I just watched episode 1 of Ahsoka and I am getting Kenobi vibes from it. I just didn't connect with it. We'll see how the next few episodes go.
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Homeschooling is increasingly a misnomer
An interesting article about a growing trend of "microschools" which appear to basically be daycares that facilitate online homeschooling. It calls out a company called Prenda, which looks to be the AirBnB of this by connecting "guides" with families.
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Chess For the Day
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Jeopardy on TikTok & a Country Question
I have discovered Jeopardy! clips categories and final Jeopardy! on their TikTok account and it is delightful.
Mostly.
I was immensely annoyed that they had one which ended before the 2nd answer was given and thus before the answer was revealed. I had to Google the question.
The question-err-answer was: "This is one of two countries in the world which ends in H, and is among the ten most populous countries in the world." Or some similar wording, but containing those tidbits.
I spent a moment trying to think of the answer on my own. If you want to try and figure it out, stop reading as I'm about to spoil the answer-err-question.
Bangladesh.
I didn't come up with it. H as the last letter in an English word almost always means it is part of a dipthong. SH, CH, TH, etc. I tried to come up with the country, and this was obviously the correct logic to go, but interestingly the population tidbit through me off.
I tried counting countries by population. India, China, USA, Brazil... and from there it gets murky for me. No H there.
So I was unsuccessful and had to Google it. Doing so, I was gratified to see likely others had similar been annoyed as Google suggested "Countries ending in H Jeopardy" as the search query. I wasn't alone.
Discussing direct solar powering without batteries
lowtechmagazine.com is a solar powered blog/magazine. When you view the page, there is a background which is yellow and grey, the quantity of the screen which is yellow reflects the battery power level for the system.
This entry specifically though discusses the realities of solar power for direct usage, such as directly powering a laptop rather than storing the power to be drawn upon later.