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I'd love to have a ring that incorporates Yubikey like NFC functionality, I was worried it could allow login when I didn't intend it, but the idea of a switch might work. Having a USD dongle for hardware that doesn't support NFC but can negotiate the handshake between my ring and the device could work.

I'd buy a ring with just authentication, if it was rechargeable and did a few other things (pulse, sleep monitoring, etc.) even better, but the bare bones would be amazing so I could have something I wear for my authentication.

Interesting twist with a game I remember playing (physically) as a kid. Playing on a surface (non-rectangular) is warping my brain a bit, but I'm starting to get the hang of it.

I did notice the URL seems to be capturing the state of my board, but I can't figure out how that's done. Super fun though!

I'm having trouble identifying the flare. The article says it's a bright flash in the lower left, I do see a small eruption in the bright spot towards the end of the loop, but it doesn't seem drastic. The article also says it happens at 1:09 p.m. EDT which I think is 17:09 UT (the loops time) and which seems to line up with the eruption.

I know that "small" eruption can probably fit several Earths, I just assumed it would be larger/brighter for some reason.

Still no complete answer about why those of us who didn't have automatic updates turned on were affected, but some updates:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/asus-...

Yeah, I did a factory reset before learning about other solutions here.

I'll have to go through the thread again, but I'm not sure we know what the root cause is yet? Log files were filling up, but I didn't catch why.

Super interesting, the same thing happened to me around 4am PDT, I have 2x ASUS ZenWiFi ET8 mesh routers. Every 10 minutes or so, we'd loose internet access for a minute, then it would come back.

I called Charter and they blamed the router, but I was a bit suspect since in January of 2022, we had another issue where the call center blamed our router and after a bit of testing was able to prove to them it wasn't our router. This was kind of interesting as well, they finally sent out a second service tech that had some sort of spectrum analyzer and he found our line it was being overwhelmed with noise. Turns out the drop from the pole wasn't shielded and a new T-Mobile 5G tower was bleeding into the line (acting like an antennae). The tech put a new wire up and it immediately solved the issue.

In both occasions, the help desk told us the signal coming to the router was fine though. This time a factory reset seemed to do the trick, but I seemed to have the latest firmware to start with so I'm not sure what's going on.

My old roommate does a free workout (Bethersize) in a local park twice a week and she has a ton of free video up on YouTube [1] and Instagram [2]. It looks like she's going to stop posting as much new content, but there's a ton of existing videos to follow along with that should stay up.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@evukmanic/featured

[2] https://www.instagram.com/bethercize/

I love my TI-89. Now Wolfram Alpha makes some/most things easier, but I still have a sweet spot for my TI. I still have my physical calculator in my desk drawer, but I also have 2 emulators for my phone [1] and my computer [2]. I think both require you to extract the ROM from your physical calculator, but either way, it's worth it if you love your TI!

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Bisha.TI89...

[2] https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/84/8442.html

I think properly reinforced concrete is an acceptable building structure for earthquake zones.

My real point is that buildings should be designed for the area they are in. So zones that have earthquake, flood, hurricane, fire, etc. risk should be designed against the risk they face. You do see that to some extent, but it's glaringly lacking a lot of places.

There were 3 cabins in the area that didn't burn down, the one wrapped in foil, a house built from concrete (a friend of mine, you can see his in the background of the second image on that site), and another that wasn't particularly special. Interesting that all 3 survived, perhaps the topology, fire direction, or other factor made that pocket more survivable.

My buddies house (concrete construction) should be the default in fire prone areas, the fact that we keep building wooden structures in fire zones doesn't seem logical.

With radial symmetry, thin lines, and a high amount of split (50+), any amount of scribbling turns beautiful.

Really fun, reminds me of being a kid and playing with a Spirograph.

Relevant video, "Why do Biden's votes not follow Benford's Law?":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etx0k1nLn78

Good question, I haven't watched the Limiting Factor video posted above yet, but I did find this [1] on Ars Technica:

> For example, in a cylindrical battery, the cathode and anode are wound tightly around one another. In a conventional battery, a "tab" sticks out of each side of this roll—one connecting the coiled cathode sheet to one end of the cell, the other connecting the anode to the opposite end. Tesla says it has pioneered a new "tabless" internal structure that is not only less prone to overheating, but is also easier to manufacture. Eliminating the tabs means there's less need to start and stop the manufacturing process to make sure the tabs are properly positioned in each coil.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/09/how-tesla-plans-to-make...

One more tip, you might try using Meza[1], an automated MediaWiki install/deployment tool to get you up and running quickly. It comes pre-baked with several extensions[2] including visual editing and the extensions I mentioned above (WireTap & WatchAnalytics). It was actually created by a talented team at NASA and makes things much easier (including suggested extensions for enterprise use) if you have access to a server.

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meza

[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meza/Extensions_installed_by_...

If you're willing to install extensions, MediaWiki has some options that you might be interested in. MediaWiki has a visual editor in addition to mark-up, my preferred way to configure it remembers which editor the user used last, but they can switch when they want. Out of the box, MediaWiki is fairly bare bones, but if you're willing to spend some time on the set-up, it's pretty powerful. For example, page views were removed in MW 1.25, but can be added back using the HitCounters[1] or WireTap[2] extensions. However, the extension I think you might like is called WatchAnalytics[3], it's able to demonstrate how "watched" a wikis pages are, who's watching them, how quickly they're reviewed after being edited, and more. It's really helpful to build a consensus at a company about what's known and provide the metrics to encourage review.

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters

[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wiretap

[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WatchAnalytics

Makes sense, thanks!

Can you explain why this is preferred? Is it to ensure everyone knows where it comes from (journal or preprint)?

For reference, this is from the same developer [1] that created Semantic MediaWiki [2] and lead the development of Wikidata [3]. Here's a link to the white paper [4] describing Abstract Wikipedia (and Wikilambda). Considering the success of Wikidata, I'm hopeful this effort succeeds, but it is pretty ambitious.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata

[4] https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04733

The Enterprise MediaWiki Conferences are a great way to learn best practices about Knowledge Management within organizations. If you have a wiki within your company/organization or think you should, you'll meet a lot of passionate developers, administrators, and users. This one has the added bonus of getting a tour of NASA as well.

Looks like my lateral reading was sub-par (actually I didn't even try, just a quick Google/post).

The "Silicon Review" one looks like a pay-to-play as well after further review, it's used in citation on a few other Wikipedia articles, but as far as I can tell, and due to some anecdotal stories, it doesn't look good.

* https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicRelations/comments/bha6hs/sil...

* https://arpr.com/blog/4-pay-for-play-scams/

Good catch, thanks for spending the time to review my links. Reading your comments above, I largely agree. It's a high bar (mostly) to get an article on Wikipedia, and that's a good thing. It allows us to read the majority of content on Wikipedia without too much suspicion.

Here's the link to the draft:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Apache_Arrow

And some possible additional sources:

* https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/09/24/dr...

* https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180906005114/en

* https://thesiliconreview.com/2016/02/apache-arrow-is-the-new...

Great idea and nice website!

Seems like this could integrate well with an enterprise wiki (attempt to document what is in the employees heads).

> despite nobody wanting to live besides a nuclear reactor

I certainly wouldn't say this is true. I live 13 miles from Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Not only is its proximity a non-issue for the vast amount of us in San Luis Obispo county, the economic vitality it injects into our economy (high paying jobs, taxes, etc.) helps make our area very desirable to live in. For reference Diablo gives us $22 million in local property taxes annually, of which about $8 million per year is allocated to the school district. It's going to be tough when it shuts down in 2024/2025.

> Decentralized, anonymized reputation management. Imagine an ebay score that couldn't be owned by ebay, or any another company

This reputation system is one application I'd really like to see in the future. It's silly that we have sepearte silos of reputation (eBay, Amazon, credit scores, etc.) that are each controlled by a company. In our increasingly global world, who would we trust to govern this system? Seems like a legitimate application for a blockchain (including consensus).

So, didn't really pay attention to the article, but wow, that spinning mask[0] in interesting!

Somehow, the effect doesn't work looking at only the forehead[1] which I would have assumed means because my brain doesn't recognize it as a "face". However, the effect does work for me still only looking at the neck[2] which I can't explain other than something with the shading?

Cool stuff!

[0] https://i1.wp.com/slatestarcodex.com/blog_images/spinning_ma...

[1] https://www.dropbox.com/s/io9nsrpp52waxq5/spinning_mask_uppe...

[2] https://www.dropbox.com/s/te0s3wgf6rilf4a/spinning_mask_lowe...

I've been using Mermaid with MediaWiki and it has a lot of promise. Since Mermaid lets me generate diagrams from text and MediaWiki lets me store and modify structured data, I can have MediaWiki pass Mermaid data to generate graphs/diagrams that stay up-to-date as the wiki changes.

I would like to see Mermaid be able to group sibling nodes[0] though, once I can do that, I can autocreate really nice organizational charts :)

[0] https://github.com/knsv/mermaid/issues/637

MediaWiki.

The downside is that to get it running with a good set of extensions that optimizes it for enterprise use takes a bit of an effort.

The upside is that once you do, it becomes an incredibly powerful tool that most users adopt without complaint. It hits all the OPs requests for searchable, code snippets (with syntax highlighting), and hyperlinking. When you add the ability to store and reuse structured data (Cargo or Semantic MediaWiki) it really becomes powerful.

Others I've tried:

- SharePoint (this is so bad it pains me to mention it)

- Confluence (not bad, but lacks structured data and seems to be focused on serving smaller teams vs. an entire company)

- OneNote (great for personal use, not as great for teams, especially not great at tracking multi-user changes)

- EverNote (great for personal use, not as great for teams, especially not great at tracking multi-user changes)

- Salesforce Knowledge (Didn't get too deep, but seemed better for help desk answer queue than internal documentation)

I use Mermaid as an extension in MediaWiki and can generate graphs from the structured data in my wiki, pretty slick.

There are some tweaks that would be really nice to make it more useful (designating two nodes to be on the same level, more control over node positioning, etc.), but I'm enjoying it so far.