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Photos from BBQ
by Mikeh 02 Feb '20

02 Feb '20

In case folks have not seen: A link to some photos taken last week at the LUV BBQ. https://www.meetup.com/Linux-Users-of-Victoria/events/268136576/ It was good to chat with so many people about so many great subjects. I don't know the email of everyone in the photos but maybe some could reply and we could arrange a further chat... Cheers Mike H (and Phyllis)

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Humble Bundle: Wiley: 19 days: DIY Electronics
by Rodney Brown 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

The following LCA & RISC-V Summit videos by Keith Packard may also interest. "Snek: A Python-Inspired Language for Tiny Embedded Computers" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMFNqkgt1o> RISC-V Summit 2019: 63 Working Towards a Common C Library for <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3eJ2DiUdE> https://github.com/keith-packard/snek Python cut down to be smaller than micropython for STEM teaching https://github.com/keith-packard/picolibc https://www.humblebundle.com/books/diy-electronics-wiley-books Humble Book Bundle: DIY Electronics 2.0 by Wiley 19 days USD1 (about AU$1.48) or greater Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry Learning Python with Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi Projects BeagleBone For Dummies Raspberry Pi For Dummies 3rd ed. USD8 (about AU$11.84) or greater Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies Arduino For Dummies Arduino Projects For Dummies Raspberry Pi Projects For Dummies Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects USD15 (about AU$22.20) or greater Electronics For Dummies 3rd ed. Adventures in Raspberry Pi 3rd ed. Exploring BeagleBone: Tools and Techniques for Building with Embedded Linux Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux Arduino Sketches: Tools and Techniques for Programming Wizardry Raspberry Pi User Guide 4th ed.

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Rich vs Poor
by Russell Coker 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

https://medium.com/@jonnaivin/what-working-class-and-poor-white-people-need… https://medium.com/@jonnaivin/i-know-why-poor-whites-chant-trump-trump-trum… These articles are relevant to some of the people who were at the LUV BBQ. Your problems in rural areas are not related to Muslims and Pauline Hanson is not the solution. The biggest problems are due to Coalition policies (and admittedly Labor policies aren't much better) and the solution is to vote for people who have better economic policies and encourage your politicians to do better about the economic issues. AFAIK the "essential services act" has not been changed since it was used against Victorian farmers in the 90s (so the Coalition didn't do anything about it when they were in power). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joNzRzZhR2Y The intro to Rain on the Scarecrow is still relevant. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Humble Bundle: MIT Press: 20 days: Artificial Intelligence
by Rodney Brown 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/artificial-intelligence-mit-press-books Humble Book Bundle: Artificial Intelligence by MIT Press 20 days USD1 (about AU$1.45) or greater What Computers Still Can't Do: A Critique of Artificial Reason The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the new AI Learning in Embedded Systems Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea Artificial Minds USD8 (about AU$11.65) or greater Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence Dataset Shift in Machine Learning The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics Understanding Intelligence The Horizons of Evolutionary Robotics Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics USD15 (about AU$21.85) or greater Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications The Digital Mind: How Science is Redefining Humanity The Deep Learning Revolution The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence The Sciences of the Artificial Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine

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On and on
by Peter Ross 06 Jan '20

06 Jan '20

On and on The rain will fall Like tears from the stars Like tears from the stars On and on The rain will show How fragile we are How fragile we are Thinking of this song by Sting, it is how I felt this morning, on my way to work in Melbourne, the downtown towers hardly visible in the smog. I was thinking of my youth in East Berlin, a winter walk through grey streets, under grey clouds, in the air the smell of thousands of coal fires burning in the flats of the town. 50 years of science are buried here in an avalanche of lies spruiked by the miners. I am sad and angry. Peter

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Android task manager
by Russell Coker 30 Dec '19

30 Dec '19

The Android calendar is quite effective for telling you what scheduled tasks you have. It also has a "reminder" which is half OK (summarises multiple items briefly). The final option is "goals" which seems to be a way to put events in the calendar which fit in around other scheduled events. But then if you add a "goal" then you get an entry each day which takes up vertical space when scrolling through the list of all meetings in future. I'm after a (preferrably free) task manager for Android that has tasks that can be scheduled for each day (EG take medicine) and for other tasks like going shopping or fixing a computer that are one-off and get removed when done. Any suggestions? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Telstra Scam
by Brian May 24 Dec '19

24 Dec '19

Hello All, Seems like my father[1] got scammed by "Telstra". They asked for the model and serial number of our ADSL modem, and asked him what lights were flashing. They had him install "Any place control 7.5" on his Windows computer, gave them remote access. In doing so his screen went blank, which makes me very suspicious. Then he left his computer on with the remote access still enabled. As a result, we have no idea what the attacker may have done. They said we could have free fibre connection for $5 delivery fee, which finally got him suspicious, but he still didn't think of turning off the computer or disconnecting the network connection. We don't have any account with Telstra, and there is no reason why they should be calling. I think we cannot trust that copy of Windows anymore. I have recommended he use Windows from his old hard disk[1] that wasn't plugged in at the time. I am not sure what to do about his data files (Word + Excel), other then do a full virus scan. He also has a backup copy of the files that was not available to the attacker, and was going to compare file sizes. I might suggest he install a program that compares files in two directories, and run that. (any recommendations?). I might also block unknown telephone numbers on incoming phone calls by default. Sure we might miss some important calls (callers these days generally refuse to leave voice mail), but I think it will be safer. I think this could easily happen again. Is there anything else we should be doing? Regards Notes: [1] This the same father who just recently purchased an external USB device, plugged a 12V power supply into it - instead of 5V, and fried the device and his motherboard in his good computer at the same time. -- Brian May <brian(a)linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/

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Humble bundle: O'Reilly: 14 days: O'Reilly Classics
by Rodney Brown 23 Dec '19

23 Dec '19

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/oreilly-classics-oreilly-books Humble Book Bundle: O'Reilly Classics by O'Reilly 14 days USD1 (about AU$1.44) or greater 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know JavaScript: The Good Parts Revolution in the Valley The Cathedral & the Bazaar Programming Perl 4th ed. USD8 (about AU$11.59) or greater Java in a Nutshell 7th ed. SSH: The Secure Shell The Definitive Guide 2nd ed. Git Pocket Guide vi and Vim Editors Pocket Reference 2nd ed. Hackers & Painters USD15 (about AU$21.74) or greater DNS and BIND 5th ed. Data Analysis with Open Source Tools Information Architecture 4th ed. Head First Java 2nd ed.

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ADSL congestion
by Brian May 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

Last night I tested my ADSL speed with speedtest.net, and it barely reached 1Mbps. I rebooted my modem just in case, and then it almost reached 3Mpbs. Today I ran the same test and get 14.23Mbps. Is this likely to be due to congestion on the ADSL network? I note these slowdowns happened about the same time a cabinet, presumably for NBN FTTN, appeared across the road from the telephone exchange. So wondered if maybe they are taking away upstream capacity from ADSL to use for NBN? On a semi related note, I have noticed recently that the Netflix android app often struggles to connect to the "Netflix Android Server". The Netflix network test has a red cross next to "Netflix Android Server nw--423--423", but has a green tick next to "Internet connection". This happens at times when the Internet connection speed is good. Eventually if I keep trying it comes good. Sometimes it dies while watching a show; streaming still works, but searching shows doesn't. So far my attempts to try to debug the problem with tcpdump have resulted in the problem disappearing. Will keep trying. -- Brian May <brian(a)linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/

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Mail bounce
by Brian May 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

Hello, When I try to send an email to a recruiter, I get the following bounce: === cut === This is the mail system at host ext-mx-out003.mykolab.com. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system <cthum(a)siriustechnology.com.au>: Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=siriustechnology.com.au type=MX: Host not found, try again === cut === But when I try to lookup the MX records myself, I get a response: === cut === host -t mx siriustechnology.com.au siriustechnology.com.au mail is handled by 5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. siriustechnology.com.au mail is handled by 10 ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. siriustechnology.com.au mail is handled by 10 ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. siriustechnology.com.au mail is handled by 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. siriustechnology.com.au mail is handled by 5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. === cut === I am just curious why this might happen? Regards -- Brian May <brian(a)linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/

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