Mastodawn

Tech Master Sep 16, 2025

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! 🚀

#TechHistory #OldVsNewTech #HardDriveFacts #GadgetsEvolution #TechTrivia #RetroTech #StorageTech #TechFacts #Innovation #TechLovers

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Did You Know Sep 7, 2025

. It stuck because it was catchy, even if it confused people expecting treats! 😆 Cookies now power online ads, personalization, and cybersecurity, proving even playful names can shape tech history. #TechTrivia #WebHistory #InternetFunFact #CookieChronicles #TechNaming #DigitalCulture (2/2)

QuizzLook Sep 5, 2025

🚀 NASA in your home! Their #1 spinoff is: A. Memory foam 🛏️, B. Cordless vacuums 🏠, or C. Baby formula 🍼? Reply now!

🛌 A. Memory foam! Made for astronaut seats in 1966. Geek out with our science quiz ➡️ quizzlook.com #TechTrivia

TuxAcademy Jul 31, 2025

Today's Poll.. 👇
Which SQL keyword is used to remove duplicate records?
#SQL #DataScience #TechTrivia #LearnSQL #ProgrammingPoll #TuxAcademy #DatabaseTips

UNIQUE

16.7%

DISTINCT

83.3%

FILTER

REMOVE

Poll ended at Aug 1, 2025 at 9:52am.

shinglyu Jul 24, 2025

💡 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 → https://shinglyu.com/web/2025/07/22/why-the-percent-sign-breaks-your-website-and-how-to-fix-it.html

#TIL #WebDev #JavaScript #TechTrivia