So I Got a Framework Laptop
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You know how I mentioned I lost my job and I'm struggling to find work. I decided to make a poor financial choices and picked up a new computer. Did I need it?
Well, There Went My Job
· ☕ 2 min read
Looks like I'm just joining the masses in the recent purge of people's daily lives. Now comes the fun of finding a suitable alternative.
My First Git Merge
· ☕ 12 min read
I've finally made my first contribution to another project! This time, it's for Typst, an incredible, rust-based markup language that you could do almost anything in. What I made was a template for Pathfinder 2nd Edition.
The Aim for 2026
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While I didn't hold well to my initial intention from the start of the year, a new year means new intentions. Hopefully, this year doesn't have such drastic change and that I might be able to stick with it.
Round 2 on Sysadmin Test
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Failed the first attempt, but only by a bit. Convieniently, I also had a free retest included. Time to give it another shot and see how it goes.
Preparing for the Linux Sysadmin Cert
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I use Arch (btw) and I make websites; only makes sense to test what I know and see if I can actually make something out of it.
First Split Keyboard
· ☕ 5 min read
More poor financial decisions. I bit the bullet and got my first mechanical keyboard. A split keyboard at that.
Monster Manuals and Teletypes
· ☕ 5 min read
Decided to try updating my markdown copies of the monsters in the D&D SRD from 2014 to 2024. However, when I opened those files up from the terminal, I found them polluted with '^M' at the end of each line. Naturally, I went down another rabbit hole figuring out why.
The Beauty of Classic D&D and NPC Generation
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Preping for another D&D campaign, but got distracted over researching and programming. It sounds like my typical day...
Simplicity Through Solitude
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While my family is on vacation, I'm tasked with watching their house and dogs. Finally, some alone time to enjoy the more simple things I feel I never have time for.
The Myth of Immortality's Curse
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Is immortality really so bad? Why do only the villans of literature pursue such while the rest of act as though we see such as vial? Perhaps the truth is that we lament our lack of such. Immortality is just sour grapes.
Content Creation and Overjustification Effect
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A lot of people become so consumed in the idea that they have to produce something for production sakes and this erred perspective often leads to creators losing the passion they held for what they made. I'm sitting here wonder if I'll just be repeating the cycle.
Causes, Consciousness, and Chinese
· ☕ 9 min read
Will AI advance to the point of consciousness? Will digital computers fully match or even exceed human intelligence? John Searle argues that that would be impossible and that human minds are not just computational, instead functioning on great biological processes. What does that extend to and how different really is the mind from computers?