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2023

April

TIL that you can create Gmail filters on the iOS app

March

TIL that on Windows you can use a laptop as a second display using this tutorial
TIL you can have a universal shortcut to paste as plain text on Windows with Powertoys

2022

April

TIL you can convert OpenDocuments into txts and pdfs with unoconv
TIL you can use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard in iOS
TIL you can use multiple ssh private keys in one client
TIL you can clone a specific branch with git
TIL that people hiking up the mountain have the right of way

March

TIL you can change the background color of conflict marker sections. Credit: https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/19760

2021

December

TIL that the word “procrastinate” comes from the Latin procratinat- which means “deferred till the morning”. The prefix pro means forward and

TIL that the word “robot” comes from the Czech word robota which means “forced labor”. This screenshot is taken from google.com, which gets its
TIL you can detect whether the targetEnvironment is iPadOS in SwiftUI with the following code: Here’s the Stack Overflow comment I got this code from

TIL that the word “decide” originally meant “cut off” in Latin. So when you decide on something you “cut off” all other possible choices. This
TIL you can find a file recursively in Linux with the following command: Here’s the Stack Overflow comment I got this from


TIL you can have syntax highlighting with code blocks in JIRA. Here’s an example inspired from the docs

November

TIL you can switch back to the previous branch by running git switch -
TIL you can navigate to the previous directory with cd -
TIL that there’s a free, open source, private, iOS fitness app called OutRun (App Store)
TIL you can get music recognition (Shazam) in your Control Center




TIL you can get Vim keybindings in XCode 13. Menu Bar -> Editor -> Vim Mode
TIL you can create an iOS shortcut to turn Bluetooth off completely. Or you can download mine
TIL you can create an iOS shortcut to turn Wifi completely off. Or you can download mine
TIL there’s dark mode on Webex. You can only turn this on during a meeting

October

TIL you can sort lines of text in Vi. Select lines with Visual mode linewise :sort<CR> I’m sorry; your browser doesn’t support HTML5 video
TIL you can quickly go to another character in the terminal when you do ⌥+click. I’m sorry; your browser doesn’t support HTML5 video