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| author | mjfernez <mjf@mjfer.net> | 2023-10-22 21:59:40 -0400 | 
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| committer | mjfernez <mjf@mjfer.net> | 2023-10-22 21:59:40 -0400 | 
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+    } +    #TOC li { +      list-style: none; +    } +    #TOC ul { +      padding-left: 1.3em; +    } +    #TOC > ul { +      padding-left: 0; +    } +    #TOC a:not(:hover) { +      text-decoration: none; +    } +    code{white-space: pre-wrap;} +    span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;} +    span.underline{text-decoration: underline;} +    div.column{display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 50%;} +    div.hanging-indent{margin-left: 1.5em; text-indent: -1.5em;} +    ul.task-list{list-style: none;} +    .display.math{display: block; text-align: center; margin: 0.5rem auto;} +  </style> +</head> +<body> +<nav id="TOC" role="doc-toc"> +<h2 id="toc-title">Contents</h2> +<ul> +<li><a href="#why" target="_self">Why?</a></li> +<li><a href="#how-to-use-a-web-browser" target="_self">How to use a web +browser</a></li> +<li><a href="#how-to-use-a-search-engine" target="_self">How to use a search +engine</a></li> +<li><a href="#how-to-read-and-find-scholarly-articles" target="_self">How to read and +find scholarly articles</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#how-to-use-wikipedia" target="_self">How to use Wikipedia</a></li> +<li><a href="#how-to-find-articles-with-google-scholar" target="_self">How to find +articles with Google Scholar</a></li> +</ul></li> +<li><a href="#advanced-topics" target="_self">Advanced Topics</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#how-to-use-tor-to-browse-anonymously" target="_self">How to use tor to +browse anonymously</a></li> +</ul></li> +</ul> +</nav> +<h2 id="why">Why?</h2> +<p>Why <em>would</em> anyone want to use the Internet, really?</p> +<p>There is actually purpose to connecting all the computers in the +world with near-instant speed beyond just streaming television, phishing +scams, pornography, punditry, and Fortnight competitions.</p> +<p>Unfortunately, almost none of us use the Internet for it's intended +purpose: finding infomation.</p> +<p>Writing an angry tweet to a celebrity or posting a picture of your +cat seems to be second nature for most people, but converting a picture +from a PDF or looking up a study (or even a word!) you saw in an article +is something else entirely.</p> +<p>While that's in part the fault of our laziness, it's equally the +fault of what the Internet has become.</p> +<p>For one: there's just so much more <em>stuff</em> now; it's hard to +know exactly where to start and who to trust. And so much of that stuff +is now <em>garbage</em>, either in the way it's presented, with +disruptive ads that don't close correctly, or in the way it's written: +vague, misleading, or straight incorrect.</p> +<p>For two: no one really teaches you how to use this thing do they? +There are no courses on "How to use a search engine" or "How to find +good posts on a forum," and definitely not on "How to <em>write</em> +good posts on a forum." But these are exactly the kinds of skills you +really need if you want to navigate the modern world without getting +constantly distracted, misled, or totally lost.</p> +<p>There are of course, countless guides on "netiquette" geared towards +every possible internet subculture you can find. While many of them have +influenced this document and give many helpful tips on writing good +informative posts, none of them really go over what I think is most +important: what to do with the information you're reading.</p> +<p>This will probably be an evolving document as new services and +websites become available (or go down), but much of this material in the +beginning should be pretty generally applicable no matter what services +are available.</p> +<h2 id="how-to-use-a-web-browser">How to use a web browser</h2> +<h2 id="how-to-use-a-search-engine">How to use a search engine</h2> +<p>As for which search engine to use: you should use all of them, until +you get the results you need.</p> +<p>In my experience, none of the major search engines are particularly +good and I get inconsistent searches on all of them depending on what +I'm searching. There is a lot of preaching these days about privacy +concerns, but I don't really believe any service is more "private" than +another. These are all privacy nightmares, arguably by design. Your best +bet is just to search often and as many platforms as you can.</p> +<h2 id="how-to-read-and-find-scholarly-articles">How to read and find +scholarly articles</h2> +<h3 id="how-to-use-wikipedia">How to use Wikipedia</h3> +<p>A common complaint lodged at me whenever I recommend Wikipedia is +that it's not a source of truth since they found X mistake somewhere, or +made Y edit when they were a teenager that's still there. No one has +ever (or should ever) claim Wikipedia is a source of truth on it's own. +But you can use it to find more sources and maybe get a little +closer.</p> +<h3 id="how-to-find-articles-with-google-scholar">How to find articles +with Google Scholar</h3> +<h2 id="advanced-topics">Advanced Topics</h2> +<h3 id="how-to-use-tor-to-browse-anonymously">How to use tor to browse +anonymously</h3> +<p>Many in the advertising world will boast about using a VPN for +anonymity, or using a VPN in conjuction with Tor to "increase privacy." +This is simply a misunderstanding of terms. A VPN provides +<em>privacy</em> of the user's connection since it provides +encryption--only the VPN provider can "see" what is searched. The goal +of Tor is <em>anonymity</em> not privacy. Anonymity means "no one knows +who you are" not "no one knows what you're doing." Technically, traffic +is encrypted between nodes of the Tor service, so some level of privacy +is provided as well, but this is most effective when using hidden +services, not using Tor in general.</p> +</body> +</html> + | 
