A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Of course I am going to resurrect my podcast episode about Celebrating Passover and Easter. Maybe a bit late for tonight's seder, but plenty of time for a little didactic baking next week.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/passover/
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I really enjoy using #loopback from @RogueAmoeba for more complex things, but I cannot seem to fathom the simplest thing. If I'm on a straightforward Zoom call using an outboard mic though a USB mixer, how can I get my mic into my headphones with zero latency?
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@antonzuiker That would be really helpful.
, Mar 25 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas sorry for delay in checking Zoom settings. I vaguely recall a way to use Loopback + Audio Hijack + Soundsource + Zoom, but for the last year I've been using the director monitor feature on the Focusrite Solo & having Zoom use the Solo in/out.
, Mar 27 2021 on micro.blog
@antonzuiker OK. I’ll keep looking. My mixer goes into a Behringer USB Codec, which has headphone output. I need to keep fiddling. Rogue Amoeba help isn't much help, alas.
, Mar 27 2021 on micro.blog
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As noted in the latest Eat This Newsletter, the new Plant Humanities Lab website is absolutely terrific, and would be even better with some sort of feed of new items. How about it, @DumbartonOaks ?
https://lab.plant-humanities.org/
I'm not mad keen on subscription services myself, though I do pay for a few because they keep on delivering. Another twist to the story, though: when an app I am happy to pay offers a discount on a new version that my OS won't be able to handle until I get a new machine.
Fine episode of Gravy from @southfoodways, all about horchata. A little disappointed that @rachellaudan didn't bring English barley water into the story. Or if she did, that they cut it.
https://www.southernfoodways.org/gravy/horchata-podcast/
That was a couple of hours well spent, fixing up the PESOS from Instagram to here, via Bibliogram. Of course, it shouldn't have taken nearly that long, but I had to go slowly. And I haven't tested it from the cron job yet, only locally.
Today was a very appropriate day to learn about Grace Murray Hopper in my ongoing attempt to become a better dilettante programmer.
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@jeremycherfas You could brush up your COBOL skills in her honor.
, Mar 08 2021 on micro.blog
@JMaxB If I had any ... Meantime, I am very slowly gaining a theoretical understanding of Python, but I am determined to wait until the end of the course until I start to build anything.
, Mar 08 2021 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas I wonder if anyone is trained in COBOL anymore. It was really big in its day, but that day is long gone. I'd guess that a fair number of ancient systems (probably some important ones) still run on COBOL, and will be in big trouble if they need to find someone to debug their code.
, Mar 08 2021 on micro.blog
@JMaxB I hear that good COBOL people can more or less name their price. For what it’s worth, I did FORTRAN at university long before BASIC tainted me forever. Hey Ho, happy days.
, Mar 08 2021 on micro.blog
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This deserves mention. An industry-funded study that doesn't entirely find what the industry would like. Whole grain oat flakes reduce blood glucose and insulin responses, but thin or instant oats do not. Funded by PepsiCo, owner of Quaker Oats.
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2021/02/industry-funded-study-of-the-week-a-rare-exception-to-the-rule/
TIL “people believed an ice cream named “Frosh” was creamier than an ice cream called “Frish”. Makes me wonder whether whiff might be a better name than Cornish Sole.
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@jeremycherfas I encountered this same issue a while back. I will be at my desk later this morning and can review my settings to see how I solved it.
antonzuiker, Mar 25 2021 on micro.blog