I finally got the mail server, file server and database server all running. There are still a few more changes I need to make, including writing more instructions, before I take down the Under Construction page.
There are three virtual servers for the production environment, and I want to set up three more for the testing environment. The testing environment won't need a mail server, but I want one for the test database, one for a file server running the version of PHP that I'm using (5.6), and one with the newest version (8.x). I could put both versions on one virtual server, but for $5 a month I'd rather have them on separate servers.
There are a lot of features I'd forgotten about in the homeschool app. One was what I called dynamic worksheets. With some text-based worksheets there's an option to show all of the questions reshuffled, which I thought of as static worksheets, or the user could pick the dynamic version.
Suppose the full worksheet has twelve questions. With the dynamic version, the student would only get four of them the first time doing the worksheet. If the student missed one, the worksheet would be automatically scheduled to only show the same four questions next time, but the order might change. If the student answered everything correctly, the worksheet would be automatically scheduled to have five questions the next time, and one more each time until the student got them all right.
Once the student had answered the full version correctly, then the full worksheet would be scheduled for a week or more away (I don't remember exactly). If the student answered them all correctly again, then the worksheet might be scheduled for two weeks away. Every time they were all answered correctly, the distance to the next instance would increase. If the student got one wrong, then the worksheet would be scheduled for a nearer time.
There's a lot of automated scheduling possible, and there's a calendar page where the parent/teacher can set the days off. The automated scheduling function would read the schedule to know what days not to schedule anything.
There's a page with a list of all of the fields of study that I saw fit to put there, but I programmed it so that each parent/teacher could customize it completely. Each assignment is linked to a field of study, and there's another page where the parent/teacher could set goals. If I remember correctly, that tied in with the automated scheduling, but I don't remember exactly how.
A parent/teacher can also set themselves up as their own student, and assign things to themselves. One of my goals was that the website could be used for a person of any age to map out a path for learning, and could create their own worksheets if they wanted to review anything.
Dr. Drew interviewed Scott Adams recently, and Scott Adams mentioned the absurdity that Republicans went to overthrow the government on Jan 6, but they neglected to bring their guns. On the first or second anniversary of the event, that alleged oversight made the narrative appear absurd to me, so I made a "video" that was supposed to be audio from January 6, captured on a video camera from which the lens cap had not been removed. I'm posting it again just because.
While I was waiting on hold to talk with a human at the IRS, I decided to put some food out for the dogs. I set the full bag of dog food on a chair, and walked away to get the bowls. When I turned around I saw the bag slowly tipping over, spilling much of its contents onto the floor. Fortunately I had help cleaning it up.
The main task for today is to begin revising McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader. It may take a couple of weeks, possibly more. I still have to work at Publix, and next week I start a new job in the memory care unit of a rehab/nursing home facility, and I'll also be working at Publix at least one night.
After that I'll take a look at the double-slit experiment, and see if there is an interpretation that is consistent with my theory of wave physics.
Also, I came across the attached meme, which I had created two or three years (or so) ago. I thought I'd include it because I still like it.
I recently proposed a theory of matter and energy called Wave Physics. In this theory, the only things in the universe are energy and the universal membrane, which is the medium through which all energy is transfered and stored.
Tonight I realized that according to this theory, everyone and everything in the universe are connected to each other at all times. Things that would be impossible according to the standard model of particle physics, are very possible in the universe of wave physics. Psychic transmissions and the power of prayer are physically possible and make sense if the universe works in any way like the theory I proposed.
If you've ever heard the phone ring and felt sure who it was before answering it, and were proven correct, this makes sense in wave physics, but not with particle physics. If you've ever looked intently at someone, and had that person quickly turn and look directly at you (I have), that phenomenon makes sense if all of us are parts of the same vast, ...
I was only scheduled to work three days this week, so I decided to work on a theory I'd been playing around with for fun over the last few years. I'd never been a big fan of the standard model of particle physics, so a few years ago, just for fun, I thought about exploring some alternate ideas, with zero training and zero experiments.
This week I wrapped up a few loose ends, and posted it to a community I created called Wave Physics. Originally I had called it Alternative Physics, but I changed my mind, so the link still has alternativephysics in it, but the community name is Wave Physics. I'd love for people to pay $5.00 a month to tell me how wrong I am.
https://alternativephysics.locals.com/
I also posted it on my personal website:
