From c3c50a0ad073fa2cc3f48200331acb572fc2ea29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miloslav Ciz Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:50:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update --- bill_gates.md | 4 +++- bit.md | 5 +++++ countercomplex.md | 5 +++++ culture.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++- encyclopedia.md | 4 +++- fear_culture.md | 5 +++++ lrs_dictionary.md | 1 + main.md | 2 ++ people.md | 3 ++- 9 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 bit.md create mode 100644 countercomplex.md create mode 100644 fear_culture.md diff --git a/bill_gates.md b/bill_gates.md index f8c4dad..29b8945 100644 --- a/bill_gates.md +++ b/bill_gates.md @@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ He is really dumb, only speaks one language and didn't even finish university. H When Bill was born, his father was just busy counting dollar bills, so he named him Bill. Bill was mentally [retarded](retard.md) as a child and as such had to attend a private school. He never really understood programming but with a below average intelligence he had a good shot at succeeding in [business](capitalism.md). Thanks to his family connections he got to Harvard where he met [Steve Ballmer](steve_ballmer.md).L ater he dropped out of the school due to his low intelligence. -In 1975 he founded [Micro$oft](microsoft.md), a [malware](malware.md) company named after his dick. By a sequence of extremely lucky events combined with a few dick moves by Bill the company then became successful: when around the year 1980 [IBM](ibm.md) was creating the [IBM PC](ibm_pc.md), they came to Bill because they needed an [operating system](os.md). He lied to them that he had one and sold them a license even though at the time he didn't have any OS (lol). After that he went to a programmer named Tim Paterson and basically stole (bought for some penny) his OS named QDOS and gave it to IBM, while still keeping ownership of the OS (he only sold IBM a license to use it, not exclusive rights for it). He basically fucked everyone for money and got away with it, the [American](usa.md) way. For this he is admired by Americans. \ No newline at end of file +In 1975 he founded [Micro$oft](microsoft.md), a [malware](malware.md) company named after his dick. By a sequence of extremely lucky events combined with a few dick moves by Bill the company then became successful: when around the year 1980 [IBM](ibm.md) was creating the [IBM PC](ibm_pc.md), they came to Bill because they needed an [operating system](os.md). He lied to them that he had one and sold them a license even though at the time he didn't have any OS (lol). After that he went to a programmer named Tim Paterson and basically stole (bought for some penny) his OS named QDOS and gave it to IBM, while still keeping ownership of the OS (he only sold IBM a license to use it, not exclusive rights for it). He basically fucked everyone for money and got away with it, the [American](usa.md) way. For this he is admired by Americans. + +When Bill Gates and [Steve Jobs](steve_jobs.md) saw how enormously rich they got by abusing the whole world, they got horny and had [gay](gay.md) sex together, after which Bill legally changed his name to Bill Gaytes. This however gave Jobs ass cancer and he died. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/bit.md b/bit.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0034112 --- /dev/null +++ b/bit.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Bit + +Bit (for *[binary](binary.md) digit*, symbol *b*, also *shannon*) is the lowest commonly used unit of [information](information.md), equivalent to a choice between two equally likely options (e.g. an answer to the question "Was the coin flip heads?"), in computers used as the smallest unit of [memory](memory.md), with 1 bit being able to hold exactly one value that can be either [1](one.md) or [0](zero.md). From bit a higher memory unit, [byte](byte.md) (8 bits), is derived. In [quantum computing](quantum.md) the equivalent of a bit is [qubit](qubit.md), in [ternary](ternary.md) computers the analogy is [trit](trit.md). + +**Can there exist a smaller quantity of information than 1 bit?** Well, yes, for sure we can get zero information and it certainly also makes sense to speak of fractions of bits; for example one [decimal](decimal.md) digit carries log2(10) ~= 3.32 bits of information. [Entropy](entropy.md) is also measured in bits and can get smaller than 1 bit, e.g. for an unfair coin toss; an answer to the question "Will the Sun rise tomorrow?" gives less than 1 bit of information -- in fact it gives almost no information as we know the answer will most definitely be yes, though the certainty can never be absolute. Another idea: imagine there exist two people for whom we want to know, based on their sexes, whether they may reproduce together -- answer to this question takes 1 bit (yes or no) and to obtain it we have to know both of these people's sexes so we can say whether they differ. Now if we only know the sex of one of them, then in the context of the desired answer we might perhaps say we have a half of one bit of information, as if we also know the other one's sex (the other half of the bit), we get the whole 1 bit answer. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/countercomplex.md b/countercomplex.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08c07fd --- /dev/null +++ b/countercomplex.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Countercomplex + +*"True progress is about deepness and compression instead of maximization and accumulation."* -[Viznut](viznut.md) + +Countercomplex is a [blog](blog.md) (running since 2008) of a Finnish [hacker](hacker_culture.md) and [demoscener](demoscene.md) [Viznut](viznut.md), criticizing technological complexity/[bloat](bloat.md) and promoting [minimalism](minimalism.md) as a basis of truly good technology. It is accessible at http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/culture.md b/culture.md index f109ed7..4a4185c 100644 --- a/culture.md +++ b/culture.md @@ -5,4 +5,20 @@ TODO **Culture is more important than legislation and judiciary ("official laws")** as culture is the strongest force defining how we live the majority of our lives, what actions we take and how they are judged by others; courts, police and prison only step in in absolute extreme cases. You do many more things (such as eating meat, cutting your hair, watching TV or living with a single partner) because of culture, not because you are obliged by law. There aren't even enough policemen to guarantee law enforcement in all cases and all states rely (by basically not even having any other choice) on culture doing most of the job in keeping society working (which is also exploited by states and corporations when they try to manipulate culture with [propaganda](propaganda.md) rather than changing laws). Consider for example that you download a random photo from the internet and set it as a wallpaper on your computer -- officially you have committed a crime of [piracy](piracy.md) as you had no rights for downloading the image, however culturally no one sees this as harmful, no one is going to bully you, sue you and even if someone tried to sue you, no judge would actually punish such a laughable "crime". On the other hand if you do a legal but culturally unacceptable thing, such as making a public art exhibition of non-sexual photos of naked children (also notice this might have been culturally OK to do in the previous century, but not [now](21st_century.md)), you will be culturally punished by everyone distancing themselves from you and someone perhaps even illegally physically attacking you. A sentence, such as "black people aren't as intelligent as white people", spoken half a century ago may nowadays be judged by a court in a much different way just by the context of today's culture and even under the same set of laws in the past you would not have been convicted of a crime while nowadays you would, as legal terms are eventually at some level defined in a plain language, which is permeated by culture. Therefore in trying to change society we should remember two things: 1. Focus on laws is a short term necessary evil. -2. Focus on culture (and eventual elimination of law as such) is our long term focus. \ No newline at end of file +2. Focus on culture (and eventual elimination of law as such) is our long term focus. + +## Types Of Culture + +Here are some notable, named cultural patterns: + +- **[cancel culture](cancel_culture.md)** +- **[fear culture](fear_culture.md)** +- **[fight culture](fight_cutlure.md)** +- **[free culture](free_culture.md)** +- **[hacker culture](hacker_culture.md)** +- **[hero culture](hero_culture.md)** +- **[offended culture](offended_culture.md)** +- **[permission culture](permission_culture.md)** +- **[rights culture](rights_culture.md)** +- **[update culture](update_culture.md)** +- ... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/encyclopedia.md b/encyclopedia.md index a84ea00..31d34ee 100644 --- a/encyclopedia.md +++ b/encyclopedia.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Encyclopedia -Encyclopedia (also encyclopaedia, cyclopedia or cyclopaedia) is a large [book](book.md) (or a series of books) providing structured summary of wide knowledge in one or many fields (such as [mathematics](math.md), [history](history.md), engineering, general knowledge etc.), usually in a form of alphabetically ordered articles on terms used in the field. Paper encyclopedias are often printed in several volumes as their scope is too great for a single book. The largest and most famous encyclopedia to date is the online [Wikipedia](wikipedia.md) created by volunteers in [free culture](free_culture.md) spirit, however Wikipedia suffers from significant issues such as [censorship](censorship.md), high political propaganda and low quality of writing, therefore it is important to also stay interested in other encyclopedias such as Britannica or [LRS wiki](lrs_wiki.md). +Encyclopedia (also encyclopaedia, cyclopedia or cyclopaedia, from Greek *enkyklios paideia*, roughly "general education") is a large [book](book.md) (or a series of books) providing structured summary of wide knowledge in one or many fields of knowledge (such as [mathematics](math.md), [history](history.md), engineering, general knowledge etc.), usually structured as a collection of alphabetically ordered articles on terms used in the field. Paper encyclopedias are oftentimes printed in several volumes as the amount of contained information is too great for a single book. The largest and most famous encyclopedia to date is the online [Wikipedia](wikipedia.md) created by volunteers in [free culture](free_culture.md) spirit, however Wikipedia suffers from significant issues such as [censorship](censorship.md), high political propaganda and low quality of writing, therefore it is important to also stay interested in other encyclopedias such as Britannica or [LRS wiki](lrs_wiki.md). **Similar terms:** encyclopedias, which also used to be called **cyclopedias** in the past, are similar to **dictionaries** and these works often overlap (many encyclopedias call themselves dictionaries); the main difference is that a dictionary focuses on providing linguistic information about the terms and has shorter term definitions, while encyclopedias have longer articles (which however limits the total number of terms it may contain). Encyclopedias are also a subset of so called **reference works**, i.e. works that serve to provide [information](information.md) and reference to it (other kinds of reference works being e.g. world maps or [API](api.md) references). A **universal/general** encyclopedia is one that focuses on human knowledge at wide, as opposed to an encyclopedia that focuses on one specific field of knowledge. **Compendium** can be seen almost as a synonym to encyclopedia, with encyclopedias perhaps usually being more general and extensive. @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Here is a list of notable encyclopedias, focused on general knowledge English la | 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 | +| Google Knol | ~2010 | proprietary | online | | failed online enc. by Google, archived on archive.org | +| Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia| 2003 | proprietary | CD | | | |Illustrated Family Encyclopedia | 1997 | proprietary | 2 vol. 920p | 5K | kid-friendly, nice pictures, USA bias, piratable | |[Infogalactic](infogalactic.md) |2016...| CC BY-SA | online | 2M | Wikipedia fork, no SJW censorship, FOR PROFIT (you can buy article control lol), can't make accounts | | [LRS wiki](lrs_wiki.md) |2021...| PD (CC0) | online/elec.| 500 | best encyclopedia, focused on tech/society, no censorship | diff --git a/fear_culture.md b/fear_culture.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b66790a --- /dev/null +++ b/fear_culture.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Fear Culture + +*A frightened man gives up his freedom for the promise of safety.* + +TODO \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/lrs_dictionary.md b/lrs_dictionary.md index de0f893..0e9660a 100644 --- a/lrs_dictionary.md +++ b/lrs_dictionary.md @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ WORK IN PROGRESS | plug and play | plug and pray | | "science" | [soyence](soyence.md) | | software as a service ([SAAS](saas.md)) |service as a software substitute (SAASS)| +| subscription | [microrape](microrape.md) | | [systemd](systemd.md) | shitstemd, soystemd | | user (of a proprietary system) | used, lusr | | [wayland](wayland.md) | whyland | diff --git a/main.md b/main.md index d96c75a..1c4b8c1 100644 --- a/main.md +++ b/main.md @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Welcome to [Less Retarded Wiki](lrs_wiki.md), an encyclopedia only I can edit. But you can [fork](fork.md) it, it is [public domain](public_domain.md) under [CC0](cc0.md) (see [wiki rights](wiki_rights.md)) :) Holy [shit](shit.md), I'm gonna get [cancelled](cancel_culture.md) hard as soon as [SJWs](sjw.md) find out about this. Until then, let's enjoy the ride. THERE'S NO [MODERATION](moderation.md), I can do whatever I want here lol. I love this. INB4 "[hate speech](hate_speech.md)" website { [LMAO](lmao.md) [codeberg](codeberg.md) has already banned it. [Wikipedia](wikipedia.md) also banned me for "opinions expressed on my website". ~drummyfish } CONGRATULATIONS, you have discovered the one true, undistorted and unbiased view of the world -- this is not a [joke](jokes.md), this wiki contains pure truth and the solution to most of the issues of our society. +DISCLAIMER: There is no disclaimer you idiot. + ``` .:FFFFFF: :FFFFFF:. .:FFFFFFFFFFF:. .:FFFFFFFFFFF:. :FFFFFFFFFFFF. .FFFFFFFFFFFF: .:FFFFF'''FFF'''FFFFF:. .:FFFFF'':FFF:''FFFFF:. diff --git a/people.md b/people.md index 4d71525..0194658 100644 --- a/people.md +++ b/people.md @@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ Here is a list of people notable in technology or otherwise (and drummyfish :]). - **[Terry Davis](terry_davis.md)**: deceased schizophrenic genius, creator of [Temple OS](temple_os.md), became a tech [meme](meme.md) - **[Tom Murphy VII (Tom7)](tom7.md)**: researcher, famous [SIGBOVIK](sigbovik.md) contributor and YouTuber - **[Uriel](uriel.md)**: deceased member of the [suckless](suckless.md) community, philosophical advisor -- **[viznut](viznut.md)** (Ville-Matias Heikkilä): creator or [countercomplex](countercomplex.md), minimalist programmer, inventor of [bytebeat](bytebeat.md), hacker, [collapse](collapse.md) "[prepper](prepping.md)" \ No newline at end of file +- **[viznut](viznut.md)** (Ville-Matias Heikkilä): creator or [countercomplex](countercomplex.md), minimalist programmer, inventor of [bytebeat](bytebeat.md), hacker, [collapse](collapse.md) "[prepper](prepping.md)" +- ... \ No newline at end of file