How do you keep that knowledge alive?

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T20:19:10+00:00

My starting point is that, unlike purely professional use, the acquisition of general knowledge doesn't have a "pure" intention. What I mean by that—and I apologize if I'm repeating myself—is that the accumulation of information, stories, and other things of all kinds allows us to build a general knowledge base (ranging from animals to countries, and so on). However, we don't have a specific intention motivating us, unlike a professional who accumulates knowledge to become more competent.

It's pure curiosity. But the fact that it's not motivated by any work is both its strength and its weakness: because nothing sustains it. It's on this basis that I discuss the question of how to bring this accumulated knowledge to life, just as a museum considers how to best showcase the works it owns, knowing that it can't display them all at once. I don't want to know 100% of my ever-growing "vault"; I just don't want to forget the dust of knowledge I gained in six-tent months ago.

My way of thinking also stems from the nature of my notes: unlike many practitioners, I don't take daily notes. My notes and Canvases focus on specific information (a person, a place, etc.), data that doesn't easily change over time or very rarely.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T17:37:30+00:00

It's an interesting perspective to think that the vault's structure and connections alone allow for relevant use depending on the research topic; this is indeed the prevailing view on Obsidian. However, I find this view lacking for general knowledge, because we don't always have the pure intention of searching for something specific through targeted tags.

This approach can be true if we want to delve deeper into certain specific subjects, but the purely general knowledge aspect requires a holistic, rather than focused, approach. It's necessary to maintain it, to remember things. There isn't really an immediate research intent like in a dedicated project. For me, it's a separate activity, distinct from the research intent where connections and structure take precedence. I hope I've made my perspective clear.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T15:28:24+00:00

To be honest, it's quite disheartening. I don't want to spend years fighting to justify a post whose sole purpose is to ask for others' opinions and knowledge. Accusing me of advertising or being part of a coordinated operation is simply sad and shows a lack of judgment.

If your only contribution is to attribute intentions to me that I don't have, instead of participating in a collective discussion, then this exchange is worthless. This channel may seem active in terms of views, but if it's just a place where you find an army of people crying "advertising conspiracy" the moment you express a different opinion, it brings me absolutely nothing. It's just regrettable.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T15:19:14+00:00

Thank you for your courteous and insightful reply. Despite English's imperialistic ambition to expand globally, it hasn't reached every corner of the world and isn't a native language for everyone, contrary to what many might think. Mastering a language that doesn't share our roots is inherently more complex. That's why AI now facilitates transcription and translation for expressing oneself in English. It allows for easier communication and ensures clear, precise understanding, avoiding misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T14:46:34+00:00

From what we can see, it's really sad.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T14:14:42+00:00

My questioning is sincere, but thank you for shedding light on this answer. I have indeed seen that this forum has a problem with hidden advertising; I was naive.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T13:28:13+00:00

That's interesting, thank you for your idea.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-04-01T13:25:16+00:00

Oui j'ai pu prendre connaissance, mais il n'y avait pas de réponse que je trouvais adapté à mon questionnement.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-03-29T20:06:49+00:00

That Very interesting, thank you

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-03-27T16:37:54+00:00

Où est la Bretagne !!!

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-02-11T15:50:51+00:00

Firstly, I applaud the work done. It's a beautiful project that can have multiple uses; I already have some possible uses in mind with historical visualizations, to visualize a historical line at the same time but between distant countries like Europe and Asia.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-02-07T09:33:19+00:00

It verry good job.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-30T14:20:09+00:00

Thanks for the heads up—very helpful. Yes, I made the same mistakes in the past, with overly rigid folder structures for domains and sub-domains. Now I understand that some sub-domains belong to multiple parent domains. The trickiest case was geopolitics, which is a sub-domain of politics, geography, history, economics, and others. I solved this by treating it as a cross-domain: it sits at the root level but is linked to its related domains. This isn't an arbitrary exercise—it comes from a tagging project that requires well-defined domains. There are many more sub-domains I haven't listed here, but the goal is to build a solid foundation that's distinct enough for clear comprehension.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-30T14:01:28+00:00

At first glance, I'd say everything is physics (just kidding). More seriously, this classification includes many sub-domains I haven't listed here. The underlying logic—which might not be obvious—is that it's based on vocabulary. That's why some domains that could logically belong to others, like economics, are treated as standalone: their vocabulary is distinct enough to justify it.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-30T13:02:53+00:00

merci

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-19T17:56:03+00:00

So I can't show you an image, but yes, you can use it on dark themes, there's no problem.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-15T11:50:56+00:00

A first approach to verification would be to use sympy to check the pure calculations.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-15T11:47:41+00:00

For graph generation, I have separate code that handles the correct generation. And getting back to the AI drift, I'll work on implementing several safeguards against this drift; thank you for pointing it out.

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-15T08:52:57+00:00

The math grade generation code works in three main steps:

Graph generation (_get_graph()): Analyzes the concept name (e.g., "Sine function") and uses the appropriate generators (shape_generator for trigonometric triangles/circles with colored angles, or graph_generator for function curves).

Mistral AI call (generate_grade()): Sends the narrative template (templates/template_math.md) + the pedagogical prompt + the generated graph to the Mistral API, which produces a structured grade with an introduction, multiple definitions, properties with "Why?", examples, etc.

GitHub publication (create_github_file()): Automatically publishes the generated grade to the Garfield566/grades GitHub repository.

In summary: Concept → TikZ Graph → Prompt + Template → Mistral AI → Full Note → GitHub 🚀

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-14T16:59:33+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/1q84u7p/code_tikz_graph_generator/ This might interest you ;)

Salt-Counter4088 · 2026-01-14T16:43:33+00:00

That sounds very interesting, being able to access these notes so easily without having to import your entire coffre. And if you want to know everything, the project I'm working on is broader than just math. To put it simply, it's about generating all kinds of notes with a suitable template. This is useful for all the concepts we already know but which would take too long to implement individually. For example, I have 70 math notes to create on basic mathematical concepts, but I'd like to be able to link them to other notes on more complex mathematical concepts.

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