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MonkderDritte , in TIL that some people do not have an inner voice and think in different nonverbal ways.

The world where chaotic inner mind is the norm.

Miaou , in TIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953

Why should this be a surprise?

Dasus ,
@Dasus@lemmy.world avatar

Well idk if it should be surprising more than informative.

I like knowing the origin of words and phrases myself at least

delirious_owl , in TIL if The Bare Naked Ladies had $1m when the song was recorded, and parked it in S&P500, they'd be rich.
@delirious_owl@discuss.online avatar

How inflation?

Renegade_roosteR , (edited ) in TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • Varyk OP ,

    Nah, lots of things are getting better also.

    Also, it’s not as cool to joke about suicide as you think.

    Glitch , in TIL that Telefonicá sells 'anonymous' location data of their clients.

    But like, how else could we have maps features to predict how long a drive will take, which route to take, or how busy a place is? There’s pros and cons obviously, we need better policies for sure, but there are legitimate reasons for anonymous location data, even real time.

    Imagine a fire truck taking the logical route based on maps only, then finding out it’s impossible to get to the fire in time.

    gnate , in TIL that quadruple A batteries exist

    Streamlight Stylus LED penlight

    spittingimage , in TIL there was an unreleased comic book in which Marvel superhero Captain Britain would resolve The Troubles by having everyone drink "magic civilizing tea"
    @spittingimage@lemmy.world avatar

    Sounds about on par with the adventures of Captain Al Cohol.

    MonkderDritte , in TIL there is no original TI-84 as the TI-84 Plus was an upgrade (like iPhone 14 to 13) to the TI-83 Plus

    Why did it have no GPS?

    captain_aggravated ,
    @captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Because that would have eaten into their price gouging. In the age of the iPhone, Texas Instruments was able to charge upwards of $100 for a Zilog Z80 powered nothing machine because they’re quasi mandatory for high school and college students.

    Aatube OP ,

    I bought my TI 36X Pro at $20.

    ShepherdPie ,

    I paid over $100 for my TI-84 in like 2012 almost 40 years after this basic ass hardware was created.

    Gabu ,

    My Casio FX82 calculator got me through two degrees and cost me $15

    TopRamenBinLaden ,

    I figured out you could emulated the TI-84 plus on a smartphone for free, around 2012. I just used that for my college math class, but it probably would’ve been harder to get away with in a high school class.

    Aatube , in TIL: You can enter into Immersive Reader mode in (Microsoft) Edge to reduce the number of things and CSS displayed on the screen. Great for when you need to study.

    Safari and Firefox also have this, and since Edge is a Chrome fork Chrome also has this. I'm pretty sure every major browser except for Amazon's shitty TV fork that's great at everything except web rendering has this.

    prole , in TIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezer

    Thumbnail reminds me of the cover to the Can album “Ege Bamyasi.”

    moosetwin , in TIL Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is not a love song
    @moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    the death of the author

    TypicalHog , in TIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"

    I really like using this on YT.

    Agent641 , in TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.

    Sure, when you hand the cashier some US dollar coins, nobody bats an eye, but when I hand the cashier a stack of Australian $1 notes, everybody loses their minds!

    delirious_owl , in TIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".
    @delirious_owl@discuss.online avatar

    What does “pulling a trump card” mean?

    merc OP ,

    Probably something to do with a card game.

    delirious_owl , in TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.
    @delirious_owl@discuss.online avatar

    They used to use the Sucre. When it crashed a lot of people lost a lot of money. I wish I knew more about that, and why they decided to bend over and use the world’s biggest terrorist organization’s currency.

    intensely_human ,
    • Historical fact
    • Edgelord horseshit

    Always a fun combination.

    Randomgal ,

    Staggering ignorance. Not like you could just Google the answer. Lol

    delirious_owl ,
    @delirious_owl@discuss.online avatar

    I would need to read a few books to fully understand something so complex.

    Randomgal ,

    It’s not like Wikipedia has an accesible version of all human knowledge.

    ada ,
    @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Argentina is toying with the idea of doing the same thing. tl;dr - Decades of out of control inflation. Currently the worst inflation in the world. The belief is that pinning their economy to the USD would stop that

    delirious_owl ,
    @delirious_owl@discuss.online avatar

    Yeah Argentina is slipping back into a fascist dictatorship

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