https://risingthumb.xyz:443/Writing/Blog/index.rss en-us Tom Duff's rc, Kris Maglione's, and RisingThumb's goralog werc hackery Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Experiments_in_AI_generated_code https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Experiments_in_AI_generated_code 2026/03/09 A long rambling article on my experiences using LLMs for a tool I made named ctag risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_5 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_5 2026/03/09 Employing a dragon to protect your lair, notes on your own equipment and a final trap against those who seek this knowledge risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_4 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_4 2026/03/04 Spectators, Beholders, Giant Bells of Deafening, portal-style looping pits, Sawblades and spikes in a labyrinth of paralysing-pushing doors and the "Suspicious" trap room of mouse traps. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/My_Music_Listening_Setup https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/My_Music_Listening_Setup 2026/02/26 It''s cmus and foobar2000, with syncthing and ctag as additional tools for managing my music library risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Current_Opinions_on_AI_Generation https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Current_Opinions_on_AI_Generation 2026/02/19 Sharing my current opinions on AI generation in a bunch of different areas risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_3 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_3 2026/02/16 The Chuul-lava corridor, the load bearing wand of wishing and the sleeping chuuls guarding the gate risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_2 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_2 2026/02/09 Abeloths, Leprechauns and Mirrors, Golden Boulders and levers... and polymorphing rug mimics too... Oh my! risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_1 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Morgrims_Traps_and_encounters_Part_1 2026/02/07 The Boulder Staircase, The Alarm Snare, The Mold Earth Force Cage and guidance on running enemies that can turn invisible. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/2025_Retrospective https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/2025_Retrospective 2025/12/14 A retrospective on all the things I did in 2025 risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Browser_Agnostic_Bookmarks https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Browser_Agnostic_Bookmarks 2025/11/25 A little shell script showing how to accomplish browser-agnostic bookmarks risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Urgency_Of_Spending_Time_With_Friends_And_Family https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Urgency_Of_Spending_Time_With_Friends_And_Family 2025/09/05 A very short blog post just explaining the urgency of spending time with friends and family risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Two_bad_arguments https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Two_bad_arguments 2025/06/30 Just quickly attacking two simplistic and reductive arguments. The Malthusian argument and the argument on the Inevitability of Progress risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Social_media_as_the_unhealthiest_form_of_recreation https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Social_media_as_the_unhealthiest_form_of_recreation 2025/06/02 A small article contrasting Social media with other forms of recreation risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Caffeine_Drug_Addiction https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Caffeine_Drug_Addiction 2025/05/27 Briefly examining how Caffeine is a drug, and should be viewed with caution like all drugs and comparable drugs like Alcohol and Nicotine risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/YAGNI_Scalability_and_fun https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/YAGNI_Scalability_and_fun 2025/05/26 Expanding on my blog post from Wednesday on how most Tech doesn''t have insane scalability or performance requirements risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Cult_Of_Scoping https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Cult_Of_Scoping 2025/05/26 Looking at the common development advice of scoping things and how I think it results in more mediocre and worse end-products risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Reflections_On_The_Gemini_Protocol https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Reflections_On_The_Gemini_Protocol 2025/05/25 Some reflections on why I don''t think the Gemini Protocol is all its cracked out to be risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/YAGNI_and_scalability https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/YAGNI_and_scalability 2025/05/21 Observing how many businesses design their tech for google-tier scaling despite having maybe 1000 active users and probably less risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Snow_Deformation https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Snow_Deformation 2025/05/17 A blog going through how I accomplish snow deformation on an unannounced project risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Fragile_Software_Development https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Fragile_Software_Development 2025/05/06 The front fell off risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Sacred_negative_space_of_knowledge https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Sacred_negative_space_of_knowledge 2024/12/23 A brief writing on maintaining informed ignorance risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/gaming_year_in_review_2024 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/gaming_year_in_review_2024 2024/12/15 Year in review of my gaming in 2024 risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/indieweb_impact https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/indieweb_impact 2024/11/02 Exploration of what has impacted me as a youth risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/publishing_books https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/publishing_books 2024/10/18 An overview of the book publishing process which may serve as a good introduction to other new authors risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/All_writing_as_autobiography https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/All_writing_as_autobiography 2024/08/01 Brief exploration of a common quote and the idea of all works being their autobiographies risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Expired_Pride_in_a_beer_bottle https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Expired_Pride_in_a_beer_bottle 2024/07/23 A lament about the state of England risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Computers_and_Melancholy https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Computers_and_Melancholy 2024/06/13 An exploration of Computers as sensory deprivation and a negative emotional flux risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_of_April_Final_Roundup https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_of_April_Final_Roundup 2024/05/02 A final look and some brief attached thoughts at all the submissions for this month risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_of_April_Roundup https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_of_April_Roundup 2024/04/06 Running Roundup of IndieWeb Carnival of April risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Brief_thoughts_on_simple_game_design https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Brief_thoughts_on_simple_game_design 2024/04/06 Just some brief thoughts on game design and what makes for an elegant design risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_of_April https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_of_April 2024/03/30 Announcing the theme for the IndieWeb Carnival in April risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_value_of_Serifs https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_value_of_Serifs 2024/03/27 A brief explanation of why Serifs are so useful and the issues arising from avoiding them risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Thoughts_on_Egalitarianism https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Thoughts_on_Egalitarianism 2024/03/26 A sequence of thoughts on Egalitarianism defending it against strawman arguments. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/A_faith_beyond_probability https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/A_faith_beyond_probability 2024/03/26 A brief examination at determinism and free will and faith and probability risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/What_has_creating_a_website_done_for_you https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/What_has_creating_a_website_done_for_you 2024/03/20 An exploration of what creating a website has done for me risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/All_talk_and_no_work https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/All_talk_and_no_work 2024/03/18 A discussion on the topic of forums and social media of all forms... and how they lead to no work and how their users speak with little value often enough. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Black_Box https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Black_Box 2024/03/12 A black box is one where you can only understand it by looking at the inputs and the outputs. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Reinventing_the_Wheel https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Reinventing_the_Wheel 2024/03/12 A brief exploration of how Reinventing the Wheel is a deeply offensive and insulting phrase risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/On_the_subject_of_time_wasting_questions https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/On_the_subject_of_time_wasting_questions 2024/03/09 A brief description of how a question wastes my time and disrespects me and is incredibly poor etiquette. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Why_games_can_have_lots_and_be_uninteresting https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Why_games_can_have_lots_and_be_uninteresting 2024/03/08 An exploration of the combinatoric explosions in games and how interesting they are risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/How_do_you_approach_understanding_the_universe https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/How_do_you_approach_understanding_the_universe 2024/03/04 How do you approach understanding the universe- by a broken system? By a broken compass? By faith alone? risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Dude_You_Are_Not_An_Expert https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Dude_You_Are_Not_An_Expert 2024/03/03 Regarding the phrase "dude you are not an expert"- where I point out how inconsistent and bad this phrase is for the person saying it. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Regarding_masters_of_a_field https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Regarding_masters_of_a_field 2024/03/03 Regarding masters of a field and how they are often dysgenic or insane- and rarely able to reproduce risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Is_The_Trinity_A_False_Teaching https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Is_The_Trinity_A_False_Teaching 2024/02/07 Three arguments. One pointing a contradiction between the Trinity and Omnipotence. One pointing out the scripture on the categorisation of Sin. One on the assertion of the Trinity being Blasphemy, following the prior two. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Evils_of_Feminism https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_Evils_of_Feminism 2024/02/01 A transcript detailing the many heads of the Hydra that is Feminism, and all the evils contained within. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/PhilosophyNotUseful https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/PhilosophyNotUseful 2024/01/31 The question of why Philosophy is not useful to most people stands up and deserves to be examined risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Power_Corrupts https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Power_Corrupts 2024/01/30 or does Weakness corrupt? risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/TruthsAboutSuccess https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/TruthsAboutSuccess 2024/01/28 Several truths regarding Success risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/BlackWindBooksSiteOpened https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/BlackWindBooksSiteOpened 2024/01/22 Black Wind Books Site opened and points on further improvement risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/HailWodan https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/HailWodan 2023/12/21 With Yuletide beginning, hail unto thee Yule Father! risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/MilitaryOrigin https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/MilitaryOrigin 2023/12/11 A discussion about the Prussian Education System, how it is terrible for creative and great men, and how it is beneficial for normal people- creativity and its issues, and how it selects for feminine mindsets. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Grand_Strategy https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Grand_Strategy 2023/12/03 An overview of Grand Strategy, as a quality of those greatest men- of the Übermensch and those various heroes. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Nietzsche_is_not_a_Nihilist https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Nietzsche_is_not_a_Nihilist 2023/11/27 Exploring the mind of Nietzsche, we establish what Nihilism is, that Nietzsche was not a Nihilist, and that his philosophy revolves around addressing the abyss and lack of values that would be present in the upcoming century as Nihilism would explode. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Mind_The_Gap https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Mind_The_Gap 2023/11/22 A discussion talking about how the intention-behaviour gap exists, relating it to the Pareto Principle, relating to Nietzschean "My Virtue", questioning accountability and saying it is a specific case of the value-action gap and what that means. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/StoicismProblemHelplessness https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/StoicismProblemHelplessness 2023/11/21 Discussing the biggest demon that follows Stoics around wherever they go. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Nostalgia https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Nostalgia 2023/11/17 A brief exploration of Nostalgia, demonised and romanticised- its relation to childhood, its relation to weakness and hardness and its dualism with Novelty risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Why_i_write https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Why_i_write 2023/11/05 A stream of consciousness exploring why I write risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Ultimate_Convenience https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Ultimate_Convenience 2023/11/05 A discussion about convenience and how it is a symptom of the sicknesses seen in both the western and eastern world risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_long_unsent_letter https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_long_unsent_letter 2023/10/29 The long unsent letter, addressed to a friend, regarding the nature of friendship risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Dominance_of_Deficiency https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Dominance_of_Deficiency 2023/09/20 An exploration of deficiency, how it relates to aesthetics, how it relates to parasites, the dionysian and apollonian man, and how Pale Criminals are symptomatic of this Dominance. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Avoid_Hotlinking https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Avoid_Hotlinking 2023/09/16 Hotlinking, what it is, why to avoid it, when to avoid it. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Determining_your_Issue https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Determining_your_Issue 2023/09/12 Understanding your issues, by what they are not. Understanding your wants as an origin. Understanding the wants of herd and ego. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_burden_of_life_by_lamenting_death https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_burden_of_life_by_lamenting_death 2023/08/22 Discussing how death creates a colossal burden upon people, and how freely people live until death confronts them risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Reading_and_Writing_Beauty_and_Ugliness https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Reading_and_Writing_Beauty_and_Ugliness 2023/08/18 All great people Read. All great people write. All great people are literate... or are they? risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Word_as_will https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Word_as_will 2023/08/15 A brief exploration of language, the modal 'Could' and the decay of Wills risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/On_the_tripartite_of_humanity https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/On_the_tripartite_of_humanity 2023/05/03 Exploring the Christian notion of the Triptartite(not trinity!) and how it is life-denying risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Nietzsche_and_philosophical_destruction https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Nietzsche_and_philosophical_destruction 2023/05/03 A short ramble on the topic of the Übermensch risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Kierkegaards_foul_choice https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Kierkegaards_foul_choice 2023/04/30 On the limitations of the Categorical Imperative and Jesus Christ's Golden Rule risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Workout_and_diet_plan https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Workout_and_diet_plan 2023/03/09 Talking about personal qualities in myself, my diet goals and my exercise goals risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Academic_science_and_its_problems https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Academic_science_and_its_problems 2022/11/16 A discussion of Academic science and its problems facing a replicability crisis. Note: Date unknown, moved from Articles. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Tools_for_notetaking https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Tools_for_notetaking 2022/10/25 Tools for notetaking. Note: Moved from Articles, original publish date unknown. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Pman https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Pman 2022/10/19 Showing off Pman, a small utility script I wrote to view man pages in a pdf viewer. Note this develops on the article A brief overview of Pass, and the original publish date is unknown. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Brief_overview_of_pass https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Brief_overview_of_pass 2022/10/06 A brief overview of Pass, the password manager I use on my home Computer. Note: Date of this is unknown, moved from the Articles page. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_best_medication https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_best_medication 2022/10/05 German Romanticism as aesthetic and life affirming way to live risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/60_second_dungeon https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/60_second_dungeon 2022/10/03 Sharing 60 Second Dungeon, a game made for the Ludum Dare 51 game jam. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Elden_Ring_review https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Elden_Ring_review 2022/06/12 Discussing the issues that Elden Ring has risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Field_archery_is_better https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Field_archery_is_better 2022/06/08 On how field archery is a more skillful and entertaining sport than Olympic archery risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/What_do_you_live_for https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/What_do_you_live_for 2022/05/21 Asking what people live for? risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Games_I_should_play_in_2022 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Games_I_should_play_in_2022 2022/02/09 Listing the games I should play in 2022 risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Hero_Villain_Dynamics https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Hero_Villain_Dynamics 2021/09/17 Heroic activists target cheapskates confusing them as alt-right folks, becoming villains risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Immutable_data_used_for_mass_murder https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Immutable_data_used_for_mass_murder 2021/08/17 Immutable data left behind by Americans resulting in damage for Afghan allies risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Printing_with_netcat https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Printing_with_netcat 2021/08/07 A neat discovery that you can print pdf files with netcat risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/License_laundering https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/License_laundering 2021/07/09 Discussing how using huge datasets can be used to launder licenses and wash away AGPLv3 restrictions risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Who_games_on_linux_4 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Who_games_on_linux_4 2021/05/20 Review of Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart on Linux risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Online_communities https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Online_communities 2021/05/11 An exploration of the problems of Online Communities risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Yanchan.xyz https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Yanchan.xyz 2021/04/23 Announcing an imageboard I hosted. Since closed. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_problem_with_Bitcoin https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/The_problem_with_Bitcoin 2021/04/23 Discussing the issues of a Proof of work algorithm risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Tech_portfolio https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Tech_portfolio 2021/04/15 Just an update that I have a tech portfolio risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Modern_web_is_bloated https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Modern_web_is_bloated 2021/04/08 Discussing issues of the modern web and how website sizes are absurd risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/RSS_ported_to_work_again https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/RSS_ported_to_work_again 2021/04/05 RSS functionality back on the site risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Stallman_situation https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Stallman_situation 2021/03/28 Discussing how Stallman is an idiot and persecuted for devil's advocacy risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Who_games_on_linux_2 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Who_games_on_linux_2 2021/03/12 Review of Loop Hero on Linux risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Who_games_on_linux_3 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Who_games_on_linux_3 2021/03/11 Review of NERTS! 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And how why corrodes will. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Pausing_development_on_quiver https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Pausing_development_on_quiver 2020/08/30 Pausing development on Quivet and reasons why risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_Version_0.3 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_Version_0.3 2020/08/30 Quiver Version 0.3 Release risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_plan_4 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_plan_4 2020/08/28 Changelog, plan 4 risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_Fluid_Fog_of_War_Effect https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_Fluid_Fog_of_War_Effect 2020/08/22 How I achieved that Fluid Fog of War effect in Quiver risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_Hellaglitch_Version_0.2 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Quiver_Hellaglitch_Version_0.2 2020/08/15 Change log and .plan file for the 3rd week of development and 0.2 release risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Helleglitch_Plan_2 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Helleglitch_Plan_2 2020/08/05 Change log and .plan file for the 2nd week of development risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Helleglitch_V0.1 https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Helleglitch_V0.1 2020/07/28 Change log and .plan file for the week of development risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Move_to_linux https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Move_to_linux 2020/05/18 Discussing my move to Arch Linux using LARBS risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Website_slight_remake https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Website_slight_remake 2020/01/16 Discussing a slight remake of the website risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Website_plan_and_future_posts https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Website_plan_and_future_posts 2020/01/15 Discussing future website plans risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Want_a_free_shirt_kids https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Want_a_free_shirt_kids 2020/01/14 Discussions on a competition causing a DOS attack on Github issues risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/UTC_Empire_Archival https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/UTC_Empire_Archival 2020/01/13 Discussions on the project of The Empire Archival risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Tools_and_linux_information https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Tools_and_linux_information 2020/01/12 Adding a page about my linux setup risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Unknown_Archival_Project https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Unknown_Archival_Project 2020/01/11 An archival project to prevent UTC News falling to the wayside, and to preserve the wiki risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Social_media_is_garbage https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Social_media_is_garbage 2020/01/10 But you already knew that already risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/New_website_look https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/New_website_look 2020/01/09 New Website Look risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/More_site_stuff https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/More_site_stuff 2020/01/08 A modification of the site, and a randomised banner for the main page risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Happenings https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Happenings 2020/01/07 Discussing my own 4chan imageless board viewer, and a first version of my game Bermuda Glitch risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Gopher https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Gopher 2020/01/06 Musings about how great gopher is risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Git_repositories https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Git_repositories 2020/01/05 Adding Git Repositories risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Generating_git_changelogs https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Generating_git_changelogs 2020/01/04 Writing a bash script to work with git log and make it more readable. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Export_lots_of_aseprite_files https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Export_lots_of_aseprite_files 2020/01/03 A video and a discussion on how I exported lots of Aseprite Files risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Exams_Finished https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Exams_Finished 2020/01/02 Musings about setting up git repos, gnu stow, and video uploads. risingthumb@risingthumb.xyz (Aaron Leonard) https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Email_and_Taskwarrior https://risingthumb.xyz/Writing/Blog/Email_and_Taskwarrior 2020/01/01 Brief musings on setting up Email and Taskwarrior on Linux