teaching the kids
School vs Wikipedia.
“So, for the last three years, teachers have been telling my kids that they can’t use Wikipedia for any school work.” | learn more
Tag: Wikipedia
fun facts
What’s a chuck?
Wikipedia: “A chuck is a specialized type of clamp used to hold an object with radial symmetry, especially a cylinder.” | learn more
to your health
The Paxlovid paradox.
This scenario reminds me of the book Catch-22 all too perfectly. The book’s Wikipedia page refers to it as “closed logic loop.” Back to real life: “The [clinical] trial was stopped due to ‘ethical considerations’ for being too effective.” Now, […]
fun facts
Six degrees of Wikipedia.
Enter any two topics from Wikipedia and this page calculates the shortest path between them. I tried Austin Powers and Albuquerque, New Mexico and learned that the movie’s director was born there! | learn more
fun facts
List of military tactics
I found this page on Wikipedia. It’s an interesting place to spend some time. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Using AI to fix Wikipedia’s gender problem.
Men are disproportionately represented on Wikipedia – only 18% of biographies are of women. So, software company Primer built a tool that helps serve up bios of relevant women (focused on women in science) for Wikipedia’s editors to vet and […]