commit c8cd6e712da3f087b9f44ce865e5168c961c8ca7
parent 42d18a64467f328badb265c606bb24b94a53e2dd
Author: Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 13:16:49 -0400
Add new opinions page
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diff --git a/content/+-.md b/content/+-.md
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-Title: Likes and Dislikes
-Summary: Things that I like and dislike, with reasons explaining why.
-
-# [%title]
-
-This is my page of opinions. Here I detail what I like, what I dislike, and why.
-
-## Things I Like
-
-These are things that I have had good experiences with, respect, donate to, or
-things I think are especially important.
-
-### Tech
-
-* **Casio fx-991EX Calculator**: A fantastic, versatile, and durable calculator
- with many functions inlcuding: solving integrals and derivatives, linear
- systems of equations, and matrices. The visual equation display also
- makes it very easy to read what's on the screen. I prefer to always have
- it beside me on my desk, as I find it much nicer to use than a
- calculator on my PC.
-
-* **Seasonic/EVGA PSUs**: Consistently high quality PSUs that are designed and
- perform well. Worth every penny they cost to not have to worry about the
- reliability of one of the most important components in a desktop system.
-
-* **Noctua Coolers/Fans**: Consistently high quality products with one of the
- best mounting systems in the industry. They're a company that respects
- both their customers and employees, and are also worth every penny.
-
-* **Logitech Mice**: I have owned a G420 and an MX Ergo, and both have been
- fantastic with no issues. They are solid and reliable input devices that
- have never caused me frustration.
-
-* **Skullcandy Earbuds**: The only pairs of earbuds that I have ever purchased
- which have lasted longer than a handful of months. They are also the
- ones that sit most comfortably and securely in my ears, and I like the
- sound profile.
-
-* **ElementaryOS**: A project with design as its number one priority. They are
- creating a beautiful, usable, easy-to-recommend Linux distribution.
- While they aren't perfect and still have a number of issues, I think
- they're an important project to keep an eye on.
-
-* **Fedora Linux**: The only Linux distribution I've tried which well and truly
- gets out of my way, doesn't break, and doesn't require a ton of fiddling
- for basic things. It's the _only_ Linux distribution I've tried which
- allowed me to print _and_ scan with my hplip-supported HP printer out of
- the box.
-
-* **OpenBSD**: I love the philosophy and development practices of the
- developers. They are a model for anybody in software development because
- of their focus on security, documentation, clean code, and not bending
- to the will of every person who wants their special features in the OS.
- They build what they want for themselves, and they do a damn good job.
-
-### Non-Tech
-
-* **Leuchtturm1917 Journals**: Consistently high quality paper, features, and
- bindings with hard covers that are available in multiple colours. The
- paper is also some of my favourite to write on.
-
-* **Copycentre/Anti-Copyright Licenses**: Licenses which are simple, easy to
- understand for everyone, and don't place undue burden on developers or
- users. My preferred licenses are: the Unlicense, CC0, the
- ISC/MIT/BSD-2-clause Licenses, and CC-BY.
-
-## Things I Dislike
-
-These are things I have either had bad experiences with or dislike after either
-doing research on them or hearing about experiences from reputable sources.
-
-### Tech
-
-* **Dell Prebuilt PCs**: In recent years, Dell has become notorious for
- attempting to scam customers into various support contracts. They also
- design very bad systems with proprietary components that end up as
- e-waste after a few years. Avoid if you can.
-
-* **Busybox**: Added [awful, disgusting, abhorrent code](https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=405095d84b1f3be17efb4e10d87d480bd054877f)
- to one of their utilities all to [avoid having someone's name and
- copyright](http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2019-April/087229.html)
- associated with the project.
-
-### Non-Tech
-
-* **Copyleft Licenses**: They utterly fail at their stated goal, instead
- reinforcing copyright as a tool to get one's way and protect one's
- "intellectual property". This results in much more hassle for developers with
- no true real-world gain compared to anti-copyright or copycentre licenses.
- Read [A Critique of Free Software](/a-critique-of-free-software) and [Free
- Software is an Abject Failure](/blog/free-software-is-an-abject-failure) for
- more on this topic.
-
-* **"Ethical" Licenses**: Licenses that attempt to control how one can use
- software without any real basis in law or reality. They are, practically,
- just proprietary source-available licenses that don't achieve anything
- meaningful.
-
-* **FSF/OSI**: Organizations that place themselves in the position of deciding
- what is and isn't an "approved license". Not only are they run by people
- famous for bikeshedding and doing next to nothing actually useful for
- the industry (remember the FSF sending a hard drive to Microsoft telling
- them to put the Windows 7 source code on it?), they can't even make
- consistent decisions about the licenses they approve (e.g. the SSPL is
- just a stronger AGPL, but they both call it "non-free").
diff --git a/content/opinions.md b/content/opinions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+Title: Opinions
+Summary: Things that I like and dislike, with reasons explaining why.
+
+# [%title]
+
+This is my page of opinions. Here I detail what I like, what I dislike, and why.
+
+## Things I Like
+
+These are things that I have had good experiences with, respect, donate to, or
+things I think are especially important.
+
+### Tech
+
+* **Casio fx-991EX Calculator**: A fantastic, versatile, and durable calculator
+ with many functions inlcuding: solving integrals and derivatives, linear
+ systems of equations, and matrices. The visual equation display also
+ makes it very easy to read what's on the screen. I prefer to always have
+ it beside me on my desk, as I find it much nicer to use than a
+ calculator on my PC.
+
+* **Seasonic/EVGA PSUs**: Consistently high quality PSUs that are designed and
+ perform well. Worth every penny they cost to not have to worry about the
+ reliability of one of the most important components in a desktop system.
+
+* **Noctua Coolers/Fans**: Consistently high quality products with one of the
+ best mounting systems in the industry. They're a company that respects
+ both their customers and employees, and are also worth every penny.
+
+* **Logitech Mice**: I have owned a G420 and an MX Ergo, and both have been
+ fantastic with no issues. They are solid and reliable input devices that
+ have never caused me frustration.
+
+* **Skullcandy Earbuds**: The only pairs of earbuds that I have ever purchased
+ which have lasted longer than a handful of months. They are also the
+ ones that sit most comfortably and securely in my ears, and I like the
+ sound profile.
+
+* **ElementaryOS**: A project with design as its number one priority. They are
+ creating a beautiful, usable, easy-to-recommend Linux distribution.
+ While they aren't perfect and still have a number of issues, I think
+ they're an important project to keep an eye on.
+
+* **Fedora Linux**: The only Linux distribution I've tried which well and truly
+ gets out of my way, doesn't break, and doesn't require a ton of fiddling
+ for basic things. It's the _only_ Linux distribution I've tried which
+ allowed me to print _and_ scan with my hplip-supported HP printer out of
+ the box.
+
+* **OpenBSD**: I love the philosophy and development practices of the
+ developers. They are a model for anybody in software development because
+ of their focus on security, documentation, clean code, and not bending
+ to the will of every person who wants their special features in the OS.
+ They build what they want for themselves, and they do a damn good job.
+
+### Non-Tech
+
+* **Leuchtturm1917 Journals**: Consistently high quality paper, features, and
+ bindings with hard covers that are available in multiple colours. The
+ paper is also some of my favourite to write on.
+
+* **Copycentre/Anti-Copyright Licenses**: Licenses which are simple, easy to
+ understand for everyone, and don't place undue burden on developers or
+ users. My preferred licenses are: the Unlicense, CC0, the
+ ISC/MIT/BSD-2-clause Licenses, and CC-BY.
+
+## Things I Dislike
+
+These are things I have either had bad experiences with or dislike after either
+doing research on them or hearing about experiences from reputable sources.
+
+### Tech
+
+* **Dell Prebuilt PCs**: In recent years, Dell has become notorious for
+ attempting to scam customers into various support contracts. They also
+ design very bad systems with proprietary components that end up as
+ e-waste after a few years. Avoid if you can.
+
+* **Busybox**: Added [awful, disgusting, abhorrent code](https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=405095d84b1f3be17efb4e10d87d480bd054877f)
+ to one of their utilities all to [avoid having someone's name and
+ copyright](http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2019-April/087229.html)
+ associated with the project.
+
+### Non-Tech
+
+* **Copyleft Licenses**: They utterly fail at their stated goal, instead
+ reinforcing copyright as a tool to get one's way and protect one's
+ "intellectual property". This results in much more hassle for developers with
+ no true real-world gain compared to anti-copyright or copycentre licenses.
+ Read [A Critique of Free Software](/a-critique-of-free-software) and [Free
+ Software is an Abject Failure](/blog/free-software-is-an-abject-failure) for
+ more on this topic.
+
+* **"Ethical" Licenses**: Licenses that attempt to control how one can use
+ software without any real basis in law or reality. They are, practically,
+ just proprietary source-available licenses that don't achieve anything
+ meaningful.
+
+* **FSF/OSI**: Organizations that place themselves in the position of deciding
+ what is and isn't an "approved license". Not only are they run by people
+ famous for bikeshedding and doing next to nothing actually useful for
+ the industry (remember the FSF sending a hard drive to Microsoft telling
+ them to put the Windows 7 source code on it?), they can't even make
+ consistent decisions about the licenses they approve (e.g. the SSPL is
+ just a stronger AGPL, but they both call it "non-free").
diff --git a/content/uses.md b/content/uses.md
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ Summary: The programs and equipment I use to get work done. It is inspired by us
This page is for those who are curious about the programs and equipment I use to
get work done. It is inspired by [uses.tech](https://uses.tech/). You can also
-check out [how I name my computers](/hostnames), and the
-[things I like and dislike](/+-).
+check out [how I name my computers](/hostnames).
## Software
diff --git a/templates/header.html b/templates/header.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
<a href="/links">Links</a>
<a href="/projects">Projects</a>
<a href="/wiki">Wiki</a>
+ <a href="/opinions">Opinions</a>
<a href="/finger">Finger</a>
<a href="/uses">Uses</a>
<a href="/now">Now</a>
