Luke's Videos

There is no difference between a miracle and a black swan. To say they cannot exist is to say that our understanding of the universe is already complete and it would be irrational to ever revise it.

I discuss John Searle's Chinese Room Experiment, but also whether a narrowly materialistic universe can give rise to consciousness on its own (it can't).

I don't care about AI, but I am worried about dumb people thinking it is something novel or spiritual or game-changing or philosophically meaningful.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdXRI-5BxMw

https://monerotopia.com/ (May 5, 6 and 7) https://southeastlinuxfest.org/ (June 9, 10, 11)My website: https://lukesmith.xyz Classical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.net Get all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith...

This was my talk at Monerotopia (in Mexico City) this year. Conference was great as usual, but there were tech problems because I guess the venue we were at didn't have the power for the big screens on location. For this reason the talk is cut in ...

Here's the script: https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/emailwiz Download it like this: curl -LO larbs.xyz/emailwiz.sh It installs postfix, dovecot, opendkim, spamassassin, certbot and fail2ban and configures them all to work together to make an...

2023 SouthEast LinuxFest; The Suckless project (suckless.org) is an attempt to bring simple and clear programming back to free software computing but what does this mean for your desktop? This talk is not just an overview of the philosophy of Suck...

You should know that when you "delete" a file on your computer in your operating system, whether Linux, Windows or Mac, the file is not really deleted or overwritten until the space is needed for new data. This is beneficial when you accidentall...

Here's how you set up Artix and Arch Linux with an encrypted root/home drive. I cover not just encryption, but installation for legacy BIOS and UEFI machines, but also what differences you'll encounter on Artix's different init systems. I also tal...

There's a reason that every "critically acclaimed" TV show and film gives you creeper vibes. Hollywood and media companies seek out shows and films that create ever lower moral standards and less and less semblance to reality. This not only gives ...

The episodic nature of kids' cartoon shows has had inevitable effects on we look at life. They breed both false senses of permanence and of futility due merely to how episodic TV shows must be constructed. Plots never advance. Characters never rea...

An episode of Not Related! published on the website last year, but I never uploaded it to YouTube. See https://notrelated.xyz 00:00:00 TED Talk attendees HATE him! 00:01:15 Conspiracies and Georgia Guidestones 00:02:38 Today's readings 00:04...

https://www.youtube.com/@moneromagazine/videos Timestamps: 00:00 – 05:47 Privacy on Bitcoin 05:47 – 07:42 Luke’s Ideology 07:42 – 13:01 Zk Proofs 13:01 – 14:59 Monero 14:59 – 17:52 Monero’s Adoption 17:52 – 21:16 Bitcoin Adoption 21:16 ...

I show you how to setup an encrypted USB drive with a LUKS partition and cryptsetup. I wrote a script to automatically decrypt and mount drives on the fly too which does this automatically. Get it here: mounter. For mounting drives (encrypted...

https://www.youtube.com/@moneromagazine/videos 00:00 – 00:04 Welcome, Luke 00:04 – 01:02 Funniest WiFi Name 01:02 – 09:40 History of Globalism & Elitism 09:40 – 14:00 When Was The Idea Of Freedom Lost? 14:00 – 23:02 Future Tools of Globali...

My website: https://lukesmith.xyz Classical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.net Get all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyz or Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7 Please donate: https://donate.lukesmith.xyz ...

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Artificial Intelligence has already taken over most of the internet sites you see on a daily basis. Nearly everything is algorithmically-generated content. This will get even worse and it will be harder to even get basic information online. To sch...