TIL - Today I Learned

[mevinyavin]

IBM apparently stands for International Business Machines.

[yfr bachur]

IBM apparently stands for International Business Machines.

 

YOU didn't know that!!??

[mevinyavin]

YOU didn't know that!!??

Um... no?
It is a truism that in order to know something, you need to first be told or see that information. Where, exactly, is it posted all over? Would I read a deep-dive into IBM's history? No. I focus on information that I will find practical. I fail to understand your surprise at all.

[jj1000]

Um... no?
It is a truism that in order to know something, you need to first be told or see that information. Where, exactly, is it posted all over? Would I read a deep-dive into IBM's history? No. I focus on information that I will find practical. I fail to understand your surprise at all.

Agreed 100%

@yfr bachur

How many can you spell out without Google:

H&M
CVS
AT&T
GEICO
INTERPOL
NASA
A&W
BMW
ESPN
H&R Block
HSBC
JBL
L. L. Bean
M&M
NERF
YAHOO

[Sam 77]

Agreed 100%

@yfr bachur

How many can you spell out without Google:

H&M
CVS
AT&T
GEICO
INTERPOL
NASA
A&W
BMW
ESPN
H&R Block
HSBC
JBL
L. L. Bean
M&M
NERF
YAHOO

Only NASA national aviation and space administration

[HudZ]

DDF = Dan'sDeals Forums.

You're welcome.

[yuneeq]

Um... no?
It is a truism that in order to know something, you need to first be told or see that information. Where, exactly, is it posted all over? Would I read a deep-dive into IBM's history? No. I focus on information that I will find practical. I fail to understand your surprise at all.

It is pretty surprising that you never came across it, even by accident. I must’ve seen it hundreds of times. Speaking of history, IBM isn’t worth ignoring - they happily assisted the Nazis with the mass killing of Jews during the Holocaust.

[mevinyavin]

It is pretty surprising that you never came across it, even by accident. I must’ve seen it hundreds of times. Speaking of history, IBM isn’t worth ignoring - they happily assisted the Nazis with the mass killing of Jews during the Holocaust.

I am aware that they assisted the Nazis during the holocaust. It comes up in Holocaust stories, which I do find worthwhile reading. But I have nothing to do with IBM as a company being that they haven't manufactured computers in some time.

[yfr bachur]

Agreed 100%

@yfr bachur

How many can you spell out without Google:

H&M
CVS
AT&T - American Telegraph and telephone?
GEICO - Govt Employees Insurance CO
INTERPOL - isnt this just a compound word International Police?
NASA as previoiusly posted
A&W
BMW
ESPN Enertainment and Sports network
H&R Block
HSBC ? Shanghai Banking Co
JBL
L. L. Bean
M&M
NERF
YAHOO

The point was that particular poster, with that particular company.
Who actually were just about the first COMPUTER (machine that computes) co in the world.
I've know what it stands for, for decades.

[mevinyavin]

Rabbi Berkovits was talking about the tokef of minhagim. He said the minhag is to make shehakol on chocolate even though it really should be haetz. However, he added that this is only because shehakol works on chocolate like it works bedieved on all food. In a situation where you are making a haetz on something that would cover the chocolate, you can't also make shehakol on the chocolate...

[AsherO]

Rabbi Berkovits was talking about the tokef of minhagim. He said the minhag is to make shehakol on chocolate even though it really should be haetz. However, he added that this is only because shehakol works on chocolate like it works bedieved on all food. In a situation where you are making a haetz on something that would cover the chocolate, you can't also make shehakol on the chocolate...

Why would you make ha-etz if it doesn’t look anything like the original fruit? Especially when you consider the fillers in mass-produced chocolate.

ETA: Apparently the shape is less relevent if the regular consumption is in a way that loses its shape. The fillers are still a question.

Found a nice PDF on the topic: https://rabbimanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Chocolate-Raisins-and-Berachot.pdf

[username]

Rabbi Berkovits was talking about the tokef of minhagim. He said the minhag is to make shehakol on chocolate even though it really should be haetz. However, he added that this is only because shehakol works on chocolate like it works bedieved on all food. In a situation where you are making a haetz on something that would cover the chocolate, you can't also make shehakol on the chocolate...

Rav Moshe disagrees.
Igros Moshe OC3:31


ETA- I see that @AsherO 's link brings down that teshuva.

[mevinyavin]

Rav Moshe disagrees.
Igros Moshe OC3:31


ETA- I see that @AsherO 's link brings down that teshuva.

What aspect are you referring to when you say Rav Moshe disagrees?

[yungermanchik]

What aspect are you referring to when you say Rav Moshe disagrees?

That if you would eat it with a vadai hoaitz, you wouldn't make a shehakol.

[mevinyavin]

That if you would eat it with a vadai hoaitz, you wouldn't make a shehakol.

I concede that this was what I wrote that RYB said, but what he really said was that a baal nefesh would not eat the chocolate having made a vadai haeitz, or would eat a vadai shehakol to cover it, rather than making shehakol on the chocolate outright having made a haeitz. I think.

[mevinyavin]

I concede that this was what I wrote that RYB said, but what he really said was that a baal nefesh would not eat the chocolate having made a vadai haeitz, or would eat a vadai shehakol to cover it, rather than making shehakol on the chocolate outright having made a haeitz. I think.

A bit more on this.
I have a personal tendency - a bad one, when it comes to halacha - to come to a lemaase on something and state it bluntly, often out of context and therefore inaccurately. The above was one of those, and I apologize for the possible pegia in Rabbi Berkovits's reputation. (Fwiw, I used his wording - can't make a shehakol - but didn't explain the context, which is that a baal nefesh really shouldn't due to the possibility that the haetz really covered the chocolate according to some.)

[Essen est zich]

TIL. Not me per say. But hopefully someone learned something from shvere shtus today.

https://x.com/shevereshtus/status/1825296625948045819

[Essen est zich]

TIL. Not me per say. But hopefully someone learned something from shvere shtus today.

https://x.com/shevereshtus/status/1825296625948045819

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1825296625948045819.html

[Chilla]

Meh.

Ain lidavar sof.

But A for effort.

@imayid2 , what do you think would be an effective response, if any?

[Definitions2]

In my limited online experience I find that the people that bring these quotes always end up going to how Jewish people own banks, governments, and media. Illuminati stuff.
Then depending on their religious beliefs it can get a bit more retarded.

The first thing that I always want to ask is why do some Jews look and act like so and others don't?

Then we can discuss each groups beliefs or non beliefs. And the people you don't like where do they fall on that spectrum?