"Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy

Tue 07 January 2025
This is Part IV of the series, "Don't use what works for you."

Being an armchair FOSS advocate, there are a lot of anti-FOSS arguments I've become quite used to seeing and answering. Some of them are honestly just pretty dumb:

eloquent_FOSS_apologia();

Well, I just don't CARE about that!

Well …

Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Life Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX

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A 2025 Resolution

Mon 30 December 2024

1920x1080. That's it. Goodnight, folks!

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Wait, WAIT.

My actual resolution is to use RSS feeds as my primary source of diversion on the go, vs. Pavlovically checking the Fediverse every five minutes, or even worse, getting stuck in an hours-long YT Shorts brainrot watching spree.

If you're looking …

Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Entertainment FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Hobbies Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Productivity

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How I Watch YouTube

Fri 06 December 2024

I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, TuxJam the other day, and they were discussing ways to watch YouTube without the annoyances that Google has added to the experience, namely ads and the inability to download videos for later viewing (also, YouTube stopped letting you listen to videos …

Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Entertainment Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux Non-religious post PeerTube Productivity UNIX Unix Tips Video

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My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?

Sun 24 November 2024

In Part IV, I discussed wristwatches. In this article, I'm jumping back into my pocket, so to speak, with a look at what's on my phone itself.

This was a rather exhausting article to write, because I have a lot of apps on my phone. I have even been ridiculed …

Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post PeerTube Productivity Translation WritingMonth

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What is FOSS?

Sun 24 November 2024
Note: This article was originally written last December, and was sidelined because I didn't feel it was finished. Reading through it this morning, I realized reason that I never "finished" it is because the next step would've been to write a 1280-word chapter, which is no small feat. But honestly …

Category: Tech Tagged: BSD Computing Content Warning Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) FreeBSD Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX WritingMonth

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My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!

Tue 19 November 2024

In Part II, I went over the items in my backpack. In this installment, I will talk about a single item in detail: fountain pens.

Growing up, I really disliked writing by hand. It was very uncomfortable, and my handwriting was extremely messy, to the point that my classmates would …

Category: Tech Tagged: Computing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Hobbies Informal post Non-religious post Non-technical post Productivity QuickPost WritingMonth

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My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition

Mon 18 November 2024

In Part I, I went over the items in my pockets. In this installment, I will go over the items in my backpack.

Yes, I'm milking the posts to try to catch up to my WritingMonth quota. Hush. 😄

Here's what's currently in my backpack:

Large items

  • Laptop
    • Currently a Thinkpad …

Category: Tech Tagged: Computing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Hobbies Informal post Non-religious post Productivity QuickPost WritingMonth

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