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title: "Alexandria: a knowledge garden"
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Welcome! You've stumbled upon (or perhaps were pointed to) my public-facing
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[Zettelkasten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten), or _knowledge
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garden_.
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This is where I grow my ideas, and they are meticulously tagged to form the
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knowledge webs you see in the top right.
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Feel free to take a look around and appreciate the scenery.
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## FAQ
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> How do you edit these notes?
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The underlying notes are simply Markdown files. Precisely, they are
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[Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) compatible Markdown files, which are tagged
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with metadata for use the Obsidian apps.
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However, I do not use the Obsidian desktop app, for two reasons:
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1. Out of principle, Obsidian is [free as in free beer, but not free as in free
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speech](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html).
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2. (main reason) [Vim](https://neovim.io/) is just too good to give up.
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Therefore, I edit my notes using the free and open source
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[obsidian.nvim](https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim) plugin for Neovim.
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> I want to know cool technical details about the site!
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Glad you asked, real person who is interested! This site is powered by [Quartz
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4](https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/), and uses `typst` for math typesetting, not the
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common `LaTeX`. Behold:
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$$
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integral _(diff Omega) omega = integral _Omega dif omega
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$$
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