This is a very brief post announcing a fascinating discovery. It appears to be possible to use the cosine similarity approach powering explore2.marginalia.nu as a substitute for the link graph in an eigenvector-based ranking algorithm (i.e. PageRank). The original PageRank algorithm can be conceptualized as a...

When we receive feedback, we might consider applying it fully or declining it. It often looks like a 0 or 1 situation; take it or leave it. Even when we try to find the middle ground, it comes down to picking up what's useful in feedback (only a small part) and applying it to our lives. If we're unsure about the...

I have tried to add Webmentions to the site having read Max Böck's post on this and then Chris Bongers post - both very helpful and bewildering at the same time! Have found my natural limit again having got so far with 11ty!

There is thinking Then there is believing Then there is KNOWING There are levels to intelligence and the highest state is to be knowing of something. To have unquestioning resolve in that thought, taking it first from a thought, to believing in the thought, and finally crystallizing it to Knowledge. Gnosis. For some...