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 # Agora Protocol
-- flancia.org/agora-procotol
+- [[go]] https://flancia.org/agora-protocol
+- The Agora you're likely reading this on is just one possible implementation of this protocol. 
+
+## Next
+   - [[todo]] get back to [[gyuri lajos]] w.r.t. [[TrailMarks]].
+   - [[todo]] get back to [[jack park]] w.r.t. [[typed wikilinks]]
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[go]: go "Go"
+[todo]: todo "Todo"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
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+# Gyuri Lajos
+
+- A [[person]] on [[twitter]]: https://twitter.com/TrailMarks
+- See also: [[trailmarks]]
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[person]: person "Person"
+[twitter]: twitter "Twitter"
+[trailmarks]: trailmarks "Trailmarks"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
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+# Jack Park
+
+- A [[person]] on [[twitter]]: https://twitter.com/gardenfelder
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[person]: person "Person"
+[twitter]: twitter "Twitter"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
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+# 2020-11-09
+
+ - Open source review at work still ongoing. Got some progress today, though.
+ - Learnt about [[PuLa]].
+ - Ran into the [[tao of programming]] -- it seems like the kind of thing I should have encountered twenty years ago, but IIRC I didn't.
+ - Started addressing comments in [[agora protocol]]. Many interesting ones!
+   - [[todo]] get back to [[gyuri lajos]] w.r.t. [[TrailMarks]].
+   - [[todo]] get back to [[jack park]] w.r.t. [[typed wikilinks]]
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+# Maharashtra
+
+- A state of [[India]], second most populous. Home to Mumbai.
+
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+# PuLa
+
+- Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, a.k.a. PuLa.
+- https://artsandculture.google.com/story/1gWB3H6KKgnS-g
+- "Purushottam Laxman Deshpande[1] (alternatively written as Pu La Deshpande;[2][3] 8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000[4][failed verification]), popularly known by his initials ("Pu. La.") or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi writer and humorist from Maharashtra, India. He was also an accomplished film and stage actor, script writer, author, composer, musician (he played the harmonium), singer and orator. He was often referred to as "Maharashtra's beloved personality".[5]"
+- Born in [[Maharashtra]].
+
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+# Tao of Programming
+
+- https://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html
+- Perhaps I should do some search-and-replaces and re-publish at work.
+
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+# Trailmarks
+
+- See also: [[gyuri-lajos]].
+