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  1. Last 7 days
    1. Icelandic referendum on opening EU negotiations to be held in 2027. Since 2022 there has been a shift in sentiment, with a plurality now in favour. PM recently stated that current geopolitical events may increase that.

    1. When he said that the whole meaning of a (clear) conception consists in the entire set of its practical consequences, he had in mind that a meaningful conception must have some sort of experiential "cash value", must somehow be capable of being related to some sort of collection of possible empirical observations under specifiable conditions.

      The term cash value here repeats the notion of iteration, of ratchet effect in perceiving truth / gaining knowledge. Like in a life insurance policy the cash value is a representation of what has been ratcheted up for future use.

    1. "Toward augmenting the human intellect and boosting our collective IQ"

      Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework Douglas Engelbart presents a foundational vision for improving humanity’s ability to solve complex problems by augmenting human intellect through systems that integrate people, language, artifacts, methods, and training. He argues that computers should amplify thinking, collaboration, and comprehension rather than merely automate tasks.

  2. Jan 2026
  3. Dec 2025
    1. Didn't realise that in 2022 a follow-up to [[ A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers]] was published: [[A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers]] , for the [[Aan te schaffen boeken]] list

    1. Ignác Semmelweis in 1847 argued for hand washing in maternity wards by doctors, and published a book about it. Was ridiculed for it and died 1865 as an outcast in an asylum. Only the later emergence of germ theory provided a theoretical basis for the empirical observations of Semmelweis. 'Semmelweis-moment' where someone who is right is laughed out of the room.

    1. Hypothetically, under 12333 the NSA could target a single foreigner abroad. And hypothetically if, while targeting that single person, they happened to collect every single Gmail and every single Facebook message on the company servers not just from the one person who is the target, but from everyone—then the NSA could keep and use the data from those three billion other people. That’s called 'incidental collection.'

      Example of how EO12333 'can' be used: take all bigtech data as 'incidental' data around a legal foreign intelligence target.

    2. Executive Order 12333 has been regarded by the American intelligence community as a fundamental document authorizing the expansion of data collection activities.[9] The document has been employed by the National Security Agency as legal authorization for its collection of unencrypted information flowing through the data centers of internet communications giants Google and Yahoo!.[9]

      US intelligence see EO12333 as the primary ground for their data collection activities, such as collecting any unencrypted data that flows through bigtech data centers

    3. Part 2.3 permits collection, retention and dissemination of the following types of information along with several others. .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}(c) Information obtained in the course of lawful foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, international narcotics or international terrorism investigation ... (i) Incidentally obtained information that may indicate involvement in activities that may violate federal, state, local or foreign laws[1]

      EO12333 in part 2.3 permits the ability for collection / retention and sharing of any data obtained during lawful intelligence / international law enforcement

      and any other data that may indicate violate a law

    1. Main entry point[edit] Main article: Entry point As in C, C++, C#, Java, and Go, the entry point to a Kotlin program is a function named "main", which may be passed an array containing any command-line arguments. This is optional since Kotlin 1.3.[26] Perl, PHP, and Unix shell–style string interpolation is supported. Type inference is also supported.

      Kotlin had a mandatory, but now optional function main as entry point. Like C++ and Java

    2. The name is derived from Kotlin Island, a Russian island in the Gulf of Finland, near Saint Petersburg. Andrey Breslav, Kotlin's former lead designer, mentioned that the team decided to name it after an island, in imitation of the Java programming language which shares a name with the Indonesian island of Java

      Kotlin is named after a Russian Island in the Gulf of Finland, a nod to Java (Andrey Breslav, Kotlin's originator is Russian).

    3. On 7 May 2019, Google announced that the Kotlin programming language had become its preferred language for Android app developers.[7] Since the release of Android Studio 3.0 in October 2017, Kotlin has been included as an alternative to the standard Java compiler.

      Kotlin is Google's preferred programming language for Android apps since mid 2019. Is included in AndroidStudio

    1. Node.js is primarily used to build network programs such as web servers.[29] The most significant difference between Node.js and PHP is that most functions in PHP block until completion (commands execute only after previous commands finish), while Node.js functions are non-blocking (commands execute concurrently and use callbacks to signal completion or failure).[29]

      node.js differs from php in that it supports concurrent command execution.

    1. was an

      A campaign for Thunderbirds on Boomerang France which shows luxurious moments for characters like Parker, Brains, Alan, Tin Tin, Lady Penelope and Jeff Tracy

    1. A hash array mapped trie[1] (HAMT, /ˈhæmt/) is an implementation of an associative array that combines the characteristics of a hash table and an array mapped trie.[1] It is a refined version of the more general notion of a hash tree.

      gloss

      from-HAMT

    1. Gettier claims to have shown that the JTB account is inadequate because it does not account for all of the necessary and sufficient conditions for knowledge.

      Edmund Gettier, Gettier problem, epistemology. 1963 paper.

      holds that the K def of 'justified true belief' is inadequate. Encountered in Is Understanding A Species Of Knowledge? in Zotero which posits that understanding is a species of knowledge that 'can be Gettiered'

    1. It was, however, the usage of Franz Brentano (and, as he later acknowledged, Ernst Mach[6]) that would prove definitive for Husserl.[14] From Brentano, Husserl took the conviction that philosophy must commit itself to description of what is "given in direct 'self-evidence'."[15]

      Husserl wrt phenomenology based himself on Franz Brentano and Ernst Mach . p7 Moran, Dermot (2000). Introduction to Phenomenology. Routledge.

      Introduction to Phenomenology in Zotero

    1. individuals constantly project into the world around them the interpretive frames that allow them to make sense of it; we only shift frames (or realize that we have habitually applied a frame) when incongruity calls for a frame-shift.

      Vgl brain continuously predicting/projecting, not observing out of efficiency. Predictive coding.

    2. When we want to explain an event, our understanding is often based on our interpretation (frame). If someone rapidly closes and opens an eye, we react differently based on if we interpret this as a "physical frame" (they blinked) or a "social frame" (they winked). The blink may be due to a speck of dust (resulting in an involuntary and not particularly meaningful reaction). The wink may imply a voluntary and meaningful action (to convey humor to an accomplice, for example). Observers will read events seen as purely physical or within a frame of "nature" differently from those seen as occurring with social frames

      Applying different frames yield diff interpretations. Humor often based on frame switch.

    3. Framing is an integral part of conveying and processing data daily. Successful framing techniques can be used to reduce the ambiguity of intangible topics by contextualizing the information in such a way that recipients can connect to what they already know.

      Vgl [[Social netwerk als filter 20060930194648]] , [[Chunking 20210312215715]

    1. the song was originally written as a minstrel song satirizing Black participation in northern winter activities.[2]

      I will do more research on this but if that's true, that is so hurtful.

    1. UML has evolved since the second half of the 1990s and has its roots in the object-oriented programming methods developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The image shows a timeline of the history of UML and other object-oriented modeling methods and notation.

      uml wiki annotation

  4. Nov 2025
    1. Lynch's idea that "ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper". To Lynch, going deeper means experiencing a deeper, more expanded state of consciousness, a transcendental or fourth state of consciousness,[2] an experience he has during meditation but believes is rare in ordinary daily life.[6] According to Lynch, this experience expands artistic capacity.[4]

      Source of title Catching the Big Fish. Aside from the meditation angle, this points to practice / reflection, ratchets, and [[Holding questions 20091015123253]] etc.

    1. spins him a tale of a remote Colorado pass

      to tell (a story, especially a story that you create by using your imagination) He was spinning yarns [=telling stories] about his adventures in the navy. She spun a tale [=made up a story] about her car breaking down to explain why she was late.

    1. George Gilder. Reagan era supply side economist, 85yo, Called the opportunities of internet tech relatively early, and wrote a book about Carver Mead and CMOS chiptech. Founder of the Discovery Institute and loud on 'intelligent design'. Not sure any of that qualifies him to talk about wafer sized chips systems.

    1. Bohm advanced the view that quantum physics meant that the old Cartesian model of reality—that there are two kinds of substance, the mental and the physical, that somehow interact—was too limited. To complement it, he developed a mathematical and physical theory of "implicate" and "explicate" order.[3]

      Implicate and explicate order.

    1. Wikipedia languages

      Wikipedia is a very accessible page, with articles written in 353 languages. This makes it very inclusive and accessible to a big majority of people around the world, which is a positive.

    1. In order to take part in trade and politics, the demand of skills in reading and writing arose

      Oversimplifying. Literacy served as an asset to not just trade and politics but also private affairs and culture.

    2. through the practical perspective, education in literacy was the most important among the three disciplines

      "Most important" is a strong claim, and works if there is an explanation as to why it is the most important. Soften the claim, or expand.

    1. Rhyton in the shape of a mule's head made by Brygos

      If these are known to be made by Brygos, maybe these could be talked about more in depth in the article?

    2. Brygos Painter.

      I'm not sure if this information would be assessable, but you could possibly talk about the teachings / relationship between Brygos and the Brygos painter?

    3. Brygos was an ancient Greek potter

      Because it is so difficult to find information on Brygos, that could be worth noting in the article. This article makes it sound like there should be a ton of information available on him.

    1. Mycenaean cemeteries were located near population centers, with single graves for people of modest means and chamber tombs for elite families. The tholos is characteristic of Mycenaean elite tomb construction. The royal burials uncovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1874 remain the most famous of the Mycenaean tombs. With grave goods indicating they were in use from about 1550 to 1500 BC, these were enclosed by walls almost two and a half centuries later—an indication that these ancestral dead continued to be honored. An exemplary stele depicting a man driving a chariot suggests the esteem in which chemical prowess was held in this culture. Later Greeks thought of the Mycenaean period as an age of heroes, as represented in the Homeric epics. Greek hero cult centered on tombs.

      There definitely should be more citations here.

    2. seem to have

      There is a lot of language here "seem to" "may have" that is ambiguous, I'm not sure if these answers could be found but I think it would be beneficial to the article to find a definite answer if possible.

    3. The body of the deceased was prepared to lie in state, followed by a procession to the resting place, a single grave or a family tomb.

      Where is the information in this paragraph coming from? I think a citation here would be good.

    4. Ancient Greek funerary practices

      This into is quite short and doesn't give a great explanation as to why Ancient Greek funerary practices are significant. I also think the wording could be improved to be more user-friendly.

  5. Oct 2025
    1. The Golden Apple of Discord by Jacob Jordaens

      None of the images have citations, we don't know where these pictures came from (for example, a museum colection). Also, are these images folowing the Wikipedia's copyright guidlines?

    2. In later ages playwrights, historians, and other intellectuals would create works inspired by the Trojan War. The three great tragedians of Athens: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, wrote a number of dramas that portray episodes from the Trojan War. Among Roman writers the most important is the first century BC poet Virgil; in Book 2 of his Aeneid, Aeneas narrates the sack of Troy.

      There is no citation in this section. If you are planning on editing the article, maybe it would be a good idea to find sources to support these claims.

    3. The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the twelfth or thirteenth century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology, and it has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad. The core of the Iliad (Books II – XXIII) describes a period of four days and two nights in the tenth year of the decade-long siege of Troy; the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the war's heroes. Other parts of the war are described in a cycle of epic poems, which have survived through fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets including Virgil and Ovid. The ancient Greeks believed that Troy was located near the Dardanelles and that the Trojan War was a historical event of the twelfth or thirteenth century BC. By the mid-nineteenth century AD, both the war and the city were widely seen as non-historical, but in 1868, the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann met Frank Calvert, who convinced Schliemann that Troy was at what is now Hisarlık in modern-day Turkey.[1] On the basis of excavations conducted by Schliemann and others, this claim is now accepted by most scholars.[2][3]

      Just like we talk in class, there are many claims with no citation in this section.

    1. Brygos was an ancient Greek potter, active in Athens between 490 and 470 BC. He is known as a producer of excellent drinking cups. About 200 of his pieces are known. The workshop of Brygos employed a red-figure vase painter who is conventionally called the Brygos Painter. The Brygos Painter is one of the most famous vase painters of his time. His work is characterised by its high quality and realistic depictions. The workshop of Brygos also employed the Briseis Painter, among others.

      Cite more, This bibliography is not substantial. once again look at the novet catalogue

    2. Dionysos and satyrs on a vase made by Brygos and painted by the Brygos Painter, ca. 480 BC (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)

      Perhaps comment on what this is, analyze it maybe

    3. Brygos

      a lot to talk about, maybe do some more research on "Brygos Painter". This is a very short article, try finding more information on the Novet catalogue

    1. Processions and ritual laments are depicted on burial chests (larnakes) from Tanagra. Grave goods such as jewelry, weapons, and vessels were arranged around the body on the floor of the tomb.

      cite this

    2. The lying in state of a body (prothesis) attended by family members, with the women ritually tearing their hair, depicted on a terracotta pinax by the Gela Painter, latter 6th century BC

      cite where this piece of pottery is currently residing. Perhaps figure out its context

    1. Total reactance

      Impedance Summary

      Impedance is the combination of Resistance (\(R\)) and Reactance (\(X\)).

      Resistance is the real part of impedance; when a circuit is driven with DC, there is no distinction between impedance and resistance.

      Reactance is the imaginary part of impedance. A capacitor has purely reactive impedance that is inversely proportional to signal frequency. \(X_C = \frac{-1}{2\pi f C}\). Inductive reactance is proportional to signal frequency \(f \) and the inductance \(L\). \(X_L = 2 \pi f L\).

      The total reactance is given by \(X = X_L + X_C\). Note \(X_C\) is negative.

      The total impedance is \(Z = R + jX\)

    1. was

      Brains, Alan, Tin Tin and I were fast asleep in a pile of furs in a mountain cave. It was kind to our skin, and not too itchy or irritating. Outside our mountain cave, we could hear pure mountain water flowing gently. The mountain atmosphere was peaceful and soft.

    1. HTML is precisely what we were trying to PREVENT— ever-breaking links, links going outward only, quotes you can't follow to their origins, no version management, no rights management.

      The implementation of automatic, precise backlinks in LaTeX can be found here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/722065/309711 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17224.

      Now, we need someone to pioneer a similar achievement on the internet.

      I believe SilverBullet will mark the beginning of that revolution.

    1. mathematician

      DRAINED BUT COMFORTED 1. Being cuddled by Jeff Tracy when I start crying as a baby 2. Having a sleep when I have a bad headache 3. Parker tickling me when I sleep on his lap as a baby 4. Lying in a boundaryless meadow with Brains, Alan and Tin Tin and gazing up at the sky in silence. 5. A bath with warm water 6. Lady Penelope singing me a lullaby 7. Snuggles in bed on a cold Winter night 8. Brains being comforted by Alan when things go wrong 9. Giving my working brain a rest 10. Stretching my toes on Alan's bed

    1. nstead of the gold standard (the road of yellow brick) because the shortage of gold precipitated the Panic of 1893. In the film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, the silver shoes were turned into ruby for the cinematic effect of color, as Technicolor was still in its early years when the movie was produced. However, this theory was not advanced until many decades after the book was written.[12] The phrase Coxey's Army ha

      coxeys army

  6. Sep 2025
    1. The beds of the rivers are generally composed of clean, compacted gravel and flints, which provide good spawning grounds for Salmonidae fish species.[3] Since they are primarily fed by aquifers, the flow rate, mineral content and temperature range of chalk streams shows less seasonal variation than other rivers.[3][4] They are mildly alkaline[5] and contain high levels of nitrate, phosphate, potassium and silicate.[3] In addition to algae and diatoms, the streams provide a suitable habitat for macrophytes (including water crowfoot)[6] and oxygen levels are generally supportive of coarse fish populations.

      the rivers run clear because the chalk deposits that the water runs through cleans it.

    1. The market for initial public offerings cooled in the mid-1980s before collapsing after the stock market crash in 1987, and foreign corporations, particularly from Japan and Korea, flooded early-stage companies with capital.

      Just as Softbank has done in 2020s

    1. Neighbourhoods and former municipalities Main articles: History of neighbourhoods in Toronto and List of neighbourhoods in Toronto

      Good: This link is an example of good accessibility practice because it uses descriptive text (‘History of neighbourhoods in Toronto’). Users, including those with screen readers, can understand the destination of the link without guessing.

    2. Throughout the city, there exist hundreds of small neighbourhoods and some larger neighbourhoods covering a few square kilometres.[citation needed]

      Bad: Citation needed. This isn’t strictly a motor/visual disability issue, but it impacts accessibility of content in terms of reliability. Users need to trust what they read; unsourced claims can reduce clarity and credibility.

    3. Toronto Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     65     0 −7     54     1 −6     53     5 −2     78     12 4     76     19 10     82     24 15     77     27 18     72     26 18     69     22 14     69     15 8     71     8 2     58     3 −3 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mmSource: Environment Canada[131] showImperial conversion

      Bad: Low contrast in parts of the climate chart (pale colours and small labels). For people with low vision or colour-vision issues, pale colours + small text make reading hard. The chart needs stronger contrast and legible fonts.

    4. Early history

      Good: headings let people using keyboards or screen readers jump to relevant sections easily without having to scroll through everything. It improves navigation.

    5. Skyline of downtown Toronto and the CN Tower

      Good: These images help users who use screen readers because the alt text or captions give a description of what’s shown. Without that, a lot of visual info is lost for them.

    1. Carlton's 'Bring The Magic Home' - Thunderbirds, Annabelle's Wish, A Monkey's Tale, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Jellikins, Bananas In Pyjamas, Tots TV, The World Of Beatrix Potter, Casper's Haunted Christmas

    1. The company agreed to be acquired by Bank of America on September 14, 2008, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, the same weekend that Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail. The acquisition was completed in January 2009[2] and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. was merged into Bank of America Corporation in October 2013.

      isn't that the golden parachute

    1. former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines as a speaker. Gaines' speech campaigned to exclude trans women from women's sports. After her speech she was met with protestors, which prompted campus police to escort her to a computer room where they remained for several hours. Gaines says that she was physically assaulted twice by one person and missed her flight due to being barricaded in a classroom

      On the other hand

    1. A gaggle of friendly characters: Kipper, Franklin, Little Bear, Llama Llama, Bear, Winnie The Pooh & Piglet, Oswald, Blue (Blue's Room), Percy The Park Keeper, Noddy, Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Joshua Jones, Oakie Doke

    1. It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

      The incipit line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton