Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman chapter Alfred Nobel's Other Mistake Updated +Created
Key quote that names the chapter:
My friend Matt Sands was once going to write a book to be called Alfred Nobel's Other Mistake.
Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani (1987) Updated +Created
System of linear equations algorithm Updated +Created
Tactical nuclear weapon Updated +Created
Application of systems of linear equations Updated +Created
No 2x2 examples please. I'm talking about large matrices that would be used in supercomputers.
Army of the shadows (1969) Updated +Created
One of the most nerve wrecking movies ever made. Until they decide to rescue their colleague from jail, then it just becomes too surreal.
D and L amino acids Updated +Created
Usually noted D-something, L-something, e.g. L-alanine, D-glutamine.
Division ring Updated +Created
Two ways to see it:
Terminal multiplexers are CLI desktop environments Updated +Created
If we didn't have GUIs, terminal multiplexers would be our desktop environments. E.g. they handle stuff like:
  • window switching
  • copy pasting across windows
  • screen locking
  • clock on the status bar (same one that holds tabs)
It is a thing of beauty.
Neuro-symbolic AI Updated +Created
An IBM made/pushed term, but that matches Ciro Santilli's general view of how we should move forward AGI.
Ciro's motivation/push for this can be seen e.g. at: Ciro's 2D reinforcement learning games.
Ciro's Edict #8 / Next steps Updated +Created
Editor. As last time. And the one before. But now it is for real.
I guess ended up doing all the "how things should look like" features because they clarify what the website is supposed to do, and I already have my own content to bring it alive via ourbigbook --web upload.
But now I honestly feel that all the major elements of "how things should look like" have fallen into place.
And yeah, nobody else is never going to contribute as things are! WYSIWYG is a must.
I was really impressed by Trillium Notes. I should have checked it long ago. The UI is amazing, and being all Js-based, could potentially be reused for our purposes. The project itself is a single-person/full trust notetaking only for now however, so not a direct replacement to OurBigBook.
Variety Jones Updated +Created
2015 The Variety Show On the trail of the man believed to be Variety Jones, one of the architects of the defunct drug marketplace Silk Road. www.vice.com/en/article/wnx5qn/the-variety-show
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/797251/download some kind of case file of his trial.
The curious thing about VJ is that he actually has some culture and says cool things, e.g.:
IRL - is there anyone with a clue at all? Girlfriend, boyfriend, bunny you talk to, online buddy's who you've know for years? Gramma, priest, rabbi, stripper?
ASCII Updated +Created
Associative property Updated +Created
Electron rest mass Updated +Created
The Godfather (1972) Updated +Created
The Legend of Zelda game Updated +Created
Value change dump Updated +Created

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