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How to overwrite read-only files with vim
We can file this post into the category of "stuff I've known how to do for a long time, but I was shocked I hadn't put out a post discussing it before". If you use Vim or Neovim as much [...]
Zoom failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized
Zoom, the video conferencing app, has been part of my work stack for quite a while now. Love it or hate it, it's probably here to stay. Upon reinstalling Arch Linux on my work rig, I installed Zoom, and lo [...]
How to install dig on Arch Linux
If you haven't picked up on it by now, I am a huge fan of the command-line. Simple applications, they do one thing really well and they can all be piped together to increase their power. One command-line application that [...]
libgedit-amtk and amtk are in conflict
One of my least favorite thing about Arch Linux is the frequency of updates. I get a ton of anxiety when I see the number of packages creep up past 100, but at the same time, I also hate having [...]
Your Steam Deck is connected to a slow charger
Since procuring a Steam Deck, it has continually been my go-to gaming device. While I do the majority of my gaming in handheld mode, I have been dabbling more into playing on the TV. My current rig for big screen [...]
How to enable multilib on Arch Linux
Even with all of the packages available in the Arch User Repository (AUR) it wouldn't be Arch if I didn't run into a scenario where I needed to install something from another repository other than the ones that I had [...]
Error: Cannot find the fakeroot binary on Arch Linux
As you may already be aware, my blog is primarily a chronicle of the issues I've faced and how I've went about solving them. Switching back to Arch Linux from Debian recently, and left me with no shortage of new [...]
The joys of distro hopping
Whelp, it was a good run with Debian (Stable) this year, but the time finally came to switch back over to Arch Linux. A week in, and a backlog of new blog posts to write later, I think I finally [...]
How to fire events on button clicks with OptinMonster
Recently I was asked if we could add a LinkedIn tracking event to a form on a marketing website. Upon closer inspection of the form, turns out, it wasn't something we had direct control over, and was embedded via OptinMonster [...]
Am I AI?
As a matter of form, this blog is a collection of my actual writing. The blog started as a way to improve my writing capabilities by actually taking the time to, you know, write. While I may talk about artificial [...]