TIL: Today I Learned

[Syno]

The hygiene thing is somewhat true in places with poor hygiene.

Of course, the issue then is that you can't do a proper circumcision in places with poor hygiene. Botched jobs are relatively common in the luxury of the West with sterile environments and "better" education for the doctors. I can't imagine there'd be a statistically significant improvement in STDs and genital hygiene in a country with poor standards and inferior healthcare.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I was; our son was not.

 

[Traitorfish]

What other countries also have this tradition other than Israel?

It's common in most Muslim-majority countries due to similar religious requirement to those held by Jews.

(For some reason, this has not become part of the general knowledge package of "things that distinguish Muslims" as it has for Jews.)

 

[Ajidica]

What other countries also have this tradition other than Israel?

If I remember right, most cultures that developed in places with blown fine sand practiced male circumcision at some point. Apparently fine sand getting beneath the foreskin is particularly painful.

 

[Commodore]

Are you sure? This doesn't sound right to me. If only the baby can consent to a circumcision, then it follows that a baby's consent is needed for any operation.

From what I read, it's not so much the consent issue that's allowing the lawsuits to be successful, but rather some recent research that seems to indicate circumcision may cause lasting psychological issues including PTSD and intimacy/relationship building issues. Apparently people out there (including some judges) believe doctors should be on the hook for that damage.

I've also seen that there is an actual movement that seeks to not only have the procedure made illegal, but to have "victims" receive reparations from the government.

 

[Kyriakos]

If I remember right, most cultures that developed in places with blown fine sand practiced male circumcision at some point. Apparently fine sand getting beneath the foreskin is particularly painful.

Unbest korea must be Dune irl.

 

[Zkribbler]

TIL John Wesley Hardy had a college degree.

 

[Birdjaguar]

TIL John Wesley Hardy had a college degree.

Any volcano news?

 

[Takhisis]

It's common in most Muslim-majority countries due to similar religious requirement to those held by Jews.

(For some reason, this has not become part of the general knowledge package of "things that distinguish Muslims" as it has for Jews.)

It's not actually mandatory, strictly speaking, in Islam, but societally it is, which is almost the same and overlaps with ‘legal’.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today I learned that the Helvetica font was originally called "Neue Haas Grotesk," but was later renamed to Helvetica (which is Latin for "Swiss").

EDIT: I tried to post this in Helvetica. I don't think it worked.

 

[Takhisis]

I see it in a different font.

 

[Bugfatty300]

My browser is configured to display everything in bold comic sans. It helps keep the bad feels away.

 

[Syno]

My browser is configured to display everything in bold comic sans. It helps keep the bad feels away.

Today I learned Bugfatty is irredeemable.

 

[Truthy]

TIL that in 1968 a Soviet submarine had an explosion and sank in the middle of the Pacific. Though the Soviets couldn't locate the wreckage, the US did and proceeded to spend 6 years on an elaborate top secret salvage mission. The project involved building a custom drillship and getting Howard Hughes to pretend the ship was his for a deep sea mining venture. When they managed raise a portion of the submarine in 1974, they recovered 6 bodies, which they gave a sea burial. The CIA has footage of the ceremony on their YouTube channel. They also gave the footage to the Russian government in 1992, after the Cold War ended.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

TIL that in 1968 a Soviet submarine had an explosion and sank in the middle of the Pacific. Though the Soviets couldn't locate the wreckage, the US did and proceeded to spend 6 years on an elaborate top secret salvage mission. The project involved building a custom drillship and getting Howard Hughes to pretend the ship was his for a deep sea mining venture. When they managed raise a portion of the submarine in 1974, they recovered 6 bodies, which they gave a sea burial. The CIA has footage of the ceremony on their YouTube channel. They also gave the footage to the Russian government in 1992, after the Cold War ended.

Ah yes, the adventures of the Glomar Explorer. If you want to slip down a really interesting conspiracy theory rabbit hole start wondering why the Glomar Explorer was never used to recover the USS Scorpion.

 

[Hrothbern]

Ah yes, the adventures of the Glomar Explorer. If you want to slip down a really interesting conspiracy theory rabbit hole start wondering why the Glomar Explorer was never used to recover the USS Scorpion.

TIL about the USS Scorpion

This a good readable story on it. True or not.
It concludes with:
To this day the OSC has never acknowledged that Scorpion’s loss was caused by an internal torpedo explosion or even that she had carried one of the flawed batteries. But one year after the loss, OSC did order a redesign of the battery for the next generation of torpedoes. This year marked the 50th anniversary of Scorpion’s loss without a solid answer for the crew’s families.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...-doomed-submarine-uss-scorpion-69297?page=0,1

 

[Valka D'Ur]

First you need to set up the international keyboard. To do that you search for Language Settings in the start menu. Under Preferred Languages, click on English (United States) then click on Options. In the next screen click on Add a keyboard and scroll down until you find United States-International. After that you're all set up and can toggle between keyboard setups in the lower right part of the screen on the taskbar. Then to actually be able to type characters, this is a handy cheat sheet on the specific key combinations.

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My computer is convinced that my preferred default is the French-Canadian keyboard. This makes many English words and contractions impossible, as I have yet to figure out how that works. I then have to manually change my keyboard to English - US.

It's like the makers of Windows 10 assume that everyone in Canada speaks and types in French...

 

[Bamspeedy]

I looked up once what there is regarding the evidence of the STD claims, and there seems to be some support, but not exactly a very strong, convincing one.

I think I read there is a 1% rate difference in STDs....but there is a 1% chance the procedure is botched in some way, so I dont really see the risk being worth it. There is no difference in pleasure for either partner according to studies.

TIL: Amish have their own phone booths. Got a couple calls from one from the guy I hired for remodeling my house. My dad told me about them and sure enough, there is a wiki page about them.

Edit:
Ok,not a wiki.

https://amishamerica.com/got-a-quarter/

 

[Zkribbler]

Any volcano news?

There's a lull in volcanic action right now. Residents are taking the opportunity to ignore government restrictions and rescue possessions and livestock. Tourists are cramming into already crowed streets.

When Taal blows, a lot of people are going to die.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

TIL that in 1968 a Soviet submarine had an explosion and sank in the middle of the Pacific. Though the Soviets couldn't locate the wreckage, the US did and proceeded to spend 6 years on an elaborate top secret salvage mission. The project involved building a custom drillship and getting Howard Hughes to pretend the ship was his for a deep sea mining venture. When they managed raise a portion of the submarine in 1974, they recovered 6 bodies, which they gave a sea burial. The CIA has footage of the ceremony on their YouTube channel. They also gave the footage to the Russian government in 1992, after the Cold War ended.

There is a great documentary on this on Prime as well. I believe it is called Azoras, which was the code name for the project.

Ah yes, the adventures of the Glomar Explorer. If you want to slip down a really interesting conspiracy theory rabbit hole start wondering why the Glomar Explorer was never used to recover the USS Scorpion.

Can you share some of the better theories?