Try to keep it practical (like something that would be fairly doable, you just havent gotten around to it…yet)

There are apps that you can input text into and they can replace the characters in each word incrementally to help learn them. Wanna get into that

  • holymole@lemmy.ca
    2·
    15 hours ago

    Pretty much how to do any task without electricity or a device that depends on it. It can be really useful to know how people did every day stuff 200 years ago.

    Do you know how to do your laundry without a machine? Use a map? Send mail via post?

  • greenbelt@lemy.lol
    2·
    14 hours ago

    The first 100 digits of pi lol. On a more serious note, it is very useful to remember how you should react to certain comments you know others will make in the future.

  • Hadriscus@jlai.lu
    3·
    19 hours ago

    Fa Do Sol Ré La Mi Si
    (F…C…G…D…A…E…B)

    this is the order in which sharps go. Gives you the tonality of a given song. Let’s say the song takes 4 sharps- take the last one (Ré/D), add a half-tone to it (Mi/E), there it is, your song is in E major

    It works with flats as well, in the reverse order (Si Mi La Ré Sol Do Fa). Take the next-to-last flat, that is your tonality.

  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
    10·
    1 day ago

    The standardized NATO phonetic alphabet

    …for when you need to read alpha numeric codes or clarify spellings.

    Especially with, how, inexplicably, phone connections seem to have gotten more garbly in recent years.

    This code was invented to be reasonably understood as much as possible in less-than-ideal communication conditions.

    As time goes on, civilian life is full of situations where you’ll need to read off serial numbers, codes, or even spelling your own name, to somebody seemingly connected to you from a million miles away via coconuts and twine.

    So, learn it, and you never need to go “M as in…uh…‘Mancy’?” ever again! Your IT department might thank you.

    …and let’s be honest, it sounds kinda cool. :)

    • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      I agree that this has been very useful for me. Initially taught it to myself when I was working in IT, and it has come in handy a lot.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 day ago

      More garbly? That’s those hosers using built in laptop microphones or speakerphones. Terrible.

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
        2·
        18 hours ago

        Oh definitely! If there’s one thing I’m done with, it’s people calling on speakerphone while their phone is like, seemingly, in their gym bag in the trunk LOL.

        Like bro, you’re not Jack Bauer and I’m not your handler, it can wait until you’re done going 75 on the freeway.

        Maybe my work’s phone network service is just awful, even landline to landline, but yeah, for how much faster data connections have gotten, I feel like I got clearer voice quality on my cordless Vtech in 2004 LOL.

        Maybe it’s me and I should get my hearing checked. 😅

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      19 hours ago

      First names still haven’t let me down to this date, and I’ve done phone work in the past.

  • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    The general knowledge of prefixes, suffixes and sentence structure of the language families/subgroups, in order to better grasp a basic understanding of a common language when I encounter it, and be more respective - for example knowing when to use -kun, Fraulein, señora, and courteous actions native to the locale

    • bob_lemon@feddit.org
      10·
      3 days ago

      knowing when to use […] Fräulein

      That’s an easy one: never.

      It’s outdated and no longer used as a title. And mildly derogatory as a standalone word.

      At least in Germany. Not sure about Austria or Switzerland, tbh, they might well be more traditional about it.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
    4·
    3 days ago

    Keeping it practical, I’d like to know the basics about every regionally important city in the world. Capitals should be easy, I probably have most of them down already, and I have a few ideas about how to compile a list of the rest.

  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
    30·
    3 days ago

    If you’re involved in any kind of protest, the phone number of a lawyer. Hell, generalize this. Make sure you memorize numbers of at least the first few of your emergency contacts. You never know when you will be separated from your phone.

    • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      You know, you are allowed to cheat in this test. Just write those numbers on your arm with a permanent marker or whatever. Get a fake tattoo, if you want.

      • pleasestopasking@reddthat.com
        2·
        20 hours ago

        Good to know a few phone numbers even if you aren’t at a protest, though. Everyone should memorize the phone number of at least one partner/family member/friend who lives local to them in case of an emergency. Lawyer is a bonus.

      • tuck182@lemmy.world
        8·
        18 hours ago

        The important thing is not to complete the circuit near a battery, since it can cause sparks which can ignite the flammable vapors that batteries tend to emit when discharging. This is especially important near the dead battery, which has potentially been discharging quite a lot recently.

        So the usual sequence is:

        1. Dead positive
        2. Live positive
        3. Live negative
        4. Dead ground (to the metal chassis, ideally not right next to the battery)

        I usually start by clipping the dead negative cable to something non-conductive to keep it out of the way and then move it to ground as the last step.

          • tuck182@lemmy.world
            2·
            18 hours ago

            I wouldn’t clip onto a hose, but maybe some plastic flashing or a plastic bracket. Most cars have something near the battery that would work. It’s not essential; just can make it a little easier.

  • Mighty@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Basically any song on guitar that I like. I can sing the entire song back to front, but I can’t for the life of me remember the chord sequences. And I’ve been playing for many years.