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modifier, in What's something you've done that you're proud of?

I am proud of the life I’ve built. Before my teens were over, I had completely bypassed all thought of college, knocked up a girl, gotten married, and quit my band (the band was Plan A for my life). I had no skills and no plan and I’m sure even the people that loved us most thought that our marriage was doomed.

But it wasn’t, and those people were wrong - even if the statistics were definitely on their side.

I am proud that I have 4 awesome kids…

I am proud that my wife and I are still actively falling in love every day, 20-something years later.

Honesty, I’m proud to be loved by an amazing woman…

Though conscious of my privilege, I am proud that I found a way to build a career and provide for my family despite having no education. I make over 200k now and that’s simply way, way more than I ever thought I would be able to pull down.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted, in What's something you've done that you're proud of?

Stopped being a selfish piece of shit and turned my life around.

I’m now happily married four years, I have a job (that I hate, but hey it’s a job), and I finally feel like I’m a good person (overall).

Khanzarate, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?

Encyclopedia is “general education”, referring to its broad scope. Wikipedia added wiki as a reference to the source, so the best one would be {source}pedia.

Fedepedia isn’t awful but feels… bland, in my opinion.

Something like consolidate is a good synonym for it, but consolipedia also doesn’t feel right to me, so if we’re not referring to the federated part, we’d have to refer to the decentralized part. Decentropedia is fairly decent, but I’m fond of Micropedia, because the root word is very common, and I feel it’s catchier than decentropedia. Either of those are good though.

Tak,
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I think decentralization mostly shines in sharing. Comunopedia would obviously do what I’m thinking but I bet there’s some who would feel scared of it.

Khanzarate,

Sadly, too many would be afraid to be a good name. Sets itself up as a target.

Tak,
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“word scary” is probably the most annoying crowd.

GBU_28,

Naming an ideally unbiased reference source after an economic model that has a storied political past doesn’t make sense.

dessalines, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?

Some ideas: Fediwiki, Wikiverse, PlanetWiki…

But its also a good idea to use codenames and go with an animal mascot like we did with lemmy, because you never know if the scope of your project will change (either limiting it, or expanding it).

Also fediverse.observer has a bigger list of software.

detectivemittens,

Fedipedia? I guess you want the wiki bit in the name, but Fedipedia really rolls off the tongue.

lil, (edited )
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Capybarawiki, Copybora

averyminya, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?

Feddupedia! Cause we’re fed up from centralized… I dunno. Sorry lol

MxM111, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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Versipedia.

DharmaCurious, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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Thothpedia, with a little chibi thoth as the mascot. Thoth is the god of writing.

akatsukilevi,
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I love the internet

DharmaCurious,
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Is good, no? Could also do Ganapedia. Ganapati (Ganesha) is the Hindu divine scribe. But thoth has such a cool history/myth around writing.

ivanafterall, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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Wekipedia? Probably too similar, but then maybe that'd be a strength.

lugal,

If you are a copy, you will always be in the shadow of the original

ivanafterall,
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Oreos?

lugal,

?

ivanafterall,
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They're a copy that most would agree surpass the original (Hydrox). I'm just being asinine.

Diabolo96, (edited ) in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?

Ibis ? Each article would be a parchment of knowledge. Check the myth and legends section : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_sacred_ibis

nutomic,
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I like this, although it feels a bit too short.

Diabolo96,

I tried combining it with other words but none felt correct. Maybe " Ibis’s library" as a nod to “Anna’s archive”

Deceptichum,
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Diabolo96,

I thought pigeons were the sky rats but they got nothing on the mighty Ibises. Truly marvelous creatures.

jonny, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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@nutomic
Ward and co. Are already off to the races with fedwiki

hallettj, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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Allow me to share, Federated Wiki. I don’t think it uses ActivityPub, but otherwise I think it’s close to what you described. Instead of letting anyone edit articles it uses more of a fork & pull request model.

nutomic,
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Yes I saw this before. However the structure is quite confusing and not at all like Wikipedia. From what I can tell it also doesnt federate that well.

HowMany, in why arent guitars made with 3.5mm jacks rather than quarter inch jacket

The 1/4" jacks became standard before metric ruled the world. Besides, 1/4" jacks are way sturdier than 3.5mm posts. Now if the metric guys came up with a 7.0mm jack - we can talk transition.

LastYearsPumpkin,

I wonder if a 6.5mm would be within tolerance to be compatible with 1/4" plugs.

averyminya,

I believe it is, it’s not entirely uncommon to see both described. I’m in the U.S. and been working with audio my whole life, 1/4" is for sure the named standard but 6.5mm is often referenced due to the headphone size of 3.5mm often being called that size instead of the 1/8". Especially if you’re looking to buy online,

Why headphones are referred to by 3.5mm and the rest (basically) is 1/4" is a silly thing but hey, I don’t make the colloquialisms.

The only thing you’d want to watch out for is whether your cable is mono or stereo, which is independent from the barrel size, but does need the barrel to have 2 rings (TRRS vs. TRS), to complete the Tip Ring Sleeve connection.

But yeah, if you need 1/4" and can only find 6.5mm you’ll be fine

jackpot,
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any idea why jbs headphones do a 2.5 male and 3.5 male wire thing? also ik this is offtopic but im looking for headphones that i can use with my audio interface (ive an adapter if needed) and are wireless (so both wired and wireless in one). thoughts? (professional musician btw)

averyminya,

IIRC theirs are set to 2.5mm at the headphone with 3.5mm as for the device connector. This is pretty common for companies that want to make some form of proprietary connection.

Usually these decisions are media because proprietary connections make them more money selling three or four components of 0.02c cables turned into $5-$25 sales per cable. From a consumer perspective, the only upside to it is that having a replaceable cable can increase longevity, and I suppose from a company perspective in order to ensure 100% compatibility, best to sell your version. That way any 3rd party cables can be the problem.

I think 2.5mm used to be used more commonly on old dumb phones for those headsets and stuff like that. I still see them sometimes but these days it’s mostly present on dual plugs like walkies, which is pretty much for mic and audio with a locking mechanism to keep it in place.

Currently I don’t have any suggestions for wired/wireless headphones, I wish I did. At the moment my set is the Beyerdynamics DT 990 Pro, I was looking into a version with detachable cables but none that I came across also had wireless - though they’re surely out there. It would be nice to have a set to swap between Bluetooth and plugged in.

Sterile_Technique, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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Fedipedia?

I wouldn’t worry about a mascot so much as making the name instantly recognizable as an online encyclopedia. Keep it simple.

nutomic,
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Yes the mascot is not mandatory, thats why I said bonus points. Fedipedia is too boring though, and too similar to Wikipedia.

GBU_28,

Sounds like furry stuff

QuentinCallaghan, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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OwlEyrie. It refers to owls as symbols of wisdom and to a group of owls.

Zombiepirate,
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And then everyone can call it O RLY

kakes,

YA RLY

HootinNHollerin, in What would be a good name for a federated Wikipedia?
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Wikifedia, Fediwiki?

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