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chuckleslord , to til in TIL abou the Amalgam Comics, a joint publication by DC & Marvel featuring characters that were a mix of those from both universes

Holy shit! This is it, the actual comic I read was a copy of JLX. I thought I had temporary insanity as a kid, reading a comic about Mr. X, leader of a teenage group of mutants, whose actual identity was the Martian Manhunter.

Huh. TIL

PhlubbaDubba , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

It looks like they already have two plaintext samples, would they be able to try Vignere keys that result in both plain texts simultaneously? Every other panel was solved with Vignere

Mango , to til in TIL that a short film named "100 Years" starring John Malkovich was shot in 2015, destined to be released in the year 2115

K

Moghul , to til in TIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.

You also listen to 99% invisible?

King OP ,
@King@lemy.lol avatar

What is that?

Moghul ,

It’s a podcast. One of the stories in this episode talks about Swatch Internet Time, how the French tried to make the day be 10h, etc: 99percentinvisible.org/…/mini-stories-volume-17/

headset , to til in TIL Cass Elliot died in Harry Nilsson's apartment, and four years later Keith Moon died in the same room

Who cares

synae ,
@synae@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’m sure they did.

Now I won’t be fooled again. Something something pinball wizard

Pratai ,

I do. That’s why I read the article. That’s how this works. You see… It may seem strange or scary when you first realize you’re not the only one that exists, and that’s okay- it’s normal when selfish people come to terms with their disability, but people- or, other entities that aren’t you, oftentimes find themselves interested in topics that you might not be interested in.

Crazy, right?

headset ,

Cool rant. Now i care even less

Pratai ,

Such edge! I’ll bet you wear sunglasses during all of your classes and all the other nerds want to be you.

riodoro1 ,

Dude, they beat him at school, that’s why he’s so insufferable.

Pratai ,

I’ve no doubt.

Decoy321 ,

Heads up. You won’t be hearing from them again on this sub. I’m leaving up their comments to provide context for your replies.

Pratai ,

Well done! Thanks.

MissJinx , to til in TIL that Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, died of Tuberculosis three years and ten months after the assassination.
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

He would have died anyway, so I’m not responsible for his death

BlanK0 , to linux in TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism

And I think Lemmy is also an example of ancom due to the fediverse and the self-hosting aspect 🤔

FarraigePlaisteach , to youshouldknow in YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective"

An osteopath is usually the best choice.

betterdeadthanreddit ,

How about a doctor instead?

Nollij ,

The full title of an osteopath is “Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.” From a quick Google search, “An osteopath is a licensed physician who practices medicine using both conventional treatments and osteopathic manipulative medicine”

Having been to one, I found the manipulation to be unhelpful. She quickly zoomed into the trouble spot, but the treatment did nothing for me. But at least it didn’t actively harm me. I later received proper medical treatment from a neurosurgeon and physical therapy, because that’s what I needed instead of a manipulation.

betterdeadthanreddit ,

So a bullshit artist who should know better and hides behind a real license for a faint whiff of legitimacy? No thanks, evidence-based medicine only please.

qooqie ,

Many many DOs never actually practice osteopathic medicine because they know it is generally hit or miss at best. You probably have been seen by a DO if you’re in the US and never knew it

betterdeadthanreddit ,

I think your first point, if true, says something important about their recognition of the validity of the practice. The second claim is challenging to prove or disprove. Anecdotally, I can tell you that my current doctor isn’t into any of that stuff but don’t have the academic history of every physician who has ever asked me to turn my head and cough in front of me.

qooqie ,

It is true at least amongst the doctors I know. MDs and DOs learn the same curriculum DOs just have the not evidence based tacked on. A lot of DOs also prefer evidence based medicine and there’s not too much for at least half the osteopathic medicine techniques.

Since you probably don’t know osteopathic medicine references the techniques you probably know as chiropractic care. DOs still learn real medicine so don’t go scoffing at them for letters. I watched my DO friends/colleagues go through the same shit as my MD friends/colleagues

Fisk400 ,

It’s basically a car mechanic that also do crystal healing and claim changing the car battery and placing a piece of quarts on the dashboard had equal parts in fixing the car.

betterdeadthanreddit ,

This analogy rocks, might make use of it next time the topic comes up offline.

ForestOrca ,
@ForestOrca@kbin.social avatar

I'm glad you were able to get the care you needed.

Nollij ,

This thread is showing me that a lot of people really don’t like knowing that osteopaths (but not chiropractors) are licensed medical doctors.

RedWeasel , to til in TIL the only guy in ZZ Top without a giant beard is named Frank Beard.

So everyone has a Beard then.

PwnTra1n ,

Has or is

setsneedtofeed , to asklemmy in How would you expain the idea of social status to a child?
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

I’m right and you’re wrong. I’m big and you’re small. And there’s nothing you can do about it.

manapropos , to technology in John David McAfee, author of the first commercial anti-virus software, was born on Sept 18th 1945

RIP to the internet’s crazy uncle

gibbedygook , to technology in John David McAfee, author of the first commercial anti-virus software, was born on Sept 18th 1945

he’s a crazy guy

Jeef , to moviesandtv in Interstate 60 - 2002
@Jeef@sh.itjust.works avatar

Just watched this the other day for the first time. I really enjoyed it and actually might rewatch fairly soon

jet OP ,

I like the Q sentimentality

const_void , to technology in 28 years ago, Windows 95 entered general availability (August 24th 1995)

Least bloated Windows version

Anticorp ,

MS-DOS?

wmassingham ,

That’s not Windows, though.

Anticorp ,

Huh, I guess you said Windows version? I read it for some reason as l"east bloated Microsoft OS". In my defense, I was still drinking my morning coffee.

Double_A , to til in TIL Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun on space missions
@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Possibly also for suicide if you get into a situation where you would slowly suffer to death?

TheObserver ,
@TheObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I’d rather take hypoxia atleast then it not technically suicide.

riodoro1 ,

A gunshot wound to the head is also not suicide.

If however both the gunshot wound and hypoxia are self inflicted then it is suicide, regardless if you pull the trigger or open a valve.

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