The Universe of Joshua Blais
The Universe of Joshua Blais
Joshua Blais
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“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell” Edward Abbey The modern world is built on a system in which we must “progress” in order to survive. The issue is that we never ask the question “towards what are we...
If you follow me for even five minutes, you will find my disenfranchisement with modern smartphones is palpable. It seems to be a massive waste to have this capable device that sits in your pocket be nothing more for 95% of people than a...
“In 6 months, programming will be solved!” “Coding is dead!” We’ve been hearing for the last 2 and a half years. So - if programming is dead, if all the coding jobs are going to be automated away, why would I go all-in on studying...
“You’re just nostalgic!” They will say when you point out the fact that everything today is crumbling around us. Where every McDonalds has transformed into a grey box without a playplace - because the playplace would mean people stay...
For 6 years or so, I have been down the custom, split, ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole. And, since running a few different boards, I have found what I like and dislike in a board - to the point that it sounded like a good idea to build...
Building your own keyboard is a rite of passage for those caught up in the ergonomic rabbit hole. So, it was only a matter of time before I went all the way and did so. However, as a complete noob when it comes to soldering, I had a...
In 2019, I started using DOOM emacs as my main emacs “distribution”. A decision which I figured I’d stick with for many years to come. In late 2023, I switched back to neovim for some time, and finally came back to the light early last...
“What we do in life echoes in eternity.” Maximus Decimus Meridius When I look around, the hardest thing to find is a person who cares. I see people doing the bare minimum, value-extracting, and overtly ‘screwing over’ their fellow man to...
Back in 2014, I was on a cruise with family (boomer parents, I don’t actually like cruises) - and I did not have my phone or internet access for 17 days. This was in the time when internet access out at sea was exorbitantly expensive,...
As a heavy emacs user, Guix system seems to be the logical place to rest one’s head in the perpetual distro hop. As an all-or-nothing type guy, I’ve been running NixOS for the better part of a year now, but Guix seems to philosophically...
With the Pope’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas recently posted, I have seen some of the worst takes online: All from people that have not read the thing they are critiquing. They will see a short soundbite from the Vatican’s meeting with...
The Vatican has just released Leo XIV’s Encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and I figured I would read through and give my commentary on such a pivotal document in the era of “AI” and the continual lockstep toward dehumanizing all of...
I just got off the phone with my bank, wasting about 30 minutes of my ever-shortening life to be told that I need not worry about the email that came in this morning and nearly gave me a heart attack. Opening my email inbox this morning,...
“All of man’s miseries stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” — Blaise Pascal When I think about the challenge of living in the modern world, the constant that continually crosses my mind is that we are so unable to...
I never thought I would reach 5k subscribers on Youtube, so I owe everyone a massive thank you! To all of my new friends and the support over the last few years, it’s been an awesome time. Here’s to 50,000 in the future! People have...