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Re: Simplifier

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Post by bredren »

habitue wrote: post #17
Paperweight wrote: post #7

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

There is a book called "How to Invent Everything, A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller" https://www.howtoinventeverything.com/

It this like the popular 90s illustrated The Way Things work with a sci-fi angle?

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Post by amelius »

habitue wrote: post #17
Paperweight wrote: post #7

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

There is a book called "How to Invent Everything, A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller" https://www.howtoinventeverything.com/

There's also: "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm"

https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Afterm...

Re: Simplifier

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Post by oh_sigh »

flobosg wrote: post #6

Nice site. It reminds me of the Primitive Technology channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA

This is more like what everyone dreamed primitive technology would be. Instead every video is him using the same four techniques over and over again and not progressing through the tech tree.

Re: Simplifier

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Post by Yen »

jamesrcole wrote: post #16
oftenwrong wrote: post #5

I have to say that aside from a few things* this is what I consider the perfect blog design in terms of structure, styling, layout. * use of HTML tables, month-first dates

On mobile the text is very small.

Agreed. As-is, it's a poor mobile experience.

On mobile Firefox, the Reader mode does a great job of making the articles readable, though.

So, mobile-specific default CSS would probably be ideal, but this kind of site also shows off the advantages of just doing the simplest thing, and letting the agent optimize for the user.

Re: Simplifier

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Post by ken »

oftenwrong wrote: post #5

I have to say that aside from a few things* this is what I consider the perfect blog design in terms of structure, styling, layout. * use of HTML tables, month-first dates

I agree -- it looks exactly like a Gopher page.

Re: Simplifier

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Post by Paperweight »

nerdponx wrote: post #9
Paperweight wrote: post #7

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

Not a single condensed source, but there's an abundance of this type of content on Youtube, from both hobbyists and professionals.

The only problem with YouTube is that it's not organized. It's not indexable or printable. Videos are on Google's servers - here today and gone tomorrow. Videos are GREAT for stuff that you can't put into text, and YouTube excels at getting info out there from people who aren't that good with computers :)

What I'm thinking is a real-life open-source "tech tree".

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Post by Someone »

nerdponx wrote: post #9
Paperweight wrote: post #7

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

Not a single condensed source, but there's an abundance of this type of content on Youtube, from both hobbyists and professionals.

If we ever need this, I wouldn’t count on the ability to watch YouTube videos.

Books printed on acid-free paper or clay tablets do not copy as easily as bits, but are a lot more durable.

An alternative is to make lots of digital copies of sites like these. That’s cheaper than printing them, but a bit less durable.

I wouldn’t know which of these would be the statistically optimal (as in: information isn’t destroyed, will be found by those who need it, and can be read) method, but I don’t think YouTube is.

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Post by sitkack »

I can confirm, working with clay allows a singular focus that one cannot get another way. There is nothing to be looked up, nothing to be copy and pasted from some mailing list or forum. Some techniques are explained on videos on line, but for the most part, it is you and the medium.

Depending on where you want to spend your energy and in what capacity, you can play with the clay and get analytical with the glaze or swap them, play with both or calculate with everything, your choice. We don't normally have these choices.

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Post by slx26 »

Yen wrote: post #24
jamesrcole wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On mobile the text is very small.

Agreed. As-is, it's a poor mobile experience. On mobile Firefox, the Reader mode does a great job of making the articles readable, though. So, mobile-specific default CSS would probably be ideal, but this kind of site also shows off the advantages of just doing the simplest thing, and letting the agent optimize for the user.

yeah, the main page doesn't even use css, it's only html tags. you might ask the author to add viewport scaling on the , even if it will kinda break the zen of the html:
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