Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Sweat lodge – January 2019
Saturday night Sterling texted me at 6:30pm to see if I wanted to go to a sweat lodge. I was about to ignore and/or say ‘no’ to him when I thought that I should continue this “yes man” approach to life and so I went with him. What to say about the experience? We stood…
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First experience with a All-In-One (water) CPU cooler
I’m finding out how sensitive I am to certain stimuli (and it does seem like I’m getting more sensitive over time) and one of those things I am sensitive to is the fan noise of my computer. This latest computer I built is less than five months old and when I built it I wanted…
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Setting up LUKS on a new SSD
I’m not a linux OS expert even though I’ve been using linux for over twenty years (that said, I’d say that most anyone who installs and uses linux has to have a good amount of technical knowledge). It wasn’t until somewhat recently that I realized I really should have Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on the…
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Webcams and USB cables on linux
March 2023 And here I thought USB was compatible (mostly) with itself. Apparently, I still have a lot to learn about USB even though I’ve been in the computer field for 40+ years. Last week I was so looking forward to getting Zoom to work on linux. I had just found out–and I don’t recall…
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