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Wikipedia Aug 22, 2026 at 08:32 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Vacuum_Tube_Company
- In 1941, Small Electric Motors bought Rogers-Majestic's manufacturing assets, not the entire company. Rogers Majestic itself became Standard Radio Ltd. and retained the broadcasting business, including CFRB.
- The UX-226 was not marketed in September 1926. Historical sources place its public introduction/first advertising in 1927, about a year later.
- Standard Radio was formed to make Rogers batteryless radio receivers, not specifically to mass-produce the tube itself. Contemporary histories say tube manufacture was handled by Rogers Radio Ltd./the tube company.
Wikipedia Aug 22, 2026 at 08:32 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Rogers
- Loretta Rogers’ University of Miami degree is documented as a BA, not a BFA.
- Authoritative biographical sources say her University of Miami degree was a BA, not a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
- Forbes’ 2015 billionaire listings put Loretta Robinson & family at $5.8 billion, not $5.5 billion.
- Her daughter’s surname is spelled Rogers-Hixon, not Rogers-Hixson, in official sources.
Wikipedia Aug 22, 2026 at 08:31 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Rogers_Jr.
- Rogers' own corporate materials identify Ted Rogers—not his father—as the founder of Rogers Communications.
- Rogers' own history dates the company's founding to 1960, when Ted Rogers bought CHFI; 1967 was the birth of Rogers Cable TV Ltd., not the start of the overall company.
Wikipedia Aug 22, 2026 at 08:26 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Wireless
- This shutdown date is incorrect. Rogers’ own support pages after August 7, 2025 still describe HSPA+/3G service as active, and one page says a 3G-based Smart Home Monitoring feature would stop working only after September 26, 2025.
- This executive listing is out of date. Rogers’ current leadership page says Anne Martin-Vachon has served as President, Wireless since January 2025.
X Aug 22, 2026 at 03:25 PM
x.com/MeteKarsli0glu/status/2090900439013466147
- Meteoric’s own materials say the 10–30% figure is only modeled “uplift potential,” not demonstrated real-world performance, and that its first large-scale cloud-clearing flight is planned for 2027.
Substack Aug 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
coefficientgiving.substack.com/p/how-banning-toxic-pesticide...
- This is too absolute. DDT—an organochlorine—has not disappeared from use; it is still officially produced or used in some countries for disease-vector control.
- This overstates the effect of pesticide substitution. Replacing the most lethal pesticides reduces deaths, but other pesticides can still be fatal, so switching chemicals does not guarantee survival.
Substack Aug 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
coefficientgiving.substack.com/p/announcing-the-strep-a-vacc...
- This understates the number of Strep A vaccine candidates that had already reached human testing by May 2026. Primary trial records and published phase studies show more than four candidates had been tested in people.
Substack Aug 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
coefficientgiving.substack.com/p/cost-effectiveness
- This page’s present-tense “current” bar is outdated. Coefficient Giving said on July 23, 2026 that it had lowered its global health and wellbeing funding bar from about 2,000x to about 1,000x.
Substack Aug 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
coefficientgiving.substack.com/p/how-banning-toxic-pesticide...
- This is too absolute. DDT is still in use today in some countries for disease-vector control under a limited exemption to the Stockholm Convention.
Substack Aug 21, 2026 at 09:57 PM
coefficientgiving.substack.com/p/suggestions-for-individual-...
- This overstates the exclusivity problem. Repurposed or previously approved drugs can still receive FDA exclusivity in some circumstances, including 3-year exclusivity for a new indication and 7-year orphan-drug exclusivity.
LessWrong Aug 21, 2026 at 04:37 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/grtu3HmbP2wrBFefW/the-rogue-agent-ex...
- Hugging Face says it detected and reconstructed the intrusion largely with its own telemetry and analysis, so the detailed postmortem was not only possible because the agent ran on OpenAI infrastructure.
LessWrong Aug 21, 2026 at 04:35 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/bL8RoJu5wyLssdxiz/lesswrong-vs-tikto...
- This overstates how often TikTok is watched on mute. TikTok’s own materials say most users use the app with sound on, not muted.
LessWrong Aug 21, 2026 at 04:31 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/kuXiSi52wvijw3ftR/the-technique-tabo...
- This overstates what Chinese majors do. Official Chinese-major curricula at major universities explicitly require substantial Chinese language study, including reading and writing Chinese texts.
- This is contradicted by standard studio-art curricula. Official art-major requirements at major universities include studio-based training, drawing, concentration in media like painting or sculpture, and senior creative projects.
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 06:37 AM
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A7%92%E8%89%B2%E6%89%AE%E6%BC%94%E...
- 在《龍與地下城》等桌上角色扮演遊戲中，DM 通常是 "Dungeon Master"，不是 "Dungeon Manager"。
- NPC 的英文通常是 "nonplayer character" 或 "non-player character"，不是 "Non Players Character"。
- PC 的英文通常是 "player character"，不是 "Players Character"。
- 《龍與地下城》不是加里·吉蓋克斯一人發明；官方資料將它列為 Gary Gygax 與 Dave Arneson 的共同創作。
- Joseph Campbell 通常被介紹為神話學者、作者與教師，不是劇作家。
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 06:27 AM
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7...
- ファミリーコンピュータ（ファミコン）の日本発売年は1982年ではなく1983年です。任天堂の沿革ページでも1983年発売とされています。
- 『Wizardry 囚われし魂の迷宮』の対応機種はPS（初代PlayStation）ではありません。公式サイトではPS3のオンライン配信タイトルと案内されています。
- 『ダンジョンマスター』は1991年のPC初出作品ではありません。確認できる資料では、Atari ST版が1987年に発売され、DOS版も1992年とされています。
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 06:14 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solow%E2%80%93Swan_model
- The displayed MPK formula is missing a β in the exponent on A. For the stated production function, the correct marginal product is proportional to A^(1−α−β), not A^(1−α).
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 06:09 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solow%E2%80%93Swan_model
- This formula drops a β from the exponent on A. For the production function shown earlier, the marginal product of capital is proportional to A^(1−α−β), not A^(1−α).
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 04:24 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongming_Island
- These attraction counts are badly outdated. Official Chongming tourism sources list far more A-rated scenic areas than this, including six 4A attractions and many 3A attractions.
- This bus-route figure is outdated. An official 2026 Chongming transport profile says the district operates 68 bus routes, not 41.
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 04:21 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongmingia
- This is off by a year: Chongmingia zhengi was formally published in Scientific Reports on January 25, 2016, not in 2015.
Wikipedia Aug 21, 2026 at 02:13 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle-A
- This compresses two different dates into one. Sources on the symbol’s history say Milanese anarchists had already taken it up experimentally in 1966; 1968 was when use in Milan became systematic, not when it first spread there.