This Week I Learned - Week #33 2021
This Week I Learned -
* To show a date in a country specific format as a string, use toLocaleDateString() & toLocaleString() methods of the Date object and specify locale -
var n = new Date();
n.toLocaleDateString("en-CA"); //2021-08-16
n.toLocaleString("en-IN"); // 16/8/2021, 9:18:46 pm
* Google Sheets API v3 was turned off on August 2, 2021. Apps based on the Google Sheets API v3 have to migrate to Google Sheets API v4.
* Azure NetApp Files can be used while migrating/ setting up Enterprise File Shares on cloud. With Azure NetApp Files, demanding file workloads such as databases, SAP, virtual desktop infrastructure, and high-performance computing applications can be moved to Azure without changing the architecture or the applications.
* When deploying legacy .NET Framework applications you have to target Windows Server Core, compatible with legacy apps and IIS, but it has a larger image. When deploying .NET 5 applications, you can target Windows Nano Server, which is cloud optimized, uses Kestrel and is smaller and starts faster.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/net-core-net-framework-containers/net-container-os-targets
* Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services connectivity for Azure SQL Data Warehouse lets you streamline data transformations and rapidly move data from any SaaS application, database, or big data source into Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
* First coined in 2010 by then GE Engineer Dave McCrory, data gravity describes the effect that as data accumulates, there is a higher likelihood that additional services and applications will be attracted to the data, essentially having the same effect gravity has on objects around a planet. Data gravity is essentially a metaphor referring to the concept that data remains where it is and applications and services (and even more data) are attracted to and use that data.
* Software engineering is programming over time
* A small release is easier to manage. A small release is easier to revert. A small release is easier to understand. Keep shipping.
* TOGAF versions 1 to 7 were IT architecture frameworks, focused on rationalizing a messy estate of infrastructure technologies. But version 8 shifted its focus to business, data and applications architectures. Version 9 was generalized for use at three levels: enterprise/strategic architecture, segment architecture and capability/solution architecture.
* Any problem that is solved today with heuristics, or human expertise gained through long human experience, can potentially be assisted with ML techniques.
* If you don't apply information you learn, you'll forget 75% of it after just six days. - HBR
* Urdu, the official language of Pakistan is the primary language of only 7% of its population while Punjabi language is the first language of 38.78% of Pakistan's population.
* Brahvi language spoken by the Baloch from Zabul province is similar to Dravidian languages like Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
* The NATO phonetic alphabet system: ALPHA — BRAVO — CHARLIE — DELTA — ECHO — FOXTROT — GOLF — HOTEL — INDIA — JULIET — KILO — LIMA — MIKE — NOVEMBER — OSCAR — PAPA — QUEBEC — ROMEO — SIERRA — TANGO — UNIFORM — VICTOR — WHISKEY — XRAY — YANKEE — ZULU. Tango Uniform – Toes Up, means killed or destroyed or defective equipment. Tango Yankee – Thank You.
* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is based on journalist Kim Barker's book "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan" in which recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
* "Opening your mouth when getting mortared" means to keep ones mouth open in the event of a bomb, grenade or other explosion. Explosions create waves of increased pressure, followed by negative pressure, which can be extremely damaging to ears and internal organs. Keeping ones mouth open is said to equalize pressure, therefore reducing internal damage.
* Indian emigrants or Muhajirs make up 7.6% of Pakistan's population
* The Netherlands United East India Company, or Voc, was the world's first multinational corporation. And just as corporations today seek to monopolise plant genes in the developing world, the Voc set about seizing total control of spice production in the 1600s. - BBC
* Bombay was taken by the Portuguese in 1534, who held the city until the British East India Company took control of the port in 1661. Whereas the Portuguese had used Bombay as a trade outpost in India, the East India Company chose instead to invest company funds in developing the city.
* Potti Sreeramulu undertook three fasts, during 1946-1948, in support of Dalit (a heterogenous group of oppressed Hindu castes then referred to by Gandhi and his supporters by the contentious, though well intentioned, term Harijan) rights to enter holy places, such as the temples of Nellore. He fasted in support of Dalit entry rights to the Venu Gopala Swamy Temple in Moolapeta, Nellore, rights which were eventually secured. He again fasted to receive favourable orders, passed by the Madras government, to further uplift the Dalit community. During the last stages of his life, Sreeramulu stayed in Nellore and worked for Dalit upliftment, walking the city with slogan placards calling for Dalit upliftment, barefoot and with no umbrella against the sun. Some locals thought him insane, and he was chastised by the upper-castes and his own Komati community for his solidarity with the Dalit cause. Commenting on Sreeramulu's dedication and fasting ability, Mahatma Gandhi once said, "If only I have eleven more followers like Sreeramulu I will win freedom from British rule in a year." Starting from 19th October 1952, he again undertook a hunger strike for 58 days in support of having separate state for Andhra Pradesh and died in the process. On 19 December 1952, Prime Minister Nehru announced that a separate Andhra state would be formed, three days after the death of Potti Sreeramulu. On 1st October 1953, the Telugu speaking Andhra State was established with its capital in Kurnool.
* The modern boundaries of Odisha were demarcated by the British Indian government when Orissa Province was established on 1 April 1936, consisting of the Odia-speaking districts of Bihar and Orissa Province.
* Odissi is the oldest surviving dance form in India on the basis of archaeological evidence. Odissi has a long, unbroken tradition of 2,000 years, and finds mention in the Natyashastra of Bharatamuni, possibly written c. 200 BC.
* Atreyapuram is the hub of the popular sweet, Putha Rekulu
* The Maharaja Mac is the Indian variant of McDonald’s globally popular Big Mac burger. In India, the two succulent beef patties are replaced by chicken or vegetable cutlet, with oodles of cheese, iceberg lettuce, onions and a premium sauce. the Big Mac Index is a tongue-in-cheek guide on whether a currency is at its right level. It was introduced by the Economist magazine in 1956. The index is based on the notion that ultimately, the exchange rate should move towards a point that would equalise the price of an identical basket of goods in any two countries. According to the findings of the RBI, in terms of buying a McDonald’s Maharaja Mac, India was the fourth largest economy in the world behind China, the US and Japan.
* Pigeons have served key roles as food, pets, holy animals, post carriers, and more for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians kept vast quantities of them, and would sacrifice tens of thousands at a time for ritual purposes. Pigeon breeders sometimes suffer from an ailment known as bird fancier's lung or pigeon lung. A form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pigeon lung is caused by the inhalation of the avian proteins found in feathers and dung. Other pigeon related pathogens causing lung disease are Chlamydophila psittaci (which causes psittacosis), Histoplasma capsulatum (which causes histoplasmosis) and Cryptococcus neoformans), which causes cryptococcosis.
* Dogs are considered sacred in the Zoroastrian religion.
* The view on dogs in Islam is mixed, with some schools of thought viewing them as unclean
* Judaism does not permit the neglect or abuse of any living animal. Jewish law requires Jews to feed dogs (and other animals that they own) before they feed themselves and it also requires them to make arrangements for feeding them before they obtain them.
* The smells of natural gas and Liquefied petroleum gas are not natural as they are odorless. A clear liquid with a distinct odor is added to it so that we can smell gas leaks. - from the internet
* Climate change exacerbates the factors that create perfect fire conditions. Lower precipitation and warmer air temperatures dry the forests and other vegetation. Add strong winds and decades of fire suppression into the mix and you have a dangerous recipe for wildfire. Human-influenced climate change is altering our ecosystems in ways that are totally new and really, really fast.
* The unit for absorbed ionizing radiation dose is "sievert" (Sv), and measures the effect a dose of radiation will have on the cells of the body. One sievert (all at once) will make you sick, and too many more will kill you, but we safely absorb small amounts of natural radiation daily. The same number of sieverts absorbed in a shorter time will generally cause more damage, but your cumulative long-term dose plays a big role in things like cancer risk. Maximum yearly dose permitted for US radiation workers (50 mSv)
* Prior to creating Star Trek and working in television, Gene Roddenberry was a decorated WWII pilot, a plane-crash investigator, and an LA cop. He survived three plane crashes.
* John Chapman (1774–1845), better known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia. He became an American legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples.
* Gavin Aung Than, a freelance cartoonist based in Melbourne, Australia launched Zen Pencils, a cartoon blog which adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories, in 2012. His drawings are also available through books like Zen Pencils--Creative Struggle: Illustrated Advice from Masters of Creativity
* In their 1960s heyday, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera were delivering six hours of cartoons and live action programmes to US TV stations every week. Hanna-Barbera cartoons wore ties or collars. Having a separation between the head and the rest of the body allowed animators to re-draw only the character's face in each frame & save time. They pioneered the technique of "planned animation" (also known as limited animation), which featured minimal movement and frequent recycling of backgrounds. - BBC
* The Flintstones was the longest-running animated series to be shown on primetime TV until the Simpsons broke the record.
* Allyson Felix is an American track and field sprinter. When Allyson Felix got pregnant, Nike offered her 70% less on her contract and told her "Know your place and just run". So she quit working with Nike and started her own brand of running shoes Saysh with a slogan "I know my place". Allyson won her eleventh Olympic medal in the Tokyo Olympics. This eleventh Olympic medal broke Felix's tie with Carl Lewis and officially established her as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history
* "A goal without a plan is just a wish" - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer and poet
* "The world needs more rationality and less rationalizing. Rationalizing is searching for justifications after you've reached an opinion or decision. Rationality is seeking the best logic and data before you commit—and staying open to changing your mind." - Adam Grant
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