User contributions for Roshan

8 November 2024

• 19:1419:14, 8 November 2024 diff hist +1,204‎ Multicellular Mankind ‎No edit summary current
• 18:2918:29, 8 November 2024 diff hist +8,516‎ N Blog/2024-11-08/Brown M&Ms ‎ Created page with "Van Halen famously had a rider in their 53-page contract that said: {{Blockquote | quote=M&Ms (Warning: Absolutely no brown ones) | source=Van Halen event rider<ref name="mm-truth"> {{Cite web |url=https://www.metaltalk.net/chris-dale-myth-busting-the-van-halen-brown-mm-story.php |title=Myth-busting the Van Halen M&M story |last=Dale |first=Chris |date=Oct 1, 2020 |website=Metal Talk |access-date=Nov 8, 2024 }} </ref> }} The idea, supposedly, is that adherence..." current
• 16:5916:59, 8 November 2024 diff hist +243‎ N File:Screenshot Slack - Prop M.png ‎No edit summary current

7 November 2024

• 19:3919:39, 7 November 2024 diff hist −18‎ Talk:Blog/2024-11-04/Tip of the Spear ‎ Not strictly part of the blog yet current

5 November 2024

• 16:1816:18, 5 November 2024 diff hist +375‎ Blog/2024-09-14/Politics ‎No edit summary

4 November 2024

• 21:5521:55, 4 November 2024 diff hist +690‎ N Talk:Blog/2024-11-04/Tip of the Spear ‎ Created page with "A thing I used to think as a child was that I was the tip of the spear: my most recent ancestor generations reached their apotheosis in me. Some might argue this is some light megalomania but I think it was a pretty useful belief. I started life with a purpose to fulfill. This was helped along with the fact that my parents did love me very much and made my brother and me the center of our family's world. As I've grown older, I became more aligned with a belief that I am..."
• 20:2220:22, 4 November 2024 diff hist +1,437‎ N Multigenerational Optimization ‎ Created page with "Multigenerational Optimization is the idea of aiming for success in your family ''across'' generations. It is in contrast to the idea of being the solo protagonist, a view that is commonly espoused today: {{Quote box | quote = I can relate. 41F, PhD, academic, breadwinner. Great with kids but opted out cuz I want to remain protagonist of my own life. The logic in your post sounds a lot like mine. | author = Eldiadia | source = /r/fireuk<ref name="reddit_source">[..." current
• 19:4419:44, 4 November 2024 diff hist +1,365‎ N Blog/2024-11-04/Victory in Death ‎ Created page with "I'm a near-religious believer in Multicellular Mankind. Looking back at my childhood, I think this was (and is) more innate or early axiomatic than it is a reasoned position. Like many children I once believed that ghosts or other such beings inhabited the dark. And I've definitely hit the lights and jumped into bed to dodge them (the bed being safe, especially under the covers, of course). The part that relates to this, though, is that at some point I'd decided tha..."
• 18:3318:33, 4 November 2024 diff hist +641‎ Constancy Preference ‎No edit summary current
• 06:0906:09, 4 November 2024 diff hist +914‎ N Mac OS Troubleshooting ‎ Created page with "I use MacOS primarily to develop and do things on (though my desktops are Linux/Windows dual boots). Because of the way I use MacOS sometimes I end up with things that don't happen to many other people. == USB Accessory Popup Disappears == File:Screenshot MacOS Allow USB Accessory to Connect.png|thumb|center|alt=A screenshot of the USB Accessory "Allow to Connect" box from MacOS.|This thing will sometimes pop up and immediately disappear. That's because of multiple u..." current
• 06:0506:05, 4 November 2024 diff hist +68‎ N File:Screenshot MacOS Allow USB Accessory to Connect.png ‎No edit summary current
• 05:1505:15, 4 November 2024 diff hist +951‎ N Nexgrill 720-1012 3 Burner Gas Grill ‎ Created page with "thumb|The order status page is kingI have one of these since it was small enough to fit on our apartment fire escape at one of our old places and comfortably fits on our balcony now. Eventually I had to replace the grates and it wasn't obvious what to do since Home Depot no longer lists the product. Fortunately, they do list it in some places. If you've ordered through Home Depot, you can still check your order st..."
• 05:1205:12, 4 November 2024 diff hist +82‎ N File:Screenshot Home Depot Nexgrill Order Status.png ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5200:52, 4 November 2024 diff hist +3,992‎ N Blog/2024-11-03/Unconvincing Threats ‎ Created page with "A common threat email I receive these days purports to claim that it has secret videos of me watching things I shouldn't be watching: porn. Here's the exact text I've gotten from the spammer. It's obviously bullshit, but just in case it isn't clear to anyone else who Googles the text and wants information: I have ignored these requests for months now with nothing having happened. {{Blockquote |text=Roshan George, '''I know that calling $phone_number or visiting $insert..." current
• 00:4500:45, 4 November 2024 diff hist +1,338‎ N TP-Link Kasa Smart Switches ‎ Created page with "I have the TP-Link Kasa HS103 Smart Switches and they're inexpensive ways of making many things turn on when one button is pressed or when you want to verbally have things come on in the home. We've got a rental, so modifications aren't too easy so we use this stuff to make it more convenient. == Unable to Connect to Device WiFi == When I first set up the device, I couldn't get my iPhone to connect to the WiFi network the smart switch starts after being turned on. But..." current
• 00:4300:43, 4 November 2024 diff hist +89‎ N File:Screenshot TP-Link Kasa App Third Party Linking.jpg ‎No edit summary current

31 October 2024

• 17:1917:19, 31 October 2024 diff hist +208‎ Why A Wiki ‎No edit summary
• 17:1517:15, 31 October 2024 diff hist +18‎ m Ottobock Ankle Splint ‎ Set main OG image current

29 October 2024

• 18:3418:34, 29 October 2024 diff hist +2,608‎ N Jamboard ‎ Created page with "thumb|The stand is surprisingly stable for how close the legs are. We had an old Jamboard from the Twitter liquidation. You can get them for about $300 a pop these days because Google has EOL'd them and they're kind of useless. They do work as TVs but the default stand is awful for this since it takes a lot of space, and the software on the thing isn't very good for this. == Stand == We bought [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ7X2W4B?..." current
• 18:3118:31, 29 October 2024 diff hist +87‎ N File:Jamboard on Amazon Stand.png ‎No edit summary current

28 October 2024

• 20:0920:09, 28 October 2024 diff hist +2,052‎ N High Engagement Bullshit Techniques ‎ Created page with "On social media websites like Twitter, people practice high-engagement bullshittery in pursuit of virality. Some of these techniques are quite interesting. I usually block people when I encounter them, but sometimes I fall for them and try to reply before I realize what they're doing. == Specialization of General Categories == This is where someone takes a line that has a universal category reference and then specializes it to an e..." current
• 19:4919:49, 28 October 2024 diff hist +19‎ m Bookmarklets ‎No edit summary current
• 19:4919:49, 28 October 2024 diff hist +1,218‎ N Bookmarklets ‎ Created page with "Bookmarklets in general are a bit out of fashion, but they're still quite useful. I'll add ones I like here. == Convert a Tweet into Wikitext Template == <syntaxhighlight lang=js> javascript:void(function(){const e=document.querySelector('article[tabindex="-1"]');if(!e){console.log('No tweet found on this page');return}const t=e.querySelector('[data-testid="User-Name"]'),n=t.getElementsByTagName('span'),a=n[0]?.textContent||%27%27,r=t.querySelector(%27div[dir="ltr"]%27..."

24 October 2024

• 01:1401:14, 24 October 2024 diff hist +4,408‎ N Multicellular Mankind ‎ Created page with "Multicellular Mankind is the notion that individual human beings are like cells in the human body. Each acts locally with little or no conception of the whole. The whole itself is a being, viewed at various levels of organization: family, nation, religion, or ethnicity. {{Tweet | username = arjie | name = Roshan George | date = Oct 16, 2024 | text = Sure, in the same sense that eating sweet stuff feels good. Humanity as an organism does better when some fraction..."

23 October 2024

• 19:1019:10, 23 October 2024 diff hist +67‎ Outrage is the Universal Parasite ‎ Add summitting reference current
• 19:0819:08, 23 October 2024 diff hist +3,008‎ N Outrage is the Universal Parasite ‎ Created page with "There are some people in the world who you must conclude are smart: e.g. Elon Musk, who is the greatest industrialist of our generation; or Bill Ackman, who is a billionaire hedge fund manager. But no matter how smart someone is, one thing always makes them stupid. Here's an example of a Bill Ackman tweet that exhibits the kind of gullibility most held by a first time tourist to NYC. The cab drivers there are notorious scamsters, and while it might benefit one to exagge..."
• 18:2518:25, 23 October 2024 diff hist +371‎ Blog/2024-10-23/Some Say The World Will End In Fire ‎No edit summary current
• 17:2217:22, 23 October 2024 diff hist +409‎ Blog/2024-10-23/Some Say The World Will End In Fire ‎No edit summary
• 17:2017:20, 23 October 2024 diff hist +34‎ Blog/2024-10-23/Some Say The World Will End In Fire ‎No edit summary
• 17:1917:19, 23 October 2024 diff hist +2,255‎ N Blog/2024-10-23/Some Say The World Will End In Fire ‎ Created page with "{{Quote box |quote=Some say the world will end in fire,<br /> Some say in ice.<br /> From what I’ve tasted of desire<br /> I hold with those who favor fire.<br /> But if it had to perish twice,<br /> I think I know enough of hate<br /> To say that for destruction ice<br /> Is also great<br /> And would suffice. |author=Robert Frost |title=Fire and Ice }} A common fear many people have is the end of the world. I think most people agree with Robert Frost in that destruct..."
• 15:2915:29, 23 October 2024 diff hist +23‎ Gradients Dominate Points ‎No edit summary current
• 15:2915:29, 23 October 2024 diff hist +823‎ N Gradients Dominate Points ‎ Created page with "Very few things allow precise aim, and almost all of those things are engineering problems. Things that are coordination-dominated are sloppy and imprecise and consequently, you can only apply thrust towards a target or away from the target, with little control over the minimum thrust. You'll see this in many places: * Companies are either growing or shrinking - they don't stay constant * Nations are either improving or failing - the latter especially so for those who..."

22 October 2024

• 23:2323:23, 22 October 2024 diff hist +33‎ False Assumptions and Counterexamples ‎No edit summary
• 23:2323:23, 22 October 2024 diff hist +258‎ False Assumptions and Counterexamples ‎ →‎Libraries Can't Exist
• 22:4922:49, 22 October 2024 diff hist +1,447‎ N Hypocrisy is the Worst Crime ‎ Created page with "A frequent thing you'll hear from people is that they respect someone that does what they say, even if it's not what they want done. The person who says one thing and does another is beloved to few, unless they're explicitly in on the con. Often this means that people are purists about subjects and will subscribe to the strongest interpretation of The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics. Now, wikipedia:Homo economicus|a ra..." current
• 20:1120:11, 22 October 2024 diff hist +4,945‎ N Beware The Cuckoo ‎ Created page with "thumb|One of these is not like the others, but good enough to blend in Security professionals are inherently aware that every backdoor in software intended for "the good guys" becomes a backdoor for "the bad guys". This is part of why Hypocrisy is the Worst Crime. == Why Cuckoos Can Exist == For most interactions we need to apply heuristics to determine what is okay and what is not okay. And depending on the co..." current

21 October 2024

• 21:3421:34, 21 October 2024 diff hist +41‎ N ISBN (identifier) ‎ Redirected page to wikipedia:ISBN (identifier) current Tag: New redirect

18 October 2024

• 18:1118:11, 18 October 2024 diff hist −3‎ m Blog/2024-09-14/Politics ‎ →‎Forward Looking: correct typo

17 October 2024

• 22:2722:27, 17 October 2024 diff hist +19‎ Blog/2024-10-17/Path Dependence in History ‎No edit summary current
• 22:2622:26, 17 October 2024 diff hist +40‎ N Doi (identifier) ‎ Redirected page to wikipedia:doi (identifier) current Tag: New redirect
• 22:2322:23, 17 October 2024 diff hist +19‎ Blog/2024-10-17/Path Dependence in History ‎No edit summary
• 22:2122:21, 17 October 2024 diff hist +3,297‎ N Blog/2024-10-17/Path Dependence in History ‎ Created page with "{{Tweet | name = Wylfċen | username = wylfcen | text = Fun fact: I’m banned from Wikipedia for translating Hvítramannaland as “White People Land.” | date = Sep 9, 2024 | ID = 1833164191114403864 | left = true }} I saw a tweet the other day that was talking about Hvítramannaland and that said that insisting on translating it to "White People Land" got them banned from Wikipedia. In my experience, getting banned from Wikipedia requires..."
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