I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

Cymek said:

I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

I read this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird & watched the video of it at Mach 3.3.

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

I read this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird & watched the video of it at Mach 3.3.

I’ve read that one as well but not watched the video, I should do so though.

Cymek said:

I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

I think it is a good bet you’ll never read it all as new material as new articles are created at a rate of about 50 per hour

Cymek said:

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

I read this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird & watched the video of it at Mach 3.3.

I’ve read that one as well but not watched the video, I should do so though.

Lockheed build the best planes. Think of the 749 & 1049 Constellations and the U2

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

Tamb said:

I read this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird & watched the video of it at Mach 3.3.

I’ve read that one as well but not watched the video, I should do so though.

Lockheed build the best planes. Think of the 749 & 1049 Constellations and the U2

The F-35s seem to be the business too…

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

Cymek said:

I’ve read that one as well but not watched the video, I should do so though.

Lockheed build the best planes. Think of the 749 & 1049 Constellations and the U2

The F-35s seem to be the business too…

Do they still make them?

If you’re bored and have a week or so to waste try following all the linked articles from
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman

Cymek said:

I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

Emergent AI or intelligence is an interesting concept, it could even be created by accident when an information system becomes complex enough.

Cymek said:

I often read interesting Wikipedia article at random, using the option on the page

Thought perhaps people might like to post ones they find interesting so others can enjoy.
Very easy to open numerous tabs from just the one article and never have enough time to read them all.

Anyway I am currently reading this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Uploaded_astronaut

The only Wikipedia page I have bookmarked is this one, I enjoy following the links and occasionally fixing errors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars_and_brown_dwarfs

Of the Wikipedia pages I have written, the most readable one is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_dinosaurs

Other Wikipedia pages that I have written include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bird_extinctions_by_year
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_0535%E2%88%927500
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncrude_Tailings_Dam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternatives_to_general_relativity (avoid this unless you love mathematics)
etc.

Wikipedia pages I’ve made significant contributions to include, in reverse date order:
Wild Bactrian camel, Camelid, Biomass (ecology), Spitzer Space Telescope, Lutz–Kelker bias, Automotive industry in China, List of equations, BY Draconis variable, List of sequenced eukaryotic genomes, List of baryons, List of mesons, Subrandom numbers, Stars named after people, etc.

Some Wikipedia pages I’ve made (very) small contributions to, from newest to oldest, include:
Graphitic carbon nitride, DBA, Airglow, Reaction wheel, Tuba, Domestic duck, Axolotl, Children’s python, Dactyloidae, ‎Echidna, Torsion (mechanics), De Agri Cultura, Orders of magnitude (temperature), 88 modern constellations, Amateur rocketry, Very Large Telescope, DX Cancri ‎, WISEPA J041022.71+150248.5, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, etc.

Re https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of sequenced eukaryotic genomes of sequenced eukaryotic genomes

This has advanced enormously since last I looked at it, being now split into separate lists of protist, plant, fungi and animal genomes.

The sequenced animal genomes now include one monotreme (platypus) and four marsupials (opossum, Tasmanian devil, Tamar wallaby and koala).
No brushtail or bandicoot.

For placental mammals we have:
Hedgehog, 6 bats, 9 primates (including neanderthal), 6 cats, dog, giant panda, 4 cetaceans, 2 elephant, horse, pig, 3 cows, mouse, rat and rabbit.
That’s 38 in all.

They’re interesting lists to look through, combining animals of economic interest (of which the most LOL is Takifugu rubripes sequenced by the International Fugu Genome Consortium), an attempt to most thoroughly sample the whole slew of organisms, and concerns over endangered species. So far, it’s the attempt to most thoroughly sample the whole tree of life that has been the main driving factor. I approve of that.

Many birds have been sequenced. Australian birds sequenced are the peregrine falcon, zebra finch, little egret, great crested grebe, budgerigar, barn owl and great cormorant.

13 fish, 2 amphibians, 10 reptiles.

Of the insects, mosquitos and flies make up two thirds of all insects sequenced, including 18 different Anopheles mosquito species and 23 different Drosophila species.

Of other invertebrates, there are only 3 molluscs, 2 crustaceans and 1 myriapod.
But a full 9 flatworms and 24 nematodes (because they’re diseases).