TIL a coronavirus test involves a nasal swab. You know that scene in Total Recall where Quade is pulling out the tracker? Yeah.
dalecosp Haha oh yeah, to be fair half my family is from Galway. We also learnt that Laserlight is a little Irish inside too lol
Weedpacket Ouch...I'm never leaving the house
Glad to know that everyone has learned a new things. Carry on!
Today I learned During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.
cluelessPHP Today I learned During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.
[citation needed]
cluelessPHP today I learned how to make a vegetarian curry.
NogDog Looks like there was a bit more to it, still kind of funny
https://defensionem.com/unbelievable-battle/
Ketty44 How was it?
Not really a TIL, but some JavaScript I wrote to check that what I was understanding really was the case. Guess the output:
(function() { var i = 42; var f = function() { i = 17; if(false) { var i = 'fnord'; } }; f(); console.log(i); })();
TIL that <datalist> is a thing. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/datalist
<datalist>
NogDog TIL about <img loading="lazy"> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img#attr-loading
<img loading="lazy">
TIL The United Kingdom doesn't have a deputy Prime Minister.
Weedpacket Today I learnt the UK doesn't have a deputy Prime Minister...
TIL I learned Krakatoa is back at it again. https://twitter.com/shannonmstirone/status/1248811612284153859
TIL how to use PostgreSQL JSON aggregate functions. http://johnatten.com/2015/04/22/use-postgres-json-type-and-aggregate-functions-to-map-relational-data-to-json/ (For me it was to pull many-to-one relationships into a single result row, formatted in JSON as a fortunate side effect.)
TIL you can target keywords and specific accounts using twitter ads, and that you can buy traffic for under a nickel a click.
Today I learned
input.addEventListener('input', grab_data);
and
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', grab_data);
aren't really the same thing, I'm sure there was a thread about saying doh somewhere
TIL the word "parodical" — if you're looking for an adjective to say that something is like a parody of something, you've just found it.
The word was used in this rant about UI design.
Today I learned I know nothing about seinfeld lol
https://seinfeldtrivia.net/
cluelessPHP
cluelessPHP Today I learned I know nothing about seinfeld lol
I know the developer who built that site. I'm curious how you came across it?
sneakyimp I saw the link in your profile preview and clicked
