Show overview
Luke Smith on Odysee has been publishing since 2022, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 50 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 9 min and 23 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 12 months ago. The busiest year was 2022, with 21 episodes published. Published by Luke Smith.
From the publisher
The best place to watch a computer-hating 30-year-old tech boomer ranting about the destruction wrought by industrialization and modern technology is a speculative crypto-currency-based video sharing site on the block-chain.https://notrelated.xyz (My podcast)https://lukesmith.xyz/donate (I appreciate donations!)
Latest Episodes
View all 50 episodesI AM OFFENDED!
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Modern People have no STABILITY. (No Friends, No Family, No Society)
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We are brainwashed even by things we hate and resist.
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YOU are the Dead Internet.
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Nostalgia Destroys Souls.
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Black Swans, the Paranormal and Miracles
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What is the CONSOOMER's Liturgical Calendar?
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Linux, Bitcoin: When Tech Projects Become "Too Popular..." Don't forget the goal.
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Luke's Interview by Orthodox Kyle
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Suckless Software for Everyone: You too can LARP as a good programer! (SELF 2023)
My presentation at Southeast Linuxfest in 2023. I also presented in 2024, but the talk was never uploaded to SELF's YouTube channel, so I'm assuming the recording didn't make it. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend this year's Linuxfest (2025), but plan to come in the future.My website: https://lukesmith.infoClassical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.netBTC: bc1qd20r7phdct3t0e0z6jqs55ulectg25pngt7hylXMR: 89yML3AtqnTNdo3wNuoaW44D94Zx1kBZNSBc9SyNxGdaKEZwZNdVzvy9zpbzJMzysiWZEU3b5LwjQ3XwWuQsknCF8JK73yvGet a VPS and host a website or server for anything else:https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slIxE8oYzus
Consciousness Is Not Material.
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Computation isn't Consciousness: The Chinese Room Experiment
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AI is a Nothingburger. You're wrong.
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Fight the System? or Exit the System?
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Be a Great Man of History
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I'll be in Mexico, Charlotte, NC and Eastern Europe (Greece, Montenegro)
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SPEEDRUN: Installing an Email Server (Current World Record: 2:22!; Script %)
Here's the script: https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/emailwizDownload it like this:curl -LO larbs.xyz/emailwiz.shIt installs postfix, dovecot, opendkim, spamassassin, certbot and fail2ban and configures them all to work together to make an email server, duh. In the video, I deploy an email server in less than 3 minutes.Get a Vultr server for cheap: https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8940911-8HMy website: https://lukesmith.xyzClassical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.netGet all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyzor Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7Please donate: https://donate.lukesmith.xyzBTC: bc1qd20r7phdct3t0e0z6jqs55ulectg25pngt7hylXMR: 89yML3AtqnTNdo3wNuoaW44D94Zx1kBZNSBc9SyNxGdaKEZwZNdVzvy9zpbzJMzysiWZEU3b5LwjQ3XwWuQsknCF8JK73yvOR affiliate links to things l use:https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg9z8k8pkuM
Protect Your Data from Glowfriends! (Recovering & Deleting Data)
You should know that when you "delete" a file on your computer in your operating system, whether Linux, Windows or Mac, the file is not *really* deleted or overwritten until the space is needed for new data. This is beneficial when you accidentally delete a file, but is dangerous when you "delete" a sensitive file and falsely feel like you're safe.Linux has the command `shred` which overwrites files with random data, which solves this issue. You can also output /dev/urandom or /dev/zero to blank or distort empty space on a drive.Even in the case of encrypted drives, it's a good idea to use /dev/urandom or obscure unused or previously used space to prevent metadata leakage about how much you've stored on the drive or what used to be on it, in a way that could tie you to an important USB drive or computer.00:00 No data's every *really* gone!01:49 Gist03:37 Dangers of File Recovery04:50 Good Op-sec05:56 `shred` to overwrite and delete files08:09 /dev/urandom and /dev/random09:44 Blanking or shuffling drives with randomness11:11 /dev/zero12:22 Encrypted drives can still leak metadata!15:01 Retroactively wiping empty space on an encrypted drive16:12 Benefits and DangersMy website: https://lukesmith.xyzClassical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.netGet all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyzor Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7Please donate: https://donate.lukesmith.xyzBTC: bc1qd20r7phdct3t0e0z6jqs55ulectg25pngt7hylXMR: 89yML3AtqnTNdo3wNuoaW44D94Zx1kBZNSBc9SyNxGdaKEZwZNdVzvy9zpbzJMzysiWZEU3b5LwjQ3XwWuQsknCF8JK73yvOR affiliate links to things l use:https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WcrgvhO_mw
Install Artix or Arch Linux (Encrypted system)
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 talk about automatic logons and such.https://artixlinux.org/https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Installationhttps://archlinux.org/https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guideNote that the only thing different between Arch and Artix are renamed commands (pacstrap vs. basestrap and genfstab vs. fstabgen and artix-chroot vs. arch-chroot). Artix can come with either runit, openrc, s6 or dinit as an init system and setup for all is the same except for the desired package is installed initially as is the command to enable the network interface.If you want to lazily copy, the programs I installed with basestrap were:base base-devel runit elogind-runit linux linux-firmware grub networkmanager networkmanager-runit cryptsetup lvm2 lvm2-runit neovim vim00:00 Intro and Background01:26 Download and Create and ISO05:05 On the Artix and Arch Install Scripts in the Repositories07:28 Reboot and Boot from the ISO08:26 UEFI vs Legacy Boot09:38 Formatting the Drive and Partitions14:34 Making an Encrypted Partition (luksFormat)17:37 Mount Partitions18:24 Choosing Mirrors for Speed (Optional)19:02 Install the Operating System and Programs22:06 Chrooting into the New Operating System23:03 Settings: Timezone, locale, LANG, hostname26:13 Enable NetworkManager and internet/wifi27:17 Passwords and users (optional autologin)29:30 Preparing decryption on boot, mkinitcpio.conf30:59 Grub configuration with UUIDs to decrypt32:08 Generating an fstab file32:28 Finishing up the GRUB configuration36:32 Grub installation and grub-mkconfig39:13 Finalizing39:47 Checking our work41:44 On graphical environments42:30 LARBS45:45 On xinit and starting desktop environments or window managersMy website: https://lukesmith.xyzClassical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.netGet all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyzor Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7Please donate: https://donate.lukesmith.xyzBTC: bc1qd20r7phdct3t0e0z6jqs55ulectg25pngt7hylXMR: 89yML3AtqnTNdo3wNuoaW44D94Zx1kBZNSBc9SyNxGdaKEZwZNdVzvy9zpbzJMzysiWZEU3b5LwjQ3XwWuQsknCF8JK73yvOR affiliate links to things l use:https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI3bGeT31Bo
Ever Noticed How "Weird" Modern TV and Film are?
There's a reason that every "critically acclaimed" TV show and film gives you creeper vibes. Hollywood and media companies seek out shows and films that create ever lower moral standards and less and less semblance to reality. This not only gives audiences cheap shocks, but purposefully breeds a lack of trust in the world and other people, and a belief in ubiquitous degeneracy.00:00 They're all psy-ops. They're all sordid.01:37 Overestimating Sex n Drugs to not be a dork04:29 Life imitates Art. Game of Thrones.05:56 Psychologically jarring media. The new "real world."06:58 Psychological operations: governments, demons and geist07:56 The American degeneracy is not universal.10:44 I hecking love Marvel!My website: https://lukesmith.xyzClassical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.netGet all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyzor Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7Please donate: https://donate.lukesmith.xyzBTC: bc1qd20r7phdct3t0e0z6jqs55ulectg25pngt7hylXMR: 89yML3AtqnTNdo3wNuoaW44D94Zx1kBZNSBc9SyNxGdaKEZwZNdVzvy9zpbzJMzysiWZEU3b5LwjQ3XwWuQsknCF8JK73yvOR affiliate links to things l use:https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7TykFYaAFA