#+title: Introducing ret2pop #+author: Preston Pan #+date: <2023-06-09 Fri> #+description: A website full of wonder and explanation #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+language: en #+OPTIONS: broken-links:t #+OPTIONS: html-preamble:nil #+caption: All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here [[./img/drawing-old.png]] Hello! I'm a person on the internet that does things, such as: - Music - Programming - Mathematics - Physics - Linguistics - Thinking about stuff And if you're here to do one of these things, I guarantee you're in the right place! * [[file:journal/index.org][Journal]] If you're interested, you can read my [[file:journal/index.org][journal]]. Note that this journal is not my entire personal life but instead will be a focus on interesting things that I think of or things that are of a technical nature. * [[file:blog/index.org][Blog]] My blog contains many longer writings that do not fit into the mindmap format, and some of my writings on some of the projects that I've done. * [[file:mindmap/index.org][Mindmap]] I also have a mindmap, for those of you who are interested in knowing everything. ** What is a mindmap? Click the hyperlink to find out! In case you didn't see: - [[file:mindmap/index.org][Mindmap]] - [[file:mindmap/index.org][Mindmap]] - [[file:mindmap/index.org][Mindmap]] * [[file:config/index.org][Configurations]] Most of my configurations/dotfiles for various programs are literate configurations, and I can therefore publish them. So I did! Configurations include: - doom emacs - QTile - QuteBrowser - Elfeed …and many more! * [[https://github.com/ret2pop][Projects]] My programming projects can be found on my github; other projects that do not directly pertain to my projects on github or need a more in-depth explanation are explained further in my blog. * [[https://youtube.com/@ret2pop][Music and Media]] Most of the music that I have recorded can be found on my Youtube channel. Note that it will also contain other things that I filmed. * [[file:about.org][About]] Who is the man behind ret2pop? How do you contact him? So many mysteries await… ** About this Website I wrote this website in org mode. For more information, see the [[file:README.org][README]]. Here is how I upload my website: #+begin_src shell :exports code :results silent git add . rsync -azvP ~/website_html/ root@nullring.xyz:/usr/share/nginx/ret2pop/ echo "asdf" #+end_src Then I run magit after. * Donate If you like anything that I do, donate! But [[file:blog/crypto.org][should you use cryptocurrency]]? Should it be used as a means of exchange? Probably not, but it's cool and free for me to do so here you go: ** XMR An anonymous form of ecash, the only one out of these that is actually being used for the purpose of currency (on the dark web): #+begin_example 88DQVgiowjJLwsHfTaNjNgJ9Wu4Pw9msie89M2fMrTVJeDEnzqwYMQjX9nAnEDegWrU9LsJdNYp5EKkzxT73DuD6EGa9eWf #+end_example ** ETH (And associated tokens) Utility in the form of smart contracts (which are perhaps useful for something important in the future), with first mover advantage in this regard: #+begin_example 0x135Ed80afB7Cd06E494e5Bb737Da8D4B23153480 #+end_example Note that this includes subprojects such as LINK which I find to have some value. ** BTC The standard, and probably will continue to be used as a prediction market/speculative asset for the efficacy of other cryptocurrencies: #+begin_example bc1qaymk2ky8unwq7jdydjw6y9a5xr9z60mkds9ttq #+end_example Note that all of the above cryptocurrencies I believe are either potentially useful for some niche, or have value because of their de-facto link to other currencies that are useful for some niche. ** Do I advocate for using these as currencies? Only Monero; maybe they can become better than fiat, but that algorithm that keeps them stable does not really exist yet. Ethereum has some interesting usecases such as with DeFi.