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me·ta·phil, der<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> wenig überraschende Dinge:<br>1. „statistische Immunität” – mach deinen Online-Scam mit minimalem Aufwand (KI-<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Deepfakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deepfakes</span></a>) und maximaler Breitenwirkung (baller Insta-Opfer mit Ads zu), aber so minimalen Beträgen, dass niemand den Hassle einer Anzeige auf sich nimmt. 💰<br>2. überwachungskapitalistische Werbe-Plattformen zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, wirkt 💪 (No Shit, Sherlock)</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Brasilien-Millionengewinne-mit-Gisele-Buendchen-Deepfakes-10726064.html?seite=all" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Brasilien-Millio</span><span class="invisible">nengewinne-mit-Gisele-Buendchen-Deepfakes-10726064.html?seite=all</span></a></p>
E<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johncarlosbaez</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@BartoszMilewski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BartoszMilewski</span></a></span> This thread makes me sad. I get where you guys are coming from but it's just not a good look (and that says a lot that even I, autistic as I am, can sense that).</p><p>So instead, maybe let's focus on the real problem which is I think you guys have an issue figuring out how to reach an audience; it's not magic, it just takes skill and time but imho, the problem is that it's just not enjoyable to develop that muscle, especially now a days. FWIW, i've been following Sabine for a decade and have been following angela's youtube channel since almost when she started it. And lo and behold, once Angela getting popular, she started running into the same scaling problems that Sabine ran into. I don't know how to make everyone play nice with each other, but I sure don't think ragging on the few science &amp; math advocates out there is a good look for physics.</p><p>the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/tldr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tldr</span></a> is i guess <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> that mathematicians are human too and are just as salty and in their feelings as the rest of us </p><p>😋</p>
Spruwel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@edgeofeurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edgeofeurope</span></a></span> Ik was nog even aan het rondneuzen en kwam toen toegen dat Countdown, dat muziekprogramma, ook in de DDR werd uitgezonden. Een gevalletje <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DutchCheryl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DutchCheryl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ReneDamkot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ReneDamkot</span></a></span></p>
Abie<p>"en chinois, chaque élément chimique (chaque élément de la table périodique) a un nom qui consiste en un unique idéogramme, et par conséquent une unique syllabe (généralement une approximation de la première syllabe du nom anglais)."<br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LesVraiesQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LesVraiesQuestions</span></a> <br><a href="http://www.madore.org/~david/weblog/d.2025-10-03.2831.element-names.html#d.2025-10-03.2831" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">madore.org/~david/weblog/d.202</span><span class="invisible">5-10-03.2831.element-names.html#d.2025-10-03.2831</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> that Shannen Doherty died last year;</p><p>"She first shared in August 2015 that he had been diagnosed with breast cancer a few months earlier. At that time, she'd filed a lawsuit against her former business managers, whom she said 'habitually blundered' tasks that included making her insurance payments, causing her coverage to lapse and resulting in a late diagnosis, after the cancer had spread."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ChristopherWatson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherWatson</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/shannen-doherty-beverly-hills-90210-charmed-actress-dies/story?id=70031189" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/sha</span><span class="invisible">nnen-doherty-beverly-hills-90210-charmed-actress-dies/story?id=70031189</span></a></p><p>🤦‍♂️ This should *not* be a thing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a></p>
Mim Kulturbolschewi<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a>, dass das Wood Wide Web keine Fiktion ist. Bäume synchronisieren während einer Sonnenfinsternis sogar ihre Signale, wobei die ältesten Bäume anfangen, schon bevor das Ereignis voll in Gang ist. <a href="https://www.pflanzenforschung.de/de/pflanzenwissen/journal/wood-wide-web-ist-keine-fiktion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pflanzenforschung.de/de/pflanz</span><span class="invisible">enwissen/journal/wood-wide-web-ist-keine-fiktion</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.focus.de/wissen/fichten-reden-miteinander-forscher-enthuellen-kommunikative-reaktionen-vor-sonnenfinsternis_a96b1902-b48a-4b2b-ab72-6ef990c80f8a.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">focus.de/wissen/fichten-reden-</span><span class="invisible">miteinander-forscher-enthuellen-kommunikative-reaktionen-vor-sonnenfinsternis_a96b1902-b48a-4b2b-ab72-6ef990c80f8a.html</span></a></p>
🐟🐠🐡🐙🦑ptoothfish🦑🐙🐡🐠🐟<p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> Kash Patel gave New Zealand law enforcement an illegal gun as a gift while he was here. America is a gun.</p><p>backstory: it was a 3D printed replica in a "challenge coin display stand"<br>probably only "barely" illegal in the sense that it is not straightforwardly operational.</p><p>but: we don't have the FBI here. we don't have "challenge coin" militarised law enforcement bootlick culture here. stop trying to make retch happen.</p><p>my whole team is already asking me "wtf is wrong with your country, bro?"<br>i don't need shit like this coming up in the stuff quiz feed on a monday morning </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
stfnI don't even know how to CW this. Sexual, but in fact not? religion?
mako<p>Here’s just a few drops that brewed up in this week’s Espresso Shots: <br>Fake neighborhoods over airports, invisible numbers, anti-efficiency rants, reverse impostor syndrome, and Vonnegut’s late-blooming genius. <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-10-05-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makoism.com/espresso-shots-10-</span><span class="invisible">05-25/</span></a></p>
torpedowiec<p><a href="https://pol.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a>, czyli podróże kształcą. </p><p>1) Moje miasto czytane z angielska może być zapisane za pomocą jednej litery: Þ</p><p>2) Samolot opóźniony o 3.5h (póki co) i dostałem 22zł do wydania na jedzenie - McDonalds nie współpracuje.</p><p>3) Kobieta z firmy prawniczej zbiera ludzi do zbiorowego pozwu przeciwko WizzAir i można otrzymać 250€ odszkodowania. I to ja rozumiem, lot za darmo wtedy, a nawet i coś zostanie.</p>
Amato<p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> of the Catppuccin theme! Fun pastels that are really enjoyable to look at. Here's how it looks on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kagihq</span></a></span> :mastolove:</p>
oldguy52 - resist, live, love<p>Today I learned (thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ThomHartmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ThomHartmann</span></a></span>) that the Senate can reopen the government anytime it wants without a single Democratic vote. They want the shutdown, it is pure cruelty, born out of evil and being used for political theater while they gut the government at the cost of American Citizens</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anger</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FakeShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeShutdown</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GOPLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPLies</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ProtectTheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IAmAntifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmAntifa</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a></p>
Rupert Reynolds<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> Today I learned from QI that the Bond theme is based on this. <br>I... erm... words fail me :-)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/lNHbKBHV0kw?si=pmfzFOpZ7Q26fPr9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/lNHbKBHV0kw?si=pmfzFO</span><span class="invisible">pZ7Q26fPr9</span></a></p>
Sanyam Khurana<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> Random ordering in Django. order_by('?') works but can be costly on large tables. Prefer order_by(Random()) (Django’s DB function) + LIMIT. </p><p>Notes + pitfalls inside. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Django" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Django</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ORM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ORM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostgreSQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostgreSQL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://til.sanyamkhurana.com/#/topics/django/random-ordering-with-order-by-in-django" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">til.sanyamkhurana.com/#/topics</span><span class="invisible">/django/random-ordering-with-order-by-in-django</span></a></p>
Mim Kulturbolschewi<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> über eine Windturbine, die keine rotierenden Flügel braucht. Bereits in der Normandie installiert <a href="https://youtu.be/qb6NWB5Hb4A?si=nZfD9UriCyOtxwv3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/qb6NWB5Hb4A?si=nZfD9U</span><span class="invisible">riCyOtxwv3</span></a></p>
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua<p><a href="https://mastodon.cisti.org/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> </p><p>The name of the radar countermeasure called chaff¹ was originally "Window".</p><p>In other times to release windows had a far different meaning…</p><p>¹ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(c</span><span class="invisible">ountermeasure)</span></a></p>
Travis F W<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> my well-intended conversational manner can be considered "sabotage"</p>
Daniel<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> PoweredUSB <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoweredUSB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powere</span><span class="invisible">dUSB</span></a></p>
Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:<p><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a>: Improvisation setzt Beherrschung voraus, den Rahmen der Geschichte nicht zu verlassen, aber innerhalb der Geschichte kreativ zu werden. Es setzt zuhören voraus. </p><p>Wenn man zu zweit spielt, niemals „Nein“ zur Geschichte des anderen sagen, sondern „Ja, und…“, damit die Geschichte weitergehen kann. </p><p>Danke an das Team <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Springmaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Springmaus</span></a> für den spannenden Einblick. Macht Lust auf mehr. Aber vor allem, möchte ich noch mehr Profis beim Improvisieren zugucken. 🙂 <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/BFuture25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BFuture25</span></a></p>
Ankit :emacs:<p>TIL that in Magit buffers, pressing \ (or M-x evil-collection-magit-toggle-text-mode) activates text-mode. This mode enables standard visual motions that are unavailable in Magit buffers.<br><br><a href="https://ankit.earth/status/1759417306/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ankit.earth/status/1759417306/</a><br><br><a href="https://social.argp.in/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> <a href="https://social.argp.in/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a></p>
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