# Twtxt is an open, distributed microblogging platform that # uses human-readable text files, common transport protocols, # and free software. # # Learn more about twtxt at https://github.com/buckket/twtxt # # This is an automated Yarn.social feed running feeds v0.1.0@72e53a9 # Learn more about Yarn.social at https://yarn.social # # nick = luke_smiths_blog # url = https://feeds.twtxt.net/luke_smiths_blog/twtxt.txt # type = rss # source = https://lukesmith.xyz/rss.xml # avatar = https://feeds.twtxt.net/luke_smiths_blog/avatar.png#6mxxvlzebvmzqvpc2v44kxyiqscjrej5v34fqqjsgootrwg7fpsq # description = # updated_at = 2023-02-22T17:15:27Z # 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A Guide to Using RSS to Replace Social Media ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Anyone done Peertube before? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I have my own search engine now ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z GNUtards unequivocally destroyed eternally ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Le Shill Lion ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'll have server downtime tomorrow. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Oooof! Big server downage! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z On the swallowing patch in dwm ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Manjaro is good for noobs. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not Related! is officially back. New episode tomorrow morning. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z First episode of a full series on the basics of shell scripting ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Converting Facebook feeds to RSS? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Github sponsorship ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I don't trust Wikipedia anymore. Also, a request for a Stallman meme! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Help me livestream from the remote Unaboomer's Cabin! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New vids on shell scripting and substring removal ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'm going to be ending i3 support in LARBS very soon! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Two factor authentication without a cell phone ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Full timecodes for the Vimtutor 'Let's Play' ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A full commentary on vim while 'let's playing' vimtutor! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Ripping and spliting and tagging audiobooks and albums from YouTube ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The advantages of dwmblocks... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New video showcase of my dwm build ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Politics matters most to slaves. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why do I so rarely talk about politics on my channel? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New website setup, also a statusbar module for network traffic ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Check out my dwm and dwmblocks builds (and say goodbye to i3)! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Lincucks Fest has been canceled! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Font gone crazy in LARBS? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z What should be the default browser for LARBS? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'll be at Linuxfest Southeast June 12-14 in Charlotte, NC ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Big fix for the st/suckless 'Crash-On-Emoji' error ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New/old episode of Not Related! out: Every scientific paper you've read is wrong ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New video on new books ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Merry Christmas to all and a vid from the archives ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'm thinking about using bspwm ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Two more videos and important LARBS problem ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'm back! 6 new videos out and more coming... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Little neomutt fix for mutt-wizard users ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on the zsh or z shell, whatever the z stands for... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The Stallman stuff is cringe. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New crypto currency addresses ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z You have 1 unread mail from the Unaboomer's cabin ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A script that automatically sets up your personal mail server ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Email is still down ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Possible mail downage today ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z LARBS is going throught significant changes ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Luke's Digest: Mid May ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Technology meme review stream ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Stream with Kris Occhipinti ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Who needs a mouse to copy output? The extensibility of st ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Send me all your suckless surf hacks! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Looking for a comprehensive book on gardening and planting (best if #Lindy too) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Luke 'Digest' for this week ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal (also another Chad-piping video) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Layin' down Pipes like a Unix Chad ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z ACSHUALLY... Some even better mutt-wizard changes! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z mutt-wizard 2.0 release (everything is better and easier) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z 'The Right Side of History' is a Spook. On Whig History and Self-deception. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Get all your email offline for archiving, mutt, etc: Using isync ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Is the terminal just for hipsters? Also, livestream soon. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on basic configuration of mutt/neomutt ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How to mount and access Android phones on Linux computers ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Pretty funny clip of Alex Jones harrassed by Boomer liberal ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why prefer free and open source software? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Tagging Ogg or Opus files? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Bibliographical references for LaTeX, groff and pandoc without the effort ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Exclusive Boomers Only Content! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Starting a Mumble server and 'Unaboomer Cabin' series ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Before I get to deep into this... Does this exist already? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Blocking links from certain websites on an Apache web server? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Boomer vs. Doomer Livestream Starting Imminently! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Using shuf and $RANDOM for randomization in the command line ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Boomer rants in woods about koding these days ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Minor dunst ugliness/breakage on update in LARBS ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Clear your RSS cache; error fix ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z GNU/Esotericism Stream in an hour... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Don't document software! (If you want to avoid pain!) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not Related! LIVE: The Problem with Academic Statistics (in 1 hour; 2PM EDT) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not Related! (LIVE) Coming soon (tomorrow?)... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The Bible on the command line (tutorial) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z In defense of 'Pseudo-science' in video form... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Livestream starting in less than 30 minutes ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z LARBS update to vifm/überzug may require manual intervention ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z YangGang.us Website building livestream at 4:00 EST ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z My repos are now on Gitlab and will be updated there as well ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Plumbing in Linux, Plan 9 from Bell Labs style ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A visit to the Georgia Guidestones ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New Latin Vulgate Bible repository ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Boomer forest LARP episode 2/2 ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z College stream starting now ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z College tour livestream soon ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Pacman for package management on Arch: All the basics and more ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Thinking about getting a document camera: Any suggestions? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The downsides of bloated software: R Markdown and LaTeX ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Wow what a bad day for Fedorafriends! (Luke Smith BTFOS Logic MLG Epic Style) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New Git repo: Greek Septuagint/New Testament on the command line ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Fuzzy finder (fzf), a 'dmenu' for the terminal ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why you should learn Latin ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Boomer LARPs in Woods ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z You don't choose who you are ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Some riverfront surveying ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z One week in nowhere ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Pre-/innawoods/ livestream now ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How to Get a Domain Name for Cheap or Free ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Do you know the Via Negativa? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Some entry tips to using suckless programs ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Audio problem fixed. Stream active immanently. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Unaboomer/Geocities Livestream SOON ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A showcase video on fish as a shell ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Anyone got ueberzug image previews working in vifm? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The 'Horrors' of the Linux Terminal... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Livestream now ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Recent work ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Luke steps on the Python snek ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Anyone want to redo the CSS for my website? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Suck on this, black-pillers! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Anyone want the domain name `currentyear.net`? Looking to sell. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Hacking wishlist addition: Moving all before a match to end of file! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Contemplating a brief series on creating a website ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Adding transparency and removing whitespace from images automatically with imagemagick ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why I don't do GNU/Linux 'evangelism' ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Nassim Taleb on IQ, and what is IQ anyway? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why I don't use polybar anymore? (And on ricing) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z i fell Ior the suckless meme in image viewers too: sxiv ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A Hacking Wishlist ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New Year and New Plans ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Livestream now scheduled on YouTube and video requests? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The New Year's Livestream will be on Atlantis time ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Year Review-End of Year Livestream Incoming! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Merry Christmas! and Bitchute Update ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z What is 'the best' Linux distro? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z 'Boomer Rants in Woods' series ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Running commands whenever a file is changed with entr ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'M GOING TO USE THE NNN FILE BROWSER ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Do you hate Patreon and PayPal? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Transparency/chroma keys in mpv or vlc? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Luke Smith in 1080p! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z grug like new notrelated episode ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Physiognomy is real! (A request) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z My RSS feed is getting too big! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Are you thirsty for some Social Media Upcummies? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Download any of my thumbnails easily ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video up on sed and regular expressions ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New st build additions: link handling and Xresources and pywal compatibility ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z My public blog script, `lb` is now much improved ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New video on i3 configuration and tiling window managers ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z You can now donate Bitcoin! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on my vimrc and Vim Plug-Ins I use ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Lazy Sunday video on CPU, Temperature and Memory for general use ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Looking for a new colorscheme for my terminal. Recommendations? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Github Dotfiles and New i3 Video Soon ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z GDP and income is a measure of fragility ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Note to newfriends: Don't share my content on 4chan! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I DAB ON ALL YOU NERDS ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Please be on the lookout for this phenomenon among pretentious Zoomers ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How to find minimalist programs ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Podcast syndicated on Spotify ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video up on zathura for reading pdfs, djvus, epubs and everything else ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Battlestation repair video! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Adobe Reader is LITERALLY Hitler ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not Related! Site under construction ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How do you do URLs or hyperlinks in a groff or troff document? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on eqn: Formatting Math and Statistics in groff and troff ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not Related!: When You're Too Rational to Be Rational! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z mutt-wizard ProtonMail Bridge compatibility ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not-Quite-Livestream in preparation ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Quick tutorial on generating QR codes ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z "Live"streams coming back! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Big reshuffling of scripts in LARBS dotfiles ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Some potentially relevant changes in LARBS today ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Possible email downage today ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Bibliographies and references automatically with refer in groff ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Okay, now THIS is epic. (groff correction) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Looking for LARBS-user submissions! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Accented and other unicode characters in groff/troff ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z LaTeX OWNED EPIC STYLE by LOGICAL UNIX COMPLIANCE of groff and refer ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New addresses for Crypto: Ethereum, Litecoin and Dash ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Easy emoji use with dmenu ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Macros in groff and troff and other basic formatting ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z groff/troff: When LaTeX and Pandoc are bloat ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z When I bring back the forum, what should its name be? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video review and overview of the Slice Battery for ThinkPads ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Looking for Land for Uncle Luke's Cabin ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Livestream for those who missed it ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Trip up Country and Looking for Land ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Episode on the 10,000 Year Explosion and Pandora's Seed ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Not Related! episode will be up soon ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video up on Bash settings and aliases ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Break week ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Any Paleo-Anthropologists or geneticists reading? On the Toba Population Bottleneck ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Democracy: The Rule of NPCs ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z R.I.P. Lincucks! Some comments on recent events ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Yes, I'm doing a video on it... ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z SSL cert failures with Gmail accounts (mutt-wizard) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Le Purity-Spiral Nationalism ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z THICC podcast episode coming ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Terry Davis has died. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z We need to start studying NPCs scientifically ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Alex Jones, increasingly BASED, now even more banned from everything ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z NotRelated.xyz Website is now up! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z My diet following the memes ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy UP ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Cell Phones and the Bronze Age Collapse (1177 BC) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The Real Bronze-Age Mindset! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Full MSMTPRC support added to Mutt Wizard ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Mfw soydevs would use PHP for this ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Intro podcast episode up and RSS feed available. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I've deleted my Twitter ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Minor blog addition ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Podcast series to begin shortly ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Now THIS is Bash AUTISM! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Don't be a Bash BRAINLET! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Minor hack: Pausing all mpv videos on any screen ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on cronjobs for managing my system ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z LARBS is about done ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Scripting in action ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How let your root user use your main dotfiles ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Download any Academic Article Free: A One-Liner ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Macs, "PCs" and the Power of Public Relations ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New st patches: Xresources and pywal compatibility ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z In Defense of "Pseudoscience" ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on copying and pasting from Vim ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z i3blocks reloaded ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Monetized with Super Chats ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Redesign of Website ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z A Journey to Athens ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z First Imagemagick Videos ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Updates about Money and Patreon ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on GIMP basics ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Consciousness, bicamerality and book reviews ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Linux is the Wild West! Talk is now out ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Linuxfest 2018 review ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Syncthing video, also Patreon changes ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The Secrets in Hamlet's Mill ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Lol Linuxfest ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Exile in Suburbia ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Whomst lives in Georgia? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Series on Old Norse and Language Learning? ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Stream soon ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Forum now has HTTP & SSL (Lunduke BTFO once again) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How I Write Accent Marks and IPA Characters in Vim ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on the blog system ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Guests now allowed on forum; Perks for supporters. ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z More tinkering today ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Check Github for the blog system ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Excuse the RSS mess! ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New Forum Up and Under Preparation ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z On my new blog system ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New turbo-minimalist site ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why Vim Doesn't Need a Mouse (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQCRVkSFFEc 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I'll be at Linux Fest Southeast next month. Come and see me! ⌘ http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z What a waste of time! ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Updates on downtime and server transfer/email ⌘ https://forum.lukesmith.xyz/thread-537.html 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Moving to a VPS, some downtime ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Playing around with i3 blocks (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7_9Xdbsem4 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Some tips in a vim project (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hraHAZ1-RaM 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Arch Install Part 2: Setting up a graphical environment and users (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSHOb8YU9Gw 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on newsboat and RSS feed (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUFCRqs822w 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z dmenu is more than an "application launcher"! (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9m723tAurA 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z wtf i hate linux now! Mac OS is best, and other comments. ⌘ https://forum.lukesmith.xyz/thread-426.html 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z tripcode!Q/7 fixes my X220 ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1f8raveZo 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Oral defense next week ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z LiberaPay now added (It's better than Paypal and Patreon) ⌘ https://liberapay.com/LukeSmith 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Luke Smith and Noam Chomsky (and my position in the field) ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Linguistics Isn't 60 Years Old!:Pāṇinian Approaches to Language ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yZ91YUdRfY 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New LARBS format; 2.0 coming soon. ⌘ https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/larbs 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z I've been unironically playing the best game ever again: Deus Ex ⌘ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Suckless sent of video creation? ⌘ https://tools.suckless.org/sent/ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Arch Linux: Is it a meme? (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO9R_WFs9Zc 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z mutt-wizard Now Has an Autosync and Notification Option! ⌘ https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Clean out your RSS feed cache! ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Quantifier Scope Is All Just Fun and Games! (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_PMpQiGL0 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z From Arch Linux to Parabola: How-To and System Management! (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jx-5Zp28VQ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z NEWS: Arch Linux Install and Config; and X220 Repair (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ke9ZNC9a5k 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z BRAINLET Luke Destroys his ThinkPad X220!!! (Press F) (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1LUlnhIAI 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Easy, No BS Slide Presentations with SENT! (suckless) (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLCl96eNaI 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z You're not "Autistic." You're normal. (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAsxztU189k 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Now You Can Auto-Configure Mutt and OfflineIMAP! (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsEJz9f9VMQ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Working on a email wizard for mutt and offlineIMAP configs ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h-Qr_Ricik 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Working on a mutt wizard ⌘ https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/mutt-wizard 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z We Have a Forum! (and on the Future!) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MC3wR63FHs 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How to Actually Get Good at GNU/Linux (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNuz-Trx0a4 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z i3: Managing Windows and Webcams for screencasting ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkqxYZ7-sQM 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Dropdown Terminals and Scratchpads in i3wm! (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-l7DnDbiiU 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Mac Users: Don't Say T*rx on My Channel (T*rxroaches BTFO!) (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCuMqBlSqE 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Forum is now open to public (but only YOU know!) ⌘ https://forum.lukesmith.xyz/ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z LARBS preparing for release ⌘ https://larbs.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z RSS readers: You can now use HTTPS! ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz/rss.xml 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z What programs do I use? ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz/programs.html 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Dataframes in R: Columns subsets and more! (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDzVtu24dbk 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Playing Around with Functions in R (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRvPNo6HaY 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Stats in R: Basics of a Beefy Calculatory (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCWQrKQQI4 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Selecting terminal URLs with URLview (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgzpAjFgbCw 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Hard Reset on the Voidrice Repository ⌘ https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z st: suckless's Simple Terminal (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJmm7wl4JUI 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z An Intro to R Markdown (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J5a0JWIF-0 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The Virgin LaTeX vs. the CHAD R Markdown (Video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWScm5WI3fo 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Returning to Arizona ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z URXVT, Basics and Configuration (VIDEO) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBf_yFHps8 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Linguistics Videos! (Coming Whether I like it or not!) ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Yup! Vim has a spell-checker. (VIDEO) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez1XBUqbS68 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on Net Neutrality ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgbeB79Dss0 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z sc-im: A Vim-inspired Excel replacement! ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8_gazN7h0 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z ThinkPad T420 Overview ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOLYXi2tGg 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z "Which ThinkPad Should I Get?" ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La3sb5y7e-k 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Shortcut sync for bash, ranger and qutebrowser ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxlJAGiRY0o 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z ThinkPad week is on! ⌘ https://youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Battlestation and Apartment Tour Part II ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYBY7jKzv4 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Some channel announcements! ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu-Bwr814wc 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Make the Internet Decentralized Again! ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtkicw97zSo 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Markdown and Pandoc for Easy Presentations... ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dum7q6UXiCE 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z On EOMA68 comuters ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHUDHqSeuM 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Limitations cause greatness! ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z On Purism Laptops ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwcOpf30SfY 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z My book library: the autistic thing I've done this weekend... ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz/library.html 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Block Ads, Tracking, Porn and whatever else with /etc/hosts ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPfpCVW7ZvM 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Luke on Golden Age ⌘ http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/10/23/golden-age-episode-4-software-freedom/ 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z 10,000 subscribers! ⌘ https://youtube.com/c/lukesmithxyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Housecleaning... ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz/videos.html 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z The Podcast is Really Happening ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPD35ETwuk 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Out of Town: LARBS coming soon ⌘ https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/LARBS 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z No Relation! EP1: Noam Chomsky Joins Us in Hell (Arizona) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPD35ETwuk 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Automatic Ricing Script Part 2. (COMING SOON) ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Some busy work and imminent plans ⌘ https://youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Reworking the website backend ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z My mpd/ncmpcpp Setup ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZIEdI9TS2U 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Why I Went 2 Years with No Internet at Home ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiMcX3Fa2Us 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Muh RSS ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video out on how I manage my website ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azkWYxyqh3Y 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Mastering my website ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Finally using Vid.Me, lol ⌘ https://vid.me/LukeSmith 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Video on calcurse, also news to come ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvc-pHjbhdE 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z i3wm video is out! ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BOW61luzF4 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Battlestation Video (Part 1)! ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5rFh0FcfU 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Am I *done* configuring i3? ⌘ https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Wallpapers now public ⌘ https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/wallpapers 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z Corebooting/Librebooting Soon ⌘ https://paypal.me/LukeMSmith 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z How to Go Pro on YouTube! ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g66Jhxi-gg0 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z New RSS feed ⌘ http://lukesmith.xyz/rss.xml 2020-07-09T20:47:47Z 5,000 subscribers mark and returning home ⌘ https://youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz 2020-07-10T23:30:46Z I'll be returning to make videos on Monday. Check out Peertube. ⌘ 2020-07-14T14:10:00Z I'll be migrating to a superior server for Peertube ⌘ 2020-07-15T11:40:58Z PeerTube will be down for migration today ⌘ 2020-07-15T13:54:48Z Peertube migration is done! No obvious errors. Full video sync to happen soon! ⌘ 2020-07-20T00:56:23Z Open call for LARBS users ⌘ 2020-08-07T16:29:28Z Redesigning the website ⌘ 2020-08-12T21:40:13Z Recommended libre/open source crypto wallet? ⌘ 2020-08-14T13:24:20Z Internet has been cucking me ⌘ 2020-08-16T00:59:41Z Only Mediocre Minds Nitpick (new article) ⌘ 2020-08-16T00:59:41Z Only Mediocre Minds Nitpick (new article) ⌘ 2020-08-17T20:10:06Z New documentaries and lectures on PeerTube ⌘ 2020-09-03T18:39:27Z Hedonism, Aceticism and the Hermetic Answer ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz/poetic.html 2020-09-17T20:13:43Z Working on something big. Possible momentarily LARBS downage. ⌘ 2020-09-24T17:08:57Z Making free money off Credit Cards ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz/credit-cards.html 2020-10-09T15:19:03Z mutt-wizard is better now ⌘ 2020-12-11T23:02:48Z New website ⌘ https://lukesmith.xyz 2020-12-29T22:18:17Z Short Notice: Appearing on Millenniyule TONIGHT at 7PM New York Time ⌘ [Read more...](https://www.millennialwoes.com/millenniyule?y=2020&uid=2020-12-30-00-00) 2021-01-07T14:25:24Z PeerTube v3 is now live with Live Streaming abilities ⌘ [Read more...](https://videos.lukesmith.xyz) 2021-01-12T02:31:47Z New "Academic" Page on my Website ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/academic.html) 2021-01-22T20:00:10Z Why it's bad to have a high GDP ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/gdp.html) 2021-02-06T18:53:51Z Wallpaper gray on LARBS? ⌘ [Read more...](https://github.com/stoeckmann/xwallpaper/issues/28) 2021-02-11T23:18:27Z Veganism is the Pinnacle of Bugmanism ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/vegan.html) 2021-02-12T19:44:31Z Wanna learn LaTeX? ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/latex.html) 2021-02-13T17:57:10Z We Want Our 4 Causes Back! ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/causes.html) 2021-03-09T19:03:06Z Livestream momentarily ⌘ [Read more...](https://youtu.be/uYDfdeySis0) 2021-03-10T18:22:41Z https://Based.Cooking (non-bloated, non-soydev recipes and more) ⌘ [Read more...](https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/based.cooking) 2021-03-13T13:47:51Z Ememergency: re: YouTube ⌘ [Read more...](https://donate.lukesmith.xyz) 2021-03-15T14:11:48Z Testing PeerTube Livestream... ⌘ [Read more...](https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/videos/watch/73954c47-3d1b-435f-abbe-5e6f65909478) 2021-03-26T19:01:11Z YouTube Channel Deletion (updated) ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/deletion.html) 2021-03-26T18:15:11Z YouTube Channel Deletion ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/deletion.html) 2021-04-03T20:09:50Z Bringing back blog system. ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-08T13:10:57Z ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-08T13:12:47Z Livestream on PeerTube ONLY at 10AM New York time ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-19T03:38:32Z Another tag and article test ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T12:21:51Z The Fragility of Physics ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T12:20:12Z Programs and Equipment I Use ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T12:17:04Z Making Free Money off Credit Cards ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:55:16Z Why I Use the GPL and Not Cuck Licenses ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:52:20Z Notes on Learning Languages ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:51:04Z Academic ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:48:02Z Reviews of All Linux Distros (That Matter) ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:46:42Z Reviews of All Linux Distros ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:45:31Z Only Use Old Computers! ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:43:47Z Learning European Languages (Michel Thomas) ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:41:46Z Wanna Learn LaTeX? ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:40:24Z Learn Latin ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:36:25Z Command Line Bibles ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:34:55Z Why It's Bad to Have High GDP ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:31:31Z Science vs. Soyence ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:30:25Z Hedonism, Asceticism and the Hermetic Answer ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:28:09Z Veganism Is the Pinnacle of Bugmanism ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:21:22Z Learn Chinese ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:19:00Z The Parable of Alien Chess ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:17:36Z We Want Our 4 Causes Back! ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T11:16:07Z Hating Brave is Cool! ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T13:23:18Z My blog system now has tagging (all pure POSIX shell of course) ⌘ [Read more...]() 2021-04-21T17:38:33Z Monero Maximalism: Or, How Bitcoin Is a 💩coin ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/monero-maximalism-or-how-bitcoin-is-a-coin.html) 2021-04-24T17:25:58Z Stay frosty: possible test stream on PeerTube and YouTube in a bit ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/stay-frosty-possible-test-stream-on-peertube-and-youtube-in-a-bit.html) 2021-04-24T20:44:59Z Monero Maximalism: Or, How Bitcoin Is a 💩coin ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/monero-maximalism-or-how-bitcoin-is-a-coin.html) 2021-04-25T00:58:20Z Monero Maximalism: Or, How Bitcoin Is a 💩coin ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/monero-maximalism-or-how-bitcoin-is-a-coin.html) 2021-05-01T14:27:03Z My searx instance has changed domains ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/my-searx-instance-has-changed-domains.html) 2021-05-03T01:26:56Z Livestream on YouTube within an hour or so ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/livestream-on-youtube-within-an-hour-or-so.html) 2021-05-03T12:44:47Z Livestream on YouTube within an hour or so ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/livestream-on-youtube-within-an-hour-or-so.html) 2021-05-03T12:44:25Z My searx instance has changed domains ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/my-searx-instance-has-changed-domains.html) 2021-05-04T21:52:23Z Monero and Other Privacy Coins ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/monero-and-other-privacy-coins.html) 2021-05-06T02:31:49Z The Problems with Utilitarianism ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/the-problems-with-utilitarianism.html) 2021-05-06T03:44:10Z Conspiratorial Thinking and "Multiple Outs" ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/conspiratorial-thinking-and-multiple-outs.html) 2021-05-06T13:42:22Z Modern "Freedom" Means Being a Slave to Impulses ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/modern-freedom-means-being-a-slave-to-impulses.html) 2021-05-13T15:56:05Z Testing out the Odysee Livestreaming; Check it out NOW! ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/testing-out-the-odysee-livestreaming-check-it-out-now.html) 2021-05-13T16:34:35Z Odysee stream over, worked well! ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/odysee-stream-over-worked-well.html) 2021-05-25T13:43:37Z Livestream on YouTube right now ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/livestream-on-youtube-right-now.html) 2021-05-29T12:35:15Z Modern "Freedom" Means Being a Slave to Impulses ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/modern-freedom-means-being-a-slave-to-impulses.html) 2021-06-09T02:53:28Z I appeared on Monero Talk ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/i-appeared-on-monero-talk.html) 2021-06-13T17:00:20Z Livestream on Odysee/LBRY now. ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/livestream-on-odyseelbry-now.html) 2021-06-19T01:41:29Z Late livestream on YouTube ASAP ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/late-livestream-on-youtube-asap.html) 2021-06-26T20:58:12Z Matrix vs. XMPP ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/matrix-vs-xmpp.html) 2021-07-22T12:55:16Z The classical book reprinting site is live! LindyPress.net ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/the-classical-book-reprinting-site-is-live-lindypressnet.html) 2021-07-22T15:40:36Z The classical book reprinting site is live! LindyPress.net ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/the-classical-book-reprinting-site-is-live-lindypressnet.html) 2021-07-23T15:11:22Z YouTube stream now ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/youtube-stream-now.html) 2021-07-29T19:43:12Z Important: LindyPress undergoing some updates ⌘ [Read more...](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/important-lindypress-undergoing-some-updates.html) 2021-08-13T23:40:27Z **Bringing back old-school web pins and buttons**
Back in the not-quite-as-bad-old-days (at least as far back as the 90's), every good website had a small "ad" gif that fans of the site could use as a colorful link. These are called "buttons" or sometimes "pins."

You can see sites that collect these internet artifacts (both the good ones and boring ones) [here](https://anlucas.neocities.org/88x31Buttons.html) and [here](http://cyber.dabamos.de/88x31/).

Most people would have **do ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/bringing-back-oldschool-web-pins-and-buttons.html) 2021-08-28T14:11:20Z **Every Web Browser Absolutely Sucks.**
The title explains it all, you don't even have to read.

There are no good, even passable web browsers. None. Not a single one even comes close.

The weird thing is this: _making a good browser should be easy!_ Among the existing web browsers, you could assemble all the parts necessary for a passable (if not perfect) browser. No one has ever bothered to do this, instead, people assembled 90% good stuff and 10% junk.

Here I will list:

1. Featu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/every-web-browser-absolutely-sucks.html) 2021-09-03T12:37:30Z **Obscenities are symptoms of weak minds.**
Over the past few years, I made the decision to totally cut obscenities out from my speech. You might actually be able to find recordings of me cursing four or five years ago, but as of now, I really stand by my decision.

Obscenities are the linguistic equivalent of an trashy emaciated person entirely decked in tattoos, smoking cigarettes and wearing a shirt with nudity on it. They'll defend what they do on the idea that it's someone "their right," or "e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/c/obscenities-are-symptoms-of-weak-minds.html) 2021-11-14T19:46:17Z **Important notes for LARBS users**
Two notes for [LARBS](https://larbs.xyz) users:

1. Xorg went through some updates last week that changed how it calculates dots-per-inch (DPI) on screens. There's a chance that you might update and find your font extra large or small. If so, you can just manually add`xrandr --dpi 96` to the beginning of your `xprofile` to set the DPI to the typical 96 (or whatever number looks best).
2. I have no switched new installs of LARBS from using Pulseaudio to Pipewire as an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/c/important-notes-for-larbs-users.html) 2022-02-10T15:22:17Z **Livestream brought you by Starlink**
I got Starlink/Soylink and I might, _might_ be able to do a livestream from my house.

Come see if it works here:

[https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/6HaEr5NtP61H1fZC3FdXC9](https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/6HaEr5NtP61H1fZC3FdXC9)

I will start sometime soon once I get things set up. I should have a chat module open now on my PeerTube instance now. ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/c/livestream-brought-you-by-starlink.html) 2022-02-10T15:44:43Z **Livestream brought you by Starlink**
I got Starlink/Soylink and I might, _might_ be able to do a livestream from my house.

Come see if it works here:

[https://youtu.be/iobvWRL9loM](https://youtu.be/iobvWRL9loM) ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/c/livestream-brought-you-by-starlink.html) 2022-05-04T13:26:42Z **Monerotopia Presentation and Website News**
Just a note that within two hours (11AM NY time), my edited Monerotopia presentation with slides and all will be premiering [here on the Monero Talk channel on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVpeZMLaliE).

I did already do an extended commentary and explanation of my talk [here on my PeerTube channel](https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/eHVrtr7FXrWoeSjHAv2au3), and I might put this an the edited talk onto my YouTube channel if I feel like it. You shou ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/c/monerotopia-presentation-and-website-news.html) 2022-05-27T12:32:47Z **Based.Cooking has become more grandma-usable.**
Over the past month, I’ve taken some off-time to tinker with
[Based.Cooking](https://based.cooking), the cooking site I/we made a year or so
ago as a proof of concept for a simple and unintrusive recipe website. There
have been over 250 recipes submitted, but the hobbled-together static site
generator originally used proved unable to keep up and with all the
submissions, there was a big issue of content organization.

There have been two big changes. Firstly, I port ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/updates/based-cooking-hugo-search/) 2022-05-28T03:11:04Z **I will be at Southeast Linuxfest 2022 (June 10-12) in Charlotte, NC.**
Title says the gist.

In 2018, I went to [Southeast Linuxfest](https://southeastlinuxfest.org/) and gave a presentation [which you can see here](https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/uxiCWDTRHYstoeTQfCg2Fa) or [![](https://lukesmith.xyz/pix/yt.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnCXJn2cRf4).
It was nice meeting the (shockingly normal) people who knew me from the interest last time.

I’m going to be attending again this year, as the title says Ju ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/updates/linuxfest-2022-announcement/) 2022-07-12T20:16:31Z **The hardest technical solutions are right in front of your face.**
Nassim Taleb had this old anecdote of the sheer absurdity that while the suitcase and other bags had existed for lifetimes, it was only in the 1990’s that people had the idea to put wheels on the things so they didn’t have to haul them around airports all day with their strength.

It reminds you of the fact that while children in the Incan Empire did indeed have some toys with wheels, apparently no one thought to use the wheel to make a simple ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/obvious-technical-solutions/) 2022-07-14T16:10:08Z **Minimizing Liabilities Is Making It**
The default way to look at financial “independence” nowadays is to think that means “making a lot of money.”
That’s understandable.

But then you see stuff like this:

![60% of millennials earning over $100,000 say they're living paycheck to paycheck.](https://lukesmith.xyz/pix/millennial-paycheck.jpg)

Or this:

![](https://lukesmith.xyz/pix/net-worth.jpg)It takes until 30 for a person to be as rich as they were when they were born. (And this is average net worth, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/minimizing-liabilities-is-making-it/) 2022-07-29T11:53:20Z **'Based' Paganism vs. Christianity**
I’ve been meaning to write about Paganism recently. I will frame it as a response to an email I received within the past day or so:

> Hey Luke,
>
> First off, I would like to thank you for all your efforts in making everything
> you know accessible to everyone. You have exposed me to some of the most
> thought-provoking people on the internet and Varg is one of them. I was
> wondering if you can write an article or make a video on what you think about
> Varg’s Paganism in r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/christianity-based-paganism/) 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z **Blockchain Blasphemy and the Technological Antichrist**
[![](https://lukesmith.xyz/pix/akashic.webp)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqaxQmjsb2A)

There’s a meme YouTube video by Leonardo of Biz ( [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqaxQmjsb2A)) where the villainous Bogs refer to their desire to attain something called **“The Akashic Records”** using blockchain technology.

This random aside not just shows the attention to detail Leonardo gives what would otherwise be silly videos, but articulates something deep ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/blockchain-blasphemy/) 2022-12-16T15:35:42Z **Retiring My Fiat Donation Portal**
I’ve decided to retire my fiat donation portal at [donate.lukesmith.xyz](https://donate.lukesmith.xyz), where people could donate to me via debit and credit cards.
**This will happen by the end of this calendar year.**

It’s more in keeping with my principles of free software, self-ownership and everything else to only allow cryptocurrency donations.
This also is a subtle nudge to people who want to donate in streams to get into Bitcoin and Monero, as opposed to using fiat o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/updates/retiring-fiat-donation-portal/) 2022-12-23T23:18:40Z **Why I Won't Go to Restaurants in 2023**
[![](https://lukesmith.xyz/pix/nighthawks.webp)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper_1942.jpg)

I’ve decided after some consideration **to not go to restaurants at all in 2023**.
You can call this a New Year’s Resolution.
It’ll require at least some sacrifice, pain, annoyance to myself and perhaps others, but I’m going to stick by it and I think it will have a good effect.

Restaurants are a drastically over-used creature comfort of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/no-restaurants-in-2023/) 2023-01-16T13:05:18Z **Consciousness and Materialism**
## Hume’s Parallel

David Hume has often been quoted for his _“Is” vs. “Ought”_ distinction.
The argument is that fact and morality are two different domains, and from no accumulation of statements of fact alone can we ever jump to a statement of morality.

We can say statements of fact such as:

1. To be murdered is potentially painful.
2. To be murdered is irreversible.
3. Murder causes social dysfunction.
4. _Etc._ …

By merely my collecting these, we haven’t proven that _M ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/consciousness-and-materialism/) 2023-01-29T04:25:49Z **I'll visit South-East Europe (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Constantinople) this Summer**
I’ll be in south eastern Europe this summer (of 2023) in late June and early July.

Specific plans are still in the air, but I’ll be visiting Greece, Albania, Montenegro and possibly the European side of Turkey.
I’ll also be in Kosovo, and while I know I have some fans in Serbia, I’m not sure I can cross into Serbia proper easily since the US accepts Kosovo as independent, but I believe that being there would be a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/updates/greece-albania-montenegro-2023-summer/) 2023-02-22T17:04:07Z **Lindypress Bug Fix**
Just a brief note that for the past couple of days, you might’ve been unable to buy books on [LindyPress.net](https://lindypress.net) if you are in the United States, Canada or Australia (which is a lot of you). **This has now been fixed, so you can place your orders now!**

The issue was that there was a silent API update that kept addresses from validating states and provinces. _Note that if your order placed, it’s all okay, this is only for people for whom the site would not let place an order._
 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://lukesmith.xyz/updates/lindypress-bug-fix/)