Heron/Newton integer square root and <abbr title="Least Common Multiple">LCM</abbr> scripts
A double feature!
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Grid
All you need to do is to fill it in.
Turbulent Paths
A jagged mass of pixilated lines on a black background. The lines are primarily cream coloured, with hints of greens and oranges in semi-random patches, and the outer-most lines are capped by turbulence-like distortions which fade into the background.
100,000 views
… Uh .
Redirections and <abbr title="here-documents">heredocs</abbr>
A comprehensive post on how little I actually knew about file descriptors.
Roche
An abstract, fractal-based image of a cool-blue planet falling apart after its roche limit was exceeded; the debris appears warmer in hue the further out from the planet it is. Heads-up-display boxes containing zoomed-in regions of the fractal are scattered throughout the image’s negative space.
Rogue
An abstract, fractal-based image of a rogue black hole emitting a warm-orange glow. The black hole is partially embedded and obscured within a cool-blue nebula.
Finding every unordered combination of a Bash script’s arguments
Everything is not in order, and that’s a good thing!
<code>magick</code> math
Using ImageMagick to perform non-integer math operations within shell scripts.
I hear sound through the wall
And it will stop.
<span style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase">Breach</span>
Interior door damage detected! 1000+ unknown entities in temporary storage.
To fill a full void
Exploring how content behaves inside highly-restricted TMPFS mounts.
Subtle site-wide tweaks
At a not-so-subtle time cost…
Some options to choose from
Simple POSIX script option & argument parsing without getopts or getopt .
Ephemeral <abbr title="TeMPorary FileSystem">TMPFS</abbr> for scripts
A robust method for handling temporary data in shell scripts.
<span aria-label="Null byte"><code>\0</code></span> is faster than <span aria-label="newline"><code>\n</code></span>
No really, it is (sometimes).
And <em>just</em> to reiterate…
War. War never changes (nor do these puns).
A single use for partitionless BTRFS
Yeah, I genuinely can’t think of any other reason to use it.
Prevent auto-switching to <abbr title="High-Definition Multimedia Interface">HDMI</abbr> audio devices after waking from suspension
A simple Pipewire-Pulseaudio config is all it takes!
It’s been almost a year…
Looking back at where I started.
Unique, order preserving <abbr title="IDentifiers">IDs</abbr> for any number of positive integers
Why is it always Stackoverflow‽
Take a seat, <em>if you dare!</em>
A guide to getting a seat for a VT -less session.
Building <abbr title="Unified System Images">USIs</abbr> with <code>mkosi</code>
And OMG there are too many acronyms!
How to find the required files for a given <abbr title="Xorg KeyBoard">XKB</abbr> keymap
You have no idea how long it took me to figure this out.
Link to files inside of compressed <abbr title="Tape ARchives">TAR</abbr> archives
Using FIFO pipes to create dynamic, symlink-esque files for various purposes.
Run <code>cage foot</code> without <abbr title="Virtual Terminals">VTs</abbr>
And now, the other part of the VT-less demos. This time with puns!
Set the favicon to the browser default
Using a weird quirk of data attributes to force the globe icon to be the favicon.
Running <code>cage foot</code> in an initramfs
Recreating the VT -less kernel demos… minus removing VTs.
<abbr title="'GNU Image Manipulation Program' ToolKit version 4">GTK4</abbr> dark mode and file-picker fix for XFCE flatpaks
A thankfully simple fix to some annoying problems.
WebP & <abbr title="AV1 ('Alliance for Open Media' Video 1) Image File Format">AVIF</abbr> favicons are a thing
Bet ya didn’t know that!
Line-by-line parsing <em>and</em> indexing in <abbr title="Portable Operating System Interface">POSIX</abbr> shell
A way to handle multi-line input while tracking the line’s index.
If-set logic for variables in <abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr>
Using variable fallback values to construct conditional logic.
How to encode your symbols
How to go from “ℹ” to & \2139 without looking it up.
Quirk in the system
One more thing …
System update
After weeks of stagnation, it looks like things are about to change!
Planet Zopfli
A strange new world full of riches, but at what cost?
Captain’s log
Only two days into the expedition, and things are already looking bleak.
<em style="text-transform: uppercase"><em>That’s it!!!</em></em>
I’m throwing hands with image formats and you can’t stop me!
Even more changes
Because it ain’t “static hosting” if you’re not updating every page constantly. Right?
Twins
Two jellyfish-like structures, formed out of colourful tendril-like lines, facing one another in a void.
Triplets
An abstract image of three vortexes overlapping each other. Each vortex has metallic-looking streaks.
Singularity
An abstract circle with vibrant, wave-like distortions.
Void Web
A dark blue, web-like structure in a dimly-lit void.
J. Formations
An image comprised of groups of four golden circles; each group represents a unique way to intersect four circles.
Invert
An inverted, monochrome depiction of a rocky-planet with a ring. Another two-mooned planet can be seen in the distance; it’s slightly deflecting an asteroid belt.
Hypercubes
A variety of hypercubes, composed of different sizes and orientations of cubes, depicted using wireframes.
Commercial Break
A distorted, fuzzy circle hovering above a body of water at night.
Will you take the teal pill?
Announcing the official OVERHEAD Matrix space, and the General room.
10,000 views
… Huh?
Block JavaScript <em>only</em> for subdomains in uBlock Origin
Why is there nothing clearly explaining how to do this‽