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How The Original LIGHTSABER Was Created For STAR WARS!
How The Original LIGHTSABER Was Created For STAR WARS! YouTube video by A Guy Who Loves Star Wars

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youtube.com/shorts/aj_MZ...

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#TIL ich hatte schon länger mit dem Gedanken gespielt, unsere Hybrid Meeting Kit Rechner (https://wiki.cogneon.de/hmk mit Ansible zu verwalten, damit die automatisch auf Stand gehalten werden und neue Rechner sehr schnell installiert sind. Habe mich an #Ansible aber nie so richtig ran getraut […]

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#TIL about dual numbers and their relation to #autodiff 🧵

You know about complex numbers, you add i such as i²=-1. Dual numbers add ε such as ε²=0. And this create a very elegant way to see autodiff 1/4

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Guys, today I learned that on @skeetsapp.com I don’t have to follow certain accounts to receive their notifications.

You’ll just go to their profiles, hit the 🛎️ icon and choose your desired notifications (screenshot). It’s that easy and it really works 🙀

#musthaveapps #atproto #buyeuropean #til

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#TIL about @fastmail.com "More" options when sending...

I also wish "cc" and "bcc" would be clearly explained in the UI. Many ppl don't know how it works...

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two photos of robin wright side by side, one fairly recent and one from forrest gump.

two photos of robin wright side by side, one fairly recent and one from forrest gump.

Today I learned that Forrest Gump's girlfriend Jenny and Claire Underwood from House of Cards were played by the same actress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wright

#til #movie #actress #robinwright #forrestgump #houseofcards

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#TIL:
Man darf Trump gar nichts glauben. Selbst bei den übelsten Tiraden kann man ihm gegenübersitzen und ihn auslachen.

Er hat nie im Leben etwas anderes gemacht als gedroht - wenn das nicht mehr funktioniert, zB weil Menschen an etwas anderes glauben als an Geld allein, hat er keine Macht mehr.

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Locations | Abelardo's Mexican Food Find an Abelardo’s Mexican Food location near you. With 50+ locations, enjoy tacos, burritos, and more – available for dine-in, drive-thru, or delivery.

#TIL Abelardo's is all over the place, not just Des Moines. Never thought to look it up until someone not from here referenced them. www.abelardosmexicanfood.com/locations

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The Zeigarnik Effect Is Why You Keep Thinking of Unfinished Work The Zeigarnik effect refers to our tendency to better recall things we haven't yet finished. Learn how this effect influences what we remember.

#TIL about the Zeigarnik Effect

From #Marketing to a #study strategy to overcoming #procrastination, the #ZeigarnikEffect is an interesting brain-teaser that renews focus until an unfinished task is completed.

How could YOU leverage this for success?

www.verywellmind.com/zeigarnik-ef...

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#TIL die neuen #Gemma4 Open-Weights-Modelle von Google sind erstaunlich gut. Mit einem eigenen Model-File bringt man auch den kleinen Modellen (2B/4B) das "Denken" bei. Bei ersten Tests kann ich keinen großen Unterschied zu GPT OSS 20B erkennen.

ToDo: Audio als Input-Modalität testen.

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Service Request #5: Is My Car in a Lot of Trouble? A brightly lit, entirely empty 7-Eleven parking lot in Brooklyn looked like a miracle to Kelly Prime. The 99% Invisible editor and her friends just needed a quick spot to leave their 2011 Mazda 6 while grabbing takeout next door. Fifteen minutes later, the car was gone. Assuming it was stolen, Prime asked the store clerk for help, only to learn the vehicle had been towed. A quick search of the store’s Google reviews revealed a long list of drivers who had experienced the exact same rapid disappearance. The incident left Kelly wondering how a business could legally snatch a car and hold it for an arbitrary ransom in a dark lot. Today’s episode investigates the opaque and highly lucrative world of predatory towing, a specific practice where companies actively hunt for vehicles to impound and then demand inflated fees from desperate owners. Peering into the mechanics of these private property impounds reveals a massive regulatory gray area. Tom Berry, a retired Detroit police lieutenant and current fraud investigator, has seen the towing industry from every angle. He notes that while many companies operate ethically, others rely on aggressive tactics like the use of spotters. These are local residents paid by tow companies to monitor private lots. When a driver parks and walks off the premises, the spotter calls the tow truck and takes a cut of the profit. In many cities, this neighborhood surveillance network is entirely legal. The aggressive nature of this business model takes a toll on the people behind the wheel. Shane Nation began driving a tow truck in Detroit at sixteen for a company notorious for its predatory tactics. He spent entire shifts idling near a hospital, waiting for spotters to flag visitors who parked in an adjacent apartment complex. The company trained drivers on how to handle angry owners and deflect police inquiries. Nation eventually left the company after experiencing a crisis of conscience, exhausted by the constant hostility and the reality of taking cars from people who clearly could not afford the fees. When Kelly and her friends finally tracked down her Mazda at an impound lot a mile away, they faced a bizarre negotiation. Despite a posted sign listing a set fee, the attendant demanded an arbitrary, much higher amount because the office was “technically closed.” They eventually haggled the price down to the exact amount of cash they had on hand. This kind of fluid pricing is common. The towing industry is governed by a patchwork of state laws, and roughly half of all states lack basic consumer protections like fee caps or rules against kickbacks. Towers can easily inflate storage fees by delaying the release of a vehicle, sometimes hoping the owner will default so the car can be sold at auction. Ultimately, when a vehicle gets hooked, the system is designed to force the driver’s hand. Fighting the charge or waiting a few days to gather paperwork usually just allows daily storage costs to multiply. It is an industry built almost entirely on leverage, relying on the simple fact that people desperately need their cars back. What infrastructure mystery keeps you up at night? Submit your Service Request by recording a voice memo with your question and emailing it to [email protected]. _Service Request_ is a production of 99% Invisible and Campside Media. 99% Invisible Service Request #### Article ### Service Request

#TIL: "predatory towing".
"Service Request #5: Is My Car in a Lot of Trouble?" @ 99% invisible #podcast
99percentinvisible.org/episode/service-request-...

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#til | In the 1970s, the Americans planned to carry out a nuclear bombing of the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia to provide an alternative route to the main canal.

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#TIL

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Eurobrücken Spijkenisse – Wikipedia

#TIL die brücken auf den euroscheinen existieren doch 🤩 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobr%C3%BCcken_Sp...

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כמו שנאמר, #TIL
ולפי ויקיפדיה, אפילו חטפו שם אנשים!

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#TIL History is a Neoliberal construct.

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#TIL while on the phone in my car for a bit longer than normal with my tinted windows rolled up, random women stop in front of my windows and will check their makeup, apply more, or just give the girls a boost.

Until you roll down the window.

Their expression is hilarious.

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Side by side maps of Mauritius and Shetland, with depth contours at the same scale. Shetland does not go below 200m but Mauritius falls away below 3500m. Courtesy of openseamap.org.

Side by side maps of Mauritius and Shetland, with depth contours at the same scale. Shetland does not go below 200m but Mauritius falls away below 3500m. Courtesy of openseamap.org.

#TIL the sea floor around Mauritius falls away *really fast*

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Ceide i pausen: "Jevn kamp".
Ok.
#TIL

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Eeeyyyaaah TIIIL!
Matchday in Tromsø—crisp air, big expectations, you feel it everywhere. 🏟️
Today: TIL vs RBK.
Top vs bottom in 2026… this has to be a home win. 💪🔥
Could be one of those nights.

#TIL #Eliteserien #Football #Tromsø

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#TIL the Dartford crossing is not covered by TFL autopay.

Seems like a misuse of the Congestion Charge logo to me. It's the sort of thing someone would do if they wanted to maximise the number of penalty charges paid by innocent motorists.

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Use the Global Command in Vim by tonyyunker | Today I Learned by Hashrocket #til #vim

til.hashrocket.com/posts/wy0eeoiooz-use-the...

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TIL:
wenn die Durchsage kommt, bitte Zugpersonal mit F-Geräten in Wagen X bedeutet in Wagen X ist der Rauchmelder losgegangen und das Personal soll mit Feuerlöschern kommen. So etwas passiert, wenn jemand im Zug raucht oder Vaped.

#Bahn #til

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#TIL there is a federated Gravatar alternative called @libravatar. I wish more projects would adopt it. 👍️

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Original post on chaos.social

Scientists brought bacteriophages (viruses that attack bacteria) to the ISS to see how they behave in micro-gravity. At first, they had a harder time attacking the bacteria, but improved over time due to mutations.

When brought back to earth, the "space viruses" were able to eliminate […]

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#TIL 浮屠不三宿桑下

(南朝宋) 范晔 撰、(唐) 李贤 注《后汉书》列传卷第二十下范晔后汉书三十,百衲本,第31页

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Today’s Vim discovery: `:x` vs `:wq`.

While `:wq` writes the file regardless, :x only writes if there are unsaved changes. It preserves the file's `mtime` if you just opened it to look around.

#til #linux #devops #vim #sysadmin #opensource

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What Are Biologics? Biologic medications are the frontier of medicine. Learn how healthcare providers are treating previously untreatable diseases with biotechnology.

Oh! #til "biologic medication" - a term I was not aware of.
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/biolog...

/HT @britt

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#til j'ai une rhinite gustative (aka j'ai le nez qui coule quand je mange chaud ou épicé)

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