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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.