IoT trivia: the first webcam watched a coffee pot. Cambridge researchers pointed a camera at their lab coffee machine in 1991 so nobody walked to an empty pot - it went on the web in 1993 and ran for a decade. We build camera IoT with the same logic today - fluidwire.com
From 500 Pounds to Your Pocket: The 1GB Hard Drive Story
Did you know the first 1GB hard drive in 1980 weighed over 500 pounds and cost $40,000? Today, you can carry 1,000x more storage in a tiny USB stick! Technology has come a long way! ๐
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๐ NASA in your home! Their #1 spinoff is: A. Memory foam ๐๏ธ, B. Cordless vacuums ๐ , or C. Baby formula ๐ผ? Reply now!
๐ A. Memory foam! Made for astronaut seats in 1966. Geek out with our science quiz โก๏ธ quizzlook.com #TechTrivia
๐ก TIL: A single `%` character can break a website
Was helping a friend debug her React app and discovered this fun URL fact:
The `%` symbol in URLs is special - it starts percent-encoding sequences (like `%20` for spaces). But if it's not followed by valid hex digits, browsers throw "URIError: malformed URI sequence" errors.
Wrote up the full explanation if you're curious about the technical details โ https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/07/22/why-the-percent-sign-breaks-your-website-and-how-to-fix-it.html
Today's Poll... ๐
What is COMMIT in a database?
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