Reading Katalin Kariko's biography "Breaking Through" and learned that Columbo is apparently extremely popular in Hungary, and there is even a statue of Peter Falk in Budapest #TIL
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TIL Voltaire most famous quote isn't about HRE. It's "With great power comes great responsibility"
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#til #todayilearned
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I was gonna ask what that "streak of light pointing in the wrong direction" was. But the image caption mentions an "anti-tail".
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TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.
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Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants
Trade unions around the world have launched a boycott of Coca-Cola products, alleging that the company's locally owned bottlers in Colombia used illegal paramilitary groups to intimidate, threaten and kill its workers.Sibylla Brodzinsky (The Guardian)
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So apparently the term "patch" in software development comes from punched paper tape.
"Small corrections to the programmed sequence could be done by patching over portions of the paper tape and re-punching the holes in that section."
#TIL of this wild event, when, in 1961, a bomber carrying two nuclear bombs crashed in North Carolina and the bombs did not detonate.
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The night two atomic bombs fell—on North Carolina
Sixty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, a B-52 bomber disintegrated over a small Southern town. An eyewitness recalls what happened next.National Geographic
#TIL about the Join Jabber collective:
Their aim is to make the federation of chat servers using the XMPP protocol accessible to more people, and improve #UX across the whole network.
#chat #federation #jabber #XMPP
Collective goals
When we founded our collective, we gave ourselves a set of goals. On this page, you will find the updated list of our goals, refined over time. These goals were debated in English language during our meetings, and contributions are welcome.JoinJabber
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👀 #TIL Monopoly wasn't invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie's original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.
One was called "Prosperity", where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good.
The second set of rules was called "Monopoly", where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person who used their power to eliminate everyone else.
Magie's mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies.
When the Parker Bros adopted the game, they erased the "Prosperity" rules and celebrated "Monopoly".
#ElizabethMagie #Monopoly #Landlord
HT Tumblr.com/soberscientistlife
#TIL that, when using #NextCloud Desktop, unchecking the sync check box for a file or directory will permanently delete it.
And, no, it's not a bug. It's a feature. 🤡
github.com/nextcloud/desktop/i…
ignore a local-folder instead of un checking sync - avoid deleting localfolders · Issue #1023 · nextcloud/desktop
I don't expect much traction here given this has been a known issue/feature request for some time. Still the moderator at the forum requested I make an issue based on the work around I provided...GitHub