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  1. Dec 2024
  2. Nov 2024
    1. Poverty, by America Book Club DiscussionQuestions
    1. How to Spot Emerging Note Clusters Without Alphanumeric Note Numbering? by [[Ton Zijlstra]] in Interdependent Thoughts

      I recall Bob Doto had a video at some point in which he used the local graph to show relationships to find bunches of notes for potentially writing pieces or articles as indicated in Tons' article.

      One of the biggest issues with digital note taking tools is that they don't make it easy to see and identify chains of notes which might make for articles, chapters, or books.

      Surely there must be some way to calculate neighborhoods of notes from a topological perspective? Perhaps if one imposed a measure on the space to create relative distances of notes?

  3. Oct 2024
    1. This guy learns music creation efficiently, by learning the theory first and really analyzing worked examples (the masters). Positively surprises me. I rarely come across a non-learning expert who intuitively uses proper processes for skill acquisition.

    2. Levels of understanding genres: - 0) No understanding Like the song, never heard anything like it before, but no idea about anything. - 1) Basic Understanding Knowing a bit about the name of the genre and subgenres, but you can be wrong. - 2) Immersion Really dive into subgenres and flavors of the main genre... Also a bit of history about the genre. Research. - 3) Structure Breaking down the structure of the tracks in the genre. For example through DAW. Basically first-principles thinking.

      To level 1: Song Analyzer tools (for example musicstax or AI). The author recommends everynoise.com too to gain a basic understanding of genres.

      To level 2: Find similar songs and artists for your playlists with that genre. Perhaps playlists. Important to understand the origin of the genre.

    1. On October 20, 1949 the Hollywood columnist Erskine Johnson published the tale. This is the earliest instance located by QI:[1] 1949 October 20, Dunkirk Evening Observer, In Hollywood by Erskine Johnson, Page 22, Column 5, Dunkirk, New York. (NewspaperArchive) Groucho Marx’s letter of resignation to the Friars’ Club: “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.”

      https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04/18/groucho-resigns/

      ref: 1949 October 20, Dunkirk Evening Observer, In Hollywood by Erskine Johnson, Page 22, Column 5, Dunkirk, New York. (NewspaperArchive)

  4. Sep 2024
    1. In den usa ist jetzt zum ersten mal die entscheidung gefallen komma ein stillgelegten nuklear reaktor zu reaktivieren punkt die bundesregierung stellt dafür eine kredit garantie von eins komma fünf milliarden dollar und weitere beträge zur verfügung punkt auch der die reaktoren von free mails heilend sollen nach einem dir mit microsoft wieder in betrieb genommen werden punkt der bau der reaktoren du wird vor dem hintergrund von entnahme schnell steigendem energiebedarf auch von demokraten befördert befürwortet punkt trotz scharfer kritik von engine aus die auch die kosten der nuklearer energie ins feld führen

    1. tamal (singular) or tamale from Nahuatl tamalii<br /> tamaladas - tamale making events/parties<br /> tamaleras - people who make tamales

      flour - masa harina<br /> masa preparada - ready made dough<br /> slaked lime (aka "cal")

      alternate names for customized tamal: pasteles, hallacas, humitas

    1. Der kalifornische.Generalstaatsanwalt hat einen Prozess gegen Exxon Mobil angestrengt, weil der Konzern.den Verkauf von nichtwiederverwenbarem Plastik über Jahrzehnte mit Fehlinformationen über Recycling gefördert habe. Die Firma hätte gewusst und bewusst verschwiegen, dass eines ihrer Hauptprodukte erheblich zur Plastik-Verschmutzung beiträgt. NGOs, die Exxon ebenfalls verklagten, begrüßen, dass damit ein Ölkonzern auch wegen der Plastikverschmutzung juristisch zur Rechenschaft gezogen wird, under erwarten weitere Prozesse dieser Art. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/climate/california-exxon-mobil-plastics-pollution-recycling-lawsuit.html

    1. 24:22 klimathema. eltern sind schuld. eltern sind dumm. eltern nicht ernst nehmen.<br /> 25:15 club of rome. der mensch ist das problem. wird heute reduziert auf CO2.<br /> nein, das problem ist die globale übervölkerung. global overpopulation.<br /> wie dumm muss man sein dass man die globale übervölkerung leugnet? ernsthaft?!

      Die größte Schwäche der Spezies Mensch<br /> ist unsere Unfähigkeit zum Verstehen der Exponentialfunktion.<br /> -- Albert Bartlett - The Physics Teacher (1976)

      The greatest shortcoming of the human race<br /> is our inability to understand the exponential function.<br /> -- Albert Bartlett - The Physics Teacher (1976)

    1. This photo of the Louis Vieux Elm Tree was taken by Willard Balderson, Wamego, in 1986. The tree stood 90 feet high with a crown spread of 104 feet, and a trunk circumference of 317 inches. For several years the Louis Vieux Elm Tree held the title of U.S. Champion. The estimated age of the elm tree was 300 years and since 1986 succumbed to age, weather, and disease leaving only a stump. In 2011, even the stump, which the Pottawatomie County Historical Society attempted to save, protect and shelter, was burned down, leaving nothing but a pile of ashes.
    1. Bei der Fernsehdebatte zwischen Harris und Trump bezog sich die letzte Frage darauf, wie sie den „Klimawandel“ bekämpfen wollen. Beide beantworteten sie nicht. Kamala Harris, die zuvor die nationale Öl- und Gasproduktion als sicherheitspolitisch wichtig bezeichnet hatte, hob hervor, dass die USA unter Biden bei Gas und Erneuerbaren Rekordwerte erreicht hätten. Trump wich der Frage aus und warf Harris zu Unrecht vor, dass sie eine Gegnerin des Fracking sei. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/climate/trump-harris-climate-change-debate.html

  5. Aug 2024
    1. https://newsela.com/ - a source for current events that offer the same stories at different levels. One argument is that a teacher with a wide variety of students could assign the same story so all could read via Mark Grabe @ DABC

  6. Jul 2024
    1. Lucy Calkins Retreats on Phonics in Fight Over Reading Curriculum by Dana Goldstein

      Not much talk of potentially splitting out methods for neurodivergent learners here. Teaching reading strategies may net out dramatically differently between neurotypical children and those with issues like dyslexia. Perceptual and processing issues may make some methods dramatically harder for some learners over others, and we still don't seem to have any respect for that.

      This example is an interesting one of the sort of generational die out of old ideas and adoption of new ones as seen in Kuhn's scientific revolutions.

    1. The Portal A podcast hosted by Eric Weinstein, The Portal is a journey of discovery. It is wide ranging and deep diving discussions with distinguished guests from the realms of science, culture and business. Join us as we seek portals that will carry us through the impossible- and beyond.
    1. George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons.
  7. Jun 2024
  8. May 2024
    1. ¹¹ For you al-ways have the poor with you, but you will notalways have me.

      Said in the context of his pending crucifixion, with respect to a woman who had poured expensive ointment on Jesus.

      This is an interesting proposition in this passage with respect to lots of what he'd said about the poor in the past. See also the Beatitudes

      relationship to the idea of "Waging war on poverty, but not on the poor"?

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  11. Feb 2024
    1. Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (face rubbed), in mitre and red cope, with crosier, seated on left speaks to a seated group of five people, mostly women. Tree on right; large bird with long beak at top.

      image of MS 522 f1r Lambeth Palace Library

      Folio 1 of MS 522 of Château d'amour

      Close up of inset image via link close up of image on folio 1r of Château d'amour

      Book and images mentioned in Chapter 2 of @Duncan2022 Index, A History of the

  12. Jan 2024
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