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Net Galley Challenge
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
A map that would show the places as named in Western Apache Language.
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Independent Learners
https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-you-cannot-believe-your-way-into - This is quiet a read but it might help you frame the challenges in you parent/mentor role in making independent learners. "Productive struggle" is something I have relied on but have to keep monitoring what works.
https://futureofeducation.substack.com/p/teach-your-kid-what-school-doesnt - "Become their mentor, not their drill sergeant"
See what resonates with your situation.
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts
The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Tian: The Chronicle of Father Matteo Ricci, China 1582-1610
Tian: The Chronicle of Father Matteo Ricci, China 1582-1610
Vertical sundial
The Four Great books
The Memory palace by Matteo RIcci employed by him in reading back 500 characters front and back after study. Was this the inspiration for Heisig?
Woodblock printing with Chinese characters faster than the typesetting of alphabets
Saturday, June 20, 2026
A History of the Japanese Language
A History of the Japanese Language
ContemporaryLinguisticsAnIntroductionWilliamOGrady
when-did-human-language-emerge - Cognitive to communicative
How Economics Explains the World
How Economics Explains the World
The opening in the book of how many hours of work it takes to produce a unit energy of light is interesting. Timely considering the scale/measurement with the datacenter power metrics.
At the international scale its interesting how the social capitalism and state capitalism are burgeoning.
The Age of Sail reminded me of The Age of Wood book.
The disparity of wealth in cultures with Wonders of the world level monuments. Mohenjadaro not making the cut because it was an equal society, no hoarding capital.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Monday, June 15, 2026
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Functional Coverage
A better coverage model would:
- Extract predicates from formal analysis.
- Build dependency graph.
- Remove dominated predicates.
- Generate minimum test set.
This is much closer to the actual behavior space.
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