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Author: cirosantilli

README.bigb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ https://www.weibo.com/p/1005055601627311[Weibo 微博] |
 \image[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/ID_photo_of_Ciro_Santilli_taken_in_2013.jpg]{height=300}
 \image[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/Ciro_Santilli's_learn_teach_apply_logo.png]{height=300}
 
-Besides that, I'm also a <Ciro Santilli's campaign for freedom of speech in China>[freedom of speech] <slacktivist> and <Ciro Santilli's cycling>[recreational cyclist]. Opinions are my own, but they could be yours too. <Tax the rich>.
+Besides that, I'm also a <Ciro Santilli's campaign for freedom of speech in China>[freedom of speech] <slacktivist> and <Ciro Santilli's cycling>[recreational cyclist]. I like <Chinese traditional music> and classic <Brazilian pop>. Opinions are my own, but they could be yours too. <Tax the rich>.
 
 Let's <the ideal university>[create an educational system] with:
 * no distinction between <university> and <high school>, <students must have a flexible choice of what to learn>[students just go as fast as they can to what they really want] without stupid <university entry exams>

brain.bigb

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Viewing the generated output HTML directly requires `security.fileuri.strict_ori
 
 The Ctrl+K article dropdown search navigation is quite cool.
 
-`\rel` and `\meta` allows for arbitrary ontologies between nodes as <semantic triples>.
+`\rel` and `\meta` allows for arbitrary ontologies between nodes as <semantic triples>. But they suffer from one fatal flaw: the relations are headers in themselves. We often want to explain why a relation is true, give intuition to it, and refer to it from other nodes. This is obviously how the brain works: relations are nodes just like objects.
 
 They do appear to be putting full trees on every toplevel regardless how deep and with <JavaScript> turned off e.g.:
 * https://www.jonmsterling.com/foreign-forester-jms-005P.xml
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-everyday-genius-pxsq5c50kt9[]:
 {c}
 {parent=Child prodigy}
 {tag=University of Oxford alumnus}
+{tag=Young University of Oxford student}
 {title2=1979-}
 {wiki}
 
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-everyday-genius-pxsq5c50kt9[]:
 {parent=Child prodigy}
 {tag=Person educated at home}
 {tag=University of Oxford alumnus}
+{tag=Young University of Oxford student}
 {title2=1971-}
 {wiki}
 

brazilian-music.bigb

@@ -55,47 +55,59 @@ Non trinity songs and artists:
 
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsFSHg2hxbc]
   {title=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Branca[Asa Branca] by Luiz Gonzaga}
-  {description=Written in 1947}
+  {description=Translation: "White wing". Written in 1947}
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3U0sHegYgU]
-  {title="O vento" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorival_Caymmi[Dorival Caymmi] (1949)}
+  {title=O vento by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorival_Caymmi[Dorival Caymmi] (1949)}
+  {description=Translation: "The wind".}
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETqMNQw-a9M]
-  {title="Panis et Circenses" from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic%C3%A1lia:_ou_Panis_et_Circencis[Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968)]}
-  {description=Composed by <Gilberto Gil> and <Caetano Veloso> and performed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Mutantes[Os Mutantes]}
+  {title=Panis et Circenses from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic%C3%A1lia:_ou_Panis_et_Circencis[Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis ()]}
+  {description=Translation: "Bread and circuses", a famous Latin phrase. Composed by <Gilberto Gil> and <Caetano Veloso> and performed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Mutantes[Os Mutantes]}
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWfseMcAUZY]
-  {title="Mistério do Planeta" from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acabou_Chorare[Acabou Chorare] album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novos_Baianos[Novos Baianos] (1972)}
+  {title=Mistério do Planeta from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acabou_Chorare[Acabou Chorare] album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novos_Baianos[Novos Baianos] (1972)}
+  {description=Translation: "The mystery of the planet".}
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLTMM3r8wYI]
   {title="Senhor Cidadão" from the https://www.discogs.com/release/4652426-Tom-Z%C3%A9-Se-O-Caso-%C3%89-Chorar[Se O Caso É Chorar] album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Zé[Tom Zé] (1972)}
-  {description=Anti-<Military dictatorship in Brazil> song, appears to reuse terms used by the dictatorship propaganda in the song.}
+  {description=Translation: "Mr. Citizen". This is likely reference to <Military dictatorship in Brazil>-lingo. This is an anti-<Military dictatorship in Brazil> song, appears to reuse terms used by the dictatorship propaganda in the song.}
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nu4iA_o-18]
-  {title="Marimbondo" from the "Pirão de Peixe com Pimenta (1977)" album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sá_%26_Guarabyra[Sá & Guarabyra] (1977)}
+  {title=Marimbondo from the "Pirão de Peixe com Pimenta (1977)" album by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sá_%26_Guarabyra[Sá & Guarabyra] (1977)}
+  {description=
+  The title is the name of a type of wasp found in <Brazil>: <#synoeca cyanea>.
+
+  \Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Marimbondo_Tatu.JPG]
+  }
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCS6SJtHvI]
   {title=Romaria by Renato Teixeira}
-  {description=<Title track> of https://www.discogs.com/release/3685518-Renato-Teixeira-Romaria[the 1978 album].}
+  {description=
+  "Romaria" is the https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_pilgrimage&oldid=1253282754#Romería[name of a type of Catholic peregrination].
+
+  <Title track> of https://www.discogs.com/release/3685518-Renato-Teixeira-Romaria[the 1978 album].
+  }
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_Seixas[Raul Seixas]
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmB4sfoZkwo]
-  {title=Metamorfose Ambulante by Raul Seixas (1973)}
-  {description=From the album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krig-ha,_Bandolo![Krig-ha, Bandolo!]}
+  {title=Metamorfose ambulante by Raul Seixas (1973)}
+  {description=Translation: "Itinerant metamorphosis". From the album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krig-ha,_Bandolo![Krig-ha, Bandolo!]}
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MSCzIxhFKI]
-  {title=Ouro de Tolo by Raul Seixas (1973)}
-  {description=This dude <Physics and the illusion of life>[should be a scientist]. But well, he went for mystic/artist. Close enough.}
+  {title=Ouro de tolo by Raul Seixas (1973)}
+  {description=Translation: "<#Fool's gold>". This dude <Physics and the illusion of life>[should be a scientist]. But well, he went for mystic/artist. Close enough.}
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xc-Yll4xc0]
   {title=Gita by Raul Seixas (1974)}
-  {description=From the album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_(album)[Gita].}
+  {description="Gita" must be a reference to the <Bhagavad Gita>. From the album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_(album)[Gita].}
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTFN-zCSLY4]
-  {title=Maluco Beleza by Raul Seixas (1977)}
+  {title=Maluco beleza by Raul Seixas (1977)}
   {description=From the album https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Dia_em_que_a_Terra_Parou_(álbum)[O Dia em que a Terra Parou]}
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antônio_Carlos_Jobim[Tom Jobim]
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxNfGHhETk0]
-  {title=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_felicidade[A Felicidade] by Tom Jobim (1958)}
-  {description=Composed for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orpheus[Black Orpheus (1958)] film. "Tristeza não tem fim, felicidade sim" (Sadness never ends, but happiness does). The movie itself is OK. Appeals to <The correlation between software engineers and Buddhism>[Ciro's Buddhist sensibilities].}
+  {title=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_felicidade[A telicidade] by Tom Jobim (1958)}
+  {description=Translation: "Happiness". Composed for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orpheus[Black Orpheus (1958)] film. "Tristeza não tem fim, felicidade sim" (Sadness never ends, but happiness does). The movie itself is OK. Appeals to <The correlation between software engineers and Buddhism>[Ciro's Buddhist sensibilities].}
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlp8iY4g--4]
   {title=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chega_de_Saudade[Chega de saudade] by Tom Jobim}
+  {description=Translation: "Enough longing".}
 * https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Ben_Jor[Jorge Ben Jor]
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXtwBdH2Gk]
@@ -152,21 +164,29 @@ Non trinity songs and artists:
   {description=A Brazilian bird watcher channel. Interestingly he mentions that the carcará actually knows how to scour post wildfire ares searching for dead animals, as mentioned in the song "it even eats burnt snakes".}
   }
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7PQxtmJ5k]
-  {title=Na Rua, Na Chuava, Na Fazenda by Hyldon (1974)}
+  {title=Na Rua, Na Chuva, Na Fazenda by Hyldon (1974)}
+  {description=Translation: "On the Street, In the Rain, On the Farm".}
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Nascimento[Milton Nascimento]
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGmGMEVbTAY]
   {title=Tudo o que você podia ser from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube_da_Esquina_(album)[Clube da Esquina album] by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Nascimento[Milton Nascimento] (1972)}
-  {description=Anti-<Military dictatorship in Brazil> song, using the common "you means the dictatorship" technique.}
+  {description=
+  Translation: "All that you could be".
+  
+  Anti-<Military dictatorship in Brazil> song, using the common "you means the dictatorship" technique.
+  }
 
   \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSxO2BLvm8M]
   {title=Caçador De Mim from the https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caçador_de_Mim[eponymous album] by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Nascimento[Milton Nascimento] (1981)}
 
-Honorable mentions:
+= The best Brazilian pop honorable mentions
+{parent=The best popular Brazilian music (MPB) of all time}
 
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ19CelONfQ]
   {title=As Curvas da Estrada de <Santos, São Paulo, Brazil>[Santos] by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carlos_(singer)[Roberto Carlos] (1969)}
   {description=
+  Translation: "The curves of the road of Santos".
+
   Roberto Carlos makes Ciro cringe, it brings back memories of pre-New Year television Galas in the early 2000s at his great aunt's home in <Santos, São Paulo, Brazil>.
 
   This is the only bearable song by the artist, as it talks about going down to Ciro's beloved <Santos, São Paulo, Brazil> from the city of <São Paulo>, which lies on a plateau of about 700 meters above sea level, a trip that takes you down through the spectacular https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_do_Mar[Serra do Mar] tropical rainforest.
@@ -187,10 +207,13 @@ Honorable mentions:
   }
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtfKsXEhFo]
   {title=Dança Da Solidão by Paulinho da Viola}
-  {description=Released 1972.}
+  {description= Translation: "Dance of solitude". Released 1972.}
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0-OxewolY]
   {title=https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindo_Lago_do_Amor[Lindo Lago do Amor] by Gonzaguinha}
-  {description=From the 1984 album Grávido. Pure 80s. <video Na Rua, Na Chuava, Na Fazenda by Hyldon (1974)> somewhat comes to mind.}
+  {description=From the 1984 album Grávido. Pure 80s. <video Na Rua, Na Chuva, Na Fazenda by Hyldon (1974)> somewhat comes to mind.}
+* \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoe4IruSpKI]
+  {title=Um Girassol Da Cor Do Seu Cabelo by <#Lô Borges>}
+  {description=Translation: "A Sunflower With the Color of Your Hair".}
 
 = Popular Brazilian music musician
 {parent=Brazilian pop}

china.bigb

@@ -1406,6 +1406,31 @@ The term "奇石假山" (qi2 shi2 jia3 shan1, lit. "weird shaped stone fake moun
 
 The stones used are generally <limestone>, which as a <sedimentary rock> is weaker, and more likely to be eroded into interesting shapes.
 
+= Geography of China
+{c}
+{parent=China}
+{tag=Geography}
+{wiki}
+
+= Chinese river
+{c}
+{parent=Geography of China}
+
+= Yangtze
+{c}
+{parent=Chinese river}
+{tag=River}
+{title2=Passes through Shanghai}
+{title2=Long Rive}
+{wiki}
+
+= Yangtze River
+{synonym}
+
+= 长江
+{synonym}
+{title2}
+
 = Chinese history
 {c}
 {parent=China}

chinese-traditional-music.bigb

@@ -68,6 +68,32 @@ but there is also amazing content on others which must not be missed, including:
 
 Infinite Wikipedia instrument list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_musical_instruments
 
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=algwi6TzUdU]
+{title=25 musical instruments OF <China> by Learning Music Hub}
+{description=Great video, covers all the most important ones briefly with examples of varying relevance.}
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nheS1beqkmQ]
+{title=A beginner’s guide to Chinese musical instruments by <SCMP>}
+{description=2024. Terrible editing, way to hard to see instrument name.}
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcfTTP8O5NA]
+{title=<Chinese musical instrument>[Chinese] vs Western musical instrument battle scene from Our Shining Days}
+{description=A bit cheap, but it has some value.}
+
+= Bianqing
+{parent=Chinese musical instrument}
+{wiki}
+
+= 编磬
+{synonym}
+{title2}
+
+\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Chinese_gong_chimes%2C_Musical_Instrument_Museum%2C_Phoenix%2C_Arizona.jpg]
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gKxXnUeHCc]
+{title=Running water performed on the <bianqing>}
+{description=TODO performer, composer, date, location... Accompanied by <guzheng>. This piece seems to be the <#one hit wonder> of the <bianqing>! A shame, because it sounds great.}
+
 = Chinese traditional vocal music
 {parent=Chinese musical instrument}
 
@@ -150,6 +176,19 @@ A more playful song is a nice change from the others.
 {synonym}
 {title2}
 
+= Water of the Yangtze
+{parent=Erhu piece}
+{tag=Yangtze}
+
+= 江河水
+{parent=Water of the Yangtze}
+
+https://baike.baidu.com/item/江河水/1634212 <Baidu Baike> page. Originally composed for two pipes, but was later adapted to the <erhu> in 1962 by Huang Haihuai.
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6hq_hVDLM]
+{title=<Water of the Yangtze> performed on the <erhu> by Min Huifen}
+{description=Chinese title: 江河水. Accompanied by a <yangqin>.}
+
 = Reflections of the Moon on Erquan
 {parent=Erhu piece}
 {title2=er4 quan2 ying4 yue4}
@@ -642,6 +681,22 @@ It is very similar to the <Indian> <shehnai>.
 {title=Song of <Chu (state)>[Chu] <xun (instrument>[xun] solo}
 {description=TODO performer}
 
+= Yangqin
+{parent=Chinese musical instrument}
+{title2=Struck string}
+{wiki}
+
+= 扬琴
+{synonym}
+{title2}
+
+\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Yangqinplayer.jpg]
+{height=600}
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLIhHpnyVg]
+{title=General's command performed by Mi Xuanye}
+{description=Chinese title: 将军令. <Baidu Baike> page: https://baike.baidu.com/item/将军令/2884897[].}
+
 = Chinese traditional music label
 {c}
 {parent=Chinese traditional music}

cia-2010-covert-communication-websites.bigb

@@ -4493,11 +4493,12 @@ alljohnny.com: one of <the Reuters websites>.
 * 210.80.75.68: gigabyte-usa.com. Legit.
 
 212.4.16.232 mynewscheck.com. Found with: <2013 DNS Census virtual host cleanup heuristic keyword searches>. Tested viewdns.info range: 212.4.16.214 - 212.4.17.10.
-  * 212.4.16.224: lanoticiasdehoyelinforme.com. Hit.
-  * 212.4.16.232: mynewscheck.com. Hit.
-  * 212.4.16.239: saktimarsgolf.com 2012-06-29. Broken/legit/no archives of relevant date: https://web.archive.org/web/20081031060207/http://saktimarsgolf.com/
-  * 212.4.16.245: financial-crisis-news.com. Hit.
-  * 212.4.16.252: minutosdenoticias.com. Hit. https://web.archive.org/web/20100517151612/http://minutosdenoticias.com/
+* 212.4.16.224: lanoticiasdehoyelinforme.com. Hit.
+* 212.4.16.232: mynewscheck.com. Hit.
+* 212.4.16.239: saktimarsgolf.com 2012-06-29. Broken/legit/no archives of relevant date: https://web.archive.org/web/20081031060207/http://saktimarsgolf.com/
+* 212.4.16.245: financial-crisis-news.com. Hit.
+* 212.4.16.252: minutosdenoticias.com. Hit. https://web.archive.org/web/20100517151612/http://minutosdenoticias.com/
+Other hits:
 * 208.91.197.132. rdns source: viewdns.info: "location" : "British Virgin Islands", "owner" : "Confluence Networks Inc", "lastseen" : "2013-09-26". So this is after the previous one, unlikely to be correct.
 * 205.178.189.131. source: <securitytrails.com>
 

ciro-santilli-s-hardware/bicycle.bigb

@@ -449,7 +449,9 @@ December 2023: found the keys for the Kryptonite Kryptolock and the Abus in the
 = Cycling clothes
 {parent=Bicycle products}
 
-2024-10: going to try Endura Men's Strike Glove - Hi-Viz Yellow, Large https://www.endurasport.com/strike-glove-hi-viz-yellow/12929542.html | https://www.wiggle.com/endura-strike-gloves-930526#colcode=93052613
+2024-11: OK, I give up, going to try and find the Extremities XDRY again, as these are the perfect gloves for the UK. Buying https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00OISFUQ4[]. Their marketing is very confusing and there are several different names for the product, but the label reads "extremities insulated waterpoof sticky power liner glove", black, large. This is the official page: https://www.terra-nova.co.uk/products/insulated-waterproof-sticky-power-liner-gloves X-Dry Stretch, 100% polyester.
+
+2024-10: going to try Endura Men's Strike Glove - Hi-Viz Yellow, Large https://www.endurasport.com/strike-glove-hi-viz-yellow/12929542.html | https://www.wiggle.com/endura-strike-gloves-930526#colcode=93052613[]. These gloves are high quality, but they are too hot and fleecy for the UK, unless it is an exceptionally cold winter day around 0. This means that they get quite wet from sweat, and they are not that breathable. Also they are very hard to take off and put on, which is painful if you are like me who uses your cell phone for navigation, and while it works with touchscreens, sometimes it's just too annoying and you have to take them off.
 
 2024-05: going to try https://www.sealskinz.com/products/water-repellent-all-weather-glove Sealskinz Tasburgh Water Repellent All Weather love black large because Extremities XDRY has a hole on right thumb due to gear shifting. This glove is very similar to the Nike academy hyperwam, not really a winter glove feels like. Weird branding...
 

company.bigb

@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ He was at <Fairchild>. That place was nuts.
 {parent=List of companies by country}
 {tag=Germany}
 
+= Israeli company
+{c}
+{parent=List of companies by country}
+{tag=Israel}
+
 = Japanese company
 {c}
 {parent=List of companies by country}

condensed-matter-physics.bigb

@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ As mentioned in <True Genius: The Life and Science of John Bardeen> page 224, th
 = Josephson voltage standard
 {c}
 {parent=Applications of Josephson Junctions}
+{title2=JVS}
 {wiki}
 
 The most practical/precise volt standard.
@@ -718,6 +719,14 @@ The wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephson_voltage_standard contains
 
 \Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Layout_and_Schematic_of_JVS_Chip.jpg]
 
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoRab8U2eS0]
+{title=The evolution of voltage metrology to the latest generation of JVSs by Alain Rüfenacht}
+{description=Talk given in 2023. The speaker is from <NIST>, and the talk was hosted by the <BIPM>. Fantastic talk.}
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoRab8U2eS0]
+{title=Technical aspects of realizing the DC volt in the laboratory with a JVS by Stéphane Solve}
+{description=Talk given in 2023. The speaker is from <BIPM>, and the talk was hosted by the <BIPM>. Fantastic talk.}
+
 = SQUID device
 {c}
 {parent=Applications of Josephson Junctions}

continent.bigb

@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@
 {title2=335 Mya-200 Mya}
 {wiki}
 
+= Geography
+{parent=Continent}
+{wiki}
+
+= Geographical feature
+{parent=Geography}
+{wiki}
+
+= Mountain
+{parent=Geographical feature}
+{wiki}
+
+= River
+{parent=Geographical feature}
+{wiki}
+
 = List of continents
 {parent=Continent}
 
@@ -601,6 +617,7 @@ However, <Europe> is in economic decline after all its <Jewish> and <German> gen
 = Geography of Europe
 {c}
 {parent=Europe}
+{tag=Geography}
 {wiki}
 
 = Alps