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#til about #AppropriateTechnology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology

This feels like a perfect description of how I aspire to make all my #opensource software nowadays — hbu?

> Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and locally autonomous. It was originally articulated as intermediate technology by the economist (…)

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movement

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#opensource #til #appropriatetechnology

TIL that blowing out birthday candles increases the bacteria in the cake by 1400%

https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jfr/article/view/67217
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1bfexfi/til_that_blowing_out_birthday_candles_increases/

Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake

This study examined the potential spread of bacteria when blowing out candles on a birthday cake. Preliminary tests of blowing on nutrient agar indicated that bioaerosols in human breath expelled from the mouth may be a source of bacteria transferred…
www.ccsenet.org
#til #todayilearned

@tardis The English word "bugger" (originally meaning "heretic") originates from the French "bougre" (heretic) which originates from medieval Latin "Bulgarus", which means "#Bulgarian", or a person belonging to the Orthodox Church and therefore regarded heretic by the Roman Church.

#TIL

#til #bulgarian @tardis

#til theremins require tuning. i love the internet.
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TIL that Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in Space, was so inspired by Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura on Stark Trek that she began every shift of her 1992 Shuttle mission by radioing "Hailing Frequencies Open" as a tribute to the actress and her character.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Pioneering-astronaut-and-Lt-Uhura-from-Star…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17eokix/til_that_mae_jemison_the_first_africanamerican/

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com
#til #todayilearned

Since "geography of Mars" literally means "the description of Earth of Mars", #TodayILearned a specific term has been created for it: Areography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areography

#TIL

#til #todayilearned

#til hogy hivjak a figmaban dolgozokat?

figmates

Figmates

FIGMATES

figm… mindegy.

#til

Content warning: CW meta, Mastodon vs the Fediverse outside Mastodon etc.

#mastodon #hubzilla #til

#TIL if you want to view the oldest posts from a #Mastodon profile, all you have to add is ?min_id=1 to the profile URL (at least for now) and you can view the first page of the oldest posts.

I used this on my profile:
https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james?min_id=1

James P.​ :arch_linux: :git: :firefox: :sway: :kde: (@james@mstdn.starnix.network)

7.76K Posts, 269 Following, 152 Followers · #GNU :gnu: / #Linux :linux: user, #Sysadmin, Web Developer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and #FOSS :opensource: advocate and developer. Former contributor to @tenacity@fosstodon.org.
Starnix
#mastodon #til

#TIL Internet Archive's new service: Internet Archive Scholar. Search 25 million research articles preserved in the Internet Archive. https://scholar.archive.org/
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