c/mildlyinteresting · by gaussian_distro@iusearchlinux.fyi · 3yMy cheap unbranded lamp has a red flashing mode. Just figured out it's flashing SOS in moerse code. 117 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world
12 Comments
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
That's Mörse
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 3y
Excellently mild. Thank you for the fine business.
r00ty@kbin.life · 1 pts · 3y
FB OM.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one · 6 pts · 3y
I have a flashlight with a mode that does the same, and I had it for two years before I noticed.
mateomaui@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 3y
more and more a standard feature. I have cheap USB rechargeable light bulbs for tent camping without the danger of flames, and they also have an SOS mode.
darq@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
As a South African, that typo is moerse funny.
Rouxibeau@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Eli5 how being SA is relevant.
darq@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
In Afrikaans that word is used to add emphasis, like "damn" funny. A bit impolite, but pretty common.
mateomaui@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 3y
I think it’s because the translation is “huge” or something.
gaussian_distro@iusearchlinux.fyi · 1 pts · 2y
Damn SwiftKey!
fubo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
That's so you can set it in the window if you need rescuing.
highduc@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
At first I read that domain name as "I u search linux" and I was very confused.