayILearned #TIL
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Today I Learned: In the state of Texas, if you pay for medications and take them out of the pharmacy, and later learn you don't need them, you cannot return them to the pharmacy for a refund, even if they are unopened. Now you know too.
Anybody looking for a pharmaceutical-strength laxative? I know a guy.
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Today I Learned: In the state of Texas, if you pay for medications and take them out of the pharmacy, and later learn you don't need them, you cannot return them to the pharmacy for a refund, even if they are unopened. Now you know too.
Anybody looking for a pharmaceutical-strength laxative? I know a guy.
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Today I learned that Arc System Works not only created the Guilty Gear series, but also developed the official 8-Bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog for the SEGA Master System and Game Gear, and an official port of Minesweeper for the GameBoy.
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Today I learned that Arc System Works not only created the Guilty Gear series, but also developed the official 8-Bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog for the SEGA Master System and Game Gear, and an official port of Minesweeper for the GameBoy.
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#TodayILearned that A24 Films, the makers of the “Backrooms” movie, has been issuing DMCA takedowns on creators that make “backrooms”-themed content.
To be clear: the “backrooms” concept has been around long before the movie. The first mention of it was in a 4chan /x/ creepypasta thread in 2019, made by an anonymous author. NO ONE owns the concept or the word “Backrooms”, as far as I can tell.
A24 is backpedalling on the strikes, blaming it on automated tools gone wild. But this whole thing is just another example of how the copyright strike system benefits large corporations, whether or not they are actually entitled to claim copyright in the first place. It’s strike first, ask questions later—if ever.
https://www.polygon.com/a24-backrooms-copyright-strikes-controversy/
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#TodayILearned that A24 Films, the makers of the “Backrooms” movie, has been issuing DMCA takedowns on creators that make “backrooms”-themed content.
To be clear: the “backrooms” concept has been around long before the movie. The first mention of it was in a 4chan /x/ creepypasta thread in 2019, made by an anonymous author. NO ONE owns the concept or the word “Backrooms”, as far as I can tell.
A24 is backpedalling on the strikes, blaming it on automated tools gone wild. But this whole thing is just another example of how the copyright strike system benefits large corporations, whether or not they are actually entitled to claim copyright in the first place. It’s strike first, ask questions later—if ever.
https://www.polygon.com/a24-backrooms-copyright-strikes-controversy/
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@hawaiianeye797/116924649302510070
Lauʻīpala == yellow tang
It’s a compound word (according to Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund website), “lauʻī” meaning ti leaf plus “pala” meaning yellowed, so literally “yellowed ti leaf”!
#til #todayILearned #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #yellowTang #learnHawaiian #hawaiian -
RE: https://mastodon.online/@hawaiianeye797/116924649302510070
Lauʻīpala == yellow tang
It’s a compound word (according to Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund website), “lauʻī” meaning ti leaf plus “pala” meaning yellowed, so literally “yellowed ti leaf”!
#til #todayILearned #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #yellowTang #learnHawaiian #hawaiian -
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#TodayILearned that Trump’s nickname in China is 川建国 (chuān jiàn guó) “Trump, the Nation Builder”. The joke is that the nation in question isn’t the US; it’s China. In other words, Trump’s blundering actions are making China stronger.