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1. TIL the origins of the term Algorithms Jun 24, 2022 history math trivia

   Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi's name is a reference to where he was from — 'al-Khwarizm' means that he was from Khwarazm, a region roughly on the border of modern-day Uzbekistan and Turkmenista. Al-Khwarizmi was, somehow, recorded as something close to 'Algorizmi' which, in turn, became our all-purpose math word: algorithm.

2. TIL about the End of Time! (for Unix) Apr 11, 2022 trivia datetime javascript

   On January 19th, 2038 at precisely 03:14:07 UTC, instead of the clock going to 03:14:08 UTC, it will overflow and go to 20:45:52 UTC of December 13th, 1901.

3. TIL about Port 17, QoTD Mar 25, 2022 trivia

   A host may connect to a server that supports the QOTD protocol, on either TCP or UDP port 17. To keep the quotes at a reasonable length, RFC 865 specifies a maximum of 512 octets for the quote.

4. TIL 404 errors actually have more specific causes Mar 24, 2022 trivia errors

   IIS 7.0 and later versions define the following HTTP status codes that indicate a more specific cause of an error 404, like 404.1 - Site Not Found & 404.2 - ISAPI or CGI restriction.

5. TIL /usr doesn't stand for user, but User System Resources Aug 31, 2021 linux trivia

   This directory contains most commands and executables files, libraries and documentation. In the early days of Unix, it was the directory where the users' home directories were placed

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