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Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL beluga whales can mimic human speech
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Eight bells. 🫡
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL the UK has a radio station for the queer community that broadcasts all over Britain on FM and DAB radio.
Technology @lemmy.world Man Trying to Buy Entire Landfill to Recover Lost Bitcoin Hard Drive
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL The Icelandic translation of Dracula, Makt Myrkanna, or Powers of Darkness, published in 1901, differs significantly from the English version and no one noticed until 2014.
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL In 1939, the BBC got special permission to record the sounds of two trumpets found in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL Huey Lewis has lost most of his hearing due to a chronic inner ear disorder.
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL The Verve lost all rights to Bittersweet Symphony to The Rolling Stones in a copyright lawsuit
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world I know I'm the last person in the world to say someone has way too much time on their hands, but this person translated the Ea-Nasir complaint about bad copper into Vulcan Calligraphy.
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world The fact that this is not available to purchase is a literal crime against humanity. And all other sentient species.
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL A small donut shop on the west side of Indianapolis uses cash registers made from modified Commodore-64s.
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world I know you're feeling it too.
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world When We Invited You To Join Our Trivia Team, It Was With The Understanding That You Knew ‘Star Trek’
Comic Strips @lemmy.world Billionaires - Pearls Before Swine
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL all the movement in Prince of Persia was rotoscoped over an actual person's movements.
politics @lemmy.world 'Beta male': Internet amused as Newsom puts Trump 'instantly in his place'
Today I Learned @lemmy.world TIL When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle graduated from medical school in 1881, he drew a cartoon self portrait with his diploma and inscribed it, "licensed to kill."
Technology @lemmy.world Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Odo and Sisko's Dad are undercover Starfleet admirals. CONFIRMED. Even worse, they're working with the former Cardassian head of Terok Nor security and were assisted by Annorax's time travel tech!
politics @lemmy.world Trump Insider Says ‘The President Doesn’t Have Any Leverage Over’ Musk: ‘Elon Gives Zero F*cks’
Fair enough. I was suggesting that Michael Okuda didn't have utility in mind when he made it because that's not what he was hired for.
Edit: In fact, I just read that he was under directive by Roddenberry to make something minimalist to suggest technological advancement. In that sense, it was prescient.