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Nodal maps – Core functionality

Nodal maps – Core functionality

A list of core features a user can expect on a nodal map: A user can…
  • A user can add arguments for and against any node
  • Create and apply logic nodes that detail requirements for 100% certainty, including the truth of a single node
  • Mark nodes as irrelevant (thus excluding the argument from their confidence score)
  • Define sets that may only be partial sections of a map (ie define sections of a map they are interested in)
  • Fork and merge maps (make a version of a map private for their own editing)
  • Score confidence in individual nodes
  • Identify inconsistent or different scoring ( that is, identify where scoring is not logical)
  • Modify definitions used within a map
  • Create connections and comments to and about nodes (ie specify a node is related to a different node and make comments about nodes)

Nodal maps content loading – response from copilot

Nodal maps content loading – response from copilot

I have seen SPA (single page applications) being promoted as they superior approach for most apps. Still, it seems wrong to require fetching data for content that is largely static, like menus and static pages. I gave copilot this query and here is the response:

Nodal maps content loading – response from ‘copilot’

Mainly, it suggests that static content should use a standard http connection while dynamic content benefits from libraries like react.

Nodal Maps book list

CDL Meeting 2025-02-07

CDL Meeting 2025-02-07

CDL meeting for the 7th of February, 2025

Attending: Marc-Antoine parent, Carl Gieringer, Jack Park

01.30 – Marc-Antoine update – working on frame representations
03.15 – Stocks vs flow – information categories
05.35 – Carl referring to automerge
05.42 – Carl update on sphistree
22.55 – Bluesky protocol
24.20 – pixelfed.org and other apps based on bluesky protocol. At proto owned by Bluesky
28.50 – Exploring Sophistree example – Mike Masnick map
33.10 – Compound arguments in sophistree
37.15 – keepoo?

CDL Meeting 2025-01-03

CDL Meeting 2025-01-03

CDL meeting for the 3rd of January, 2025

Attending: Jack Pack, Marc-Antoine Parent, Bentley Davis

5.40 – Reason tracker update by Bentley
7.15 – Mention of Hank Green’s video about drugs vs gambling
15.00 – Bentley discussing animation for his reason tracker
20.00 – Bentley mentions Benjamin Franklin method of Moral or Prudential Algebra
21.15 – Scoreboard discussion on aesthetics
24.50 – Seniors? – Not sure what Marc-Antoine is referring to
31.40 – Frames, nested frames and various uses

CDL Meeting 2025-04-04

CDL Meeting 2025-04-04

https://youtu.be/KYEm4O3piaU?si=ckXIhCvm2jTL3Ist

Attending: Marc-Antoine Parent, Bentley Davis, Shawn Murphy

01:07 – Bentley description of… way of scoring topics/discussions online for use elsewhere
02.50 – Shawn Murphy description of project – knowledge visualization work
07.10 – Demo of shawns projects
07.50 – HuViz
12.40 – thinkertoys.app
27.30 – ponder.noosphere.org
32.47 – Discussion

Nodal Knowledge research links

Nodal Knowledge research links

A page to list related information.
Link Comments
https://medium.com/canonical-debate-lab/what-is-an-epistemic-weapon-0f4aa0c7f6e4 A discussion by Timothy High on the importance of epistemology within society and how this can be targeted and attacked.
The Society Library  This site appears to be for an organisation with similar ideals.
04-Mapping debates A PP slide discussing course work based on debating. Discusses debate maps and has some preliminary topics – but is not much use on its own. The actual course would probably be interesting…
https://automerge.org/ Need to check out
https://docs.rs/argmap/latest/argmap/index.html Look at
Dale’s take on information flow and the need for Nodal Knowledge

Shared Excel Tools Website

Shared Excel Tools Website

Shared Excel Tools (sharedexceltools.com) is a website aiming to provide quick solutions to tasks commonly performed in MS Excel. I wanted this tool many years ago when I started to write VBA scripts to automate various tasks. It has always seemed crazy to me that we have such an effective tool with Excel VBA, but because there is no structure or organisation, it becomes very inefficient. It is common for the same routines to be rewritten many times by various people and sometimes even the same person when they loose access to their data for some reason. My original idea was to have advanced selection criteria around a central list of Excel solutions.  Users could use various search methods (ie groups, tags and search terms)  to narrow down on the area they are interested in. Also, if enough users contributed, feedback and suggestions could be used to make various solutions more solid and the available scripts more numerous. I intended on having functionality to allow people to contribute to solutions with a system of version control. A bug reporting section would be important and could also be used to allow users to make suggestions. After being put aside for many years, the time and place for this site seems to have come and gone. VBA can be expected to lose popularity in the years to come and git is now a common way for people to contribute to projects. Still, I wanted a location to keep my scripts that I can access whenever I like and to share with others as well. Hence I have gone ahead with version 1.0.   It’s a watered down version of the original idea but it has the benefit of requiring much less time and effort to implement. Version 1.0 is pretty much in place at: sharedexceltools.com.  Some ‘minor’ things still need to be ticked off and, more notably, the bulk of the scripts still need to be added. Those will need to be checked and sometimes, modified. It can take some time. I am also putting my solutions on github as well (github.com/drared/SET_Solution_Archive). This mostly takes care of version control for any scripts that I want to update. If it turns out well and time permits, I will consider updating the site to 2.0 which will be closer to the original concept.  

Evolution Simmed – v2.0 – 2022 Update

Evolution Simmed – v2.0 – 2022 Update

Some progress but mostly in the back end. Namely I have changed the platform from the custom setup it previously had to wordpress. Hopefully this will allow modifications to flow more smoothly. EvolutionSimmed.com The new look is mostly in place. Mostly I have tried to remove unnecessary clutter and add some more styling. This is yet to be done to the actual simulator: Evolution Simmed simulator page Current ‘to-do’ items on the list are:
  • Update the front page to be informative and styled
  • Add the news/blog section to allow news to be seen
  • Ensure footer items (contact page, privacy etc) are in place
  • Update simulator functionality including:
    • Allow changes to grid size
    • Report to show info of selected species
    • Styling
    • Allow importing, exporting and editing of simulations
At that point I will need to reassess what needs to be done. There are a lot of features that could be added for educational purposes.

Random thoughts on Online Storage Tool – 22.02.2022

Random thoughts on Online Storage Tool – 22.02.2022

Description: I want a program that lets me organise files by tags and dates. This is already available of course but I want control and I don’t want to be tied to a companies product which may or may not be supported into the future. Basically this will be a database that stores the information about files in the way I desire. Random thoughts on Online Storage Tool…
  • All files are renamed to have unique id at start of filename ie ‘ID-A001_Old-file-name.jpg’
  • Actual file location can be anywhere on network but required folders should be locked or protected to a degree
  • DB also stores tags and other relevant information to cover files that are not structured to store such information
Table 1: ID | file_name | location | file type Table 2: Item id | type |