Today I Learned... (til) group
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தோட்டக்காரன்(gardener) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2019 20:25:47 UTC 
தோட்டக்காரன்(gardener)
!TIL Power MOSFETs trade off between conduction losses and switching frequency. High Rds(on) devices have lower turn on and off times, while lower Rds(on) devices are sluggish. -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 30-Sep-2018 09:48:09 UTC 
Alberto
!TIL: John Francis, an American environmentalist, decided to stop speaking for a day to learn to listen better to his opponents. He turned it into a 17-year vow of silence. During those 17 years, he went to school and even earned a PhD. - https://quitter.es/url/2037440 -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Saturday, 18-Aug-2018 14:38:14 UTC
Alberto
!TIL about the whistling language called Sylbo. Native to the Canary Islands, Sylbo is thousands of years old and developed as a means for inhabitants of La Gomera to communicate across deep ravines and narrow valleys. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0CIRCjoICA -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Monday, 13-Aug-2018 19:55:57 UTC
Alberto
!TIL that Steve Jobs named his company "Apple" partially because he wanted it to appear in the phone book before #Atari, his former workplace. - https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-archive-name-apple-2011-12 #apple -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 12-Aug-2018 00:17:32 UTC
Alberto
!TIL that in the 1950's, donut shops were some of the first food businesses commonly open late at night. They became hot spots for police working the night shift since it gave them a place to grab a snack, fill out paper work, or even just take a break. This is why donuts became associated with cops. - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-doughnut-loving-cops-became-stereotype-180956730/ -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 14:38:27 UTC
Alberto
!TIL there's a post about a guy who turned his preferences for #Reddit into Spanish and asked there for help receiving more than 2000 comments *in Spanish* ???
HELP reddit turned spanish and i cannot undo it! - https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cq1q2/help_reddit_turned_spanish_and_i_cannot_undo_it/ -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Monday, 30-Jul-2018 14:24:30 UTC
Alberto
!TIL dry counties (counties where the sale of alcohol is banned) have a drunk driving fatality rate ~3.6 times higher than wet counties. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county#Traveling_to_purchase_alcohol -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jul-2018 07:57:54 UTC
Alberto
!TIL that when washing clothes with modern detergent (!), cold water is just as effective as warm water, while using 75% less energy - https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-are-you-still-washing-your-clothes-in-warm-water-1706931003
But it's recommended to use warm water (>42°C) to kill bacteria from bed clothes and underwear!
#science #lifeprotip -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jul-2018 22:26:12 UTC
Alberto
!TIL Early in life, each #dolphin creates its own unique vocal whistle that gives it an individual identity. Because each whistle is unique, dolphins are able to call to each other by mimicking the whistle of a dolphin they want to communicate with. It's the equivalent of calling each other by name. - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-23410137 #ethology #biology -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jul-2018 22:17:29 UTC
Alberto
!TIL Flying home via Germany (Berlin) was cheaper than a one-way train - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHM94Wg92T0 -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jul-2018 06:13:13 UTC
Alberto
!TIL that #Swedish blood banks texts donors to notify them whenever their blood helps save a life. - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/sweden-blood-donors-text-message_n_7657156.html #Sweden -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 22-Jul-2018 01:27:13 UTC
Alberto
!TIL some of the biggest flying birds ever to exist may have lived alongside humans in the Americas, and may have even influenced Native myths. - https://quitter.es/url/1865497 -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jul-2018 15:15:02 UTC
Alberto
!TIL that a Spanish government worker was absent from work for six years but continued receiving a salary of $41,500 annually and his bosses only found out when he was eligible for a long service award. He retired in the end. - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/man-skipped-work-for-6-years_us_56c1d32ae4b0b40245c72512
Spanish government in a nutshell -
Alberto (moshpirit@quitter.es)'s status on Monday, 16-Jul-2018 23:38:20 UTC
Alberto
!TIL : When Queen Elizabeth visited the set of "Game of Thrones" she refused to sit on the Iron Throne because there is a law disallowing her from sitting on a foreign throne. - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/news/a33918/queen-elizabeth-iron-throne-snub-explained/ #gameofthrones #got -
தோட்டக்காரன்(gardener) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 09:57:38 UTC
தோட்டக்காரன்(gardener)
!TIL The term 'sealioning'
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUxGeRzW4AEoc3o.jpg -
vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Monday, 11-Dec-2017 15:38:24 UTC 
vinzv
!TIL: you can emulate Windows on a dualboot setup via QEMU to run updates without downtime.
(Screenshots twitter/Kuwaddo) https://gnusocial.de/attachment/4640494 https://gnusocial.de/attachment/4640495 -
தோட்டக்காரன்(gardener) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2017 16:20:30 UTC
தோட்டக்காரன்(gardener)
!TIL that youtube allows an organisation to do network wide censorship of videos, keyword it deems objectionable.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/6214622?hl=en -
tuttle_(defunct) (tuttle@somsants.net)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2017 12:18:09 UTC 
tuttle_(defunct)
!til The file browser Caja that comes with the Mate desktop doesn't let you do a drag-drop with the mouse middle button. :( -
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2017 18:30:07 UTC 
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
@jezra !TIL bagpipes have chirality -
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Aug-2017 20:27:17 UTC
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
!TIL that Software Freedom Day has an Official Song: https://archive.org/details/20170809SFD2017MIX !SFD !fs
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