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A blog (by Patrick Louis in Lebanon) consisting of well researched articles about Unix, philosophy, and more. From deep dives to well-rounded overviews that remove mysticism, everything is easily explained in a consumable way.

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Blog 5 months ago
May 2026 Projects
A year, and an eternity, has passed since my last update. The paths I'm deliberately walking on, and routes I'm taking, keep on getting intriguing but one thing remains certain, the positivity, adaptability, and flexibility. I chose to adapt, indeed, and
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Blog 11 months ago
The Input Stack on Linux An End-To-End Architecture Overview
Let's explore and deobfuscate the input stack on Linux. Our aim is to understand its components and what each does. Input handling can be divided into two parts, separated by a common layer. We'll try to make sense of all this, one thing at a time, with a
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Blog 1 year ago
June 2025 Projects
Time flows through us so quickly, like rivers and ravines; but also, like travelers, we're advancing on its endless plains, mountains, and ridges. Aren't we living contradictions, and embracing the elements. Let's sit down and write about a few things tha
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Blog 1 year ago
Buried Toggles Begging to be Brought to Light Transparency, Expressiveness, and Configurability
Throughout the countless years of research on this blog a common thread always comes up: Some features and toggles are often hidden under mountains of hubris that nobody understands. It could be because the software is under-or-badly documented, that it's
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Blog 1 year ago
RealtimeKit and CPU Scheduling
Take a look at your process tree, it's likely that you might notice a new service: rtkit-daemon, the RealtimeKit Daemon. It seems nobody on the internet is talking about it, so let's explain what it's about in this article.
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Blog 1 year ago
When Syncretism Dies, Cultures Die Fusion Food, Invented Traditions, and the Politics of Identity
Here's something that's shocking to say: Most of what you think of as traditional, regardless of where you live, has only appeared 3 generations ago, three generations only. For the few things that existed beforehand, they mostly didn't exist in their cur
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Blog 2 years ago
January 2024 Projects
We often get absorbed in the moment, it's tough to take a pause and reflect. However, if we never do we might forget our stances and essential parts of ourselves. So here comes the time to stop, and refresh about what I've been up to, to judge and think a
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Blog 3 years ago
Counterculture in the Age of Hyperconnectivity
Life is pretty bland today! Indeed, we're the cozy spectators of homogenization through globalization, pushed by a series of ephemeral trends, one dying after another, and carried by consumer society. It's as if the cultural vibes all seem to walk in the
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Blog 3 years ago
Nation, Marshmallows, and Scarcity Lebanon's Civility Deficit
Every so often we need to regroup and give shape to our scattered ideas, turning them into well-structured paragraphs so that they make sense. From simple observations of events to shower thoughts. That's what I'll try to do in this article, swapping heav
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Blog 3 years ago
Myopic Experiences and Distant Observers
Is someone that is subjectively experiencing something more knowledgeable than someone who didn't or currently isn't? Are analytical external observers sometimes more adept at understanding what is happening than the persons that are currently deep in the
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