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Linux/FOSS complacency and a future cloud monopoly ?
by Rohan McLeod 23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19

An interesting talk on Linux/FOSS complacency and a future cloud monopoly at https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/cloud_is_another_sun/ regards Rohan McLeod

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Humble ebook bundle: 13 days: O'Reilly: Web Programming
by Rodney Brown 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/web-programming-oreilly-books Humble Book Bundle: Web Programming by O'Reilly 13 days USD1 (about AU$1.41) or greater CSS: The Definitive Guide 4th ed. Using SVG with CSS3 and HTML5 Learning React High Performance Images You Don't Know JS: Up & Going USD8 (about AU$11.27) or greater Flask Web Development 2nd ed. Angular: Up and Running CSS Pocket Reference 5th ed. Data Visualization with Python & JavaScript Vue.js: Up and Running You Don't Know JS: ES6 & Beyond USD15 (about AU$21.12) or greater Learning JavaScript 3rd ed. Designing Web APIs Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript 5th ed. Mastering Modular JavaScript Learning GraphQL You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures

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Re: [luv-talk] IEEE Vic: Tonight: UniMelb: Contribution of renewables in grid stability, and the missing inertia
by David 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 12:23, Rodney Brown via luv-talk <luv-talk(a)luv.asn.au> wrote: > > 13th March 2019 > > IEEE Industry Applications Society Victorian Chapter is organizing a > technical seminar on "Contribution of renewables in grid stability, and > the missing inertia" presented by Faraz Mirzaagha, Senior Electrical > Engineer - (Power Systems Lead, Storage and Renewables), DNV GL - > Energy on 13th March 6-7 p.m. in Newton Room, Level 5, Building 193, > University of Melbourne, Grattan St, Parkville, VIC 3010. Members and > visitors are welcome to attend. For RSVP, please register: > https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contribution-of-renewables-in-grid-stabilit… Hi Rodney By way of reader feedback, I value your notification of such events here, but for me the notice is so close to the event that it is useless. I would have been quite interested to attend this event, and I am an IEEE member. So I'm disappointed that I missed the event. I do appreciate you promoting such events. If you are able to provide a few days advance warning, rather than a few hours, then I would value that. Instead today, for me your notification is just a source of disappointment. I hope it was a great seminar. Thanks David

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IEEE-VIC: Friday 15th 12-1 RMIT: ~ energy efficiency of data centre network architectures
by Rodney Brown 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

*15th March 2019* IEEE Distinguished lecture organized by IEEE Comsoc VIC, delivered by Prof Suresh from George Washington University on 15 March Friday from 12.00pm to 1.00pm at RMIT University (Building 80, Level-01, Room-02). Prof Suresh will talk about the evolution of data centre network architectures and will be focusing on energy efficiency of such systems. Prof Suresh is the Chair of the department of electrical engineering and was elevated to aFellow of the IEEE in 2015 for his "contributions to optical network architectures, algorithms, and performance modelling". For further information about this talk please contact Prof Kandeepan Sithamparanathan (kandeepan(a)rmit.edu.au <kandeepan(a)rmit.edu.au%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank>)

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Humble eBook bundle: 13 days: Wiley: Linux, including LPIC study guides
by Rodney Brown 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-wiley-books Humble Book Bundle: Linux by Wiley 13 days before offer ends USD1 (about AUD1.42) or greater Linux Essentials. 2nd ed. Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Power Users. 2nd ed. Linux All-In-One For Dummies. 6th ed. Beginning Linux Programming. 4th ed. USD8 (about AUD11.34) or greater Linux Bible. 4th ed. Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and more Linux Server Security: Hack and Defend CompTIA Linux+ and LPIC Practice Tests: Exams LX0-103/LPIC-1 101-400, LX0-104/LPIC-1 102-400, LPIC-2 201, and LPIC-2 202 Professional Linux Kernel Architecture USD15 (about AUD21.26) or greater Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible. 3rd ed. CompTIA Linux+ Powered by Linux Professional Institute Study Guide: Exams LX0-103 and LX0-104. 3rd ed. LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide: Exams 101 and 102. 4th ed. LPIC-2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide: Exams 201 and 202. 2nd ed. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Administration: Real World Skills for Red Hat Administrators Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux. 3rd ed.

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Personal digital archiving ?...durable: media, technology, protocols, 'triage' !
by Rohan McLeod 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

Assembled Cognoscenti A friend was asking about what to do with his old digital photo's; anyway that was where it began. When I started looking at the durability, of data across various storage options; HDD's,SSD's, DVD's I was shocked to realise; that a hard copy of a photograph (laser or inkjet) actually had a much longer expected life; than any of them (assuming;cool, dry, dark environment) . DVD's burnt on a desktop machine =< 10years and HDD's,SSD's often =< 3years. Thus arose my interest in personal digital archiving, with reference particularly to 'digital tombstones'; the reference to tombstones being because these obviously preserve information for >= 1000 years. Currently the most durable digital medium seems to be the M-disk technology ( >=200 years); but digital archiving seems to involve more than just hardware, there are the 'triage' questions of what to keep and protocol questions of how to structure it, so that it has a common access format....etc When I started looking up personal archiving standards I found http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/documents/ebookpdf_march18.pdf; but couldn't find much in Australia specifically, beyond a discussion paper: https://www.caara.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DigitalArchiving21C.pdf Anyone else interested in this area ? regards Rohan Mcleod

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strange monitor problem
by Andrew McGlashan 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I have a box that is usually headless, but when I do some updates that need a reboot (new kernel for instance), I like to have a screen connected or at least handy just in case I need it for whatever reason. Well, I did some updates on my box and the screen was crackling, so I removed it (it was old and not worth fixing). I connected a different screen and all was good for pre-boot and part of post boot, then it turned off and the box didn't continue to boot. I was thinking something screwed up with the initrd, but I couldn't even successfully boot a live-usb distro. Then I thought that it might be the motherboard or something else that would need a replacement box. In the end, I plugged in another screen and the boot process completed without any issues. So strange that the screen would cause this problem. I have seen a screen cause issues during Windows boot up too long ago (from memory I think it was only that the display wouldn't show up until very late in the boot process), using a different screen was perfectly happy. I think that screen was the same one that failed me on Linux just now, so it might just be a dud screen with something weird about it. Anyway, just thought I would pass on my experience in case it might help someone else with a similar problem. Cheers A. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTJAoMHtC6YydLfjUOoFmvLt+/i+wUCXHhUbgAKCRCoFmvLt+/i +3ovAQDKKWAr2dTqJ7CLDCtuMqai8X++1MH3oNqwESrS4mxuUgD/XbsEN0frzRcV WsLe1lFKU/6jIR+kcRgVZkBvvtfX46A= =vGFs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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vim annoyance (mouse) -- fixed, vimrc goodies?
by Andrew McGlashan 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I love vim, but something has been annoying me lately with it. Turns out at some stage the "treatment" of the mouse changed and it interfered with me being able to easily copy and paste normally from or too the terminal. In case anybody else has been similarly annoyed, there is an easy fix. set mouse= Add that to your vimrc.local or .vimrc files (no quotes) and let your terminal handle your mouse selections as it normally does, avoiding vim interference. Thanks to my son for alerting me to the fix. I'm sure others have all sorts of vimrc settings, some might be interesting and worth sharing. So what do you have? Cheers A. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTJAoMHtC6YydLfjUOoFmvLt+/i+wUCXHbJUQAKCRCoFmvLt+/i +8OaAP97qCgiG7XSsQSJiEQ854BMXIYyXgjqxOmR9ul5olaBBQD8Cz1N9oEa70ec D3geDNUzKpNAxcJtJwHucOBwPp++Ttw= =0ROX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Comments MS ReFS vs BTRFS
by Rohan McLeod 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

I was casually googling " filesystem "do not fragment" option" ; and was distracted by a reference to ReFS; seems to share some features of BTRFS. eg https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0NDA Comments , rants, invective.........:-) regards Rohan McLeod

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Re: [luv-talk] Skype oddities
by Rohan McLeod 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

stripes theotoky via luv-main wrote: > Has anyone seen this behaviour with skype on Linux? > > I just changed my password and tried to log in, Skype rejected the new > password even though they sent me an email confirming the reset. > > I reset it again same result. > I reset it for a third time same result > On the fourth reset it worked fine. > > The only thing I can think is that the first 3 passwords all had a y > or a z in them and I have my location with Skype set to the UK while > my keyboard is Swiss German which has the y and z changed over. > > Is it even possible for a system to get confused like that? Or is this > perhaps just normal Microsoft / Skype behaviour? Not sure about " Microsoft / Skype behavior" but after similar problems with lock-outs and reset problems; on Paypal (whether due to my ancient browser, my ancient OS or some kind of reset-delay glitch at Paypal); I transferred my money out of the account and closed it! I am now looking at alternatives to Paypal; eg Transferwise see https://transferwise.com/au regards Rohan McLeod

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