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ygor<p>When you want to rerun a shell command you ran some time ago, how do you usually search for it?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cli</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shell</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a></p>
Dr. Ferrous 🧁<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Catawu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Catawu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Bee Ball? That’s a thing? Huh. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a></p>
das-g<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> (today, I've learned), wie die «<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SoftClose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftClose</span></a>»-<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Scharnier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scharnier</span></a>​e mancher <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Klodeckel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klodeckel</span></a> funktionieren. Clever!</p><p><a href="https://www.wdrmaus.de/filme/sachgeschichten/klodeckel_mit_absenkautomatik.php5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wdrmaus.de/filme/sachgeschicht</span><span class="invisible">en/klodeckel_mit_absenkautomatik.php5</span></a></p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>Today I learned about the existence of MIT's giant flywheel, which reportedly has a right of way easement across Cambridge in case it ever falls off track and rolls into the sea. There would be no stopping it.</p><p><a href="https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00034920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/</span><span class="invisible">object/GCP-00034920</span></a></p><p>Also, I learned what a flywheel is.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>What a world!</p><p><a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
Abie<p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> Le catgut des violonistes et des chirurgiens n'est en fait pas *et n'a jamais été* du boyau de chat.<br>(mais de mouton, bovins ou équidés)<br><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgut" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgut</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dr. Ferrous 🧁<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://birds.town/@BeazLouise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BeazLouise</span></a></span> shorb = shore birb? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a></p>
Abie<p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> "L’empereur japonais Tenmu, qui régna de 673 à 686, était un fervent bouddhiste. En 675, il promulgua les premières lois visant à interdire la consommation de viande d’animaux tels que les bovins, les chevaux, les chiens, les poulets et les singes. Cette interdiction est restée en vigueur pendant près de 1 200 ans."<br><a href="https://www.nippon.com/fr/japan-topics/c03911/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nippon.com/fr/japan-topics/c03</span><span class="invisible">911/</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> </p><p>&gt; The last masters of Afro-Colombian machete fencing fight to save their tradition<br><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2025/04/19/the-last-masters-of-afro-colombian-machete-fencing-fight-to-save-their-tradition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalvoices.org/2025/04/19/th</span><span class="invisible">e-last-masters-of-afro-colombian-machete-fencing-fight-to-save-their-tradition/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradition</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colombia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/grima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grima</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/machete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machete</span></a></p>
Abie<p>"Pavlov’s experiments were funded in part by the public sale of the gastric juice of dogs as a cure for chronic indigestion in humans."<br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/histmed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histmed</span></a> <br><a href="https://kingdomofdogs.org.uk/gastric-juice-for-sale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kingdomofdogs.org.uk/gastric-j</span><span class="invisible">uice-for-sale</span></a></p>
Michael Simons<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> das <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AachenerModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AachenerModel</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WolfVonFabeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WolfVonFabeck</span></a>. Danke. </p><p><a href="https://taz.de/Nachruf-auf-Solarpionier-Wolf-von-Fabeck/!6083041/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">taz.de/Nachruf-auf-Solarpionie</span><span class="invisible">r-Wolf-von-Fabeck/!6083041/</span></a></p>
MurmeltHier<p>Warte, was?!<br>Bangkok, die thailändische Hauptstadt, heißt eigentlich mit vollem Namen und nicht ihrem Spitznamen </p><p>"Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Maha Sathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"</p><p>...ich verstehe warum sie ihr einen Spitznamen gaben.😅 <br>Obwohls gleichzeitig irgendwie auch cool ist die Hauptstadt mit dem längsten Namen zu haben. ^^</p><p><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok#Name_der_Stadt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok#</span><span class="invisible">Name_der_Stadt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a></p>
如月中天<p>//满族人守孝是百日不是三年! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a></p>
Dragon-sided D<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> The one true and holy <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> Church has a 2025 mascot.</p><p>I swear I saw this movie with George Carlin 30 years ago.</p><p>As my patron saint Christopher Hitchens says, that's the thing about the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> , you never know what they'll do next!</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luce_(mascot)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luce_(</span><span class="invisible">mascot)</span></a></p>
Possibly linux<p><strong>TIL The "lost cause of the Confederacy" is an actual myth used to promote racism</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.zip/post/36760674" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.zip/post/36760674</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chris Renfrow<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> VLC comes with a TUI called `nvlc`</p><p>(so many initialisms)</p>
kernpanik 🐾 🕊️ ☮<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a>: Tonight at midnight, the Greek military will fire two massive cannons from Mount <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Lycabettus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lycabettus</span></a> in central <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Athens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Athens</span></a> to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and saviour. </p><p>“It's a tradition!” 🙃</p>
Jerry on Mastodon<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> There's a way now to see a color no human has ever seen before</p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/researchers-discover-new-color-thats-impossible-to-see-without-lasering-your/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/researchers-discover-new-color-thats-impossible-to-see-without-lasering-your/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
CDCastillo<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AvuiVaigAprendre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvuiVaigAprendre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/HoyAprend%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoyAprendí</span></a> el término <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AtmosphericBlackMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtmosphericBlackMetal</span></a> con las de <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Feminazgul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminazgul</span></a></p><p><a href="https://music.apple.com/mx/album/no-dawn-for-men/1503994691?l=en-GB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">music.apple.com/mx/album/no-da</span><span class="invisible">wn-for-men/1503994691?l=en-GB</span></a></p>
:PUA: Shlee fucked around and<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> the oldest preserved manuscript of the new testament shows the number of the beast to be 616, not 666.</p><p>I've been praising Satan wrong my whole life!</p>
Stephan<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> you can pass variables to an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/awk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>awk</span></a> script with the option -v. This is useful, for example, when you want to include the file name in the output:</p><p>```<br>find . -type f -iname '*.csv' -exec awk -F, -v filename={} '{print filename, $2}' {} \;<br>```</p><p>Even though seemingly awkward at first glance, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/awk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>awk</span></a> is definitely one of the most versatile and useful tools on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commandline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commandline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textprocessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textprocessing</span></a></p>