https://lmika.org/categories/tils/ en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:43:09 +1000 https://lmika.org/2026/04/13/til-that-moon-towers-a.html Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:43:09 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2026/04/13/til-that-moon-towers-a.html <p>TIL that moon towers, a thing I saw in an episode of Rick and Morty that I thought was completely fictional, are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_tower">actually a real thing</a>, or at least were. I guess Rick and Morty live in Austin, Texas. 😏</p> https://lmika.org/2026/02/22/sometimes-a-til-today-i.html Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:40:13 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2026/02/22/sometimes-a-til-today-i.html <p>Sometimes a TIL (today I learnt) should really be classified as a WTTMT (wish they told me this).</p> https://lmika.org/2026/01/28/til-you-can-option-drag.html Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:23:08 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2026/01/28/til-you-can-option-drag.html <p>TIL you can Option drag things that have a MacOS URL scheme into Obsidian to create a link to them. Managed to do this for both a file and an email.</p> https://lmika.org/2026/01/15/good-morning-everyone-this-is.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:47:40 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2026/01/15/good-morning-everyone-this-is.html <p><em>Good morning, everyone. This is a reminder that the orange seats are priority for passengers with special requirements.</em></p> <p>Oh, so the orange coloured seat fabric indicates that it&rsquo;s a priority seat?! I had no idea. I just thought it was because the seats are different. TIL.💡</p> https://lmika.org/2025/11/11/til-that-is-the-symbol.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:28:33 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2025/11/11/til-that-is-the-symbol.html <p>TIL that <code>⎋</code> is the symbol for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esc_key#symbol">the Escape key</a>. HT <a href="https://social.lol/@jason">@jason@social.lol</a></p> https://lmika.org/2025/08/13/upgraded-my-obsidian-plan-which.html Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:07:41 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2025/08/13/upgraded-my-obsidian-plan-which.html <p>Upgraded my Obsidian plan which gives me 10 vaults to sync. I&rsquo;m currently using 2: one for my personal notes and one for TIL Computer. I&rsquo;m contemplating moving my journal to a 3rd. Just need to find uses for the other 7.</p> https://lmika.org/2025/08/05/some-followup-on-moving-til.html Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:21:56 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2025/08/05/some-followup-on-moving-til.html <p>Some follow-up on moving TIL Computer to Quartz. I mentioned that I wanted to eventually set-up a hot-key for activating search. Well, Quartz comes out of the box with that already: press <kbd>Cmd</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> to open the search. Very nice!</p> https://lmika.org/2025/03/30/til-cr-button-batteries-are.html Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:47:15 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2025/03/30/til-cr-button-batteries-are.html <p>TIL: CR2420 button batteries are not the same as CR2032, no matter what your eyes say to you.</p> https://lmika.org/2025/02/01/new-post-on-til-computer.html Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:55:11 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2025/02/01/new-post-on-til-computer.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/local-values-in-fiber">Local Values In Fiber</a></p> https://lmika.org/2025/01/07/new-post-on-til-computer.html Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:33:20 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2025/01/07/new-post-on-til-computer.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/a-way-to-resolve-redelivered-messages-stuck-in-a-nats-jetstream">A Way To Resolve Redelivered Messages Stuck In A NATS Jetstream</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/11/27/new-post-on.html Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:05:30 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/11/27/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/link-probably-avoid-relying-on-error-codes-to-optimistically-insert-in-postgres">Link: Probably Avoid Relying On Error Codes To Optimistically Insert In Postgres</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/11/25/new-post-on.html Mon, 25 Nov 2024 07:24:23 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/11/25/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/dont-use-t-rds-instance-types-for-production">Don’t Use ‘T’ RDS Instance Types For Production</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/11/20/new-post-on.html Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:51:16 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/11/20/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/feedback-of-conditional-updates-in-postgresql">Feedback Of Conditional Updates In PostgreSQL</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/10/29/new-post-on.html Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:21:36 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/10/29/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/slow-nats-go-subscribers">Slow NATS Go Subscribers</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/10/26/new-post-on.html Sat, 26 Oct 2024 08:00:23 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/10/26/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/psql-techniques">psql Techniques</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/10/08/new-post-on.html Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:00:22 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/10/08/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/exporting-a-query-as-a-csv-file-from-postgresql">Exporting a Query as a CSV File From PostgreSQL</a></p> https://lmika.org/2024/09/23/new-post-on.html Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:53:21 +1000 http://lmika.micro.blog/2024/09/23/new-post-on.html <p>🧑‍💻 New post on TIL Computer: <a href="https://til.computer/posts/htmx-and-post-redirects">HTMX And POST Redirects</a></p>