Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+OUTPUT_DIR=./output
+WEB_ROOT=/var/www/themusicinnoise.net/main
+
+.PHONY: all pages blog clean install
+
+all: pages blog
+	cp -r static/* $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+pages:
+	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+	find pages -type f -name '*.cfg' -print0 | sort -zr | xargs -0 saait -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/
+
+blog:
+	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT_DIR)/blog
+	cat templates/page/header.html blog/templates/index.html/header-part.html > blog/templates/index.html/header.html
+	sed -i -e 's/\$${title}/Blog/' blog/templates/index.html/header.html
+	cat blog/templates/index.html/footer-part.html templates/page/footer.html > blog/templates/index.html/footer.html
+	find blog/posts -type f -name '*.cfg' -print0 | sort -zr | xargs -0 saait -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/blog/ -t blog/templates/
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+	rm -f blog/templates/index.html/header.html
+	rm -f blog/templates/index.html/footer.html
+
+install: all
+	mkdir -p $(WEB_ROOT)
+	cp -r $(OUTPUT_DIR)/* $(WEB_ROOT)/

README.md

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# The Music in Noise (Source Code)
-
-This is the source code for my personal website, [The Music in
-Noise](https://themusicinnoise.net/).
-
-## Licensing
-
-All documents generated by the website are licensed [CC-BY-ND 4.0
-International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.en). The
-source code itself is All Rights Reserved unless otherwise specified (e.g. the
-build script). The main reason I publish this is so people can see __how__ I
-make my website and (if they are so inspired) copy the model, __not the
-content__.

blog/posts/0000-hello-world.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-05-18-hello-world.html
+title = Hello, World!
+description = A brief introduction to my blog.
+created = 2016-05-18
+updated = 2016-05-18

blog/posts/0000-hello-world.html

@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-05-18-hello-world.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Welcome to my blog. In the most recent update of my website I decided to create a blog along with all my other content. I hope to keep this blog less personal and more oriented towards technology, but we will see how things play out.</p>
 
 <p>All my normal content will still be available on the website, I'm just adding a blog to the list.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0001-ethical-giving.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-05-19-ethical-giving.html
+title = Ethical Giving
+description = Ethical tech gifts from the FSF.
+created = 2016-05-19
+updated = 2016-05-19

blog/posts/0001-ethical-giving.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-05-19-ethical-giving.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Recently I came across this link on 'ethical giving' by the <a href="http://fsf.org/" target="_blank" >FSF</a>. This is a rather good gift guide for those of us who are advocates for Free Software, as it gives a basic guide to those we love who may be a little less knowledgable in terms of technology.</p>
 
 <p>I believe that it does a very good job at covering various types of devices from routers, to laptops, to 3D printers, and so on. The site is also very simple and easy to understand for our less techy loved ones, and has an amazing feature for when you look at the 'buy' section of each category the non-free option has the 'avoid' button, which has the great functionality of not being functional, helping the visitor, as thick-headed as they may be, <b>avoid</b> buying the non-free option.</p>
@@ -13,7 +8,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p><b>EDIT 2016/12/02:</b> It turns out that this is an annual thing (or something of the sort) so here's a link to the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v7/" target="_blank" >2016 FSF Ethical Tech Giving Guide</a>. I do not plan on updating this again, so be sure to look for it yourself next year. Also, notice how in the URL for the previous year it put <code>`v6'</code> and this one says <code>`v7'</code>? That probably means that next year's will be <code>`v8'</code>.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0003-the-television-is-cancer.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-05-23-the-television-is-cancer.html
+title = The Television is Cancer
+description = A rant about the TV.
+created = 2016-05-23
+updated = 2016-05-23

blog/posts/0003-the-television-is-cancer.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-05-23-the-television-is-cancer.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>If there is one thing that I have noticed in both the U.S. and Spain which
 annoys me the most, it's the addiction there is to the television. Of
 course, by television I am not only referring to the physical TV unit but
@@ -53,7 +48,3 @@ they're watching in terms of cinematography).</p>
 <p>So, please, keep your bad TV habits to yourselves unless mutual interest is
 explicitly stated, in which case go full throttle ahead.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0004-small-talk.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-05-25-small-talk.html
+title = Small Talk
+description = 
+created = 2016-05-25
+updated = 2016-05-25

blog/posts/0004-small-talk.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-05-25-small-talk.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>In my post about the television I mentioned very briefly the issue of
 'small talk'. First, I would like to make it clear that I am not talking
 about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk" target="_blank" >SmallTalk</a>
@@ -34,7 +29,3 @@ march into uncharted waters where their opinions are at stake of being
 disproven by reason and evidence (in which case your opinions are most
 likely either wrong, incomplete, or unfounded to begin with).</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0005-the-new-era-of-script-kiddies.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-05-26-the-new-era-of-script-kiddies.html
+title = The New Era of Script Kiddies
+description = Rant about scripting languages and the people that use them.
+created = 2016-05-26
+updated = 2016-05-26

blog/posts/0005-the-new-era-of-script-kiddies.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-05-26-the-new-era-of-script-kiddies.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>The world of technology has little by little been taken over by the web,
 which (in my opinion) isn't necessarily a bad thing. What I don't like is
 that the main languages in the web are scripting languages that allow bad
@@ -56,7 +51,3 @@ or doesn't make sense, it doesn't fix it for me, it gives me a <b>big fat
 error in bold red text</b> that tells me "Hey, this code is bad, you
 should change that!".</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0006-resources-for-learning-x86_64-assembly.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-06-05-resources-for-learning-x86_64-assembly.html
+title = Resources for Learning x86_64 Assembly
+description = Links for learning x86(_64) assembly.
+created = 2016-06-05
+updated = 2016-06-05

blog/posts/0006-resources-for-learning-x86_64-assembly.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-06-05-resources-for-learning-x86_64-assembly.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I guess this will be a post of mine that will actually be useful for
 something...</p>
 
@@ -59,7 +54,3 @@ the other.</p>
 sure there are more, but this is what I have to offer you. I hope this
 post is helpful.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0007-why-i-hate-the-web.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-06-06-why-i-hate-the-web.html
+title = Why I Hate the Web
+description = A rant about web technologies.
+created = 2016-06-06
+updated = 2016-06-06

blog/posts/0007-why-i-hate-the-web.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-06-06-why-i-hate-the-web.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I would first like to point out a couple things before starting my rant,
 first of which is that I am talking about the web, <b>not</b> the internet. To
 simplify this distinction for the non-techies who might be reading this,
@@ -63,7 +58,3 @@ and there are still positives to the web if you know where to go to avoid
 where those places are? Get off your Facebook and Twitter and start going
 to the less popular sites where your friends most likely don't hang out.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0008-game-website-app-creators.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-07-04-game-website-app-creators.html
+title = Game/Website/App Creators
+description = Ranting about 'creator' software.
+created = 2016-07-04
+updated = 2016-07-04

blog/posts/0008-game-website-app-creators.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-07-04-game-website-app-creators.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>A topic that I am very disturbed about are Game/Website creators. These
 programs are what I consider is helping to destroy the technology industry.
 Not only is this causing for more people to be able to create mediocre apps
@@ -60,7 +55,3 @@ long line</b> of HTML and CSS). Other than that, <b>no game creators</b> and
 <b>no app creators</b>. All these do is ruin the the programming industry and
 turn code quality down, performance down, and wages down.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0009-why-i-am-a-gpl-advocate.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-07-05-why-i-am-a-gpl-advocate.html
+title = Why I Am a GPL Advocate
+description = Why I support licenses like the GPL and the copyleft movement.
+created = 2016-07-05
+updated = 2016-07-05

blog/posts/0009-why-i-am-a-gpl-advocate.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-07-05-why-i-am-a-gpl-advocate.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I am very much a GPL advocate, and the more I get into programming the more
 I favour the GPL licenses. I have many reasons for this, some of them
 applying to myself personally, but others that are applicable at a larger
@@ -72,7 +67,3 @@ building upon the shoulders of giants. With that mentality I believe we can
 get much further than what could be created with each of us going our own
 separate ways without having any knowledge of what the other has done.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0010-my-favorite-firefox-addons.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-07-18-my-favorite-firefox-addons.html
+title = My Favorite Firefox Addons
+description = A list of addons I use.
+created = 2016-07-18
+updated = 2016-07-18

blog/posts/0010-my-favorite-firefox-addons.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-07-18-my-favorite-firefox-addons.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I use Firefox on a regular basis as my default browser, and something that
 I really enjoy about it is the vast number of addons (especially for
 developers) which can be hard to find anywhere else. These addons range
@@ -90,7 +85,3 @@ best plugins I've come across.</p>
 
 <p><b>EDIT 2018/06/24:</b> You may have noticed that some of these addons no longer work with newer versions of Firefox. This is why I've moved to Waterfox, which keeps the old addon system.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0011-new-website-design.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-07-22-new-website-design.html
+title = New Website Design
+description = 
+created = 2016-07-22
+updated = 2016-07-22

blog/posts/0011-new-website-design.html

@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-07-22-new-website-design.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>As you can see I've changed up the site quite a bit. Now we're back to running on PHP (no longer using Jekyll). I enjoy this theme much more as it reflects my interests (I put all that I can in the terminal, I'm writing this very post in the terminal using the Vim editor) and it also stands against the picture pretty websites that you see nowadays. You will not see anything on this site that is not pure text, it may be underlined, bold, or a hyperlink, but it will be text, like in a terminal (not the Enlightenment terminal, though, that thing's really weird). Of course, the source to my website is still available on Github and it's all up to date.</p>
 
 <p>Despite moving towards a system that I had to program myself and now having to write my posts in HTML with a little PHP at the beginning and end, this will actually make it easier for me to upload the posts. Previously with Jekyll I had to upload three different files every time I wanted to post something (the index page, the feed.xml, and the post itself), now, although I do not have an atom feed, I only have to upload the new post because the PHP automatically detects it and adds it to the list (Jekyll was not running on my server).</p>
 
 <p>Either way, I plan on keeping this for quite a while since it looks cool, was easy to make, and is pretty sustainable long-term. Again, don't expect to see any pictures here, if I add pictures it will be links to the picture located on either this server or an external one (I want to keep the theme going, so nothing but text will be on the actual pages).</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0012-my-favorite-vim-plugins.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-07-25-my-favorite-vim-plugins.html
+title = My Favorite Vim Plugins
+description = 
+created = 2016-07-25
+updated = 2016-07-25

blog/posts/0012-my-favorite-vim-plugins.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-07-25-my-favorite-vim-plugins.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I've already made post about my favorite Firefox addons, so this one is dedicated to my favorite editor, Vim. Most people's first encounter with Vim is always a bad one (even mine), but once I got used to it's weird key bindings and commands I got used to it and now I quite enjoy it, especially with all of its plugins available that are very easy to install with a plugin called <a href="https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim" target="_blank" >Vundle</a>, which can be used to install all the other plugins by simply providing a link to their git repository (since most of these plugins tend to be on GitHub). So here it goes.</p>
 
 <p><a href="https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive" target="_blank" ><u>Vim-Fugitive</u></a>: This plugin is great since it allows you to work with Git from within Vim, that is, you can commit, switch branches, push, or anything really, all from within Vim.</p>
@@ -23,7 +18,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>Of course, I use more than these, but these are the ones I like the most. I will most likely end up installing way more in the future, but these are truly useful.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0013-my-first-superficial-impressions-of-freebsd.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-07-31-my-first-superficial-impressions-of-freebsd.html
+title = My First Superficial Impressions of FreeBSD
+description = Tried out FreeBSD, these are my thoughts.
+created = 2016-07-31
+updated = 2016-07-31

blog/posts/0013-my-first-superficial-impressions-of-freebsd.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-07-31-my-first-superficial-impressions-of-freebsd.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I have recently decided to run FreeBSD inside of a VM to try it out (because why not?). Of course, the first thing I was wondering when I got it installed was "Where's the GUI?". I didn't necessarily panic since I know how to deal with the command-line, and BSD seems to also use Bash (or some other Unix shell). So after getting a GUI installed I continued to check out FreeBSD (I wanted to try out BSD because I wanted to try compiling the <a href="https://notabug.org/bkeys/DMUX" target="_blank" >DMUX project</a> on a BSD system). I noticed that apparently FreeBSD had done an extremely basic install, only installing the bare necessities, which in my book is a pretty big plus (something I'm going to start doing with Debian from now on with their net installs).</p>
 
 <p>Another thing that they do that I found rather interesting is how they have the ports packaging system so you can compile things from source rather than installing a pre-compiled binary (which you can still do, but through the pkg package manager). I found this quite amusing, but ended up finding it to be a waste of time (since I don't necessarily care too much for compiling absolutely everything I download), so I continued using the pkg package manager. But this does show a certain amount of consistency with a Free Software ideology, and it wouldn't be too bad to implement a system similar to it (which might already exist, I haven't tried Gentoo out yet) in which the package manager downloads the source, compiles it, installs the binary, and deletes the source except if specified otherwise. It would most likely take longer for larger projects (you tell me how long it would take to download and compile the Firefox source), but it would be pretty cool, especially for educational purposes at a school.</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>So overall I've had a very positive experience with FreeBSD, especially with how they have a very minimal install of their OS. I would not use it as a primary OS, since regardless of how much I like how they do things there are just not as many applications for their OS, as well how they do not make the amount of effort that other OSs like Debian make to separate free software from non-free software. However, if I were ever to have the opportunity to run this as a home server I would definitely try that out (might try installing it on my Raspberry Pi).</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0014-strict-compilers.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-08-13-strict-compilers.html
+title = Strict Compilers
+description = Why I think it's important to use a strict compiler.
+created = 2016-08-13
+updated = 2016-08-13

blog/posts/0014-strict-compilers.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-08-13-strict-compilers.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>For almost a year now I've been working on the <a href="https://notabug.org/bkeys/DMUX" target="_blank" >DMUX</a> project along with some other people. The leader of the project, <a href="http://www.bkeys.org" target="_blank" >Brigham Keys</a>, since the beginning has put in place a strict compiler in order to assure the highest code quality for us to work on avoiding bugs since step one. This means the compiler bitches about <b>everything</b>. Any small issue that there might be this compiler will whine to you. However, I have come to see this as a superior way of writing code, by doing this we are avoiding having to deal with many bugs (along with avoiding heap allocation whenever possible it avoid us having any major problems) and I would greatly encourage people to use strict compilers in order to avoid these things, much more if you're working in a group and especially if you're teaching people how to program.</p>
 
 <p>Looking back, a strict compiler would fix a lot of things that have frustrated me in the past. For example, when I was in high school I was a teacher's assistant for the technology teacher and he had me and my friend correct exams of the programming students. What I found painful was when students would create variables <b>and never use them!!!</b> Basically, the definition of inefficiency, you're taking up resources, holding memory, that you don't need to have. I understand if maybe you don't understand how to use inline functions, or how to optimize your code in general, even I have issues with that, but creating a variable and never using it is an obvious case where there should be a compiler error, you're taking up memory without using it. So this frustrated me a lot back then, but if these kids were using a strict compiler from the start (they were learning Java, but even Java can be strict if you pass the right flags) then it would help them to break these habits.</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>So, in conclusion, please start using strict compilers, that way we can also weed out the normies that program for money rather than for fun (someone with genuine interest would be willing to program despite any complaints by the compiler).</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0015-tox.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-08-17-tox.html
+title = Tox
+description = 
+created = 2016-08-17
+updated = 2016-08-17

blog/posts/0015-tox.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-08-17-tox.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>It's sad that out of all the types of software out there the one that is developed the least or given the least importance in terms of its freedom respecting alternatives is precisely the ones that we care about the most, applications such as our video/voice chat. This is not to say that there aren't such alternatives, seeing that this post is about precisely one of those alternatives, but it is sad that they don't have the popularity that software such as Firefox or GNU/Linux have. Therefore I would like to talk about <a href="https://tox.chat/" target="_blank" >Tox</a>. There are other alternatives such as <a href="https://ring.cx/" target="_blank" >Ring</a>, but I personally prefer Tox and have actually used it for video chatting (qTox, that is). Ring seems to have many features and is more organized, but I've had many issues with it so I'm not going to necessarily talk about them, just be aware that they're another freedom respecting alternative.</p>
 
 <p>First I would like to point out that I use qTox. Now, what does this mean? Well, there are multiple Tox clients, because it's not a unified project. So in this post I will be talking about my experiences exclusively with qTox, the one that I have installed. Not all Tox clients have the same features, so I'd like to make it very clear that I'm only talking about qTox. If you want to know about any of the other clients simply go to <a href="https://tox.chat/clients.html" target="_blank" >this link</a> and choose your favorite. Just make sure to take a look at their features first and make sure they have what you're looking for.</p>
@@ -15,7 +10,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>Because of this, I suggest that everyone switch to Tox, or at least to something like Ring, just please stop using non-free stuff like Google Hangouts, Skype, or especially Facetime. Which reminds me, I should do a post on why I hate Apple. I've probably shown quite a bit of hatred towards them in my blog before (and much more compared to my hatred of Microsoft). So look forward to a post hating on Apple.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0016-my-loathing-of-apple.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-08-20-my-loathing-of-apple.html
+title = My Loathing of Apple
+description = The origins of my hatred for Apple.
+created = 2016-08-20
+updated = 2016-08-20

blog/posts/0016-my-loathing-of-apple.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-08-20-my-loathing-of-apple.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>I hate Apple, and I've had many bad experiences with them. Aside from how they are spying on you <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29" target="_blank" >being part of PRISM</a>, in general they are impossible with anyone who wants to use their products in combination with anyone else's. Let me explain my experiences that I have had with Apple.</p>
 
 <p>For the first 15 years of my life I was an Apple user, using iPods, iPads, iMacs, and iStuff in general. I was exposed to stuff like GNU/Linux at school (because the Spanish school system actually uses ethical software, sadly only because they can't afford proprietary stuff, but whatever), especially with Debian GNU/Linux because that's what my dad ran for work, but I still used mostly Apple products. However, at 15 I got my first personal laptop, which was a Dell Inspiron something or another, all I remember is it was a 32-bit with 1GB of RAM, so obviously I installed GNU/Linux on it, specifically Debian GNU/Linux (at the time I had stable since my dad was the one helping me to install it). So I had my own computer, but my music player was still an iPod... Why was this a problem? Because iPods didn't want to sync with anything that wasn't iTunes. I had to do something like using my family's Apple Mac (non-free software) to turn off the journaling on that thing and then every now and then I had to do it again because the iPod noticed!!! Unlike some other music players where I can <b>drag and drop my files</b>.</p>
@@ -15,7 +10,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>So now you know my story. I <b>hate</b> Apple, I hate them even more than I hate Microsoft and their nonsense, in the case of Apple it's just personal. So if you ever know me, or already do and never knew this, <b>don't get me anything Apple</b>. It might be harsh but I would probably end up either asking you for the receipt or at the very most saying thank you and then stashing it somewhere in <b>someone else's</b> house where it can't track me (PRISM). Speaking of gifts, if you're reading this and wondering what to get me now that you can't buy me the latest iStuff, please refer back to my blog post on <a href="/blog/post/50/" >Ethical Giving</a> which uses the FSF's guide to finding an ethical technological gift for someone.</p>
 
-
-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0017-what-is-lacking-in-education?.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-08-25-what-is-lacking-in-education?.html
+title = What Is Lacking in Education?
+description = A contrast and suggestions for the American and Spanish educational systems.
+created = 2016-08-25
+updated = 2016-08-25

blog/posts/0017-what-is-lacking-in-education?.html

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 <p>This is a question that is asked quite a lot, and although I don't have a definitive answer, I do have a few things that I believe to be very important that are being disregarded when it comes to the education of a student. Some of them are already being implemented by some school systems (in some cases it's only at certain schools), but I am not completely sure as to whether they are actually doing what I am going to expose here and if those results can be comparable statistically with those of a normal school. Either way, here are some things that I believe need to be improved. Also, in this list are things that are both common and specific, and they are based on my experiences with the American and Spanish educational system, therefore I will divide this into common issues, Spanish issues, and American issues.</p>
 
 <h3>Common Issues</h3>
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 <p>4. Homework Should be Less of Your Grade: I'm one of those people that believes that tests should be essentially your entire grade, or at least something like 80% of it. I've heard the argument people have put as to why homework and projects should be worth more points, and I find it stupid and flawed. Their reasoning is that not everyone is good at taking tests and therefore certain students have advantages. First of all, please show me a proper scientific study demonstrating this. The Eastern Asian countries have very test based scoring systems and they rank highest on almost all the charts! Please explain to me how this works. Besides that, the reason why I believe tests are more important is because if you cannot properly explain the why and how of something in written form then you truly do not understand it. Meanwhile, on homework and projects you can easily just copy work from somewhere else, which isn't necessarily bad if you're reading through the work and attempting to understand it, but there's no guarantee of that happening. With projects there's also the common case of the lazy one who doesn't contribute to the project and yet gets the same grade as you. Meanwhile, in a test you are in a controlled environment where the teacher can see exactly what you know. The teacher shouldn't expect you to know data, but rather he/she should be testing you on whether or not you know how to work with data that is given. I distinguish between knowledge and intelligence. Someone who is knowledgable is someone who knows many things, someone who is intelligent is someone who knows what to do with information that he/she has or is given. So someone can be knowledgable and still stupid (basically, your computer is stupid, but it's knowledgable). So stop adding so much importance to homework.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0018-the-https-hype.cfg

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+filename = 2016-09-02-the-https-hype.html
+title = The HTTPS Hype
+description = 
+created = 2016-09-02
+updated = 2016-09-02

blog/posts/0018-the-https-hype.html

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-<?php
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 <p>Recently I've seen a lot of hype around everyone wanting to use HTTPS for absolutely everything, which is very understandable for sites like social networks and especially for financing websites. However, it's gotten to the point where people want an HTTPS website for no reason, for example, this site having an HTTPS protocol would serve <b>no purpose</b>. HTTPS only encrypts your connection to a server, but that's only useful if personal information or logins/passwords are involved. This website gives neither personalized pages nor requires any logins/passwords, therefore any reason to add HTTPS support to my website that I have seen makes no sense.</p>
 
 <p>So it seems like the hype over HTTPS is simply a blind belief that "because it's HTTPS it's secure and private", when in reality my website gives away <b>no sensitive information</b> through HTTP that it wouldn't give away through HTTPS. If you want to protect your identity online then HTTPS won't do anything, you want to be using the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en" target="_blank" >Tor Browser</a> to hide your online identity. The only things that might be exposed are things like your HTTP header, which I don't feel bad for you if you're not using an identity spoofer like I mentioned in my blog post about my favorite Firefox add-ons.</p>
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 <p><b>EDIT 2017/03/06:</b> I have recently changed my views on this issue, and have another post on this.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0019-educational-software.cfg

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+filename = 2016-09-30-educational-software.html
+title = Educational Software
+description = 
+created = 2016-09-30
+updated = 2016-09-30

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-<?php
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 <p>This last week I've been taking my university classes and we've started taking practice classes as well, where we apply the theory we've learned. In my programming class it's programming in C++ (they use Code::Blocks with the MinGW compiler), which is nice (I was expecting them to be using Visual Studio, so it's a nice surprise). However, for my math class we're using Mathematica. Although I can get it for free by checking out the installation disc at the library and get a license through my student e-mail, it's still an ethical issue for an advocate of Free Software. I've been searching all over for a good alternative to Mathematica that is Free Software, and although I've found some wonderful alternatives (such as <a href="http://www.sagemath.org/" target="_blank" >SAGE</a> and <a href="http://mathics.github.io/" target="_blank" >Mathics</a>), none of them are able to view/edit Mathematica Notebook files (which is surprising considering it's plain text).</p>
 
 <p>However, the root of the problem does not lie with these alternatives for not being able to process proprietary formats, but rather with the educational facility (in this case the University of Jaen) for supporting such software and not allowing students to use a more ethical alternative (such as those mentioned previously) which have about the same capabilities. This is especially problematic since what this tells me is that they're teaching you a tool rather than the concepts behind the tool. If they were teaching the concepts behind the tool then using a different (more ethical) one would be perfectly fine as long as the concepts learned in theory are applied correctly. However, this is clearly not the case. Instead these classes are doing nothing but to make the students dependent on a specific software (and anon-free, extremely restrictive one at that) rather than something more accessible such as those alternatives mentioned before.</p>
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 <p>In this sense, I consider it very important that students have the opportunity to use free software alternatives, and would even argue that the default software used in class should always be free software in order to help the students learn and improve (or at least give them the opportunity to do so).</p>
 
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blog/posts/0020-adobe-flash-needs-to-die.cfg

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+filename = 2016-10-06-adobe-flash-needs-to-die.html
+title = Adobe Flash Needs to Die
+description = 
+created = 2016-10-06
+updated = 2016-10-06

blog/posts/0020-adobe-flash-needs-to-die.html

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-<?php
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 <p>It's slow, it's inefficient, it's buggy, it has memory leaks, it no longer supports GNU/Linux, and it's proprietary. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Adobe Flash.</p>
 
 <p>One of the few great decisions Apple has ever made was when the decided to get rid of Adobe Flash on the iPad, and thanks to that and a number of other factors (such as the heavenly arrival of HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript frameworks) Adobe Flash has been losing influence on the web to the point that it's getting harder and harder to see it anywhere, especially since you can now program anything in JavaScript and it will be faster, more efficient, and integrated with the browser (unlike Adobe Flash which requires a plugin). This is true to the extent that not so long ago I uninstalled the Flash plugin from my computer and mostly everything works just as it did before.</p>
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 <p>In any case, stop making Flash stuff, it's a waste of time and it's only going to become obsolete (which I guess is strange coming from someone who has an all text website that is built with PHP, but at least my website with render without a plugin).</p>
 
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blog/posts/0021-why-i-use-cc-by-nd.cfg

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+filename = 2016-10-08-why-i-use-cc-by-nd.html
+title = Why I Use CC-BY-ND
+description = My reasons for using CC-BY-ND on my writings.
+created = 2016-10-08
+updated = 2016-10-08

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 <p>If you look at my essays in the <a href="/writings/" >writings</a> section of my website you'll notice that they're licensed under a CC-BY-ND license, which is not a free culture license. Seeing that I fully support free culture I feel the need to explain why I use NoDerivatives on my essays specifically.</p>
 
 <p>First I would like to point out that although these works are licensed as NoDerivatives, you still have the right to distribute and even to quote my essays as long as you attribute my original work properly and do not modify/manipulate the text or section of the text that you use. Therefore the only right that is lacking is the right to modify my works and distribute those modifications.</p>
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 <p>Again, although derivatives are not permitted, there is still the ability to distribute and even commercialize my works, but not to make any derivatives based upon it.</p>
 
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+filename = 2016-10-27-avoiding-youtube-non-free-javascript.html
+title = Avoiding YouTube Non-Free JavaScript
+description = Technologies you can use to watch YouTube videos without having to visit the actual website.
+created = 2016-10-27
+updated = 2016-10-27

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 <p>First I would like to mention that there are free alternatives to publishing media (even videos) such as the Up1 service (which currently is currently down on its main page, but you can access another instance of it at <a href="https://share.riseup.net/" target="_blank" >share.riseup.net</a>), <a href="https://unsee.cc/" target="_blank" >unsee.cc</a>, and <a href="https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/" target="_blank" >GoblinRefuge</a> (a MediaGoblin instance that allows up to 1GB size uploads). Therefore if you're going to publish media try using one of those first (GoblinRefuge is the closest thing to YouTube in terms of how public the media is).</p>
 
 <p>Now, as for avoiding using YouTube's website, I've found two programs that can be used to watch YouTube videos without having to visit the website. The first is `mps-youtube' (might also be called `mpsyt', that's the name of the Debian package, at least). This is a CLI program that lets you browse and download YouTube videos without having to visit the site. It gives you a set of commands which can be used to search, download, and play YouTube videos all from the command-line. It's quite advanced and should allow you to avoid using YouTube all together. I myself haven't truly explored all of its functionality yet (I mostly just use it to look up some quick videos), but expect it to be missing some of the website's functionality (duh).</p>
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 <p><b>UPDATE 2020/03/19:</b> I forgot I had this post, but I guess late is better than never. Basically, HookTube has faced legal action from YouTube and had to resort to using normal embeds. It's still good as a lightweight alternative to YouTube, but not for privacy. If you want the privacy features HookTube used to have then I suggest using <a href="https://invidio.us/" target="_blank" >Invidious</a> instead.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0023-studying-for-my-c++-exam.cfg

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+filename = 2016-11-15-studying-for-my-c++-exam.html
+title = Studying for My C++ Exam
+description = Interesting things I've found about C/C++.
+created = 2016-11-15
+updated = 2016-11-15

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 <p>Today (in an hour and a half of me writing this) I have a practice exam on C++ programming. However, while all other students are studying loops, conditionals, array,s, and structures, I (obviously) am not. Instead I found a magnificent website containing a bunch of <a href="http://madebyevan.com/obscure-cpp-features/" target="_blank" >obscure C++ features</a> that I plan on using in the exam (at least those I can use for a class that hasn't even studied functions yet, much less pointers). One of the ones I'm most fond of (and that I did not think about before reading this page) is how an array is simply a pointer to a direction in memory (on the stack or the heap) where variables are stored. This is obvious once you think about it, but it has implications. This means that the array variable is holding the memory address to these variables, so this can no be used to create obscure syntax. Especially since the square brackets actually just do a sum to calculate the address and then point to that address, that is, <code>`myArray[3]'</code> is the same as <code>`3[myArray]'</code>. And what's more, remember how arrays are just pointing to different locations in memory (kind of like all variables, really)? Well, this means that you can just as easily do <code>`*(myArray + 3)'</code> and it will do the same exact thing. If anything this last one is more explanatory of what is actually going on, seeing that it's pointing to a memory address where the variable is located and it is put in a much more explicit manner.</p>
 
 <p>So yeah, I plan on using this for my exam. Why? So the teacher can see that this is child's play for me and that I should not be wasting my time on this when I could be creating something more important (like working on my hundreds of projects on GitHub and GitLab).</p>
 
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blog/posts/0024-for-tabs.cfg

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+filename = 2016-11-22-for-tabs.html
+title = For Tabs
+description = Defending the use of tabs for coding.
+created = 2016-11-22
+updated = 2016-11-22

blog/posts/0024-for-tabs.html

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 <p>It's time for me to get involved in one of the most polar debates among programmers, even more polar and controversial than Vim vs. Emacs, which is tabs vs. spaces. In the Vim vs. Emacs debate many programmers tend to get left out and don't care because they('re noobs and) use GUI editors. While in the tabs vs. spaces debate, unless you only program in Assembly (and even then) or some obscure language that doesn't use indentation (or you just don't use indentation), you have used either one for your indentation and can most likely know what the conversation is about.</p>
 
 <p>To start off I am in favor of tabs. I'm not too religious about it, but if we're going to use spaces then it's gotta be 4. I actually don't have too many problems with using spaces, especially since my Vim has a plugin to detect indentation. However, if I am to choose how indentation is done then I choose tabs over spaces any day. My reasoning for this is simple: if tab characters are used then everyone gets to see the indentation they prefer. Remember how I said that if I use spaces it has to be 4? Yeah, that's because my tab size is set to 4. If tabs are used then I get to see a 4 column indentation, someone else gets to see a 2 column indentation, and someone else can see an 8 column indentation. Typically this is seen as a disadvantage of tabs, however I see it as advantageous since every programmer gets to see their code in the way they want it. Some may complain that they have to get used to pressing the tab key instead of the space bar, but to them I say that they should've setup their editor to convert tabs to spaces from the beginning instead of having to hit the space bar 4 times just to indent a line of code.</p>
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 <p>Basically, tabs allow each programmer to see things how they want to and be more efficient (since they'll be able to see all projects with the same indentation so long as they use tabs or the same number of spaces as there are columns in their tabs). Therefore, by using tabs everyone gets to see the code the way they want to and no one has to pass code back and forth between a styler. So let's stop the indentation size dictatorship of spaces that stops the hacker from seeing the code the way they want and work towards a tabs future so every hacker can read the code how they want to!</p>
 
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+filename = 2016-11-28-the-importance-of-libre-games.html
+title = The Importance of Libre Games
+description = Why it's important to have libre games as well as other applications.
+created = 2016-11-28
+updated = 2016-11-28

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 <p>Games form a very important part of our lives, even if it's not necessarily computer games you do play some sort of games (although I would guess that most who read my blog would play some sort of computer game, mobile games included since mobiles are a type of computer). Games give us a way of spending some time that we have to kill, either alone or together with others. This means that freedom in gaming is extremely important.</p>
 
 <p>Usually gaming is one of those industries where free software has not yet been able to gain a foothold, yet I believe it is a very important industry to promote free software in to be able to relieve those of us (stallmanites) who wish not to use any non-free software are left with almost no decent games to play in the free world (unless we want to play 20 different versions of the same FPS game, like AssaultCube, Xonotic, Red Eclipse, OpenArena, Alien Arena etc., basically Quake-based games). It's really hard to find good libre games mostly because the free software movement in gaming is still extremely young.</p>
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 <p>This is just a small list, and I'm sure there are many more and other genres I have not mentioned. If you know of any horror libre games then please e-mail me with the name and/or a link.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0026-non-free-firmware.cfg

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+filename = 2016-11-29-non-free-firmware.html
+title = Non-Free Firmware
+description = 
+created = 2016-11-29
+updated = 2016-11-29

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-<?php
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 <p>One of the largest struggles in the Free Software movement is that against non-free firmware. This is because firmware tends to be very difficult to replace, often completely tied to the hardware of the computer. Yet my opinion on the extension of freedom into this field is very iffy because of how firmware, by definition, is almost impossible to modify. Therefore the question is should we be as concerned about freedoms 1-3 with firmware? I would argue that freedom 0 is always important as it is what allows the user to use the program for whatever purpose, and therefore firmware is no more special in this regard.</p>
 
 <p>For freedom 1, the freedom to analyze the code and change it, I believe that the first part of analyzing the code is important, as it helps to make sure that the software does what it says it does. However, the second part is a little less clear. Since it is firmware and cannot necessarily be changed that means that any changes made to the code are somewhat futile. However, it could be said that a change in the source-code is good for community improvements to the code or providing alternatives for someone else who has the resources to manufacture alternative hardware containing the modified firmware. So I leave that up in the air. In this sense freedom 1 is quite necessary for firmware.</p>
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 <p>Of course, if possible it's always best to buy hardware that uses freedom respecting firmware. However, I do not see it as being as important as software in most cases, especially since firmware is not always changeable anyways therefore restricting freedom 1 by definition. That said, it is a different issue that manufacturers are putting more and more of the user's computing onto the hardware component itself and its firmware, and although this may yield more due to less load on the CPU it does take away power from the user and therefore the user's freedom. If the firmware simply does the minimal amount and then leaves most of the work to the drivers then the firmware being non-free is not as problematic so long as the drivers are freedom respecting. However, if the firmware is doing a good portion of the computing then it becomes rather problematic. These devices should be avoided at all costs since the user never has control over them.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0027-why-i-use-cli.cfg

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+filename = 2016-12-05-why-i-use-cli.html
+title = Why I Use CLI
+description = 
+created = 2016-12-05
+updated = 2016-12-05

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-<?php
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 <p>For those of you who don't know, CLI means Command-Line Interface. I'm a huge fan of using CLI over their GUI (Graphical User Interface) alternatives, to the extent that typically the only non-terminal windows I have open is simply one: my browser (IceCat). I would not like to switch my browser to CLI for various reasons, but everything else is. Everything else (e-mail, IRC, music, password manager, etc.) is all in the terminal. I do this for multiple reasons.</p>
 
 <p>First one is that it's better performance. Instead of spending so many resources on other applications (like e-mail clients and music players, which tend to be rather heavy) I can reserve those resources for other applications, such as VMs or any heavy-duty program I may be running at that moment in time. Of course, I do have a small contradiction on this one which is that I use GNOME3 as my DE, which, for those of you who are not familiar with it, is a somewhat heavy DE. My excuse for this is simply that I'm used to GNOME and all of its nice keyboard shortcuts, that and its interface feels very natural and slick to me.</p>
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 <p>Now, there are some drawbacks to this, of course. One of the drawbacks is learning to use the tools, they're usually not as intuitive, however I usually find this worth it since my productivity then goes up. The second is that this can somewhat scare people away from using GNU/Linux because they think (by seeing you/me) that if you want to use GNU/Linux you also have to use CLI, which is not necessarily the case (depends mostly on the distro and installation). However, I generally do not care for this aspect as much as to change my CLI habits.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0028-my-preference-for-c.cfg

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+filename = 2016-12-19-my-preference-for-c.html
+title = My Preference for C
+description = 
+created = 2016-12-19
+updated = 2016-12-19

blog/posts/0028-my-preference-for-c.html

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-<?php
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 <p>Of all the programming languages my favorite in general is C. I'm fine with using other languages, but C is by far my favorite. The reason for this is that C is much closer to assembly than other languages which try to abstract it away from the developer. When programming in C you can see how the code would look in assembly just by looking at it, and it makes it easier to do performance improvements since you know what the code will look like more-or-less in assembly (with `-O0', of course). This makes it much easier for me to visualize how the computer is going to be managing the system's resources with my code and how it's going to run it, giving me much more control (something that I typically am attracted to in a programming language or in computing in general). Then there's also how the code in C is still low-level and is compiled to a binary, being much more efficient than an interpreted language. It is also quite basic, having a fewer variety of syntax which helps to make finding 'the best solution' much easier (unlike in C++ where there are 200 different ways to implement the same thing).</p>
 
 <p>Of course, I do recognize that C is not best for every job, for example, for most desktop games I would prefer to use C++, since OOP languages seem to be better suited for games (or rather that gamedev itself fits the OOP paradigm very well), for any mobile app I'd obviously use Java, and so on. However, in general for a program I prefer C, seeing that it gives me more control over the computer, does not abstract me too far away from the assembly that is beneath, and does not bombard me with syntax and strange features.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0029-we-i3-now.cfg

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+filename = 2016-12-22-we-i3-now.html
+title = We i3 Now
+description = I switched to using i3.
+created = 2016-12-22
+updated = 2016-12-22

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-<?php
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-require '2016-12-22-we-i3-now.cfg.php';
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 <p>So, in a previous post I spoke about how I use GNOME as my DE, and I explained that it's mostly because I didn't want to have to got through the hassle of setting up a more minimal WM to make it usable. Well, recently a friend helped me to setup a new WM, so from now on I'll be using i3, the tiled WM. I've found that this WM makes my life much easier than GNOME did, mostly because in this WM I can easily open terminals via `MOD+Enter' and I barely ever have to use the mouse. In fact, because I don't have to move around windows (which could be done with the keyboard in GNOME, but it took forever) I rarely use the mouse at all, that and I've configured everything to use the Vim key bindings (that is, instead of `jkl;', which are default, I use `hjkl').</p>
 
 <p>Of course, there were a couple of things that I needed, since i3 doesn't automatically give you all the programs to make your computer work you will need to choose applications on your own. For networking I'm using wicd, it has GUI and CLI interfaces. I'm fine with keeping the GUI interface for that since I rarely have to touch it. For audio I've switched to using alsamixer and pavucontrol, however, with the volume being printed in the status bar I rarely have to use these.</p>
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 <p>So yes, now the "Deathsbreed uses all CLI because he spends half his RAM on his DE" meme is over.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0030-books.cfg

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+filename = 2016-12-24-books.html
+title = Books
+description = My rant as to why books aren't as important as people say.
+created = 2016-12-24
+updated = 2016-12-24

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-<?php
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-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
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 <p>Nowadays we are very used to being pounded with the ever more popular idea that books are sacred and that anything digital is somehow impure (even if it's the same material but on a screen). This is something that has bothered me very much, especially as someone who does not read many physical books, but does read a lot of material online. And I'd like to point out that this belief is completely unfounded, and that, at least from what I see, the digital reading is being much more beneficial to society than the physical books.</p>
 
 <p>To begin, if I am reading the same material but I'm doing it on my computer rather than with a physical book, what's the difference? Yes, I know that you tend to remember things better that are on paper (I've seen this on many articles <b>online</b>), however that does not change the quality of the content if the content is <b>exactly the same</b>. So if I'm reading something digitally cut the crap.</p>
@@ -17,7 +12,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>So, next time you're about to tell some kids in a classroom about how "important it is to read <b>from a book</b>", just remember that some people read a lot more productive material online that those who read it from books.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0031-merry-grav-mass.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2016-12-25-merry-grav-mass.html
+title = Merry Grav-Mass!
+description = A secular celebration.
+created = 2016-12-25
+updated = 2016-12-25

blog/posts/0031-merry-grav-mass.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2016-12-25-merry-grav-mass.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Merry <a href="https://stallman.org/grav-mass.html" target="_blank" >Grav-Mass</a>!</p>
 
 <p>Today is the day that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton" target="_blank" >Isaac Newton</a>, the man who discovered the laws of motion as well as having invented Calculus, was born. Many things that today we take for granted would not have been possible without his discoveries, and therefore deserves a day of recognition.</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>There are many ways to celebrate Grav-Mass, the link above to Stallman's page on the holiday has some very common ways of celebrating the holiday. However, in my opinion, the most important part is making sure that this holiday you promote, talk about, and learn anything math related or science related and sharing with friends.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0032-getting-esperanto-diacritics-on-gnu-linux.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-01-07-getting-esperanto-diacritics-on-gnu-linux.html
+title = Getting Esperanto Diacritics on GNU/Linux
+description = 
+created = 2017-01-07
+updated = 2017-01-07

blog/posts/0032-getting-esperanto-diacritics-on-gnu-linux.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-01-07-getting-esperanto-diacritics-on-gnu-linux.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Recently I've decided to start learning Esperanto alongside Japanese. I have my reasons for liking Esperanto, but this post is mostly on how to get the Esperanto diacritics (namely ĉ, ŝ, ĥ, ĵ, ǔ, and ĝ) on your keyboard for GNU/Linux. There are multiple ways of doing this, the ibus system has some Esperanto IMEs (like the x-system and h-system), but I've found those to be extremely annoying while typing (just try to use them, if you're used to typing using a Japanese IME for hiragana and katakana then this will annoy you). So instead I decided to use a method I used to use back in the day for getting Spanish tildes, dieresis, and the 'ñ' characters: Xmodmap. Basically I mapped a key I barely used (like the right `alt' and `shift' keys) to tilde and 'ñ'.</p>
 
 <p>In this specific case I used `xev' to find out the `keycode' for my right `alt' key and then made a file in my home directory called `.Xmodmap' containing the line `keycode 108 = dead_circumflex' (make sure to change `108' with whatever your `xev' gives you for your dead key). After this just run `xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap' and it you will be able to use the circumflex by typing the right `alt' (or whatever you set it to) and then the character, such that `ralt+s' would give 'ŝ'. <b>NOTE:</b> you do not need to hold down the `alt' key, just press it once ;D.</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p><b>UPDATE 19/03/2020:</b> I've taken to using the US International keyboard layout instead of this hack, as it's much more effective and not as buggy. This just means changing your keyboard layout to US International via a tool like IBUS, whatever your DE uses - which is probably IBUS - or put it in your WM's init script as <code>`setxkbmap us altgr-intl'</code>.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0033-parabola-gnu-linux-libre.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-01-13-parabola-gnu-linux-libre.html
+title = Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
+description = 
+created = 2017-01-13
+updated = 2017-01-13

blog/posts/0033-parabola-gnu-linux-libre.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-01-13-parabola-gnu-linux-libre.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Recently I have made a switch to <a href="https://www.parabola.nu/" target="_blank" >Parabola GNU/Linux-Libre</a>, one the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html" target="_blank" >free GNU/Linux distributions</a> (the others use the standard Linux kernel which has non-free blobs for drivers, as well as distributing non-free firmware). I made the switch after receiving a WiFi adapter that respects freedom, since the only component of my laptop that required non-free drivers and firmware was my wireless card. The reason I chose Parabola of all the free distros is because Parabola has the most up-to-date packages (unlike, for example, Trisquel which is based on the Ubuntu LTS, or gNewSense which is based on Debian Stable).</p>
 
 <p>The reason for switching to Parabola from Debian is because Debian, although it can be de-blobbed, I have not liked how they do their software segregation. One would think that `non-free' would be for non-free software or free software that depends on non-free software (unless they put the free part in `contrib', as they do with the AssaultCube package), yet when I was looking for the firmware for my wireless card I was surprised to find that it was in `non-free' along with all the others. I quickly began looking up the firmware to see if I could find source code and what license it was under. But no, the firmware is 100% Free Software, Debian just put them in a non-free package with other non-free software that are completely unnecessary forcing anyone who wants to use the free firmware to also download the non-free firmware along with it.</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>I still have not overwritten my Windows drive because I currently still need it for video conferencing (you know, to talk to family and friends), however I believe I found found a solution to this, and I will post about it later when I confirm it as a proper solution. Once I have confirmed it as a solution and have gotten my family and friends to switch to it I will be overwriting my Windows drive most likely with Trisquel.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0034-the-onion-router.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-01-14-the-onion-router.html
+title = The Onion Router
+description = 
+created = 2017-01-14
+updated = 2017-01-14

blog/posts/0034-the-onion-router.html

@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-01-14-the-onion-router.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>As many may have noticed, unfortunately <a href="https://www.torproject.org/" target="_blank" >TOR</a> has been presented by the media as solely a tool for illicit activities that most of us consider to be extremely alarming (ie child pornography, hit-men, counterfeit bills, etc.), when those of us who have used TOR (or do use it regularly) know that the TOR project itself has nothing to do with these activities, and more importantly that it can be used for our own privacy just as it can for those of the criminals. However, because of this association that has been pounded into their heads by the media (where every time it comes up it's because some illicit activity is being done through it) they are often afraid to even use it for navigating the clearnet (used when referring to websites in the clear that we are all used to, like this one) fearing that somehow that will involve them in illicit activities, despite this not being the case at all.</p>
 
 <p>Therefore, whenever you may try to talk to people and try to convince them to use TOR the will often shy away due to its very negative image. So how do we talk to people about using TOR without scaring them off? Well, one 'alternative' is to simply talk about the alternatives, such as <a href="https://freenetproject.org/" target="_blank" >Freenet</a> or <a href="https://geti2p.net/" target="_blank" >I2P</a>, however this still avoids TOR which is one of the largest of these anonymizing networks, and therefore the most secure/private. However, notice one thing, everyone knows of TOR as TOR, when in reality TOR is simply an abbreviation for "The Onion Router", a name by which barely anyone knows it. Therefore, I believe that a good solution would be to stop referring to it as TOR and to begin referring to it by its full name: "The Onion Router". Because people do not know it when referring to it as "The Onion Router" they will not be afraid of it as they are when they hear TOR, they will not be thinking that it will draw them into some illicit activity, and they will be more willing to listen because they haven't heard of it before.</p>
 
 <p>Of course, this does not mean that now that you refer to it as "The Onion Router" they will automatically be interested in it, but it will lift one of the barriers to helping people protect their privacy.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0035-esperanto.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-01-26-esperanto.html
+title = Esperanto
+description = My recent interest in an artificial language.
+created = 2017-01-26
+updated = 2017-01-26

blog/posts/0035-esperanto.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-01-26-esperanto.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Recently I started learning Esperanto, the universal second-language. It's a constructed language made with the purpose of being used as a second-language by everyone so that everyone could talk to each other while no one country having the advantage of it being their native language. Because of this the language is very simple to learn, the grammar is extremely simple and, most of all, consistent and logical.</p>
 
 <p>After having played with it a little I already find it quite easy to formulate sentences with it, although this is mostly due to it being very similar to romance languages. However the grammatical rules still remain simple and easy to use (such as the lack of person, gender, formality (in Japanese), and number in verb conjugation, which makes conjugation very easy to memorize).</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>Essentially, any movement that wishes to be international I believe should work in Esperanto as a way to maintaining neutrality and universality.</p>
 
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-<?php
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-?>

blog/posts/0036-developers-as-an-audience.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-01-30-developers-as-an-audience.html
+title = Developers as an Audience
+description = 
+created = 2017-01-30
+updated = 2017-01-30

blog/posts/0036-developers-as-an-audience.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-01-30-developers-as-an-audience.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Often times us programmers are told that something we are creating is too complex, too techie, or too advanced for the average person and therefore it is our responsibility to make our programs easier to use for other people. This makes sense in certain circumstances where we are actually trying to make things for the average user, however this does not always need to be the case. Why must we always make our programs available to the average user? This limits our ability to create great functionality because we're too focused on UX (and, in some horrifying cases, sacrifice functionality in the name of UX). To me this is an issue, as programmers we do not <b>always</b> have to develop for an end user, especially if we are trying to create something that we think most <b>other developers</b> would find useful or cool/fascinating.</p>
 
 <p>This also partly has to do with the lack of understanding by many who are not <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html" target="_blank" >hackers</a> and do not understand that those of us who are do these things for the joy of it, the joy of making cool stuff, the joy of tinkering with stuff to make it do something in an interesting/unexpected way. This is something that we hold dearly but is not understood by most people outside of our small niche. To us it's entertainment and even a lifestyle, but to them we should be making things to be used by them.</p>
@@ -11,7 +6,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>Therefore, unless the hacker is at work and is creating a program specifically for the average user, let them make what they want, UX and all other factors are unimportant to them. The only thing that matters in their free time is their passion for what they're doing.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0037-parabola-with-lvm-on-luks.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-02-20-parabola-with-lvm-on-luks.html
+title = Parabola with LVM on LUKS
+description = Installing Parabola with LUKS encrypted userland and home directories (although not the boot directory where the kernel is, sadly).
+created = 2017-02-20
+updated = 2017-02-20

blog/posts/0037-parabola-with-lvm-on-luks.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-02-20-parabola-with-lvm-on-luks.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>As of recently I have reinstalled Parabola with a LUKS encrypted partition containing both swap and root (I do not have a separate home partition). I found this to be a long and painful process, but I learned quite a bit from doing it. My current setup is as follows:</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -70,7 +65,3 @@ lvolswap   -      swap
 
 <p>You should now be able to reboot and startup your new LUKS encrypted Parabola system. I may have forgotten something, if so please send me an e-mail so I can correct it (see my <a href="/contact/" >contact page</a>).</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0038-encrypted-backup-drive.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-02-21-encrypted-backup-drive.html
+title = Encrypted Backup Drive
+description = How to create an encrypted backup drive using LUKS encrypted partitions.
+created = 2017-02-21
+updated = 2017-02-21

blog/posts/0038-encrypted-backup-drive.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-02-21-encrypted-backup-drive.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>In my previous post I demonstrated how to setup LVM on LUKS with Parabola GNU/Linux-libre. However, what good is an encrypted hard drive if your backups are completely vulnerable? So here's a small guide on setting up a LUKS partition on your backup device.</p>
 
 <p>In reality it's basically the same as setting up LUKS for Parabola, but I'm not going to make you read all that just to get a LUKS partition setup on your external hard drive. Please note that I'll be referring to the external device as <code>`/dev/sdb'</code>, if it's different for you <b>use your device's path!</b></p>
@@ -17,7 +12,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>Just remember that every time you want to mount the device you will have to run the <code>`cryptsetup luksOpen ...'</code> to mount and <code>`cryptsetup luksClose ...'</code> to dismount.</p>
 
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-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0039-change-of-heart-on-https.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-03-05-change-of-heart-on-https.html
+title = Change of Heart on HTTPS
+description = Basically, forget everything I said before about "The HTTPS Hype".
+created = 2017-03-05
+updated = 2017-03-05

blog/posts/0039-change-of-heart-on-https.html

@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-03-05-change-of-heart-on-https.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>A while back I wrote a blog post on HTTPS and how it is not necessary for all websites, however I have recently had a change of heart on the issue. Back when I wrote about it I did not think a step further which would have lead me to see the importance of HTTPS even for a static site like mine. You'll notice that you are connecting to this website via HTTPS currently, for all HTTP requests are redirected to the HTTPS. What's more, there is also a .onion address for my site so that you may connect to it without even leaving The Onion Router network (<a href="https://uk7ewohr7xpjuaca.onion/" >uk7ewohr7xpjuaca.onion</a>).</p>
 
 <p>The reason why even a site like mine should use HTTPS (and even a .onion address) is that the content of my site may be banned in certain countries (especially certain writings where I am quite critical with issues such as religion). However, this can even apply to those of us having even the most 'dull' of websites, let us not forget the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/15/mali-music-ban-islamists-crushing" target="_blank" >ban on music in Mali</a>, for that everything in my `/music/' and `/audio/' directories would be banned. For this reason it is important that we protect the content that the user is trying to access so that their ISP nor their government (nor any other entity) has access to such information.</p>
 
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-?>

blog/posts/0040-reasons-not-to-use-the-gpl.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-03-25-reasons-not-to-use-the-gpl.html
+title = Reasons Not To Use the GPL
+description = Why we should use the AGPL rather than the GPL.
+created = 2017-03-25
+updated = 2017-03-25

blog/posts/0040-reasons-not-to-use-the-gpl.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-03-25-reasons-not-to-use-the-gpl.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p><b>NOTE:</b> I am explicitly referring to the GNU General Public License version 2 and 3 when I say GPL, it is not referring to other licenses such as the Lesser General Public License or the Affero General Public License.</p>
 
 <p>If you are actively involved in the Free Software movement you are probably well aware of how the web is a treacherous place where non-free programs are constantly installed on your computer without permission by default. The most obvious of these is the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html" target="_blank" >JavaScript trap</a>, however similar issues arise with, for example, plugins such as Java web applets. However, measures can be taken against these and are actively improving, such as <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/" target="_blank" >LibreJS</a>, which stops non-free non-trivial JavaScript files from running, one can also disable JavaScript and plugins on their browser to avoid downloading the malicious content.</p>
@@ -17,7 +12,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>The web seems to be a force actively working against the Free Software movement, and although we were happy at first, seeing that all the sources would be available to us since HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are all on the client-side and in plain text, we have seen that oppressors are finding new ways of making it harder use those. What's more, even our own applications that we write that are not intended for the web can be used against us. Therefore, in your next project, when you are thinking about using the GPL (again, version 2 or 3) please consider using the AGPL instead, as we are moving in a direction where it will be more and more needed.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0041-the-unused-potential-of-bitmessage.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-04-08-the-unused-potential-of-bitmessage.html
+title = The Unused Potential of Bitmessage
+description = A post about an awesome e-mail replacement tool.
+created = 2017-04-08
+updated = 2017-04-08

blog/posts/0041-the-unused-potential-of-bitmessage.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-04-08-the-unused-potential-of-bitmessage.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>For quite some time now I've been using <a href="https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage" target="_blank" >Bitmessage</a>, an e-mail replacement that was made to protect user privacy based on the <a href="https://bitcoin.org/" target="_blank" >Bitcoin</a> model. After using Bitmessage for quite some time I have come to see the many benefits it has compared to e-mail, namely in regards to privacy and ease-of-use.</p>
 
 <p>To begin with, Bitmessage has no e-mail service provider, you don't need to register an account with a third-party just to get a Bitmessage address, and all the information is stored on your computer. This means that it is highly accessible to anyone who has the application. This also means that information can't be stolen from a central source (eg. GMail/Yahoo/OutLook/etc. servers) but rather they would have to have direct access to the machine in which you store your messages (which is hopefully protected by disk encryption).</p>
@@ -25,7 +20,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>If you would like to try out Bitmessage you can send a message to the address I have on my Contact page, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.</p>
 
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-<?php
-require 'templates/blog-footer.php';
-?>

blog/posts/0042-a-library-copyleft-license-combination.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-04-18-a-library-copyleft-license-combination.html
+title = A Library Copyleft License Combination
+description = 
+created = 2017-04-18
+updated = 2017-04-18

blog/posts/0042-a-library-copyleft-license-combination.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-04-18-a-library-copyleft-license-combination.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Recently I came across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepycat_License" target="_blank" >Sleepycat License</a>, which I believed to be a copyleft Free Software license that only requires any projects using the Sleepycat licensed software to disclose source code (not necessarily forcing any particular license on the user). I thought that this would be a great license for a library, since unlike the (A)GPL it doesn't force the developer using my library to use the same license (many people who like permissive licenses prefer to be able to choose their own license for their project), but at the same time whoever uses my library must at least disclose their source code (freedom #1... kinda). So I thought that with some slight modifications (since the license is also extremely specific to the BerkleyDB software) that the Sleepycat License would be a great license for libraries (better than GPL or LGPL). So after <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-04/msg00012.html" target="_blank" >a very long discussion on the LibrePlanet-Discuss mailing list</a> I figured out that <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-04/msg00035.html" target="_blank" >the Sleepycat License wasn't exactly what I thought it was</a>.</p>
 
 <p>However, during the mailing list someone mentioned something about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation" target="_blank" >license proliferation</a>, which got me thinking that perhaps instead of looking for some new obscure license maybe I could do this with existing licenses, using conditional dual-licensing. With this I thought of the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl" target="_blank" >GNU article on using (A)GPL instead of the LGPL for libraries</a>. The two licenses in question are the LGPL and the (A)GPL. The LGPL has the advantage that it does not force any particular license on the developer using the library and remains copyleft with regards to the library's source-code itself, but it has a flaw that is fixed by the (A)GPL, which is that the LGPL can be used by non-free projects as well as free projects, which to some of us is not something that settles well with our concious. However, the (A)GPL forces the project using the library to carry the (A)GPL as well. So, both of these had elements that I wanted, but they both had drawbacks. With this I finally thought of a dual-licensing scheme that could work to have the best of both licenses. It consists in <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-04/msg00019.html" target="_blank" >licensing your library with the (A)GPL and offering an LGPL dual-licensing (with static linkage) to any project licensed exclusively with FSF approved licenses</a>.</p>
@@ -15,7 +10,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>I believe that this licensing scheme solves the eternal problem in library licensing between copyleft and permissive licenses without compromising a good concious, more copyleft than permissive licenses (such as MIT), not as strict about how projects using the library license themselves (such as GPL), and no compromising on ethics by not helping in any manner a non-free project (such as LGPL).</p>
 
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blog/posts/0043-judgement.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-04-20-judgement.html
+title = Judgement
+description = What judgement is, and why it's not only normal to judge, but also necessary.
+created = 2017-04-20
+updated = 2017-04-20

blog/posts/0043-judgement.html

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<?php
-require 'config.php';
-require '2017-04-20-judgement.cfg.php';
-require 'templates/blog-header.php';
-?>
 <p>Too often have I heard people say that someone is "Judgemental", someone saying "Don't judge!", asking a friend "Would you judge me?". These are all extremely stupid phrases. Judgement is something extremely normal, it's not only human, but something that all animals do, and most importantly it is something that is completely necessary.</p>
 
 <p>Judgement is something we need, something we do every day. When you say you like a particular dish or not you are judging the dish, when you choose between two alternate products at a supermarket you are judging them. Even if you use a random number generator to decide which to pick you made the judgement to use the random number generator and what numbers each of the products would be. However, one may believe that this does not apply when talking about people, that we cannot judge other people, however this is also wrong. Should we not judge murderers? Should we not judge thieves? We must no doubt judge these people, and we should also be able to judge one another.</p>
@@ -13,7 +8,3 @@ require 'templates/blog-header.php';
 
 <p>Therefore, please don't talk about judgement this way, it's annoying and you're making yourself look like a stuck-up prick who can't accept rational criticism. Instead listen to the other person's judgement, and if you don't care for their judgement then just ignore it, at least you listened.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0044-patch-files.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+filename = 2017-05-02-patch-files.html
+title = Patch Files
+description = Defending the use of patch files over pull request nonsense.
+created = 2017-05-02
+updated = 2017-05-02

blog/posts/0044-patch-files.html

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 <p>Something that really annoys me about most repository hosts nowadays is that all of them are highly dependent on using pull-requests to contribute code, when originally all VCSs had (and still have) ways to contribute via patches (that and the `patch' command) which can be sent via e-mail. Now, I understand that having these changes more accessible to the public would be useful, and mailing lists aren't always best. However, why not simply use the same infrastructure of an issue tracker and apply it to uploading patch files? They would be organized just like pull-requests are, and would essentially be the same thing as a pull-request... except directly with a patch file instead of having to go through such a long process just to contribute to a repository.</p>
 
 <p>So, why are patch files better than pull-requests? First of all, pull-requests are still useful if someone makes a real fork of a project (not what they're calling 'forks' nowadays which is someone making a copy just to modify something and then merge it back into upstream). However, if I am contributing to a project it is much easier and faster to make a patch file than to deal with web interfaces endlessly just to contribute two lines of code. When you make a patch file the process is as follows: clone the repository, make the change, create patch file, submit patch file. Easy, right? Now, let's look at this same process for pull-requests: 'fork' a repository, clone your 'fork', make changes, push changes to your 'fork', and finally create the pull request. Patch files have 4 steps, while pull-requests have 5. You may say "Well, but that's only one extra step, it's not that bad". Okay, but let's move forward.</p>
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 <p>So please, stop promoting this cancerous disease known as "the pull-request". Patch files were perfectly fine. If you're going to write your own new repository hosting web framework or whatever, be sure to incorporate patch files. As I said before, pull-requests are good only if we're talking about <b>real forks</b>, not a 'fork' that someone made of a project to contribute 2 lines of code and then never touch it again.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0045-from-parabola-to-arch.cfg

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+filename = 2017-05-12-from-parabola-to-arch.html
+title = From Parabola to Arch
+description = Why I switched from using Parabola GNU/Linux-libre to ArchLinux.
+created = 2017-05-12
+updated = 2017-05-12

blog/posts/0045-from-parabola-to-arch.html

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 <p>I have recently switched from <a href="https://www.parabola.nu/" target="_blank" >Parabola</a> to <a href="https://www.archlinux.org/" target="_blank" >Arch</a>. First of all, I would like to mention that this is not because I want to use any non-free software in the Arch repos or install non-free firmware and drivers for some pieces of hardware I may have (I am still using Linux-libre on Arch), but rather for other reasons that I would like to explain.</p>
 
 <p>Firstly, the number one reason I am leaving Parabola is that the distro gets in my way too often. Mostly with its policy that anything that 'promotes non-free software' is non-free. I am an adult who knows every well what non-free software is, I can easily not install something that I see is non-free (namely for `pacaur', which would be so useful if only it were available on Parabola). This kind of blocking of any software that 'promotes non-free software' is useful for distros such as <a href="https://trisquel.info/" target="_blank" >Trisquel</a>, which are aimed at people who could hardly be described as tech-savvy, since these kinds of people do not necessarily know how to distinguish between free and non-free software (it's simply not something that's part of their daily lives). However, for experienced hackers like myself, this just gets in our way of quickly getting access to tools we want to use. It's nice when our OS doesn't constantly get in our way for these kinds of things. This is, in fact, the exact reason why I use Free Software to begin with and why I like GNU/Linux. I used to use Mac many many years ago, however I had almost no ability to make the computer do what I wanted it to, Apple products constantly worked against me and whatever I wanted to do with them, and I dislike that I am feeling this again with a GNU/Linux distro. Therefore, I would suggest that if you're an experienced hacker and get stressed when <b>your</b> OS gets in the way, don't use a <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html" target="_blank" >free distro</a>, they're aimed for newbs who are new to the idea of Free Software, not you.</p>
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 <p>With this I say that I will most likely never return to Parabola, even if the Quarantine Policy is implemented, for the reasons I mentioned first in this post. However I would still suggest that the Parabola community start to pull itself together and stop trying to shy away from having actual protocols. Debian is one of the largest community-oriented projects that is not controlled by a corporation in the background, and they have a ton of protocols and policies. If the Parabola community wishes to efficiently handle the challenges that await them in the future, it's time for them to start organizing themselves instead of leaving things as chaotic as they are.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0046-your-computer-your-computing.cfg

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+filename = 2017-05-13-your-computer-your-computing.html
+title = Your Computer, Your Computing
+description = 
+created = 2017-05-13
+updated = 2017-05-13

blog/posts/0046-your-computer-your-computing.html

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 <p>It pains me to see how often we end up 'just dealing' with our computer software being restrictive, how we say we dislike how a certain software functions and yet we just roll over and take the hit. Many of us are used to this kind of mentality, however, in the Free Software community a little less because we're granted choices, yet even there we find ourselves faced with software that does something we dislike, but we refuse to migrate simply because it would be 'inconvenient'.</p>
 
 <p>The truth of the matter is, your computer is your property (or rather, it should be, in the case of those of you who run non-free software), this means that any time you roll over and take the hit you are letting someone else decide how to use your personal property. When you own something, like a bicycle, you are not told and controlled on how you use that bicycle, how to adjust the seat, whether or not to add a basket. It's your bicycle and you use it as you please and adjust it as you please because it is your personal property and belongs to no one else, nor does it affect anyone else how you adjust it.</p>
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 <p>Again, any less than your computer working the way you want it to is a compromise on how you use your personal property.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0047-the-beauty-of-silence.cfg

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+filename = 2017-05-14-the-beauty-of-silence.html
+title = The Beauty of Silence
+description = Defending silence over unnecessary noise.
+created = 2017-05-14
+updated = 2017-05-14

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 <p>One thing I've always loved and come to appreciate more and more is the wonderful nothingness which is silence. It allows for people to be calm, where one can think clearly, be at peace with one's self and not be interrupted by one's surroundings. It truly is something beautiful.</p>
 
 <p>However, sadly, there are few in this world who truly value silence. What's more, it seems that every time there is silence people consider it 'awkward', and try to fill it in either with conversation (which is not bad) or noise (which is horrifyingly repulsive compared to the sweetness of silence), typically from an electronic device such as a television, radio, mobile device, or other. To these people I ask: what is wrong with silence? Are you that afraid of 'loneliness'? After all, silence does make us feel more alone. Or perhaps is it that you feel that for some reason emptiness demands to be filled? In which case, why is it that you feel this need to fill the gap?</p>
 
 <p>No matter what your reason, perhaps it is important that you learn to appreciate the calm in life. By filling the air with noise you do nothing but to perpetuate stress, tension, discomfort, and anxiety. This is fine if it only affects you, however when others are present you must not create such a damaging environment as it harms others (the same way you should not smoke tobacco around non-smokers). In the presence of others it must also be of common courtesy to respect silence, conversation, social interaction, productive sound (such as one playing an instrument), or any kind of productive behaviour.</p>
 
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blog/posts/0048-summer-album.cfg

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+filename = 2017-05-29-summer-album.html
+title = Summer Album
+description = Update on the album that never gets released.
+created = 2017-05-29
+updated = 2017-05-29

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 <p>Ever since before <a href="/projects/music/ice-in-the-fall/" >Ice in the Fall</a> I've been working on an album called <a href="/projects/music/summer/" >Summer</a>. It's been a long time and I haven't really put much effort into making the album, sadly. However, I have recently begun to formulate it more, revise some of the lyrics and notes, along with the songs I had planned for the album to begin with (since the summer of 2013).</p>
 
 <p>This album has taken me quite some time, and I've released two other albums since then, but this is mostly due to the complexity and work I have been trying to put into it. Unlike my first two albums, I wanted this one to be multi-track and less experimental. However, unlike <a href="/projects/music/dreaming-in-bytes/" >Dreaming in Bytes</a>, it is not simply me making up some interesting melodies in a digital audio studio program. This added complexity is what's been making it take quite a bit of time.</p>
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 <p>Like my other albums, this one will be published on Jamendo, but for those that download from this website there will be a 'Side 2' containing cover songs, the originals of which are either under a Free Culture license or have been passed into the Public Domain. Once I figure out which songs these will be I will post the track listing for the 'Side 2' on the page for the album (and perhaps a demo).</p>
 
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+title = Humour
+description = The importance of humour in our societies.
+created = 2017-06-21
+updated = 2017-06-21

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 <p>In many countries in the West xenophobia has been rising, yet I have not seen this kind of behaviour in Andalusia. This made me wonder why it was that in Andalusia people weren't as affected as in (for example) the rest of Europe or the USA. Of course, the only thing I can really compare to is the Mid-West in the USA, since that's the only other place I've lived. However, with this I've noticed one key difference between the two: in Andalusia humour is not limited while in the Mid-West humour must bend to what is considered 'socially acceptable'.</p>
 
 <p>Humour, especially satire, serves the purpose of allowing us to look at things from a critical and comical perspective, but by using humour we also allow ourselves to look upon our own beliefs in this critical and comical way. It is also a sign that we can loosen up around someone, if I can tell jokes to a person then I feel more comfortable around them, I feel like I don't have to censor myself, free to speak my mind. This is very good for relieving tensions, since we'll feel more comfortable and amiable.</p>
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 <p>For this reason I think it is important that we do not limit humour nor speech, and instead we should embrace humour that is critical of our beliefs and opinions, to accept that stereotypes exist and for a reason. Otherwise we're only worsening the issue at hand.</p>
 
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