Joarvarndt
Joarvarndt
Joar Alexander
My name is Joar Alexander Pablo von Arndt. I am a European from Stockholm, Sweden, the child of a journalist and a visual artist, and currently a full-time student doing my bachelors. I am studying political science at the Swedish Defence University, a unique blend between a civilian university and a military college.
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Earlier this year I wrote Vibe-coding Brings the Power of Emacs to Everything in a more positive manner surrounding this topic. This is the negative version. I am not a radical in either direction surrounding this debate. But the...
Figure 1: My view of Liberty Square (自由廣場), as well as the National Concert Hall (right) and National Theater (left) from atop the steps of Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. Writing this, I have arrived at the island of Formosa, the adopted...
Writing this, I have arrived at the island of Formosa, the adopted home of the Republic of China (中華民國) as well as that of the people of Taiwan. I intent to stay here during the fall term, as I complete part of my studies abroad. Last...
Table of Contents Nuclear Strategy for Individuals Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes Diplomacy Studying at the Swedish Defence University gives you an odd way of thinking, where everything can be modelled through the lenses of nuclear strategy,...
I have found a peculiar delight in encryption, and particularly in using pgp-based asymmetric cryptography. This is especially useful for securing email communications, but doing so requires remembering to run M-x mml-secure-sign or...
Fragments on Eccentricity The concept of fomo has always alluded me. Part of the reason is a persistent need for eccentricity, for growing against the grain. That is not to say that I am persistently rebellious, but that there is a...
Table of Contents Two Definitions The Consequences of Digital Artworks Industrialised Production Two Definitions Art has always been one of the most central aspects of human lives. It is not unique to the human experience, but it has...
Table of Contents What is post-historical society? Life under this régime Conclusion Post-scarcity is here. And with it has the life without meaningful political action. The consequences of this can not be understated, although they have...
Nuclear Fusion Will Not Give Us Infinite Power Table of Contents How Nuclear Power Works Why It Will (Not) Fail Conclusion, or Rather a Punchline Energy is perhaps the most important input of industrial society. Ever since the taming of...
Or the Liberating Fear of Betrayal What is trust? Choosing to trust is a decision that is much ridiculed today. It is in many cases easy to see with the benefit of hindsight that it was foolish to trust someone, but doing so in advance...
Russia is not a great power. It is in no way a contender for the title, and treating it as one of the “power brokers” of the world benefits no one except the autocratic regime that hinges its legitimacy on it but that has simultaneously...
Thus was written for Chinatalk’s Essay Contest on Economic Security, and was originally submitted in 2026-02-24 AD (and thus before the Iran war). The original submitted pdf can be found here. Introduction Back in 2024 I was part of the...
One of the first use-cases I found for LLMs back when ChatGPT first released was automating the creation of citations, or rather the transformations of citations structured in one way into .bib-files that can be used to create a wide...
This post contains spoilers for Apple TV’s Pluribus, a really great show that you should ideally watch without having read anything about it. Pluribus — the newest show by Vince Gilligan (of Breaking Bad fame) — is a show that is...
Writing this in 2026 AD (234 AdR), crypto is solidly in a “winter”. As valuations have fallen, so has the intensity of the debate surrounding the topic. I therefore feel it apt to use this opportunity to briefly write down my thoughts...