Today I learned June 7 is a World #Swift day. This is the kind of day I’m happy to celebrate!

https://www.worldswiftday.org

#TodayILearned

World Swift Day – June 7, 2024

TIL that there is a docker image called `scratch`. It is essentially empty and using it in a dockerfile does not create an extra layer in the resulting image. Starting a dockerfile with `FROM scratch` is used for building base images (and also for very simple/small images). Until now, I never even thought about what one would start with when building a base image.
#TodayILearned #Docker

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Things I have learned today:
@JonathanBeak thinks she lives at the opposite side of town to where she actually lives.


#today-i-learned

#TodayILearned that the late Anthony Head played the male in that experimental series of 1980s commercials by Nescafe that told a serial story about a couple meeting and falling in love, a minor cult phenomenon back when I was in college.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/arts/television/anthony-head-dead.html

Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ Actor, Dies at 72

The British actor was a mainstay of influential television shows who first found fame as a Nescafe pitchman.

The New York Times
Today I learned that "à la Marmite" does not mean Marmite-flavoured.
#LearningFrench
#LearningFrenchInCanadianGroceryStores
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Today I learned that "à la Marmite" does not mean Marmite-flavoured.
#LearningFrench
#LearningFrenchInCanadianGroceryStores
#TodayILearned

#todayilearned about remote controlled "river drone" barges...
https://naval-barging.com/en/river-drone

I forgot to snap a picture of the #drone but it passed by here at the south of #Utrecht

#TodayILearned about the .ooo tld (thanks to https://bloom.ooo )

you can even use it without appropriating some underprivileged country's culture! (unlike .io, .ai, …)

Bloom

Bloom er en nyskabende festival om natur og videnskab, der gør dig klogere på universet, på verden og på os selv. Søndermarken 29.-31. maj 2026.

Bloom

I present myself as a wordsmith and a minor-league grammarian. Today I learned there's a difference between "compliment" and "complement."

I immediately taught this to my daughter to save her from this horror years from now.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/complement-and-compliment-usage-difference

#English #TodayILearned #TIL #Grammar #ImposterSyndrome #HalfHeartedFanatic

'Complement' vs. 'Compliment'

The distinction between the two is clear (now).

Burundi 🧵

Population: 13,590,102

What else should you know? 👇

https://openfactbook.org/countries/burundi/

#Burundi #WorldNews #GlobalData #Facts #TodayILearned

Burundi - Country Profile | OpenFactBook World Factbook

Burundi: Population 13.59M, GDP $2.16B, Capital Gitega. Comprehensive country profile with geography, economy, government data and more.