Encyclopedia Briannica

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Encyclopedia Briannica: Speak volumes. You'll find sentences without judgment here. Technical Writer/Editor and Historical Linguist. she/her
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Encyclopedia BriannicaApr 7
Hugo van KemenadeApr 7

@E_Briannica
New #CutthroatCompound: Scatterbird

"The Scatterbird MK4 is the next generation of gas powered bird scarers."

It's a scarecrow!

https://portek.co.uk/product/scatterbird-mark-4-birdscaring-gas-gun/

Scatterbird MK4 Birdscaring Gas Gun - Portek Birdscaring and Agricultural Products

Designed and developed to incorporate ALL the features requested by farmers over the past 35 years. The Scatterbird MK4 is the next generation of gas powered bird scarers. Like it’s predecessor, the Scatterbird MK4 is a sturdy, purpose built bird scaring gas gun designed specifically to meet the needs of the farmer. The Scatterbird range has for many years set the industry standard for durability.

Portek Birdscaring and Agricultural Products
Encyclopedia BriannicaNov 17, 2024

Hello hello, I'm still here but I'm also now on Blue Sky as E-Briannica.

Hope you got to pet an animal today.

Ok that's all bye for now.

Encyclopedia BriannicaNov 3, 2024
Today I learnedNov 3, 2024

TIL: IKEA has its own "dictionary" where the quirky product names are actually derived from Swedish words, places, and categories.

https://lar5.com/ikea/index.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1givulu/til_ikea_has_its_own_dictionary_where_the_quirky/

The IKEA Dictionary

Encyclopedia BriannicaOct 30, 2024
Today I learned that the Beanie Babies founder was Ty Warner, so that’s why the tags said ❤️ty, and that it’s not short for anything - he was named after Ty Cobb (but Ty Cobb’s full name was Tyrus Raymond Cobb).
Encyclopedia BriannicaOct 26, 2024
Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)Oct 26, 2024

Short reminder: Tonight, Europe switches from DST back to regular time. The US will not switch until *next* weekend.

So check your calendars whether regular appointments have suddenly moved. Everything scheduled in European time will be 1 hour later for US folks, everything scheduled in US time will be one hour earlier for Europe folks.

Encyclopedia BriannicaOct 16, 2024
josh susserOct 16, 2024

The Devil's greatest trick was getting everyone to call LLMs "Generative AI" when the only thing they can do is cobble together derivative works.

Might as well call a battery a generator. Let's call it "Imitative AI" instead.

Encyclopedia BriannicaOct 8, 2024

Color on color on color on color.

Puzzle is 1000 Colours by Clemens Habicht, my favorite puzzle to redo.

Encyclopedia BriannicaOct 2, 2024
🏳️‍⚧️ ginny maeOct 2, 2024
any room can be a panic room if you try hard enough
Encyclopedia BriannicaSep 25, 2024
Lukasz OlejnikSep 24, 2024
GREAT change is approaching. NIST will standardise prohibition of requirement of composing passwords from various character styles, and requirement for periodic password changes. These are harmful and obsolete rules. Now they will be treated as a cybersecurity weakness https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html
NIST Special Publication 800-63B

NIST Special Publication 800-63B

Encyclopedia BriannicaSep 25, 2024
Hacker News 50Sep 24, 2024

Google Cache Is Fully Dead

Link: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-cache-dead-38112.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41640845

#google

Google Cache Is Fully Dead

Google has now totally disabled the Google Cache from completely working. Earlier this year, Google removed the cache link from the search result snippets. Then a couple of weeks ago, added links to

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