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- 1Parrot Launches Open-Source Smart Meeting Recorder for Mac●Show HN: Parrot – Open-Source Smart Meeting Recorder with Co-Pilot on Mac
A new open-source tool called Parrot is being introduced for Mac users, offering smart meeting recording with an AI co-pilot feature. The project is available via its website, openparrot.app. Early attention is coming from the developer and tech community, where open-source alternatives to commercial meeting transcription tools typically draw interest over privacy, customisation, and cost.
- 2Croky chips brand traces its origins to a family parrot●Het merk Croky zag het levenslicht in 1966 in Nieuwkerke, toen de West-Vlaamse familie van hoteluitbaters Huyghe op het
The Croky chips brand was founded in 1966 in Nieuwkerke, West Flanders, when the Huyghe family, who ran a hotel, decided to start selling crisps. They named the company in tribute to their parrot, which had just died, and the bird became the brand's mascot. The story is being shared as a piece of Belgian brand trivia.
- 3'Saving the parrot's chocolate': the idiom for petty cutbacks●«Ahorrarse el chocolate del loro» es recortar un gasto insignificante y dejar intactos los grandes. Según la historia po
The Spanish expression "ahorrarse el chocolate del loro" describes cutting an insignificant expense while leaving major costs untouched. Popular tradition traces it to an impoverished family that cut the pet parrot's daily portion of chocolate to save money, a saving the household budget barely noticed. The irony, often noted, is that chocolate can be toxic to birds, so the cut may even have helped the parrot. People use the phrase to mock token austerity.