Links

This is a page of basically "hey me from a few years ago, read/do/use these things". To increase signal-to-noise ratio, I am not listing everything I want to recommend here. I am not making any money from this page.

Browser

Kagi: Search engine that doesn't suck. Notable features: collects listicles into one section to remove clutter, allows you to block, uprank, or derank websites. Costs $10/month.
ClearURLs: Extension to remove tracking elements from URLs
Sidebery: Firefox extension for tabs in the sidebar. Allows easy collapsing of tab trees, unloading of tabs, and hiding tabs when not needed.
Vimium: Extension to bring vim keybinds to the browser.
uBlock Origin: A content blocker extension that functions as an ad blocker/cosmetic filterer. More efficient than other ad blockers. Suggest enabling the annoyances filters in the settings.
Wikiwand: Extension to make Wikipedia prettier.
OneTab: convert open tabs into list entries. Easy way to say "I'll read this later" and prevent FOMO.
Sakura bookmarklet: Make unformatted sites look kinda pretty. Drag to bookmarks bar, click when on website.
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Command Line

fish shell: a shell with good defaults, new enough to have cool features but old enough to be widely supported.
bat: a drop-in replacement for cat with syntax highlighting (when not piped) and git integration. Alias with
```
alias cat='bat --paging=never'
```
black: automatic code formatter for Python. Stop thinking about how to format your code and focus on writing it. For good measure, grab isort as well. I run them automatically in vim with ALE.
Here are my dotfiles, I will not bore you here with every tmux plugin I like, go check things out yourself if you're interested.

Useful Websites

Swiss style color picker: I'm red-green colorblind, and have no idea what colors are supposed to go together. I use this website for premade groups of colors.
Sleepyti.me: Tells you when to go to sleep or when to set alarm for waking up in alignment with 90 minute sleep cycles.
You Feel Like Shit: Human troubleshooting flowchart that requires minimum executive function to execute.
Sci-hub: Removing barriers in the way of science. Get papers by DOI or other reference.
learnxinyminutes: full syntax reference, as running code, for any language you'd care to use. Very useful when you forget the power operator, or need to re-ingest a language you haven't used for a while.
Big List of Naughty Strings: test list of strings that have the capacity to foul up your program.

Things to Read on the Internet Because They Make You Think

A Person Paper on Purity in Language: a fantastic piece of satire by Douglas Hofstadter on language and what it means.
Emotional Labor: Every now and then I read something and have the feeling it is crucially important and will change the way I look at the world. This is one of those things. (If link is broken, try here.)
Dancing With The Gods: archetypes, belief, and religious experience
Unfinished introduction to Acid Communism by Mark Fisher. What happened in the 60s? Why does it feel like it could never happen again? Who made you feel that way, and why?

Things to Read on the Internet Because They're Fun

SCP wiki: a fictional organization tasked with three goals: Secure, Contain, Protect. Here's one of my favorites: SCP-2317.
The Jargon File: "a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor." Read the introductions and appendices.
Textfiles.com: a snapshot of the internet as it was in the 80s. Read the statement.
Reversing The Technical Interview (and its two follow-ups): a crystaline tale of linked lists, types, and magic.
Unmaintainable Code: a very funny piece on how to ensure a job for life.
The Last Question: INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL DESCRIPTION.
Katalepsis: Web serial, lesbian cosmic horror, fantastic character progression. Not completed.
Beware of Chicken: Satire xianxia where a transmigrated soul decides to just be a farmer. Not completed.

Books

(These are goodreads links, if you're aware of a decent non-amazon website to use instead, let me know.)

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. My favorite book I've read this year, I cried a lot. Young trans runaway taken in by a violin teacher who's made a deal with the devil. Said teacher falls in lesbians with donut shop ownser, an interstellar refugee in hiding. Greater than the sum of its parts.
Polysecure by Jessica Fern: Generalizes attachment theory away from monogamy.
How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin: amazing collection of speculative fiction. Suggest at least "The City Born Great".
Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth by Françoise Bourzat: absolutely fantastic book from an experienced counselor and psychedelic guide who has significant training in the Mazatec tradition. I'm only interested academically, but I've gotten a lot out of her "holistic consciousness inventory." One thing that makes me want to suggest this book is that the vast majority of the chapters are dedicated to preparation and integration, with only one on journeying, in stark contrast to other books of the same type.