how does one make Alexa routines manageable ?

here is a list of some my routines for Alexa
the names are uninformative

i would like to give them much more descriptive names  
i would like to have user notes attached to each routine
i would like to be able to “search” for a particular routine

what can i do ?

tags : 777documentAlexa

salvage recycle ... mystery stuff ... very fun

tags : 777salvage   777recycle

Geodesic Dome ideas 777geodesic

First of all.... check out https://www.ziptiedomes.com/
This site is full of wonderful ideas and super useful information.

BAMBOO

Perhaps bamboo can be wrapped by fibers wound around outside of the bamboo.  This could strengthen bamboo against splitting.  Fiber could be fiberglass ..... sisal .... banana  .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisal   <—- sisal

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber  <—— see banana

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_textile  <—- bamboo fiber

PVC & ABS PIPE
off the shelf products made from these materials are easy to use and modify.   Both PVC and ABS are thermoplastics , so they can be softened , reshaped ........ or melted and remolded.   They are easy to drill and machine.  The scrap and shavings can be reused.


CONNECTORS



DESIGN TOOLS
http://www.domerama.com/software/geodesic-software/   <—— open source

DOME 4.80ar.02  is a program, by Rick Bono, for creating models of geodesic domes, spheres and related models.  It runs on Windows.

Geodesics Using Mathematica
https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1288&context=rhumj
see page 9.6 , 10 , 11

COMPUTERS
i will first attempt to run design software on the Raspberry Pi 4.0
Also any test tools or building controls will be based on Raspberry if possible.

https://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/   <—- Mathematica is free when used on Raspberry


3RD PARTY RESEARCH RESOURCES

https://simplydifferently.org/  <===  really excellent source for alternate construction geometries.
     https://simplydifferently.org/Dome   <=== focused on dome geometries



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http://www.httrack.com/

HTTRACK works like a champ for copying the contents of an entire site. This tool can even grab the pieces needed to make a website with active code content work offline. I am amazed at the stuff it can replicate offline.

This program will do all you require of it.

tags :  777geodesic  777fuller  777fullerene

Michael Levin's Lecture on "Why Race Matters"

MICHAEL LEVIN claims to expose fallacies of arguments for IQ-EQUALITY between “whites” & “afro-americans”. LEVIN focuses on the inconclusiveness of various arguments …… ending in agreement with Charles Murray’s 1994 reading of evidence for a genetic basis for the black-white IQ differences. 

LEVIN reports that Murray concluded the IQ-gap can not be got rid of …… so, might as well simply accept it.

{{ Zarathustra objects to LEVIN’s unexamined assumptions starting with (1) there exist different races …… as well as skimming over other assumptions …… (2) that IQ exists  (3) that it predicts many life outcomes  (4) that there is a gap between black IQ scores and white IQ scores  (5) that IQ is at least partly heritable (as is almost every human trait )}}

STRIKE TWO against LEVIN are his commission of fallacies of his own while attacking his opponents’ fallacies. For example, re the argument that there is a wider gap in traits within a group, than there is between groups. LEVIN introduces his own counter-example of the group ‘dogs’ and the group ‘giraffes’.  LEVIN would have been better off selecting creatures sharing the same genus.  Since the dog is of the Canis genus and the giraffe belongs to the Giraffe genus, LEVIN’s example fails to prop up his intended point.

LEVIN also commits an omission when he fails to follow-up on a topic that would seem to be optimally positioned for LEVIN. He mentions in passing the fact that genes can behave differently in different loci resulting from gene-interactivity.

The listener is primed to learn more about the effects of gene interactivity. 

LEVIN skips past, saying that the explanation is too complex for this lecture. 

If LEVIN wants to answer the question why “race matters” it would make sense to offer some detail on the import of epistatic genes that inhibit hypostatic genes at another locus. 

The lecture begins to feel like a “grab the trophy …… never mind the small stuff“ momentum event. 

In the Q & A afterward, LEVIN is asked whether he believes it would be better if the government stayed out of it:

LEVIN’s response reveals that his concern is mainly political, rather than philosophical or scientific. LEVIN says YES  - it would be better if each organization or business were free to hire according to their own preferred criteria.  

He offers medical training as an exception: a political policy like “affirmative action” would be a bad thing to apply to selection of med school candidates. 

LEVIN’s lecture would be better named “WHY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS A BAD IDEA IF IT RESULTS IN MEDICAL DOCTORS WHOSE IQ SCORE IS 15 POINTS LOWER THAN THE HIGHER IQ DOCTORS?