Opinionated Guides

Engineering

Introduction

0: What is this?
Ⅰ: Community
Ⅱ: Learn How to Learn
EXT: Furward Momentum

Linux & Your Computer

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2

Installing Arch Linux

3

Into The Hardware

.1: CPU
.2: RAM
.3: Motherboard
.4: Graphics
.5: Storage
.6: Networking
.7: Power
.8: Cooling
.9: Peripherals
.10: The Bigger Picture
.11: What to Buy?
.12: Legacy
A1: Weird Things

3½

4

Getting Rooted in Linux

5

Working on How we work

5½

A1

Using The Linux Shell

A2

A3

Other Operating Systems

Prerequisites

6

.1: Algebra
.2: Logic
.3: Geometry & Trig
.4: Calculus
.5: Diff Eq
.6: Linear Algebra
.7: Numerical Analysis
.8: Set Theory
.9: Probability
.10: New Math

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Programming

10

Let's Write Some Code

.1: It's Math?
.2: Turtles!
.3: Getting Tools
.4: Knowing our Tools
.5: 2 for 1
.6: Types
.7: logic & Functions
.8: Data Structures
.9: Libraries
.10: Rest of the Owl
.11: Getting Real

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11½

Ethics & Copyright

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Low Level Programming

15

Algorithms and More

15½

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Git, Testing, CI & CD

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Graphical Programming

19

Shaders + GpGPU

20

(((())(()((()(()))))))

21

Game Programming

22

Custom Languages

.1: Prelude
.2: Lexing
.3: Parsing
.4: Translation
.5: Code Generation
.5: Intermezzo
.6: Commands
.7: Subroutines
.8: Conditionals
.9: Variables
.10: Conclusion

A3

Programming Languages

: Low Level
: Mid Level
: High Level
: Old
: Scripting
: Shell
: Visual
: Esoteric
: Domain Specific

Circuits

23

.1: Tools
.2: ⅏ ⟛ Ω
.3: Simulation

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Embedded Systems

27

Let's Make our own PCB

Signal Processing

28: Signals & Systems
29: Communications
30: DSP
31: Control Systems
32: Computer Vision
33: Fine, here's AI/ML

Going Deeper

34: Compilers & Assemblers
35: Reverse Engineering
36: Programmable Logic
37: Let's Make our own CPU
37½: Why Just Silicon?

Networking & Servers

38

.1: How You Got Here
.2: OSI
.3: Tools

39

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Security & Exploitation

41½

Making & Hobbies

42: 3D Printing & CNC
43: Ham Radio
44: Computer History
45: Mechanical

Wrapping Up

46: Where next?
A3: Cheat Sheets & Libraries
A4: Other Great Resources
A5: Getting a Job
A6: Markdown and LaTeX
A7: Useful Tools

Music

1

Bang Zwoop Bada-dap-bap

2

Getting Started

3

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5

-: Percussion
-: Strings
: Guitar
-: Wind
-: Synths
-: Electro-Mechanical
-: The Esoteric

6

.1: Trivial Effects
.2: Time Based Effects
.3: Filters!
.4: Dʸⁿᵃᵐᶦᶜˢ
.5: Everything Else
.6: Meta

7

Sequencing & MIDI

8

.1: DAW?
.2: Plugins!
.3: Live Code

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Mixing & Mastering

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Psychoacoustics

A1

Other Resources

A2

A3

Video Synthesis

A4

A5

Philosophy

1

Basic Philosophy

2

Logical Fallacies+

3

4

Community Idea Labs

5

Community Efforts

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Labor & Compensation

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Foriegn Involvement

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.1: Speech
.2: Press
.3: Search & Seizure
.4: Fair Trial
.5: Bodily Autonomy
.6: Environment
.7: Travel
.8: Armament
.9: Recording
.10: Ownership
EXT: Digital Manifesto

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A1

Other Resources

Design

EXT: Catastrovtivity
1: Basics of Art
1½: Basics++
2: Analog Art
3: Digital Art
3½: DAC/ADC
4: UI/UX
5: 3D
6: Generative Tools
7: Animation
8: Photography
A1: Other Resources
A2: Inspirational Art

Web Development

1

Jack of all trades

2

Your own garden

3

HTML, CSS, JS, WUT?

.1: HTML
.2: CSS
.3: JS

4

Static & Dynamic

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Content is King

8

8½

A1

Web development tools

A2

Other Resources

Interviews

: Loial Otter
: Soatok Dreamseeker
: Xe Iaso
: Kell Bengal
: Tax Badger
: Sex Positive Gaming
: Cendyne
: Wolfgun
: Paul Shapera
: Natanya

Other

: Interesting Links
: Advice

Technical

: Cool Hardware
: The Fediverse, ActivityPub, & The IndieWeb

Conlangs & Neography

: Intro to Conlangs & Neography
: toki pona! 󱥬󱦖󱥔
: Thoughts on olin by jan Usawi
: Rhapsodaic by jan Usawi

My Projects

: Latest: Floppytron

My Photography

: Latest: Big Boy

My Music

: Latest: Uni𐞥uode

My Fiction

: Latest: sudo

Blog

TAG
: № of Posts; Music
: 2; Meta
: 3; Language
: 1; Personal
: 10; Technical
: 10; Art
: 3; School
: 2; Politics
: 2

Projects

Projects

A small collection of things I have built, documented with snapshots and notes.

Floppytron

2026-05-15

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