Engineer and writer from Canada.https://louka.shhttps://louka.sh/articles/system-whttps://louka.sh/articles/system-wFor the past few months, I've been studying technological ergonomics.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/velocityhttps://louka.sh/articles/velocityNo matter where I am or what I do, I find myself moving. There isn't an inch of my body that keeps still.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/canadianhttps://louka.sh/articles/canadianThe American and the Canadian do not possess the same meaning for melting pot. The American melting pot, a greatly misunderstood image, is one where you disappear as you are thrown in.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/leastwokeopinionhttps://louka.sh/articles/leastwokeopinionI've been asked by a left-wing friend what I would do to improve progressive politics if I were to mysteriously become in charge of its direction, and I've been wondering on this a bit; now I think…Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/theproblemisthescreenhttps://louka.sh/articles/theproblemisthescreenYou may find this article difficult to read.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#colourshttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#coloursI've seen this picture that compared the colours of walls across decades, with the 1920s until the 1970s being the most colourful, and all the decades until now increasing in neutrality.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#scared-of-the-pasthttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#scared-of-the-pastLots will say that they are scared of the future, but I have always been afraid of the past.Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/soulcrushhttps://louka.sh/articles/soulcrushThere is no greater generator of hopelessness and no better surfacer of futility than work which you despise.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#remote-connectionhttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#remote-connectionThe ever-increasing personal connections with people far away that cannot in any way resolve into real, physical presence might as well be the bane of this generation and generations to come.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#the-thin-boundaryhttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#the-thin-boundarySomeone wrote that the advent of quasi-universal automated translation is leading to the breakdown of the language barrier.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#denomination-hoppinghttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#denomination-hoppingRichard Ackerman has spoken about this at length, but I'm unsure whether he perceives the true cause of denomination hopping.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#generation-of-the-brown-paper-baghttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#generation-of-the-brown-paper-bagWhen I was in grade school, I remember going through waste management classes where we learned how to properly recycle, which kinds of recyclables there are, and the impacts of garbage on the health…Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/nhaf-the-definitionhttps://louka.sh/articles/nhaf-the-definitionArt is the process of conveying a meaning or a feeling to somebody else without using a worded description of it in an attempt to make them understand or feel the same.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#shiloh-hillhttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#shiloh-hillI feel like a stranger to what's happening down south in the United States, not necessarily because I am not there, but because for years I've felt a quiet sadness over the tension and the conflict.Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/glamoroushttps://louka.sh/articles/glamorousAfter I wrote the final hours of Synapse X, it was mentioned to me by a few persons within my circles that perhaps I've been too harsh in my modernly illuminated opinion of the so-called "industry",…Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/ijustdontthinkaboutithttps://louka.sh/articles/ijustdontthinkaboutitRoughly one year ago, I had an insightful conversation with a recently-made friend.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#personashttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#personasI've seen this picture: People seem to be having offense over this because they interpret it as criticism when they should be seeing it as a warning.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/noveltyhttps://louka.sh/articles/noveltyThe endless pursuit of the new and shiny makes us forget about the great things which already exist.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/nhaf-politics-and-arthttps://louka.sh/articles/nhaf-politics-and-artConceiving this title alone created in my mouth a taste so bitter I would have preferred to drink hemlock. I fear that it will make people run for the hills, in spite of its shortness.Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/nhaf-discernmenthttps://louka.sh/articles/nhaf-discernmentA few months ago, I launched the organization process for the Nazarene Human Arts Fund, or NHAF.Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/parmesanhttps://louka.sh/articles/parmesanFor those who are not Paradox fans, map painter is a derogatory term used to describe grand strategy games (mostly those from Paradox Interactive) that have been repurposed by their communities to…Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/ocdhttps://louka.sh/articles/ocdSince I was a kid, I lived with obsessive compulsive disorder.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/nhafhttps://louka.sh/articles/nhafI've always held a particular reverence for the artists that I like because they are the source of what that I use for imagining.Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/charlie-kirkhttps://louka.sh/articles/charlie-kirkAnd so humanity slips back into the old dark cavern, scratching tally marks into its walls.Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#not-havinghttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#not-havingThere is a great deal of greatness in not having something.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#marblehttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#marbleWhy is it that the tellers of a story always want to write what's next? I write bits of fiction and I found that, after a while, I exhaust my creativity and become unable to extend the story forward.Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#google-dockeyhttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#google-dockeyThe most vile part of today's neo-puritanism is how there is no longer any mechanism for society to move on from shock.Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#em-dasheshttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#em-dashesI found that an abundance of em dashes (—) correlates highly to LLM-generated text.Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#gatekeepinghttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#gatekeepingI've briefly argued with somebody who thought that Hiroshi Kawamata's adaption of Anne of Green Gables into an animation will "expose" the classic book to a modern audience, and somehow, that's bad.Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#goodnesshttps://louka.sh/articles/notes/#goodnessThere are a lot of "black and whites" philosophies—what academics call dichotomies—and I'm fascinated the one that speaks of whether humans are good or bad, because it provides so much insight into…Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/how-to-hate-linuxhttps://louka.sh/articles/how-to-hate-linuxDo not hate Linux because it is different.Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/ai-art-is-badhttps://louka.sh/articles/ai-art-is-badIt's a great waste of time to spend your precious air on demonstrating how artificial intelligence is not as good as human beings in creating art.Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/use-vs-enjoyhttps://louka.sh/articles/use-vs-enjoyLate night tangent. I use the GNU/Linux operating system, and as one of its users I am sometimes asked why am I using Linux.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/synapse-cutting-room-floorhttps://louka.sh/articles/synapse-cutting-room-floorAs I was talking with a few friends this morning, I was told that a lot of Synapse X's history is now inaccessible, mainly because of V3rmillion's abandon.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/no-one-understands-linuxhttps://louka.sh/articles/no-one-understands-linuxBecause of Microsoft's worsening anti-user behavior, we are currently observing a surge in interest in the GNU/Linux desktop.Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://louka.sh/articles/final-hours-of-synapse-xhttps://louka.sh/articles/final-hours-of-synapse-xYou might be thinking, Louka, we haven't heard from you in a long time! (or not, some still want me gone; I am sorry to announce that I am still here!)Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT