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@KommawarSwapnil I would be impressed if they had extended to 12 bn.

In 2015, a former Google employee named Sanmay Ved noticed something shocking! While browsing domains, he saw that Google. com was showing as available to buy. Out of curiosity, he clicked buy. And surprisingly, the purchase actually went through. He bought Google. com for just $12. For a short time, he technically owned one of the most valuable websites in the world. But instead of misusing it, he immediately informed Google's security team about the mistake. Soon after, Google cancelled the transaction and took back the domain. To thank him for reporting the issue honestly, Google gave him a reward of $6,006.13 through their bug bounty program. But Sanmay Ved did something unexpected. Instead of keeping the money, he asked Google to donate it to charity. The donation went to Art of Living Foundation, which runs free schools for poor children in India. Impressed by his honesty, Google doubled the amount to $12,012.26. A small mistake in a system became a big story about honesty!

@CalumDouglas1 It's long known: never send an engineer to sell. He can't lie.

I have posted about this before, see my post "Advice for young engineers". But it just gets more relevant every day that the world gets filled with more worthless tripe, quick-fix nonsense and AI garbage. All the really important stuff has been known about for hundreds of years, the details take care of themselves as things advance, but people lose track of the critical bedrock on which everything stands. I`ve made recommendations before about how to start your career as an engineer, or just what to do if you are a young person with no job and little idea what to do about it. So I`ll start here with just ONE thing to do from today forwards which will help you immensely, which was satirised by the wonderful Irish writer Jonathan Swift in 1726, it is to NEVER: "Say the thing which was not" In Gullivers Travels, he meets a breed of intelligent horses who have no language for a lie, he explains to them at length what it is, and since they cannot even concieve of it, they can only descibe the concept as "saying the thing which was not". Telling the truth under ALL circumstances is THE most pivotally critical personality trait of ANY engineer, get that right, and you`re already ahead of half the planet. "oh but if I do that I`ll get sacked" Good, anyone who gets rid of truthful engineers is running an organization which is heading for lawsuits and bankrupcy. Good employers today need people who do things, and since everyone (even me) get things wrong ALL THE TIME, its impossible to make any sucessful engineered product if anyone refuses to take responsibility for being wrong, and fixes it. I know I`m wrong a lot, and therefore I check everything I do several times over, assuming it MUST be wrong the first time, and NEVER: "say the thing which was not" therefore I am known as a reliable person, even though I get things wrong. It is also on a personal level, immensely liberating, just tell the truth in all transactions, and you never need to worry again. If anyone gets angry that you said the truth, you are not the wrong employee THEY were the wrong employER.

@sprint955rider @CalumDouglas1 Would you put your hands 10 inches from someone's foot and watch his butt intensively?

@CalumDouglas1 AI slop?

So exacting was the tolerancing and compatibility of Rolls-Royce Merlin parts to Packard-Merlin parts in WW2, that when one manufacturer was running short in a run, for an assembly batch, they would simply call up the parts interchange manual, read off the numbers, cable across the atlantic and have a few thousand parts flown over to meet the shortfall. Of course nobody making c**p videos on Y****be ever reads any archive files, so right now you can watch AI generated videos explaining why this letter doesnt exist.

@sonas893 @sk_bright17 Eurocircuits kam nicht in Frage?

@sk_bright17 JLPCB ist teilweise teurer und langsamer als Aisler. Was sprach für dich für JLPCB?

My first private PCB project since ages... Designed with KiCad, manufactured by JLPCB. It took only 7 days from order to delivery to Germany, fantastic 🤩

@sk_bright17 @MaximalesD Ich werde mein Leben lang nicht verstehen, warum man die Flachsteckhülsen mit Plastikverkleidung verwendet. Man sieht einfach nicht, ob die Verbindung korrekt ist. Bei offenen Steckhülsen ist die Qualität der Verbindung klar sichtbar.

Heute mal ein komplett anderes Thema... Flachsteckhülsen, besser als ihr Ruf! Oder warum man auf Markenware achtet! 👁️ @MaximalesD vielleicht kannst auch Du noch was lernen. Die beiden sehen sich ja relativ ähnlich. Die Obere ist Markenware, die Untere China. 1/x

@JohnSitarek @archeohistories Come closer.

@archeohistories It's what the EU does to entire countries now, with policies and regulations.

In late 18th Century CE, German philosopher Johann Philipp Siebenkees described a horrifying medieval torture device: a coffin-like chamber lined with spikes, known as the Iron Maiden. According to Siebenkees, it had once been used to execute criminals in the Middle Ages. But there’s just one problem — there’s no historical evidence that such a device ever existed before his account. In fact, it’s widely believed that Siebenkees invented the Iron Maiden as a fictional tale. Despite its questionable origins, the Iron Maiden quickly captured the public imagination. Soon, supposed “authentic” Iron Maidens began appearing in museums across Europe and the United States, cobbled together from medieval artifacts and metal fragments. One infamous version was even exhibited at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The most well-known, the Iron Maiden of Nuremberg, wasn’t actually built until the early 1800s — centuries after the Middle Ages — and was destroyed during a World War II bombing raid in 1944. While there’s no proof that Iron Maidens were used as medieval torture devices, Siebenkees’ grisly story may have inspired real-world cruelty in more modern times. In 2003, a functioning Iron Maiden was reportedly discovered at the former headquarters of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee — once controlled by Uday Hussein, Saddam Hussein’s son — where it’s believed he may have used it to punish underperforming athletes. #archaeohistories

@King_INF3RN0 @OnDisasters Did you read the post? They BAILED OUT!

@OnDisasters Curious how it took so long to find it if 12 people made it out. None of them had information that could lead to the site? Like maybe their own locations? How bizarre

OTD in 1950: USAF B-36 [44-92075] crashes in BC (Canada) 5 of 17 crew die. Plane had engine issues on training flight, crew disposed of a nuclear bomb over Alaska aboard before bailing out. Aircraft kept flying until crashing over the border. Wreck was only found in 1953.

@NicaraoGaming @archeohistories Comes from the Latin word rasura. Many loanwords change over time

@archeohistories Mh.. Why is this written there? "Rasiren", I suppose it should be "Rasieren", or was there an old way how to write that?

The oldest house in Hamburg, Germany in (1898). It was built in 1524 AD, and demolished on December 8th, 1910, despite protests from locals.... Built in 1524 AD, this remarkable timber-framed structure stood for nearly four centuries as Hamburg evolved from a medieval trading hub into a modern industrial port. Nestled among newer buildings by the late 1800s, the home served as both a residence and a cluster of small businesses, reflecting how older European buildings often adapted to changing urban life rather than being replaced outright. Despite its historical significance and strong public protests, the house was demolished on December 8, 1910. At the time, many cities across Europe were prioritizing modernization, sanitation improvements, and wider streets over preservation. Historic preservation laws were still in their infancy, and countless medieval and Renaissance-era buildings disappeared during this period of rapid urban expansion. Hamburg suffered catastrophic destruction during the Great Fire of 1842, which destroyed roughly one-third of the city. The survival of this 16th-century house through that disaster made it even more culturally significant before its eventual loss decades later. Ironically, just a generation after its demolition, public attitudes toward preservation shifted dramatically, leading Germany to establish stronger protections for historic architecture. © Historical Photos #archaeohistories

@nureineexe Teletubby

@ChicoSantiago4 @InsideLucysHead The French army lost 1300000 men in ww1, the USA 117000, so would you kindly shut the fuck up

@InsideLucysHead 🤣🤣🤣🤣the French were cowards then. and still are

During World War II, there was a brutal battle between the Allied Forces and the Germans... The Germans are sustaining heavy casualties. The German commander is preparing to sound the retreat, but he receives word that the Allies have cut the Germans off from the rear. With no choice left and to save his men, he gives the order to surrender. German soldiers begin frantically waving white flags, and the Allies' commander, seeing this, yells at his troops, “Stop firing, you idiots! It’s the French!”

@DailyStalingrad You should add "Echolot" by Walter Kempowski to your list of sources, a fantastic collection of diaries from well known as well as unknown people.

Thank you all who’ve followed and enjoyed Karl’s story. In writing this fictional account of the battle, I’ve drawn on a few different sources - including: - Stalingrad by Antony Beevor - The lighthouse at Stalingrad by Iain MacGregor - Breakout at Stalingrad by Heinrich Gerlach - The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer (while not concerned with the Stalingrad, it offers a vivid account of life in the German army on the eastern front during WW2). I’d welcome recommendations for further reading on the battle - especially those covering the Russian experience…

“Had he really imagined that he’d simply be able to board a plane here like he was getting on a train? That he’d be able to walk out of the catastrophe at Stalingrad like he was leaving a bad play? He can feel all the energy draining out of his limbs. But behind this impotence, he has the first inkling, albeit still only slight, that ‘Stalingrad’ has already transcended space and time, that there’s no longer any escape from it even if one went to the ends of the earth, and that unbreakable bonds now tie him to the hundreds of thousands still here — those who are still alive and suffering, the mistreated and the betrayed, and the dead. Anyone who survives these gruesome events unfolding on the snowy fields beside the Volga will henceforth carry Stalingrad with them throughout their entire lives. Minutes spent in the arms of their beloved wife — Stalingrad! The sight of their children’s sparkling eyes — Stalingrad! There’ll be no happiness and no tears without Stalingrad; no achievements, no work and no striving without Stalingrad. No rest, no sleep, no more dreams that don’t involve Stalingrad! And when this life finally comes to be weighed in the balance at the End of Days, the dead of Stalingrad will also pass judgement. And every thought and every deed that was not aimed at overcoming that ludicrous, destructive spirit that insisted upon the mass slaughter of Stalingrad as some ghastly ritual of a barbarian cult of idolatry would be repudiated.” Breakout at Stalingrad - Heinrich Gerlach

@cqcqcqdx They are all dead, but D is the deadest one.

In this image who doesn’t get shocked? And why?

@berlinerspargel Und du glaubst, dass du das in der Zeitung gelesen hättest?

Heimatland DDR Obwohl es viele nicht wahr haben wollen, aber um ihr Leben mussten sich die Beschäftigten der Deutschen Reichsbahn zu Ostzeiten nicht fürchten. Natürlich gab es auch mal zwischen Fahrgästen und dem Personal Streit, aber ich kenne keinen Fall, wo jemand körperlich angegriffen bzw. ermordet wurde. Ich denke mal, dass das bei der damaligen Deutschen Bundesbahn ebenso war.

@FrlBlueprint Hoffentlich funktioniert das ganze auch ohne Teppich!

Der erste Probelauf mit den neuen Batterien. Und einen Wechseltrichter [sic] bekommt der Dampfer auch. Elektrobaukasten für Grosse.

@NieMehrKrieg Unbedingt den thread durchsehen. Habe eben locker 10 Idioten blockieren können

„Ja, der Führer, dieser Lump, hat die ganze Welt ins Unglück gestürzt. Dieser Bluthund! Wenn ich ihn jetzt hier hätte, würde ich ihm die Augen ausstechen.“ Die Schneiderin Elisabeth Mill, deren Sohn an der Ostfront kämpfte, wurde von ihrem Untermieter, dem Reichsbahnschaffner O. Bergmann, denunziert und wegen „unflätiger Hetzreden“ zum Tode verurteilt. Sie wurde am 26. Januar 1945 in Plötzensee hingerichtet. Elisabeth Mill war 47 Jahre alt. R.I.P. #NieWiederKrieg #SayHerName

@MarioNawfal No way. The orange pumpkin would never be capable to pronounce the word Discombobulator. Anything beyond two syllables doesn't work.

🇺🇸 TRUMP: WE USED "THE DISCOMBOBULATOR" IN VENEZUELA Trump confirmed that a mysterious weapon called "The Discombobulator" was used in the raid that captured Maduro: "The Discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it. They never got their rockets off. They had Russian and Chinese rockets, and they never got one off. We came in, they pressed buttons and nothing worked. They were all set for us." Guards on the ground described what happened: radar systems suddenly shut down, then an intense sound wave hit them. They said it felt like their heads were exploding from the inside, and they all started bleeding from the nose and vomiting blood. The weapon made their equipment completely useless. Source: NY Post, @RapidReport2025

@chall_u @NieMehrKrieg Ähm! Ich habe keine Ahnung, was uns diese Botschaft sagen will. Kleiner Fakt am Rande, die CDU wurde erst nach dem Ende des dritten Reiches gegründet.

@NieMehrKrieg 1943! Trotzdem haben sie die Arbeiter Kinder in den Tod geschickt, während das CDU Bürger/Beamtentum sich weiter bereichert hat! Diesmal hat Trump/Vance es verhindert.

Funkspruch des Oberkommandos der 6. Armee, #Stalingrad, 24. Januar 1943. „Truppe ohne Munition und Verpflegung, erreichbar noch Teile von sechs Divisionen. Auflösungserscheinungen an der Süd-, Nord- und Westfront. Keine einheitliche Befehlsführung mehr möglich. Zusammenbruch unvermeidbar. Armee erbittet, um noch vorhandene Menschenleben zu retten, Sofortige Kapitulationsgenehmigung. gez. Paulus.“

The problem isn't Trump. The problem is the US. When the outside world observes Trump's insane behaviour and his threats against allies, and we at the same time observe that there is no real action from the US public, Congress, the US Supreme Court, or the US media about this insanity, we will all have to conclude that the US accepts this behaviour. The public in the US think the US is entitled to a certain position in the world where there is no room for decent behaviour and where there are no norms and rules. That means that we all have to conclude that the US — not only Trump — has betrayed the international order that the US, with its Western partners, were the main architects of after the Second World War. This is the conclusion that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney so clearly laid out in his speech at Davos yesterday. We simply cannot trust the US to play by the rules any more. Therefore, we also fundamentally have to ask ourselves — should we trust the financial and economic structure which is an integral part of the global rules-based order? Americans live in the illusion that the US can do everything on its own, despite the fact that the US for nearly 20 years has lived beyond its means. US private and government consumption has been funded by, among others, European central banks and pension funds. But we now have to ask ourselves — why would we trade in dollars? Why would we put our savings into US Treasury bonds? If the US is not a rules-based society, we cannot trust the dollar to be a stable currency, and it would be insane to hold dollars. As domestic US institutions are eroded and governance structures destroyed, the US will be turned into an emerging market economy — or more accurately, a de-merging economy. If the US threatens the territory of allies, then the US acts as an authoritarian bully nation. Nobody in their right mind would lend money to the US government. If the US doesn't live up to its international obligations and respect the sovereignty of other nations, why would we expect the US government to honour its debts? If Trump can tariff nations that will not give up their territory, then there is certainly no reason to believe that the US will not introduce capital controls. And if that is a risk, why would you risk investing in the US? It is not a question about Europe standing up to the US. It is a question about being prudent with our investments — about reducing risks. Every day Trump remains in office, distrust of the US increases, and the cost for the US will go up day by day. And this is irreversible. It takes years to build trust, but you can destroy it by your actions in minutes. Europe has now completely lost trust in the US. And so has Canada. It is up to the people of the US to demonstrate that Trump is an 'outlier', and it is up to the American people to stop him. If you don't do that, we will have to assume that this is what the US is about — whether the name of the President is Trump or something else, whether the President is a Republican or a Democrat.

@nemesis_nice Katzenpisse vertreibt scheinbar Ratten

Ich brauche Zuspruch und Trost. Bitte! Auf meiner Terrasse zum Garten steht mein Weber-Grill nebst Friteuse, ein Hochtisch mit Stühlen und ein großer, alter, schwerer Vollholzschrank indem ich alles mögliche aufbewahre. Letzten Freitag gehe ich raus, höre etwas scheppern und sehe eine große Ratte von der Friteuse spingen und verschwinden. Ich weis, Ratten sind sehr soziale und intelligente Tiere. Aber nun einmal meine absoluten Panik-Endgegner aus Gründen. Ich war zwar panisch, habe mich dann aber beruhigt - wo Gärten und Tiere wie Enten und Hühner rechts und links gehalten werden ist das Buffet reich gedeckt. Wir die Ratte sich wohl verirrt haben und auf meiner Terrasse ist ja eh nix essbares zu holen. Samstag sitze ich dort zum rauchen, sehe einen Schatten und denke "oh - noch ne neue Katze in der Nachbarschaft" bis ich realisiere: no Mieze - sondern Ratti. Und Ratte verschwindet hinter dem Schrank. Tochter die später eintrifft meint nur: "Ma, Ratten sind einfach größere Mäuse". Klopft und donnert gegen den Schrank und schreit plötzlich auf: "wtf - das ist ja ein riesiges Vieh.....". Der Gatte stellt also Lebendfalle auf. Ohne Erfolg. Schlagfallen ausgelöst - ohne Ergebnis. Monsieur oder Madame Ratte scheint aber weiterhin die Terrasse als ihr Domizil zu beanspruchen. Die ganzen Katzen der Umgebung nutzlos.... Und ich traue mich nicht einmal mehr durchzulüften - denn vielleicht fände Mr. oder Mrs. Ratte ja die Wohnung angenehmer als die Terrasse. (Hatten wir vor Jahren schon einmal) Wer also einen ultimativen: ich will Dir nix aber geh weg - Tipp hat, ich würde mich unfassbar freuen.