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Hello, I'm VikiD. Look closer, truth below: that's the whole idea. This site is two things. The Writing is my essays from Substack; the knowledge base is years of notes on code, maths, philosophy, languages and music, all linked together. Don't read it in order. Pick a path below and follow the links.
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My big project: Vikix
The desktop I use every day: Void Linux, StumpWM and Emacs, built by me and free to install. Try it at vikix.dev.
- Vikix: my Void Linux desktop, built around StumpWM what it is, why, how to install
- Emacs on Vikix & StumpWM Emacs meets StumpWM
- My Emacs Config Tour the config it installs
- Common Lisp what StumpWM is written in
New to Lisp & PicoLisp
Where the site began. Start with the tutorial, then lift the lid on the machine.
- PicoLisp what it is and why
- The Vikid PicoLisp Tutorial the Vikid tutorial
- PicoLisp Tutorials
- The PicoLisp Machine how the interpreter works
- PicoLisp Databases
- Lambda Calculus the theory underneath
- Common Lisp
- BCIYH build a computer in your head
Maths: from relations to fields
One climb, in order: what a relation is, then structure piled on structure.
Philosophy picks
A way in, then a few thinkers worth the time.
- VikiD Philosophy the VikiD approach
- Philosophers to Study
- Epicurus (341–270 BCE) s
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Teleology
- Philosophy in Physics
- Liar Liar an essay on the liar's paradox
Languages
How I learn them, and the ones I keep coming back to.
The best essays
If you only read a handful from Substack, read these.