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Author: cirosantilli

artificial-intelligence.bigb

@@ -180,12 +180,24 @@ https://sciendo.com/journal/JAGI
 = Astera Institute
 {c}
 {parent=AGI research entity}
+{tag=Hipster research institute}
+{tag=Jed McCaleb}
 
 https://astera.org/agi/
 
 By the rich founder of <Mt. Gox> and Ripple, <Jed McCaleb>.
 \Q[Obelisk is the Artificial General Intelligence laboratory at Astera. We are focused on the following problems: How does an agent continuously adapt to a changing environment and incorporate new information? In a complicated stochastic environment with sparse rewards, how does an agent associate rewards with the correct set of actions that led to those rewards? How does higher level planning arise?]
 
+= Hipster research institute
+{parent=Astera Institute}
+
+These are research institutes usually funded by rich tech bros, sometimes <cryptocurrency> magnates, but not necessarily.
+
+= Topos institute
+{parent=Hipster research institute}
+
+https://topos.institute/
+
 = Astera Institute person
 {c}
 {parent=Astera Institute}

brain.bigb

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ The markup has relatively few insane constructs, notably you need explicit open
 * `[]()`: markdown like links
 * `[[bluecat]]`: wikilinks (but to raw IDs only, you can't seem to be able to do `[[blue cat]]`
 * `#{}` and `##{}` for inline and block maths, though that might just be a sane construct with an insane name
+The markup is documented at: https://www.jonmsterling.com/foreign-forester-jms-007N.xml
 
 Jon has some very good theory of <personal knowledge base>, rationalizing several points that <Ciro Santilli> had in his mind but hadn't fully put into words, which is quite cool.
 
@@ -154,7 +155,13 @@ Viewing the generated output HTML directly requires `security.fileuri.strict_ori
 
 The Ctrl+K article dropdown search navigation is quite cool.
 
-`\rel` allows for arbitrary ontologies between nodes as <semantic triples>.
+`\rel` and `\meta` allows for arbitrary ontologies between nodes as <semantic triples>.
+
+They do appear to be putting full trees on every toplevel regardless how deep and with <JavaScript> turned off e.g.:
+* https://www.jonmsterling.com/foreign-forester-jms-005P.xml
+* https://www.jonmsterling.com/foreign-forester-jms-00WK.xml
+* https://www.jonmsterling.com/foreign-forester-jms-00WS.xml
+which is cool but will take lots of storage. In <OurBigBook> <Ciro Santilli> only does that on <OurBigBook Web> where each page can be dynamically generated.
 
 = Logseq
 {c}

brazilian-music.bigb

@@ -191,15 +191,9 @@ Honorable mentions:
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0-OxewolY]
   {title=https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindo_Lago_do_Amor[Lindo Lago do Amor] by Gonzaguinha}
   {description=From the 1984 album Grávido. Pure 80s. <video Na Rua, Na Chuava, Na Fazenda by Hyldon (1974)> somewhat comes to mind.}
-* \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkkGVgOqPuM]
-  {title=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trem_das_Onze[Trem das Onze] by Adoniran Barbosa}
-  {description=
-  <Ciro Santilli> believes that the song is a joke about a man making up escuses to not stay with his lover.
+* ab
 
-  It is not 100% clear if the song was meant to be funny or not, but the reasons he gives for leaving are so funny that Ciro can't help but feel it.
-
-  Notably, he says that his mother can't sleep until he gets home, and the's an only child.
-  }
+  ef
 
 = Popular Brazilian music musician
 {parent=Brazilian pop}
@@ -311,7 +305,6 @@ Within the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, Caetano has the most <
 
   > \[D\]a força da grana que ergue e destroi coisas belas
     The power of money that builds and destroy beautiful things
-  ]
   }
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyxL_lbo4kM]

china.bigb

@@ -866,12 +866,11 @@ To get an idea of its popularity, <Ciro Santilli's mother-in-law> is able to com
 \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxhx8v4rScs]
 {title=Ruan Xiao's Seven Fish song 阮小七渔歌)}
 {description=
-Used when they show Liangshen at one point, this song is particularly cool. https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Xg4y1b7qj/ shows the scene where a closely related song is sang. Lyrics at https://baike.baidu.com/item/阮小七渔歌/20358999[] with all noises removed:
+Used when they show Liangshan at one point, this song is particularly cool. https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Xg4y1b7qj/ shows the scene where a closely related song is sang. Lyrics at https://baike.baidu.com/item/阮小七渔歌/20358999[] with all noises removed:
 \Q[
 英雄哪不会读诗书哇
 只在那梁山泊里住哇
-虽然生得泼皮身哪
-杀贼原来不杀人
+虽然生得泼皮身哪 杀贼原来不杀人
 ]
 quick translation by <Ciro Santilli>:
 \Q[

ciro-santilli-s-hardware.bigb

@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ The model number is 41075.
 
 Label markings:
 \Q[
-V78003007 00 LH 11440482\br
-41075 1173 CNU SPINNER 77/2\br
-EXTERIOR: NYLON 56%\br
-POLYESTER 44%\br
-INTERIOR: POLYESTER 100% Made In China (LH)\br
+V78003007 00 LH 11440482
+41075 1173 CNU SPINNER 77/2
+EXTERIOR: NYLON 56%
+POLYESTER 44%
+INTERIOR: POLYESTER 100% Made In China (LH)
 ]
 
 Wheel hole separation:

ciro-santilli-s-psychology-and-physiology.bigb

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ These are people which Ciro never met personally, and who might not know that Ci
   * https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/9oujwf/why_archiving_old_threads_is_a_bigger_problem/ see also <online forums that lock threads after some time are evil>
   * https://web.archive.org/web/20130922192354/http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/reviews/online_services/web_page_archiving see also <web archiving>
   * random posts on <OpenStreetMap>, and about <China>: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/29300/legality-status-of-mapping-activity-in-china?page=1&focusedAnswerId=42167#42167
-* https://stackoverflow.com/users/55075/kenorb see also <Ciro Santilli's Stack Overflow contributions>
+* <kenorb> see also <Ciro Santilli's Stack Overflow contributions>
 * <Gwern Branwen>
 
 Some other <idealists> that are a bit further out but with some similarities:

ciro-santilli.bigb

@@ -490,25 +490,25 @@ Composed and previously performed by <Chico Buarque> in 1987: <video Teresinha b
 
 This video has English subtitles, click CC to enable them. This is one of the <the best popular Brazilian music (MPB) of all time>. A https://lyricstranslate.com/en/terezinha-teresinha.html[transcribed English translation] adapted slightly by <Ciro Santilli> to be a bit less literal:
 \Q[
-The first one came to me as if coming from the flower shop\br
-Brought a stuffed toy, brought an amethyst pin\br
-He told me about his journey and the perks he had\br
-He showed me his watch and called me 'queen'\br
-He found me so undefended that he touched my heart\br
+The first one came to me as if coming from the flower shop
+Brought a stuffed toy, brought an amethyst pin
+He told me about his journey and the perks he had
+He showed me his watch and called me 'queen'
+He found me so undefended that he touched my heart
 But he denied me nothing, so, frightened, I said 'no'
 
-The second came to me as if coming back from the bar\br
-Brought a bottle of brandy too bitter to swallow\br
-He asked me about my past and sniffed my food\br
-He searched through my drawer and called me 'the lost one'\br
-He found me so undefended that he scratched my heart\br
+The second came to me as if coming back from the bar
+Brought a bottle of brandy too bitter to swallow
+He asked me about my past and sniffed my food
+He searched through my drawer and called me 'the lost one'
+He found me so undefended that he scratched my heart
 But he gave me nothing, so, frightened, I said 'no'
 
-The third one arrived like he was arriving from nowhere\br
-He brought me nothing and also asked me nothing\br
-I barely know his name but I understand what he wants\br
-He laid on my bed and called me 'woman'\br
-He arrived very sneakily and before I could say 'no'\br
+The third one arrived like he was arriving from nowhere
+He brought me nothing and also asked me nothing
+I barely know his name but I understand what he wants
+He laid on my bed and called me 'woman'
+He arrived very sneakily and before I could say 'no'
 He settled inside my heart as its owner
 ]
 }
@@ -518,17 +518,17 @@ He settled inside my heart as its owner
 {description=
 Chinese: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/猪之歌[猪之歌] by https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/香香_(歌手)[香香]. <Baidu Baike> page: https://baike.baidu.com/item/猪之歌/16181836. A dude wrote the lyrics though: https://baike.baidu.com/item/毛慧/3625817[毛慧] (Mao Hui), but wouldn't have been a hit if he had performed it given the insane <gender imbalance in China>. Chinese lyrics on <mojim>: https://mojim.com/cny104491x1x1.htm[]. A quick translation:
 \Q[
-Pig, you have two holes in your nose, and they have snot when you catch a cold\br
-Pig, you have dark eyes, you can't see the edge\br
-Pig, your ears are so big, you can't hear me calling you stupid\br
+Pig, you have two holes in your nose, and they have snot when you catch a cold
+Pig, you have dark eyes, you can't see the edge
+Pig, your ears are so big, you can't hear me calling you stupid
 Pig, your tail is curled and curled. It turns out that you can't live without it when you run and jump.
 
-Pig head, pig brain, pig body, pig tail, a wise toy who is never picky about food\br
+Pig head, pig brain, pig body, pig tail, a wise toy who is never picky about food
 Every day sleep until after three in the afternoon, you never brush your teeth, and you never fight
 
-Pig, your belly is so bulging, you can tell at a glance that you can't stand the hardships of life\br
-Pig, your skin is so white, you must have been from a rich family in your past life, oh\br
-<Journey to the West>[Legend has it that your ancestor had eight rakes, and it hit a peach blossom criminal.]\br
+Pig, your belly is so bulging, you can tell at a glance that you can't stand the hardships of life
+Pig, your skin is so white, you must have been from a rich family in your past life, oh
+<Journey to the West>[Legend has it that your ancestor had eight rakes, and it hit a peach blossom criminal.]
 When you see a beautiful girl, you chuckle, won't blush, and isn't afraid
 ]
 Some people in the West are quite amused by the usage of "pig" as a \x[term-of-endearment].