One of the reasons I still listen to @TWiT after all these years is to pick up on “nuggets.” Like this: TIL (via @pluralistic) a nonprofit called Calyx uses a provision in FCC spectrum licensing agreements to resell unlimited mobile bandwidth on the cheap, and with privacy built in. Hot damn! https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet #internet#tech #nonprofit#TIL#TodayILearned

#TIL that one (the?) german translation of @pluralistic "enshitification" is "Verschlimmscheißerung" and I approve.

TIL that Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman, No Cry’ is not a comfort song for men with no women. It actually means ‘No, woman, don’t cry’, where the second ‘no’ is pronounced ‘nuh’, meaning ‘don’t’ in Jamaican.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Woman,_No_Cry
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fsnp0y/til_that_bob_marleys_no_woman_no_cry_is_not_a/

TIL Magic Kingdom in Florida is built on a network of tunnels that mirror the park so cast members can get to the different lands without spoiling the immersion.

https://www.messynessychic.com/2015/04/16/the-underground-world-of-tunnels-beneath-disney/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ffarho/til_magic_kingdom_in_florida_is_built_on_a/

#til about #AppropriateTechnology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology

This feels like a perfect description of how I aspire to make all my #opensource software nowadays — hbu?

> Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and locally autonomous. It was originally articulated as intermediate technology by the economist (…)

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