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Using the Same Arch Linux Installation for a Decade

As of today, I've been using the same Arch Linux installation for ten years on my main computer. I don't have much to say, but I'm writing this because my experience doesn't match the common notion that Arch Linux is unstable.1 I'm not trying to convince anyone to use Arch Linux.

Some Highlights From My Dotfiles

A Critique of the Open Letter Calling for the Removal of RMS

On March 21, Richard M. Stallman (RMS) announced that he is on the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors again after having resigned in September 2019. Two days later, an open letter condemning RMS as misogynist, ableist, transphobic, intolerant, bigoted, hateful, and dangerous was published. The letter demands Stallman's removal from all leadership positions as well as the removal of…

Using fzf as a dmenu/Rofi Replacement

Demo: Newsboat+mpv as a YouTube Client

Email Workflow Demo

Virtual Environments Demystified

Here's a non-exhaustive list of programs that are all meant to help create or manage virtual environments in some way: Hatch , VirtualEnvManager , autoenv , fades , inve , pew , pipenv , pyenv-virtualenv , pyenv-virtualenvwrapper , pyenv , pyvenv , rvirtualenv , tox , v , venv , vex , virtual-python , virtualenv-burrito , virtualenv-mv , virtualenv , virtualenvwrapper-win , virtualenvwrapper ,…

A Survey of CPU Caches

CPU caches are the fastest and smallest components of a computer's memory hierarchy except for registers. They are part of the CPU and store a subset of the data present in main memory (RAM) that is expected to be needed soon. Their purpose is to reduce the frequency of main memory access.

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