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Aibots

We explore the capabilities of various aibots in several areas of interest such as writing, drawing, analysis, summarization, and interactions.

An Introduction

This page provides a simple introduction to perplexity as well as some resources that can be consulted to get a good idea of what this aibot can do.

Archlinux

This is our distribution of choice! It works well, uses a rolling release update and has an very helpful community!

You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture. We complement our official package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day.

Archlinux Forum

This is the archlinux forum where you will find really helpful people who can pretty well solve any issue you may have with the operating system. It is a comprehensive forum with many sections such as:

  • Newbie Corner
  • Installation
  • Kernel & Hardware
  • Applications & Desktop Environments
  • Networking, Server, and Protection
  • Multimedia and Games

Go to the forum.

ARVEG FAQ

This page is presently in construction.

This is the comprehensive ARVEG FAQ produced by KG which covers just about every imaginable attack against animal rights and vegan stances. It provides factual, effective and occasionally amusing responses provided. (Some additions and modifications have been made from the earlier version and the original due to broken 20+ yr links as well as new material.)

In the TOC, "->" indicates there is more to the question than could be fitted and can be viewed by clicking on the link.

BingChat

BingChat will handle both simple and complex questions. It can be used for research, summaries of articles, books, events, the news, sports results, product comparisons, analysis, idea generation and many other things.

Booklicious

Are you a lover of books? Are you a parent looking for book recommendations for your young child or teenager? If so, you've come to the right place! LouAnne Taylor has put together a wonderful website for children and parents alike, to find age appropriate books and learning about the importance of literacy …
Booklicious

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched on November 30, 2022. Based on a large language model, it enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language.

Chess

More to come eventually, but start with going to the VeggieChess site.

Claire Smith

Claire Smith is one of those exceptional individuals who changes the world! She is experienced in finance and investing and has chosen to apply her abilities to the vegan cause!

Here is a series of items taken from Allen Lee's fine article 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Claire Smith posted on MoneyInc:

Investing

Claire created Beyond Investing "a vegan and cruelty-free investment platform providing access to investment products which adhere to vegan principles and accelerate our transition to a kinder, cleaner, and healthier world."

Clojure

Clojure is a dynamic, general-purpose programming language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming.

Computing

Various software we use for computing are examined here providing techniques and keybindings that are commonly used.

Dhaku Singu

Dhaka has been singing since 2015. At the end of this page, we list her rehearsals and performances.

Digital Dexterity

You want to get good on the internet so you can get things done effectively and efficiently. This article will show you how.

Disruptive Technologies

We present various aspects of technology that will disrupt the status quo.
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Fallacy in Animal Rights Discussions

Fallacious argumentations in animal rights and vegan discussions are identified according to the rules of logic. This guide exposes standard logical fallacies that repeatedly appear and demonstrates their invalidity.

File Analysis

PP allows users to upload an unlimited number of files, including PDFs, CSVs, PNGs, and analyze them using cutting-edge AI models to extract insights, ask questions about specific content, and leverage the AI's capabilities to work with your uploaded files in various ways. After highlighting the Capabilities and Summarization features generally, we examine several documents through PP to see just how well it performs. Note that PP will utilize not only the documents uploaded (maximum 4), but if the need arises, it will gather relevant information from the web as well.

Forex

Forex trading, also known as foreign exchange trading or FX trading, involves buying one currency and selling another with the goal of making a profit.

Hacking the Fireworks Firewall

Fireworks are a severe problem for many: wildlife, farm animals, pets, people with PTSD and anxiety. They are seen by some as a traditional and/or cultural means of celebration. Hence, jurisdictions often allow such activities which are a blatant abuse of an individual's basic rights.

Harpa

Harpa is a Google Chrome extension that provides a range of features to automate web tasks with page-aware commands and web monitoring. Its hybrid AI-engine combines GPT (ChatGPT, Bard, ClaudeAI) with Web Automation.

Helpful Alliances

This section lists actual and potential alliances with groups, organizations and individuals who want to end fireworks displays. There is strength in numbers and working together we can achieve the goal we all seek.

Holistic Education

Learning is an important fabric of who we are and what we are able to become. The process of leaning has the ability to change the world- for better or for worse.

Throughout history many great thinkers have commented on this subject and have ideas and learning techniques which if applied on a mass scale would revolutionize our educational system as we know it.

The following are thoughts and ideas each individual has contributed to the field of education.

Hugo Forum

A very advanced and functional forum for the hugo static site generator. The individuals are very helpful and considerate!

Iknotes

Howto notes on various topics such as computing, engineering, logic, math, music, physics, and more that may involve several sources. (For a specific source such as a book or paper go to ibrarys.)

Imagemagick

Since we are going text/prg based for most things, we may consider imagemagick as a fairly regular replacement for gimp. This effort will also lead to understanding graphic software terminology.

Internet Discussion Strategies

The following article (taken from the ESA website) provides large number of ideas and insights into animal rights (AR) discussions on internet forums which are useful for both the beginner as well as the experienced communicator. While the items here are not directly related to writing eletters, they may help individuals engaged in general discussions both on and off the net (and not just in the area of animal rights).

Introduction to Logic

This book introduces the fundamental methods and techniques of correct reasoning, in a manner that shows the relevance of the topics to readers everyday lives.

Iwrters

More to come, as we welcome new contributions.

Kyron Recitals

Kyron, a versatile baritone, has appeared with various groups such as Fretwork, the Victoria Baroque Players, Victoria Philharmonic Choir, Victoria Children’s Choir, and the Christ Church choir. He holds an BMus and MA in Musicology with Performance from the University of Victoria and teaches on the faculties of UVic and the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

Lilypond

LilyPond is a free program that lets you create beautiful sheet music for all kinds of music, from classical to modern, just like for piano or guitar.

LLM Model Access

Perplexity Pro gives you access to several advanced AI Large Language Models (LLM), each with its own strengths and capabilities.They appear when you click the 'Rewrite' button or you can go to your profile to choose one of them. TODO

Martial Arts and Animal Liberation

Preface

I think that there is a lot to be said in terms of how martial arts philosophy applies to life in general, and in regards to the animal righton movement it is especially pertinent and beneficial.

Many martial arts, such as Okinawan Karate and Capoeira, were developed and practiced so that oppressed people would have a means of defending themselves in lieu of access to arms.

Others, such as Tanglang Quan and Aikido, were designed with the explicit intention of giving a smaller or otherwise physically disadvantaged combatant an advantage over larger and stronger adversaries, and even greater numbers of adversaries.

Mastering Emacs

GNU Emacs is one of the most amazing pieces of software ever created and is the editor of our choice. Mickey Petersen has done an excellent job presenting an education on emacs to anyone - novice or guru!

Meditating Simply

Meditation is a real chance for you to connect with yourself. Most of us go through life knowing the person we spend the most time with, the least.

Musescore

Musescore4 is the most highly rated software for creating notation. It is pretty close to even Lilypond, but offers considerably greater flexibility. A nice bonus is that you can export to musicxml and then use Lilypond's musicxml2ly (-l english)script to convert!

Music

Here we highlight music and musicians.

Netricks

Here are some useful things that can enhance your net efforts with websites, email, aibots, and more!

Paper Folding for the Practical Person

The process of folding paper is a rewarding one since it provides an opportunity to exercise one's creativity within strict outcomes. Furthermore, the finished product of this activity has various utilitarian applications as will be illustrated in the second part of this article.

Perplexity

Perplexity is designed as an advanced search engine alternative, excelling in finding and summarizing content from the web. The focus here is mainly on the pro version which will be referred to as PP. This iknote section contains concepts, explanations, and examples to illustrate the specific item being discussed. Many of the items are generated by PP itself!

Pracitations

This is an ever-growing list of quotations attributed to various individuals throughout history.

Pradbird

We used to live near the water when we moved in 1995 to Duncan, BC on Khenipsen Road, beside a First Nations area. It was a very nice place, except for the hunting and fishing that took place there.

Pranktuary

Prathora of praticulars that pramarily praccupy prad and prabably no one else. Prasevere at your own jeaprady!

Prazen

These are zenish short stories merrily modified from various sources such as:

Presenting to Politicians

In order to ban fireworks, citizens need to educate and convince their politicians. The information here details the process for presenting to various municipalties at council meetings.

Progressive Non-Animal Research Society

Scientists now have sophisticated, human-appropos methodologies for studying diseases such as

  • advanced computer-modeling techniques
  • micro-dosing
  • stem cell-derived organoids
  • 3D printing
  • manifold emerging approaches

Advances in technology allow us finding ways to improve health care without inflicting harm on animals.

The Progressive Non-Animal Research Society (PNARS) is an excellent and comprehensive resource for the biomedical community. It provides leading edge breakthroughs in technologies and treatments.

Recent Updates:

PNARS Report: Environmental Impacts of Animal Experimentation

Resources

Here are some resources that may be of use for those actively seeking to stop fireworks frustration.

Rosegarden

Rosegarden is a music composition and editing environment based around a MIDI sequencer that features a rich understanding of music notation and includes basic support for digital audio. Most important, it can produce lilypond files.

Shell

We use the z shell and program in zsh. All items in .zsh.d with .zshenv and .zshrc symlinked. This setup is easily migrated to other machines. The items below illustrate various shell commands some which are specific to zsh.

Spiders

Jumpers

Jumping spiders may be the most easily identified with family of spiders. They're insatiably curious critters and smart too! Unlike many spiders, when you approach a jumper in a non-threatening way, you're likely to find yourself staring into a pair of inquisitive, if suspicious eyes. Jumpers have exceptional eyesight and are thus visually aware of the world around them, much as we are.

Friendly jumper #1

I first noticed this spider in the rabbit room sometime in early December. She had a habit of crawling around on the ceiling and sometimes on the door to the outside. I suspect she came in during the summer and got "stranded" inside. It may have saved her life - I believe the adults die off during the winter.

Stories

Personal experiences with fireworks and those discharging them will be collected here. These can include not only bad experiences, but also ones on how a community stopped fireworks displays.

Technology

Aspects of technology, particularly disruptive ones, will be detailed in this section.

Tonal Harmony

For over two decades Tonal Harmony has been the leading text for the two-year theory curriculum for music majors.

Trade

Some trading areas (forex, stocks, etc), and resources (Investopedia, Investor's Edge, Yahoo, etc) are examined here. There are links to articles, websites, videos, and ideas. Most image content and some text (credited appropriately) were generated by the Bing AI (and friends), while summaries are sometimes provided by Harpa AI.

There are no tips, strategies, or recommendations other than the delightfully self-referential pradage:

"Trust no one, including this one!"

VeganHacktivists

The VeganHacktivists "build data-driven, disruptive, and innovative projects to help see an end to animal exploitation".

Veggiechess

The VeggieChess site was created in 2004 for the veggiechess group on redhotpawn.com and that group is still likely in existence. Here is the link to VeggieChess.

Vivaldi

A browser that is powerful, personal and private, adapting to you, not the other way around.