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With A Linux Shell Comes Great Power... And Great Responsibility 2021/11/11 4:25 PM
So here we are, living in a world where Linus Tech Tips has released its first Linux challenge video. Of course while it all seemed like good fun to most people, a lot of negative and some positive consequences came out of that video. The purpose of this
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How Not To Switch To Linux With Your Hosts Linus and Luke 2021/10/30 2:13 PM
So over the last few weeks Linus and Luke over at LTT / FloatPlane have been teasing us with tales of their so-called Linux Challenge. The basic premise being that whichever of them can switch from Windows to Linux on their daily driver home PCs, wins th
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Fun, Franchises and ReMastered Classic Games 2021/10/6 2:35 PM
So long time readers will remember that about four years back, I posted a diatribe entitled "Repeat after me: Games are supposed to be fun" that basically railed against the realization that a lot of the new games floating around weren't actuall
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Now Thats One Bad Apple 2021/8/14 2:20 PM
As some of you know, I had tentative plans to switch from my DeGoogled LineageOS / Android phone (some variation of which I have been using since 2016) over to an iPhone just as soon as they managed to rid their devices of that garish notch. Thankfully, t
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The Rise of Ryzen 2021/7/20 12:39 PM
So anybody who is even remotely paying attention to processors knows that Intel is in some really deep shit. Back in 2014 they were essentially riding high above all of the competition and nobody could even come close to challenging their vice like grip o
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Windows 11 Announced: A Legacy OS Gives Consumers The Middle Finger 2021/6/25 9:57 PM
As some of you may have heard, yesterday Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Windows 11. As an early build had leaked last week and Microsoft had dropped a number of hints this did not shock anybody in particular. What was rather shocking was how
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Once Woke, Brain Broke: A Tale Of Echo Chambers 2021/5/4 5:22 PM
A lot of my regular readers have probably already seen the title of this post and recoiled in either shock or horror, perhaps a bit of both. But the truth is, while I have spent a lot of time pointing out and pushing back against the sins of the so-calle
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Spock Was Wrong: In Tech it is Easier to Create than to Destroy 2021/4/5 8:17 PM
I assume most of you didn't already know this, so I'm going to clarify it up front. One of my favorite sci-fi trilogies is comprised of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Obviously the
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Goodbye Small Server, Hello 150 Watt Office 2021/3/4 2:42 PM
Anybody who has spent any amount of time reading my content over the past few years knows what my small server project is. For those of you not in the know, it was basically my attempt to stop using an old desktop as my home server and transition all of
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Disinformation Warfare Broke America 2021/2/9 6:34 PM
Like most of the sane people who read this blog, I have spent the past few weeks experiencing the joy of Donald Trump not being our president. Biden's greatest promise has already been fulfilled, as a sense of normalcy is beginning to return to our polit
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Ding Dong the Trump Regime is Dead 2021/1/20 12:08 PM
I have been waiting to write this post for the last four years and I'm so happy that the moment is finally here. If you still worship at the altar of Trump, you will not like what I have to say. I am not pulling any punches. The time for a reckoning has
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The Summary Execution of Parler: A New Argument For Big Tech Anti-Trust 2021/1/11 10:57 PM
The world is one hell of a fucked up place right now. If you are reading this around the time I posted it, then you know exactly what I mean unless you've been living under a rock. If you really have no idea what I'm talking about, put on your big boy p
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The Time For Silence Is Over 2021/1/7 12:45 PM
As some of you have noticed, I took a bit of a break from this website for the last few months. In addition to that, I temporarily removed some of the content I thought might be incendiary to certain segments of people. Let me respond to the obvious fol
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This Post Could Be Evidence of Treason 2020/9/6 11:50 PM
Does the title of this post shock you? It should. The simple act of writing it actually shocked me. While I don't typically give final titles to my posts until after I've written them (largely because I typically only have a vague subject in mind when
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Firefox and Presidents: Let's All Stop Being Suckers 2020/8/15 1:00 PM
In this connected world where we are awash in information and have the ability to construct our own echo chambers, one thing has become evident: Each and every one of us is a sucker. Don't beat yourself up. It is inevitable as marketing now trumps truth
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To Ping Or Not To Ping, That Is The Question 2020/8/5 1:18 PM
Over the last few months, I have been having trouble with the stability of my home internet connection. This became evident to me while live streaming to Twitch as my stream would begin dropping a lot of frames in a really short amount of time. For a ti
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End This Nightmare 2020/7/30 8:34 PM
End This Nightmare This motherfucker wants to delay the election, Our rage cannot be modeled with mere inflection, He is the true enemy of this once prosperous state, The leader of stupidity, small mindedness and hate. If he refuses to leave the mob wi
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The Pillars of The Republican Party Platform Are Now: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride 2020/7/16 7:46 PM
I am not in the habit of writing disclaimers for my posts here. However I think given the nature of the content that follows, it would be prudent for me to make this very clear: This is an opinion piece. It reflects my thoughts and feelings on the upcom
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Coronavirus: Anti-Maskers Versus Not-Stupid 2020/7/5 3:55 PM
Never doubt this one simple truth: History repeats. We as humans are doomed to repeat the same vicious cycle over and over again as long as we refuse to learn the lessons imparted by our own history. When it comes to the subject of whether or not people
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Ding Dong: The Internet is Dead 2020/6/24 7:53 PM
In today's world with everything either burning or smoldering, it can be distressing to wake up each day and face the latest developments. Everything that is happening now is happening because, like the Empires of yesteryear, systems rise and they fall.
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Presentation Engine 5.1 Released With React and Docker Support! 2020/6/11 3:47 PM
Today marks an especially great day for me as Presentation Engine, which is the name of the software that makes this website possible, has officially hit its 5.1 release. This marks a huge leap forward for the software from a front end and deployment sta
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Why The World Needs To De-Platform Donald Trump 2020/6/1 5:18 PM
This post represents a softening of an opinion I expressed on this very website less than two years ago. If you haven't read that post, you should go back and read it before reading this one. Back in the wistful days of my youth (before I turned 40 mind
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Coronavirus: The Death Race to Reopen 2020/5/3 1:52 PM
So as I'm sure you all have heard, America is racing towards opening everything back up. As a resident of South Carolina I am simultaneously relieved that we aren't first in line to jump off the bridge but horrified that we are so close to the front of t
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So Long and Thanks For All the Fish 2020/4/17 2:45 PM
This last month has been a wild ride. It's been extremely eye opening as well. Needless to say while I'm still processing a lot of this, I have come to the decision that its time to change the nature of this website. UPDATE 5/3: I have decided to scale
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Coronavirus: Deniers, Civil Liberties and Survival of the Species 2020/4/7 3:42 PM
One debate that keeps rearing its ugly head is the one about just how far society should go to combat the Coronavirus. Practically everybody I know is debating this in some form or another and the debates are often full of vitriol and exceptionally stron
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