afconvert to convert sounds file on macOS with the cli #til

#AJAA le nom autochtone de Montréal (au Québec, pas dans le Gers) est : Tiohtià:ke. #TIL #Linguistique

#TIL #Marx's "Das Kapital" has first been translated in French, that translation has then been reused to contextualize ideas in the English translation. That probably explains some geopolitical dynamics of our time.

#TIL 加拿大有两座peak叫 Unnecessary Mountain，一座在Vancouver， 另一座在Alberta.

OK, well #TIL that #CSIRO has cancelled #DoubleHelix and #Cosmos magazines.

https://doublehelixshop.csiro.au/

Not with any runway either, just "BTW lol next month is your last kthxbai".

#TIL silver vine is the East Asian version of catnip, in terms of the effects it has on cats

#TIL bis
#wikifact

#TIL Outbreaks of poisoning have been associated with cooking kidney beans in slow cookers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaseolus_vulgaris

#TIL "Each #measles patient must be isolated in their own negative-pressure room to ensure infection doesn’t spread throughout the building. Most hospitals have one negative-pressure room"

Source: McLeans magazine
https://macleans.ca/society/health/measles-is-just-the-start/

Three good things:
-> TIL I learned that the best way to finish moving into a new home (in my case, hang the artwork after nearly a month) is to schedule having a houseguest over in a few days. Impetus achieved, and autistic inertia overcome!
-> TIL I also learned that the fire alarm works VERY WELL in my apartment complex. I now know what to expect. Glad to see it has the flashing and the klaxons. But poor Belle (my kitty) really was scared and hid under the blanket on the bed for protection. 😻
-> I graduated on my hearing aids to no longer need the "pig tails" that better hold the receivers in your ears. Training wheels are off! 📣

@3goodthings@a.gup.pe @3goodthings@fedigroups.social #3GoodThings #ThingsToBeThankfulFor #TIL

#TIL if you want to play around with async code in #python, you can start a REPL with:

$ python3 -m asyncio

Then you can do things like:

>>> response = await http_client.get(url)

Useful if you just want to test things out quickly.

#TIL #StarTrek

TIL that this guy is THIS guy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621008/?ref_=tt_cst_t_4

#TIL ZIP files can use MP3 and JPEG compression.

Wonder how good software support is for that :)

Also, how does that even work, given MP3 is lossy??

https://pkwaredownloads.blob.core.windows.net/pem/APPNOTE.txt

#TIL www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xtJ...

「科学・化学」都读kagaku，日本人怎么区分？_哔哩哔哩_...

Paintbrushes for #Ukraine 's heritage graphic art Petrykivka are traditionally made from cat hair.

#TIL

TIL that New York City has a higher population than all but 12 states

https://lemmy.world/post/30059210

#til Verhinderungspflege

#TIL #Git config files have a section `[includeIf "…"]` which I’ve been using to include extra stuff in my work repos, using `[includeIf "gitdir: some-work-path"]`. The thing that was new to me is that another condition Git can check here is OS! `[includeIf "os:macos"]` lets me easily use #Kaleidoscope to resolve merge conflicts on my Mac!

#til #avuiheaprès L''optim de Pareto: Aquella situació a on ja no seria posible beneficiar la situació econòmica d'una persona sense perjudicar a una altre.

Actualment, els rendistes es beneficien dels llogaters.
Els okupes es beneficien dels rendistes.
L'empresariat es beneficia de l'excés d'operaris.
Els oligopolis bancaris dels seus usuaris.

Hi ha massa exemples d'actors econòmics que parasiten l'economia sense aportar valor afegit.
https://economipedia.com/definiciones/optimo-de-pareto.html

#TIL that in southern Italy, people have never quit making garum, the fish sauce of the Roman Empire. The modern product is called colatura di alici.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colatura_di_alici

#cooking #food #italian