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  1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin@status.hackerposse.com)'s status on Friday, 30-Nov-2018 05:04:03 UTC Joshua Judson Rosen Joshua Judson Rosen
    in reply to
    • Stephen Sekula
    • Today I Learned...
    Interestingly, websearches find many kinds of Einstein socks, but no Oppenheimer socks, Feynman socks.... And !TIL that #Einstein was the one that never wore #socks. #irony
    In conversation Friday, 30-Nov-2018 05:04:03 UTC from status.hackerposse.com at 42°45'55"N 71°28'3"W permalink
  2. Akionux (akionux@status.akionux.net)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2017 10:21:26 UTC Akionux Akionux
    • Today I Learned...
    'tail -f' can be used for multiple files. !TIL
    In conversation Wednesday, 20-Dec-2017 10:21:26 UTC from status.akionux.net permalink
  3. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Monday, 11-Dec-2017 15:38:24 UTC vinzv vinzv
    • Today I Learned...
    !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
    In conversation Monday, 11-Dec-2017 15:38:24 UTC from gnusocial.de at 48°22'0"N 10°53'55"E permalink

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    1. https://gnusocial.de/attachments/ac31eb310466100e71110bc1cd1371df5492221dd5723c0fbcfd4bda8c60a4f8.jpg

    2. https://gnusocial.de/attachments/271381b65229189685efa79e370856f23bdc99f216690fe4c63cc273cd662a5f.jpg
  4. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2017 10:51:19 UTC MMN-o ✅⃠ MMN-o ✅⃠
    • Today I Learned...
    • Zash
    !til from @zash that "whatevör the crap"@example.com is a valid email address.
    In conversation Saturday, 09-Sep-2017 10:51:19 UTC from social.umeahackerspace.se permalink
  5. 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 Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    • jezra
    @jezra !TIL bagpipes have chirality
    In conversation Sunday, 13-Aug-2017 18:30:07 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink
  6. 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 Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
    • Software Freedom Day
    !TIL that Software Freedom Day has an Official Song: https://archive.org/details/20170809SFD2017MIX !SFD !fs
    In conversation Wednesday, 09-Aug-2017 20:27:17 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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    1. Go out and dance on SFD : Meric Mara & Erwin Galang : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
      from Internet Archive
      Go out and dance on SFDComposed By: Meric B. Mara and Erwin GalangArranger:Erwin GalangLyrics:Meric MaraVocals: Myra Ruaro (Skarlet)Genre: FunkURL:...
  7. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2017 18:38:40 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    !TIL 'Historian's Fallacy' - I got there through a maze of twisty little passages: 1) David Collier-Brown: "had [the British] known how to use metadata at that time, they would have identified Paul Revere as one of the organizers in Boston, well before his famous ride" http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2013/10/what-in-the-world-is-the-nsa-d.html 2) "Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere: “Social Networke Analysis,” a small encroachment on freedom, identifies terrorists in the Colonies." http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/06/prism_metadata_analysis_paul_revere_identified_by_his_connections_to_other.single.html 3) David Hackett Fischer, who coined the term "Historian's Fallacy" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hackett_Fischer 4) and finally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian%27s_fallacy
    In conversation Wednesday, 12-Jul-2017 18:38:40 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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    2. Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere
      from Slate Magazine
      London, 1772. I have been asked by my superiors to give a brief demonstration of the surprising effectiveness of even the simplest techniques of the ne ...


  8. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2017 20:11:42 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    !TIL about http://www.regular-expressions.info/ which will either simplify my life immensely, or complicate it horribly.
    In conversation Monday, 03-Jul-2017 20:11:42 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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  9. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Friday, 12-May-2017 17:47:56 UTC vinzv vinzv
    • Today I Learned...
    !til that #Fdroid has an issue tracker for package submissions. Yay, for no more crappy forum! https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp
    In conversation Friday, 12-May-2017 17:47:56 UTC from gnusocial.de at 48°22'0"N 10°53'55"E permalink

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    1. F-Droid / Requests For Packaging
      from GitLab
      Request apps etc. to be packaged, build and distributed via F-Droid's mainline repository.
  10. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2017 01:23:29 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    in reply to
    • Today I Learned...
    • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    And !TIL that #NoSquint is currently without a developer: https://urandom.ca/nosquint/ "Unfortunately I'm not able to dedicate the time required to keep pace with Firefox's evolution."
    In conversation Monday, 01-May-2017 01:23:29 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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  11. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Saturday, 29-Apr-2017 21:45:20 UTC vinzv vinzv
    • Today I Learned...
    !til the French overseas departments are printed on the € bank notes: https://gnusocial.de/url/3850156
    In conversation Saturday, 29-Apr-2017 21:45:20 UTC from gnusocial.de at 48°22'0"N 10°53'55"E permalink

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  12. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Thursday, 20-Apr-2017 01:10:56 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    • xmpp
    !TIL about the !XMPP extension to sound a "ding" on the console: XEP-0224 "Presence Obtained via Kinesthetic Excitation" or POKE
    In conversation Thursday, 20-Apr-2017 01:10:56 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink
  13. Trevor Reznik (reznik@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 14-Apr-2017 20:28:22 UTC Trevor Reznik Trevor Reznik
    • Today I Learned...
    !til Porn actress Asia Carrera is a member of Mensa with an IQ of 156. An atheist, Carerra wore a colander for her driver's license photograph. State law normally prohibits hats in such photos but she used an exception for religious headwear (the religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Carrera
    In conversation Friday, 14-Apr-2017 20:28:22 UTC from gnusocial.net permalink

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  14. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Apr-2017 23:10:41 UTC vinzv vinzv
    • Today I Learned...
    <Ctrl-u> # Delete everything from the cursor to the beginning of the line. This can also be used to clear a password attempt and start over. #bash !til
    In conversation Tuesday, 04-Apr-2017 23:10:41 UTC from gnusocial.de at 48°32'50"N 11°16'15"E permalink
  15. Chimo (chimo@sn.chromic.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2017 18:30:42 UTC Chimo Chimo
    • Today I Learned...
    !TIL You can tell pacaur which binary to use (instead of pacman) via the $PACMAN environment variable. That means you can seemlessly have it call pacsrv instead or pacman in the background: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/3m0iu8/ihave3computersrunningarchistherea/cvbbpoh/
    In conversation Wednesday, 22-Mar-2017 18:30:42 UTC from sn.chromic.org at 45°25'15"N 75°41'24"W permalink

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  16. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2017 01:44:56 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    !TIL #WireWorld. There goes the weekend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireworld
    In conversation Sunday, 19-Mar-2017 01:44:56 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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  17. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 28-Jan-2017 20:57:43 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    in reply to
    • Today I Learned...
    • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    !TIL 'man ascii'
    In conversation Saturday, 28-Jan-2017 20:57:43 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink
  18. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2017 20:56:49 UTC vinzv vinzv
    • Today I Learned...
    !TIL: Peter Lustig war der verantwortliche Tontechniker bei Kennedys "Ich bin ein Berliner"-Rede.
    In conversation Wednesday, 25-Jan-2017 20:56:49 UTC from gnusocial.de at 48°22'0"N 10°53'55"E permalink
  19. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2017 23:01:53 UTC vinzv vinzv
    • Today I Learned...
    !TIL that the phrase software "patch" is from a physical patch applied to Mark 1 paper tape to modify the program. https://gnusocial.de/attachment/3464765
    In conversation Monday, 16-Jan-2017 23:01:53 UTC from gnusocial.de at 48°32'49"N 11°16'16"E permalink

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    1. https://gnusocial.de/attachments/05cd831b0f0a4d410f58607335c19468c39ecf8a9c8acb5065856e8258fc15c8.jpg
  20. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2017 02:19:37 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • Today I Learned...
    • Mikael
    Thanx to @Inscius, !TIL about the #Nacirema http://inscius.se/the-nacirema/
    In conversation Tuesday, 10-Jan-2017 02:19:37 UTC from sn.jonkman.ca permalink

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    1. No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.
      The Nacirema
      By Mikael from The weblog of Inscius /ˈiːn.ski.us/
      The Nacirema
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