I found this concept of "1D games" interesting, originally linked from Hackaday

An example (randomly procedurally generated?) maze game: https://mashpoe.github.io/1D-Game/

So, a lot of us here are probably more focused on the problem of there not being enough "decentralization" today, but do you ever feel in some areas we have the opposite problem, of not enough (good) centralization?

For example, all the random linux distro flavors (or for those unaware of "linux distros", it's like a lot of similar computer programming projects that are scattered instead of all working together as one project). I don't necessarily think of this as a big problem, but it seems to duplicate unnecessary programming efforts instead of centralize coding labor in to creating "one" bigger and better distro.

Maybe there is some happy medium between centralization and decentralization for some things? The problem with too much centralization, is, say there is one "main" project, a lot of people might disagree with something about it and want to "fork off" and create a competing project. So now you have two projects. But then within those groups some people may disagree and want to go in a different, "better" direction (as they see it), so they might "fork off" as well, leaving us with four projects.

With large corporations, you see this, there may be multiple "big" stores that are similar but different, and then lots of small business competitors. I guess if there is "too much" decentralization, it can lead to feelings of fragmentation and a lack of unity maybe? Maybe this is a post to reflect on the problems of decentralization?

Do you think decentralization is causing some problems today, or that there isn't enough "good centralization" in some areas, or is the problem just too much "centralization"?

This topic could have follow up posts

One major site about memory / memorization: https://artofmemory.com/wiki/Main_Page/

Anyone working on memory or memorization projects?

Examples:

Creating "memory palaces" to memorize lots of things

Memorizing common things like phone numbers or ID #s

Memorizing vocabulary words to learn new languages

https://infogalactic.com/info/Epiphany_(holiday)

Epiphany (Koine Greek: Ἐπιφάνεια, Epiphaneia, "Manifestation", "striking appearance")[1] or Theophany[2] (Ancient Greek: (ἡ) Θεοφάνεια, Τheophaneia meaning "Vision of God"),[3] also known as Three Kings' Day,[4] is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God in his Son as human in Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not solely) the visit of the Magi to the Christ child, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles.[5][6] Moreover, the feast of the Epiphany ... also initiates the liturgical season of Epiphanytide.[7][8] Eastern Christians, on the other hand, commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.[9]

The traditional date for the feast is January 6.

In many Western Christian Churches, the eve of the feast is celebrated as Twelfth Night.[12][13] The Monday after Epiphany is known as Plough Monday.[14]

https://infogalactic.com/info/Plough_Monday

https://infogalactic.com/info/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)

Catholic encyclopedia on the topic of "Epiphany": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05504c.htm

The Irish also call today "Little Christmas": https://infogalactic.com/info/Little_Christmas

Chalking tradition:

On the Feast of the Epiphany in some parts of central Europe the priest, wearing white vestments, blesses Epiphany water, frankincense, gold, and chalk. The chalk is used to write the initials of the three magi over the doors of churches and homes. The letters stand for the initials of the Magi (traditionally named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar), and also the phrase Christus mansionem benedicat, which translates as "may Christ bless the house".

Chalking the door is one of the Christian Epiphanytide traditions used to bless one's home.[1]

Either on Twelfth Night (5 January), the twelfth day of Christmastide and eve of the feast of the Epiphany, or on Epiphany Day (6 January) itself, many Christians ... write on their doors or lintels with chalk in a pattern such as "20 ✝ C ✝ M ✝ B ✝ 23". The numbers in this example refer to the calendar year 2023 and the crosses to Christ. The letters C, M, and B stand for the traditional names of the Magi (Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar), or alternatively for the Latin blessing Christus mansionem benedicat ('May Christ bless this house').[2] Another form, for Three Kings day, is to mark the door with "IIIK" (the Roman numeral three followed by "K" for "Kings").

Chalking the door is done most commonly on Epiphany Day itself. However, it can be done on any day of the Epiphany season.[3] In some localities, the chalk used to write the Epiphanytide pattern is blessed by a Christian priest ... on Epiphany Day, then taken home to write the pattern.[4]

The Christian custom of chalking the door has a biblical precedent as the Israelites in the Old Testament marked their doors in order to be saved from death ... Families also perform this act to represent the hospitality of the Holy Family to the Magi (and all Gentiles); it thus serves as a house blessing to invite the presence of God in one's home.[6][a]

via Wiki

The Epiphany season extends from January 6 to Septuagesima Sunday

So, there's an octave of the Epiphany that lasts for 8 days, then there's the time after Epiphany up until Septuagesima Sunday, which is "70 days before Easter" (but not literally 70 days):

Septuagesima is the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Lent known among the Greeks as "Sunday of the Prodigal" from the Gospel, Luke 15, which they read on this day, called also Dominica Circumdederunt by the Latins, from the first word of the Introit of the Mass. In liturgical literature the name "Septuagesima" occurs for the first time in the Gelasian Sacramentary. Why the day (or the week, or the period) has the name Septuagesima, and the next Sunday Sexagesima, etc., is a matter of dispute among writers. It is certainly not the seventieth day before Easter, still less is the next Sunday the sixtieth, fiftieth, etc.

via Catholic encyclopedia on "Septuagesima": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13721b.htm

May have some further info: https://infogalactic.com/info/Epiphany_season

a repost of sorts

https://infogalactic.com/info/Christmastide

In medieval era Christendom, Christmastide "lasted from the Nativity to the Purification."[note: February 2][33][34] To this day, the "Christian cultures in Western Europe and Latin America extend the season to forty days, ending on the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the Purification of Mary on 2 February, a feast also known as Candlemas because of the blessing of candles on this day, inspired by the Song of Simeon, which proclaims Jesus as 'a light for revelation to the nations'."[35] Many Churches refer to the period after the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas and up to Candlemas, as Epiphanytide, also called the Epiphany season.[8][36]

The contemporary or ancient shorter season:

Christmastide begins very early on 25 December. Historically, the ending of Christmastide was 5 January.

Similarly there is a post-Easter celebration called "Eastertide":

Eastertide is the period of fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.[2]

https://infogalactic.com/info/Eastertide

I've seen this frugal concept before and I think it's worth repeating, about "regifting" yourself stuff you already have that maybe you aren't utilizing fully, or of giving that "gift" of a reminder about this to others.

Maybe you have a musical instrument that hasn't been played in a while, or someone else does and a reminder to them might get them playing it again.

In seeking for "new" things we maybe forget about things we already have access to that we own or other people own.

Have you tried this idea, like of making out a list, and regifted stuff to yourself or others, and how did it turn out or how do you think it would turn out?