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The status indicator reflects the current state of the work: - Abandoned: Work that has been discontinued - Notes: Initial collections of thoughts and references - Draft: Early structured version with a central thesis - In Progress: Well-developed work actively being refined - Finished: Completed work with no planned major changes This helps readers understand the maturity and completeness of the content.

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certainty: certain

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The confidence tag expresses how well-supported the content is, or how likely its overall ideas are right. This uses a scale from "impossible" to "certain", based on the Kesselman List of Estimative Words: 1. "certain" 2. "highly likely" 3. "likely" 4. "possible" 5. "unlikely" 6. "highly unlikely" 7. "remote" 8. "impossible" Even ideas that seem unlikely may be worth exploring if their potential impact is significant enough.

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importance: 7/10

Importance Rating

The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.

Hardware2026.04.23

Hardware I use, have used, or want to use. Desktops, servers, peripherals, and networking equipment.

technology · linux, hardware, homelab

Harmful2026.04.23

Software, practices, and technologies I consider harmful.

technology · software, opinion

Linux Distro Reviews2026.04.23

Personal reviews of Linux distributions I have daily-driven or spent meaningful time with.

technology · linux, distros, reviews

Programs2026.04.23

Programs I use, have used, or love the idea of using. Not a minimal setup list. Not a dotfiles tour. An honest catalogue of software I recommend.

technology · tools, linux, software

Plan 92026.03.12

Explorations in Plan 9 from Bell Labs and the ideas behind it.

technology

AI Alignment2025.07.15

The problem of aligning artificial intelligence with human values, incentives, and power.

technology

Simulating Human Moral Judgment in LLMs2025.07.04

Constructs a benchmark from human moral responses to evaluate how closely large language models align with real-world ethical intuitions.

technology · ethics, ai, llms

Automated URL Archiving2025.06.30

how I set up automated archiving of URLs using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and other tools

technology · methodology, tools, archiving

Basic Computer Science2025.02.10

An ad fontes course in computer science from first principles. Hardware, binary, assembly, up to C.

technology

Indie Web2025.02.10

Building and participating in the independent web. Personal sites, webrings, and digital spaces free from corporate platforms.

technology

A Manifesto for Holistic Computing

A personal philosophy of hardware, software, and code, drawing from suckless, GNU, the Free Software Foundation, and the conviction that computing should serve the user.

technology

ELIZA

On Weizenbaum's ELIZA, the 1960s program that faked psychotherapy with pattern matching and accidentally launched decades of debate about machine intelligence.

technology

Notes on Old Macs

An opinionated guide to vintage Apple hardware, which models hold up, what to look for, and why old Macs still deserve attention.

technology

Thoughts of Simple Systems

On building a computing setup simple enough to carry across the globe without sacrificing the ability to blog, program, and research.

technology

VPNs

Notes on VPN protocols, providers, and the practical realities of using them for privacy and security.

technology


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