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This site came about from my habit of information grazing, and serves as a way of documenting information I tend to quickly forget.

Note

MkDocs pages are designed to be generated from Python-Markdown-formatted text files¹, but I tend to use Pandoc Markdown, and I'm also using PyMdown Extensions, so it's a bit of a mess.

disclosure of bias

My operating system of choice is Kubuntu for desktop and laptop computers and Android for mobile devices. These operating systems are both (arguably) Linux distributions, and are therefore Unix-like. Consequently, much material relies on the Unix shell, though some material will use a graphical user interface. Proprietary operating systems like Windows and Mac will appear only occasionally. There is also an almost exclusive use of freely-licensed software, even to the point of sacrificing functionality. The rationale for this is as follows:

Knowledge sharing, as what is learned by one person can be easily reproduced by others.
Sustainability, as proprietary tools often become obsolete or inaccessible with no recourse for the user.

licensing

All content is licensed CC0 1.0 unless otherwise noted, and will always be more permissive than all rights reserved. The licensing heading denotes the license for each page. Additionally, the website generated from the content falls under the following licenses:

BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License for MkDocs ² ³

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

MIT License for Material for MkDocs ⁴

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

prior work

The CSS strategy for arranging images into columns with padding was introduced to me by a stylesheet on the Material Components GitHub.

regarding prior work

I will always make an effort to recognize prior work, regardless of licensing, and I hope others will do the same as we all share knowledge together.