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    1. Sam Harris speaks with Barton Gellman about election integrity and the safeguarding of American democracy. They discuss the war games he's run to test our response to an authoritarian president, using federal troops against American citizens, the difference between laws and norms, state powers to resist the federal government, voter identification and election integrity, political control over election certifications, the Bush-Gore election, the Electoral Count Reform Act, the prospect of public unrest after the November election, January 6th, George Soros, the "good people on both sides" calumny against Trump, what happens to Trump and Trumpism if Harris wins in November, the presidential debate with Harris, the authoritarian potential of a second Trump term, Project 2025, and other topics.

      Stress Testing Our Democracy: A Conversation with Barton Gellman<br /> Episode 384 of Sam Harris podcast<br /> https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/384-stress-testing-our-democracy

      Suggested by Flancian at FoTL

  2. Sep 2024
    1. The study looked at over 550,000 articles, which contained over 2.2 million links to external websites. It found that 72 percent of those links were “deep,” or pointing to a specific page rather than a general website. Predictably, it found that, as time went on, links were more likely to be dead: 6 percent of links in 2018 articles were inaccessible, while a whopping 72 percent of links from 1998 were dead.

      for - stats - link rot - digital decay study - NY Times - 550,000 articles - 2.2 million links - 6% dead in 2018 articles - 72% dead in 1998 articles.

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      DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06681-6

      Resource: RRID:BDSC_48050

      Curator: @maulamb

      SciCrunch record: RRID:BDSC_48050


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    1. human-modified ecosystems, we systematically analysed six critical NCP at local scales

      for - stats - earth system boundary - biodiversity - human modified ecosystems - 6 critical Nature's Contribution to People at local scales

      stats - earth system boundary - biodiversity - human modified ecosystems - 6 critical Nature's Contribution to People at local scales - pollination pest and disease control - water-quality regulation - soil protection - natural hazards mitigation - recreation

  3. Aug 2024
    1. for - food system transition - 2022 paper - 6 case studies

      Summary - This paper gives a good complexity-based framework for characterising for system transition - It could be useful for facilitation of participatory community futures workshops - such as Stop Reset Go workshops

    1. Smith-Corona Series 5 and 6 typewriters had a small piece of rubber around a portion of the escapement which can wear out or become damaged. This in turn causes the escapement to not work properly and cause the dogs to get jammed resulting in large movements of the carriage while typing or spacing.

      Joe Van Cleave calls it the "return silencer" and replaced his by tracing out the damaged piece on a sheet of 1/32" rubber and cutting it out as a replacement.

      Duane at Phoenix typewriter describes replacing it with rubber tubing (possibly something like heat shrink?) instead. See: https://hypothes.is/a/tG4BWk77Ee-jczsjoM8SzA

  4. Jul 2024
    1. P{y[+ t7.7] v[+ t1.8] = TRiP.HMS00551}attP2 (UAS-Ref(2)P-RNAi HMS00551)

      DOI: 10.1186/s13104-021-05462-6

      Resource: Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (RRID:SCR_006457)

      Curator: @mpairish

      SciCrunch record: RRID:SCR_006457


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    1. SCM Electric Typewriters by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

      Tips for cleaning the Smith-Corona 6 series electric typewriters and details about how they work.

      S-C also made this series of typewriter for both Sears and Singer under their branding. (including the Singer Electric in this video.)

      The belts on the electric motor and cams was originally a rubber 'V' belt which is no longer manufactured. Using 1/8" round cross-section o-rings of appropriate sizes (for water cannister applications) is the recommended replacement, however one may need to slightly move the drive motor down a bit so that the belt doesn't hit the frame of the typewriter and thereby destroying it over time.

      Cleaning and lubricating the drive motors and moving pieces before using may help before trying out a typewriter which has been sitting for long periods of time.

      Some later models had an electric return, which can tend to be violent. Electro 220 and Coronet Automatic 12 have an additional clutch and draw band (and lack of return lever on the carriage) for their electric returns.

  5. Jun 2024
    1. suppose that GPT 4 training took 3 months in 2027 a leading AI lab will be able to train a GPT 4 00:18:19 level model in a minute

      for - stat - AI evolution - prediction 2027 - training time - 6 OOM decrease

      stat - AI evolution - prediction 2027 - training time - 6 OOM decrease - today it takes 3 months to train GPT 4 - in 2027, it will take 1 minute - That is, 131,400 minutes vs 1 minute, or - 6 OOM

    1. le chef d'établissement est également garant d'un dialogue social constructif avec les usagers d'une part les associations de parents d'élèves participent aux différentes instances collégiales des établissements publics 00:26:06 des établissement scolair et le code deéducation leur consacre une sous-section spéciale à l'article D 111-6 et suivant le code précise que les associations parents d'élèves doivent 00:26:18 avoir pour objet la défense des intérêts moraux et matériel commun aux parents d'élèves dans le cadre de leur mission les associations bénéficient d'un certain nombre de faité matérielle elles aussi et logistique que le chef 00:26:31 d'établissement doit permettre une boîte aux lettres des tableaux d'affichage et puis l'autorisation le cas échéant de réunion ponctuell peut-être parfois de du matériel informatique
  6. Mar 2024
    1. Une information sur les risques liés au harcèlement scolaire, notamment au cyberharcèlement, est délivrée chaque année aux élèves et parents d'élèves.
    2. prennent les mesures appropriées visant à lutter contre le harcèlement dans le cadre scolaire
    3. Aucun élève ou étudiant ne doit subir de faits de harcèlement
  7. Feb 2024
    1. The volunteer ‘Readers’ were instructed to write out the words andsentences on small 4 x 6-inch pieces of paper, known as ‘slips’.

      Volunteer 'Readers' for the Oxford English Dictionary were encouraged to write down interesting headwords along with their appearances in-situ along with the associated bibliographical information. The recommended paper size was 4 x 6-inch pieces of paper which were commonly called 'slips'.

      (Double check this against the historical requests from James Murray.)

  8. Jan 2024
    1. it doesn't matter how good it is they just refuse to look at it you know i had argument daniel dennett two three years ago we were at a conference and and i said you know what about a public debate

      for - adjacency - Rupert Sheldrake - Daniel Dennett - Michael Levin

      adjacency - between - Rupert Sheldrake - Daniel Dennett - Michael Levin - adjacency statement - 6 degrees of separation between - Rupert Sheldrake - Daniel Dennett - Michael Levin - Rupert met Daniel and challenged him to a debate, which Daniel flatly refused. - Daniel has coauthored paper with Michael Levin - Michael's ideas adopted from William James's definition of intelligence parallels Sheldrake's ideas of future to past trajectory of mental causation

    1. l'article 6 de la Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen rédigé le 26 00:05:06 août 1789 place le mérite au cœur de l'organisation sociale tous les citoyens étant égaux à ses yeux sont également admissibles à toute dignité place et emploi public selon leur capacité et 00:05:19 sans autre distinction que celle de leur vertuus et de leurs talents
  9. Dec 2023
    1. Avery Templates for 4 x 6" products:

      • Avery 8386 postcards 2 per sheet (template compatibility 5889)
      • Avery 5292 Shipping Labels 1 per Sheet White (template compatibility 5454, 5614)
      • Avery 5454 Print or Write Multi-Use Labels 6" x 4" 1 per Sheet White (template compatibility 5292, 5614)
      • Avery 5389 Postcards 4" x 6" 2 per Sheet White (template compatibility 15389)
  10. Nov 2023
    1. As to the mechanics of research, I take notes on four-by-six indexcards, reminding myself about once an hour of a rule I read long agoin a research manual, “Never write on the back of anything.”

      Barbara Tuchman took her notes on four-by-six inch index cards.

      She repeated the oft-advised mantra to only write on one side of a sheet.


      What manual did she read this in? She specifically puts quotes on "Never write on the back of anything." so perhaps it might be something that could be tracked down?

      Who was the earliest version of this quote? And was it always towards the idea of cutting up slips or pages and not wanting to lose material on the back? or did it also (later? when?) include ease-of-use and user interface features even when not cutting things up?

      At what point did double sided become a thing for personal printed materials? Certainly out of a duty to minimize materials, but it also needed the ability to duplex print pages or photocopy them that way.

  11. Oct 2023
    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmita

      During shmita, the land is left to lie fallow and all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden by halakha (Jewish law).

      The sabbath year (shmita; Hebrew: שמיטה, literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or shǝvi'it (שביעית‎, literally "seventh"), or "Sabbath of The Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observed in Judaism.

    1. When the ark of the covenant was returned to Israel, the people of Beth-shemesh set up a large stone upon which they offered burnt offerings and presented sacrifices to Yahweh (1 Samuel 6:14–15).
  12. Sep 2023
    1. Theexercisesthatfollow havebeengroupedinthethreecategories already explained.Whereatransposing instrumenthasbeenrequired,thegivenopeningisprintedhereasthepartwouldbewrittenforthatinstrument;i.e.theopeningmaterialisnotatconcertpitch,butalreadyinthetransposedkey.Exercises6d,6hand6nareexamplesof thismethodwhichisdifferentfromthelayoutinMusic TheoryinPractice,Grade5,SectionI.Inwriting yourmelodiestrytoremember:1)towriteinastylethatwill suitthegivenopening;2)tokeep withinthecompassofthegiveninstrumentandtowrite idiomatically, tryingtoimaginehowthemusicwillsoundinperformance;3)toplanthestructureofyourmelody,dependingonwhatisasked(itcanbehelpfultosketchintheprincipalcadences andmodulationsbefore tryingtowrite anypartofyourcontinuation-alterationsoradjustmentscanbemadelater,ifnecessary);4)toincludenon-harmonynotes,whichwillhelpyourmelodytoflowiftheyaresuitableand well-placed;5) to consider the harmonic implications of your melodic line;6) to consider the overall shape, balance and direction of your completed melody;

      Exercises are per category. Instructions are given on how to approach melody writing. This is followed by actual exercises for the student to complete.

  13. Aug 2023
    1. https://www.lochby.com/collections/frontpage/products/venture-pouch<br /> Lochby Venture Pouch<br /> $44.00

      Acquired one of these in early 2023 on sale?

      several internal sections including for pens. <br /> will easily fit a handful or so of 4 x 6" index cards for quick travel