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So what is torque even?

Torque is a hard to calculate cross product in 3D. How does any of that even make sense? Let's go back to first principles and avoid abstract mathematical generalizations and circular reasoning.

Problems with the modern pastoral dream and rural living

Some problems and contradictions with the highly romaticised dream of quitting your modern day job and moving to the a rural region or starting a self-sufficient farming endeavor.

Why is there a minimum clock speed for CPUs

Why can't CPUs go to sleep or clock very low during idle to reduce power consumption?

What happens when you type into a search bar?

The standard interview question, answered with extreme detail, to end it to rest once and for all.

Storing JSON in MySQL is... fine?

Hi. This is mostly a test page for me to test my mdx components and stuff. Although you can still read it. There's no real major breakthrough, it's like a high school projet report.

Home server on Nix

An ongoing series of posts on running your own home server on Nix.

Deployment with NixOps

Deploying to your server with NixOps

Notes and Stuff

A collection of notes and other things from various courses.

Secrets with nix-sops

Setting up secrets storage on NixOS

CS1101S

My teaching materials for CS1101S Programming Methodology I.

Reverse proxy in NixOS

Use your NixOS config as a central config hub to define your reverse proxies.

Inkscape and LaTeX

A lightweight way to insert and edit Inkscape svgs into LaTeX speedily with Vim.

Field Recordings 1

Sounds of nature from my TA trip.

Te Araroa

Hiking 1000km in NZ.