From aad7b9d6586b4d704d3c504dd201b7e75e03d1f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miloslav Ciz Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:30:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update --- encyclopedia.md | 4 ++-- lrs.md | 1 + rock.md | 4 ++-- science.md | 2 +- usa.md | 2 +- 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/encyclopedia.md b/encyclopedia.md index 3e9c2d8..e65b7aa 100644 --- a/encyclopedia.md +++ b/encyclopedia.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Here is a list of notable encyclopedias, focused on general knowledge English la | Collier's New Encyclopedia | 1921 | PD (old) | 10 vol. | | NOT TO BE CONFUSED with Collier's Encyclopedia (different one), digitized on Wikisource (txt) | | Columbia Encyclopedia |1935...| proprietary | 1 vol. ~3Kp | ~50K | high quality, lots of information { Read the 1993 edition, it's super nice. ~drummyfish } | |[Conservaedia](conservapedia.md)|2006...| proprietary | online | 52K | American fascist wiki, has basic factual errors | -| Larousse Desk Reference Enc. | 1995 | proprietary | 1 vol. 800p | 200K? | by James Hughes, nice illustrations, quality general overviews { I bought this, it's nice. ~drummyfish } | +| Larousse Desk Reference Enc. | 1995 | proprietary | 1 vol. 800p | 200K? | by James Hughes, nice, quality general overviews, topic-ordered { I bought this, it's nice. ~drummyfish } | | Domestic Encyclopaedia | 1802 | PD (old) | 4 vol. | | shorter articles, partially digitized on Wikisource | | Encyclopedia Americana |1820...| PD (old) | ~30 vol. | | longer articles, part of "Big Three", several editions (1906, 1920) partially digitized on Wikisource | | Encyclopedia Dramatica |2004...| PD (CC0) | online | 15K | informal/fun/"offensive" but valuable info (on society, tech, ...), basically no censorship, no propaganda | @@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ Here is a list of notable encyclopedias, focused on general knowledge English la | World Almanac and Book of Facts|1868...| some PD (old) | 1 vol. | | interesting and useful information, data and facts from old to new age, US-centered | | The World Book |1917...| proprietary | 22 vol. | 17K | best selling print enc., large, probably high quality | | The World Book 1917 |1917 | PD (old) | 8 vol. | 3K | nicely readable | -| Uncyclopedia |2005...| proprietary (NC) | online | 37K | parody, [fun](fun.md) enc. | \ No newline at end of file +| Uncyclopedia |2005...| proprietary (NC) | online | 37K | parody, [fun](fun.md) enc. | diff --git a/lrs.md b/lrs.md index cece96e..25934e0 100644 --- a/lrs.md +++ b/lrs.md @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Other technology than software may also be aligned with LRS principles, e.g.: - [less retarded hardware](less_retarded_hardware.md) - simple and cheap [bicycle](bicycle.md) without changing gears, as opposed to e.g. a [car](car.md) +- [sundial](sundial.md), [hourglass](hourglass.md), ... - [knives](knife.md) are pretty less retarded - [rocks](rock.md) - [tangram](tangram.md), [chess](chess.md), [go](go.md), [backgammon](backgammon.md), ... diff --git a/rock.md b/rock.md index c4c6e24..c6e0437 100644 --- a/rock.md +++ b/rock.md @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Rocks and stones are natural formations of minerals that can be used to create t Rocks are pretty [suckless](suckless.md) and [LRS](lrs.md) because they are simple, they are everywhere, free and can be used in a number of ways such as: - As a building material. -- For [fun](fun.md) and entertainment, you can play various games with rocks: rock skipping, petanque, even [chess](chess.md). +- For [fun](fun.md) and entertainment, you can play various games with rocks: rock skipping, petanque, long throw, even [chess](chess.md). - As [weapons](weapon.md), even though we discourage this use. - For making tools such as [knives](knife.md) or [hammers](hammer.md). - To hold heat: you can e.g. heat stones in fire and let them heat you while you sleep or use them to cook something. -- For writing, some can be used as a chalk, some may be used to carve text into. A dust from some rocks can be used to make dye to paint or write with. +- For writing, some can be used as a chalk, some may be used to carve text into, which makes the texts last very long (that's why we have records of very old history, see also [RCBD](rock_carved_binary_data.md)). A dust from some rocks can be used to make dye to paint or write with. - As weights. - For help with counting (e.g. [abacus](abacus.md)) -- this makes rocks a kind of [computer](computer.md)! - To make [art](art.md), decorations, small statues etc. diff --git a/science.md b/science.md index 6d8ebd9..b047df2 100644 --- a/science.md +++ b/science.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ *Not to be confused with [soyence](soyence.md)*. -Science (from Latin *scientia*, knowledge or understanding) in a wide sense means systematic gathering, inference and organization of knowledge, in a more strict sense this process has to be kept rational by obeying some specific strict rules and adhering to whatever principles of objectivity are currently accepted, nowadays for example the [scientific method](scientific_method.md) or mathematical [proof](proof.md). Sciences in the strict sense include [mathematics](math.md) (so called formal science), [physics](physics.md), biology, chemistry, [computer science](computer_science.md), as well as "soft sciences" such as [psychology](psychology.md), sociology etc. Science is not to be confused with [pseudoscience](pseudoscience.md) (such as [gender studies](gender_studies.md) or [astrology](astrology.md)) and [soyence](soyence.md) (political propaganda masked as "science"). +Science (from Latin *scientia*, knowledge or understanding) in a wide sense means systematic gathering, inference and organization of knowledge, in a more strict sense this process has to be kept rational by obeying some specific strict rules and adhering to whatever principles of objectivity are currently accepted, nowadays for example the [scientific method](scientific_method.md) or mathematical [proof](proof.md). Sciences in the strict sense include [mathematics](math.md) (so called formal science), [physics](physics.md), biology, chemistry, [computer science](computer_science.md), as well as "soft sciences" such as [psychology](psychology.md), sociology etc. Science is not to be confused with [pseudoscience](pseudoscience.md) (such as [gender studies](gender_studies.md) or [astrology](astrology.md)) and [soyence](soyence.md) (political propaganda masked as "science") -- it must be remembered that **when science can no longer be questioned, it seizes to be science**, as asking questions and examining EVERYTHING are the very basic premises of true science: this means that anything prohibited to be questioned, by law or [otherwise](de_facto.md) (e.g. by [cancel culture](cancel_culture.md)), such as the [Holocaust](holocaust.md) (forbidden to be denied in many countries such as Germany), [COVID](covid.md) vaccines, [racial](race.md) differences (prohibited on grounds of "[hate speech](hate_speech.md)") and similar topics CANNOT be seen as scientifically established, but rather politically established. TODO: some noice tree of sciences or smth diff --git a/usa.md b/usa.md index fae38b3..ee80d04 100644 --- a/usa.md +++ b/usa.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ United States of America (USA, US or just "murika") is a [dystopian](dystopia.md) country of fat, stupid fascist people enslaved by [capitalism](capitalism.md), people endlessly obsessed with things such as money, wars, shooting their presidents and shooting up their schools. USA consists of 50 states located in North America, a continent that ancestors of Americans invaded and have stolen from Indians, the natives whom Americans mass murdered. -USA is very similar to [North Korea](north_korea.md): in both countries the people are successfully led to believe their country is the best. North Korea is ruled by a single political party, US is ruled by two practically same militant capitalist imperialist parties (democrats and republicans), i.e. de-facto one party as well. Both countries are obsessed with weapons and their military, both are highly and openly [fascist](fascism.md) (nationalist). Both countries are full of extreme [propaganda](propaganda.md), [censorship](censorship.md) and greatly support cult of personality, people worship dictators such as Kim Jong-un or [Steve Jobs](steve_jobs.md). US is even worse than North Korea because it exports its toxic culture over the whole world and constantly invades other countries, it is destroying all other cultures and leads the whole world to doom and destruction of all life. +USA is very similar to [North Korea](north_korea.md): in both countries the people are successfully led to believe their country is the best and have strong propaganda based on [cults of personality](cult_of_personality.md), which to outsiders seem very ridiculous but which is nevertheless very effective: for example North Korea officially proclaims their supreme leader Jong-il was born atop a sacred mountain and a new star came to exist in the sky on the day of his birth, while Americans on the other hand believe their fascist president George Washington was divine and PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO TELL A LIE, which was actually taught at their schools. North Korea is ruled by a single political party, US is ruled by two practically same militant capitalist imperialist parties (democrats and republicans), i.e. de-facto one party as well. Both countries are obsessed with weapons and their military, both are highly and openly [fascist](fascism.md) (nationalist). Both countries are full of extreme [propaganda](propaganda.md), [censorship](censorship.md) and [hero culture](hero_culture.md), people worship dictators such as Kim Jong-un or [Steve Jobs](steve_jobs.md). US is even worse than North Korea because it exports its toxic culture all over the whole world and constantly invades other countries, it is destroying all other cultures and leads the whole world to doom and destruction of all life, while North Korea basically only destroys itself. In US mainstream [politics](politics.md) there exists no true left, only [right](left_right.md) and [pseudoleft](pseudoleft.md). It is only in extreme underground, out of the sight of most people, where occasionally something good comes into existence as an exception to a general rule that nothing good comes from the US. One of these exceptions is [free software](free_software.md) (established by [Richard Stallman](rms.md)) which was however quickly smothered by the capitalist [open source](open_source.md) counter movement.