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10th September 2021 |
The COVID overreaction makes us look like spineless sentimentalists |
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We appear to live in a society that will over-react to an unlimited degree to anything that plays on our emotions. |
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9th September 2021 |
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Some thoughts on the logistics of storing your data in a self-hosted cloud service. |
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7th September 2021 |
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Stuffing facts and details into the mind is unhealthy. They belong in books and documentation. |
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6th September 2021 |
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Finding more efficient ways to feed ourselves will drive population growth and destroy the planet even more. |
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27th September 2020 |
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It's true. |
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30th November 2019 |
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Disassembly of the LG WK7 ThinQ. |
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20th October 2019 |
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Worship the Gods of tech |
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16th July 2018 |
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Listening to music can be difficult in 2018. |
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17th June 2018 |
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Most motherboards speed control case fans based on "motherboard temperature". I think this is silly. |
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03rd June 2018 |
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A first impression of Ansible |
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27th March 2018 |
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About wolves and boar |
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26th November 2017 |
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Do you think your computer is a servant or a slave? |
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19th November 2017 |
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On the security of different android screen lockers |
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22nd October 2017 |
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I disagree with Richard Stallman's article "The JavaScript Trap". |
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14th October 2017 |
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AI is fake. Computers are stupid and will never be intelligent. |
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12th October 2017 |
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How to perform extremely basic tasks with a computer. |
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9th September 2017 |
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My guide to staying secure when using computers. |
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12th August 2017 |
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Debian's most popular derivative, Ubuntu, is SO BAD! Read why. |
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29th May 2017 |
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I test Hyper-Threading to see what effect it has on real-world performance. |
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30th April 2017 |
How I realised “Free Software” is a better term than “Open Source” |
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I changed my mind again. |
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28th March 2017 |
How I realised “Open Source” is a better term than “Free Software” |
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Defecting to the other side like a traitor heretic. |
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12th February 2017 |
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Imagining why most software is proprietary, and a funny badge to use when you publish Free Software. |
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12th February 2017 |
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Practical advice on connecting with the Free Software community and using Free Software. |
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29th January 2017 |
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Public discussion differentiates Free Software from proprietary... Support Free Software media by reading LWN! |
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15th January 2017 |
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How the computer games industry forces people onto proprietary platforms and makes them buy expensive hardware. |
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10th December 2016 |
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My own design for an LDO regulator. |
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27th November 2016 |
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About the software freedoms and why each of them is important. |
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27th October 2016 |
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Misuse of technology in the modern world, a messy free-for-all with everybody grabbing whatever benefits they can for themselves with no regard for the effects on society. |
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14th October 2016 |
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Accepting that most people reject the Free Software message, what can the Free Software movement contribute to the world? |
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12th September 2016 |
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On how software causes the workings of a machine to be particularly obscure. And how to enjoy Free Software to counter this. |
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6th September 2016 |
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There is, at present, a fashion, or even movement: to put SSL encryption on every single website. Is this really a good idea? |
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4th September 2016 |
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People who are interested in something are not necessarily the best person to write about it. |
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18th August 2016 |
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Can it be... a terminal setup for Android that doesn't suck? |
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2nd August 2016 |
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A poem I wrote. |
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29th May 2016 |
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People need to know... |
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29th May 2016 |
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I attempt to analyse the psychological uses and effects of computer games. |
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7th February 2016 |
Design and performance of the 1-transistor regulator (re-written) |
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How to design a good 1-transistor voltage regulator and how it's performance compares to an integrated one. |
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7th December 2015 |
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Making a Raspberry Pi home-server display number of website visitors on an analog motorcycle tachometer. |
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22nd November 2015 |
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Combine the fancy graphics and enormous apps of KDE with the speed and sensible UI of XFCE. |
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19th May 2015 |
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Are ultra-sonic sirens a great way to deter cats from your garden? |
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23rd April 2015 |
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In this article I write about two different "modes" of existance. |
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13th April 2015 |
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An explanation of the main types of cryptography and how they can fail. |
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14th January 2015 |
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How one finds, chooses and obtains software on different operating systems, hopefully avoiding malware. |
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14th December 2014 |
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Why might an un-created universe exist? |
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29th November 2014 |
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A cool calendar supplement, putting the months of a year on a circle with average temperatures. |
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16th November 2014 |
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Could we get shown the most important articles since we last visited rather than just today's news? |
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30th October 2014 |
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Read how software actually becomes less secure if you don't update it. |
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30th October 2014 |
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What does it take to make a blue-tooth mini-speaker have decent sound quality? |
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25th October 2014 |
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Some diagrams of the type of chassis that a lot of modern scooters use. |
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25th October 2014 |
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An analysis of the bass-boost technology in the S10 mini speaker. |
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22nd October 2014 |
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Did you know that the enclosure of a speaker is more than just a cover? |