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(JaiChai) "Operation Second Life" - With no prior experience, I revived an old desktop computer!

7 Feb 2022 5 minute read 0 comments JaiChai

    "Operation Second Life" - 3D animated ,gif A rare, signed, higher resolution and non-watermarked version of this image is available for download at: https://creary.net/digitalart/@jaichai/operaton-second-life   Prologue: Two weeks ago, my friend...

Ifixit Complete Kit

6 Feb 2022 4 minute read 1 comment bengy

  I've long had a iFixit screwdriver kit for all my nerdy tech needs.... and the kids have recently also been hi-jacking it to fix their toys and replace their batteries and all of that stuff that I make them do for themselves (yes, I'm an annoyin...

A critique of the current copyright model

23 Jan 2022 8 minute read 0 comments lingy

Let's start the text by making it clear that I do not share the idea that copyright and intellectual property simply do not exist and should not be respected. My problem with intellectual property is another. Personally I don't mind if someone takes...

Ubuntu - a beginners guide

7 Jan 2022 7 minute read 6 comments lingy

Follow me on Odysee Curious about Ubuntu, downloaded the ISO image and don't know where to start? Then this guide is for you. This article purports to be an "Ubuntu Level Zero" for people who are just off Windows and don't know where to start, so si...

What is a high and low level language?

5 Jan 2022 2 minute read 1 comment lingy

Follow me on Odysee The concept of high-level and low-level programming languages often appears in programming theory books or IT-related blogs. But what is a high-level and low-level programming language? What is a programming language? A programmi...

Reorganize Your Life

31 Dec 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Debesh Choudhury

The other day, I was managing my technical documents on my computers. It was a complex work of shuffling electronic documents and folders between the old laptop and the new desktop computer. Fortunately, I use GNU/Linux operating systems on all my co...

Introduction to computer graphics - What is grapic computing?

30 Dec 2021 6 minute read 4 comments lingy

Follow me on Odysee What is computer graphics? A set of computational methods and techniques for the representation of a graphical form, through a computer, of objects in a world, whether real or virtual. This implies: An internal model of this wor...

Why true randomness is fundamentally impossible on a computer. plus bonus lava lamps!

28 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments 80sVectors

"What even is true randomness?" You might be asking. Well for that we have to look at how a computer works fundamentally. As you probably know computers work with ones and zeros. And the problem with those ones and zeros is that what happens to them...

Make MiniScript Portable Again!

9 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Hatty Hacker

MiniScript Build on Haiku, Minoca, and OpenBSD Big brain, mini... "script" MiniScript looks really neat.MiniScript is annoyingly neat.Getting started docs in `.pdf`s instead of Markdown/Raw-text, kinda "homely" documentation when compared with meg...

Installing Kuroko Lang on OpenBSD

1 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Hatty Hacker

Kuroko on OpenBSD       ( OwO) ... K   Kuroko is like the C++ of python.It's the "vim" of python, or better yet, the "bim" of python.Extra credit to those who know what I'm referencing... Kuroko is amazing, with a much simpler setup and better desi...