IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 07, 2021

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maintenance comaintenance completemplete

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back in a few hours

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I am loooking at the code atm

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I sent you the gmi files, they seem sane to me

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I think if I send those 4 additional files to the same dir, it can cause issues with ipfs workflow

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so, I am thinking

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how about writing those 4 gmi files directly to the gemini account

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and, if so,wqhat dir?

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I don't think we need gmi objects in ipfs

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also, this would leapfrog the need to hardlink or copy across files, or duplicate files

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proceeding

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created ~/gemini/irc-gmi

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this is where I will sed the gmi files

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I've also increased open file limit

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ipfs is so weird that to add new objects

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it basically opens ALL the files

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which means 4000 items in ipfs would require keeping 4000 open file when running 'add'

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anyway, I will attempt, for the next night, to put gmi files in that new dir

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nce it is accomodatyed we'll need to make an index of the files in it

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we can kleep in gemini both gmi and txt version

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so this basically means on http we have html and text. on gemini gmi and txt

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Dec 07 09:25

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tested file transmission, all seems fine, so now we have one daily stack for me to add to index

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1. I made a full copy of the pi's /home so in case of catastrophe reinstating the server is not unsurmountable

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2. I am now tryint to make index for gmi alongside irc txt files

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3. when you are around, it is worth modifying irc tables perl/shell file to link to the gei version

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alongside the text version in wordpress blog post. also, maybe add gemini link for daily bellutin

x https://thehill.com/policy/technology/584520-microsoft-disrupts-chinese-hacking-group-targeting-organizations-in-dozens

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Dec 07 11:29

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Dec 07 11:46

-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thehill.com | Microsoft disrupts Chinese hacking group targeting organizations in dozens of countries | TheHill

Dec 07 11:46

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I've just done some maintenance of ipfs; it uses up a lot of bandwidth but times out on requests regardless.

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Re IRC:

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DONE: add links

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DONE: add uploads -> pi only (tested locally, will see if it works OK tonight)

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NOT NEEDED: add cron hardlink

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DONE: remove "plain text" at 3 levels (we no longer need to say this)

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DONE: add to index at gemini (extensive testing needed, esp. when more files get added)

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change link in irc blog post? Or add 4 more links, for the gemtext version...

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add link to bulletin at gemini:// (alongside www link and ipfs hash)

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change link in irc botx4 channels?

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I've pushed to git the stuff done so far.

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pulling from Git

Dec 07 13:58

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uploading a video related to this atm

Dec 07 13:58

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yes, next will be to change the links in the newly created pages from .txt to

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.gmi

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Which directory have / will the new Gemtext IRC logs been uploaded to?

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it is done already, you can see IRC logs for December (in Gemini)

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Dec 07 14:02

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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/boycottnovell/2021/12/index.gmi

Dec 07 14:02

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the video demonstrates this better, eta 10 mins

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URL?

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$ find ~/gemini/ -type f -name techrights-2021-12-06techrights-2021-12-06.gmi -print | wc -l

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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/boycottnovell/2021/12/

Dec 07 14:05

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that's still plain text

Dec 07 14:05

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maybe you have it cached? There are two sections, the first is "GemText Version"

Dec 07 14:06

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found it

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akc

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ack

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video published 10 saecs ago

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these need updating, I'll look into it:

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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/07/irc-log-061221/

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i think best to have 4+4 links, 2 section, for text and for gemtext

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the bulletin link at the bottom also has a gemini equivalent that we can add. many "geminites" already read techrights, so this helps

Dec 07 14:16

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Dec 07 14:44

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on another topic, I minute ago I deleted rms rss feed

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for the same reason I did it a decade ago

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about 90% of today's links there are bill'a guardian

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so it's not good RoI

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It's too bad that RMS does not see the layers in the sources

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Too much intrigue there for most people.

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ack

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If I wanted to read bill, I'd sign up for their rss feed, but that gives them traffic

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gemini at least gives some inirection so I can glance at headlines

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btw, the site I use for that has a very limited selection of non-tech sites syndicated. for that, it's nypost (murdoch) or bill. wish it had reuters or something...

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Dec 07 15:18

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My RSS feed list has grown a lot but it is mostly low-yield stuff.

Dec 07 15:21

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Even the best blogs post infrequently. But quality over quantity is important

Dec 07 15:21

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when there is no flow or low flow of information it gets harder to write and you end up clickbaiting like micro larabel

Dec 07 15:22

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It'd be an interesting academic research project to track all those that

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got bought out and how/why it happened. But much is probably under NDA

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and on top of that it must hurt too much to speak of.

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... at least if they have any soul left

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on the upside, it leaves us with less competition. but back in the days there was TONS of stuff I could write about, now I rely in direct sources for EPO, GitHub etc. because there is barely any reporting at all

Dec 07 15:27

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yes, TR stands out among fewer sites

Dec 07 15:34

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TM turns 17.5 at midnight

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Susan still in touch, still watching, still healthy too (afaik)

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Excellent

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The content there is posted before anywhere else as far as I know

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yes, speed is VERY importany

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Excellent. Maybe it 2.5 years there will be a small party

Dec 07 15:38

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at least online

Dec 07 15:38

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you know, in theory you can convert the TM RSS feed into a dynamic gmi page, which MIGHT be of use to some people

Dec 07 15:38

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Can you elaborate?

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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/07/irc-log-061221/

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... produced by the cron script

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unfortunately because of the directoru change Gemini vs WWW, a small kludge

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is involved

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1. regarding tuxmachines in gemini, not worth its own capsule, but its updates are rapid and it can have a little section akin to a feed in gemini.tr, I think. Assuming there's "demand" for that...

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2. looking into the changes right now

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It'd be a lot of trouble in the script and would be double so brittle as now.

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can we have both the txt and gmi links? maybe not worth it? it's already there anyway, same for txt over gemini:

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// for bulletin

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ah OK, so never mind, leave it just as gmi

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thegemini pages contain the txt in the indexes anyway

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thanks

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snide remark against LF in Phoronix today, the last paragraph. I hope people wake up and see who they front for before it's too late. The IRC log past midnight (today) contains discussion about the contents of this LF report. Lots of Microsoft crap, almost infuriating

Dec 07 15:58

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the name is the problem. People are led to believe PF is NOT what it actually is

Dec 07 16:00

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it barely even employs any kernel hackers!!!

Dec 07 16:00

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Most, too many, project wishful thinking onto the LF and have false expectations

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based on the name. It is not a foundation to advance Linux it is a foundation

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to advance its members' interests within Linux. That is the inverse of what

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people generally expect.

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percentage-wise a negligble amount of the money goes to technology skills

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TR did two or more posts about their edX course

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pushed to Git now

Dec 07 16:03

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checking

Dec 07 16:03

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pushed

Dec 07 16:05

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nhs just called, all fine

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I see in my inbox a reply to my formal complaint

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I have not opend it yet

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as I assume it would be time-consuming to deal with, maybe another blog post

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but I know for sure thousands of people suffered like me, 10-20k on the queue the lady said

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class-action lawsuits are about the only way to deal with misbehaving private

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companies, lead plaintiff (if victorious) gets a lot but it is also a time sink

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btw, gulagtroll deadline has passed, and no communication since

Dec 07 16:13

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should gemtext irc logs repeat the date at the beginning of every new hour

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or just once at the beginning of each new day? I'm thinking the latter

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might be better for screen readers and such.

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The extranous punctuation / pseudo markup can be removed from the gemtext

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version too

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maybe add the hour before the date?

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"Dec 04, at 01 o'clock" ?

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I'm thinking that since the whole page is for a single day, the date

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is quite redundant and would be annoying to listen to especially over

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calm periods in the log

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no, this is not an issue because for idle hours it gets omitted anyway

Dec 07 16:21

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it helps me and others too I assume get a sense of TIME. Like one long block between the bookmarks being a conversation that is active and fast

Dec 07 16:22

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for clarity, for 'newbs', it might help to include the hour first, e.g. 5:00 date

Dec 07 16:23

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ok I'll put them back

Dec 07 16:24

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another change pushed to Git

Dec 07 16:59

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I very much like the verbal descriptions. FWIW, yesterday's logs were polluted but lots of nasty stuff from ryan, but after midnight (IIRC) he got much more constructive and on-topic

Dec 07 16:59

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who is this josh duggar dude?

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is he important?

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when searching for "Linux" news he keeps showing up like a Han Reiser

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connecting "Linux" to psedophilia

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I never heard of this guy

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And I am suspicious about the media's motivations unlkess he is well known

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no idea, never heard of him

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the media (via the new fake local news sites) does appear to be up to something

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malicious, what it is would be hard to guess but maybe lining up their shots

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to smear FOSS or non-Windows systems in general

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seems like a potential smear, wherein freesw users are "pedophiles"... Cimpanu at ZDNet tried to connect Linux/Gentoo to ISIS, and the Microsofters cheered along back then

Dec 07 17:12

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yes something like that

Dec 07 17:12

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I'll keep the lid (no links) unless it escalates. "Linux partition" associated with "child abuse"...

Dec 07 17:13

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yes, "they" will say anything to disparage GNU.Linux

Dec 07 17:14

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there is NO way for me to cover this WITHOUT making the harm even worse

Dec 07 17:20

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ack

Dec 07 17:20

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Media: I don't always mention what OS the subject of the article uses (alongside Windows). But when I do, I make sure the sponsors like that angle...

Dec 07 17:21

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xhtml-log-to-text.pl now polished

Dec 07 17:29

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yes, I found that comma a tad misleading before and without some fancy unicode that harms the blind I can't think of something more suitable than a tab or two

Dec 07 17:34

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I figure the comma is for screen readers which would put a pause there

Dec 07 17:36

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roy@vonick:~/Git/Gemini$ diff ../IRC/xhtml-log-to-text.pl ~/xhtml-log-to-text.pl | wc -l

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roy@vonick:~/Git/Gemini$ cp ~/xhtml-log-to-text.pl ~/tmp-delme

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roy@vonick:~/Git/Gemini$ cp ../IRC/xhtml-log-to-text.pl ~/xhtml-log-to-text.pl

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roy@vonick:~/Git/Gemini$ diff ../IRC/xhtml-log-to-text.pl ~/xhtml-log-to-text.pl | wc -l

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roy@vonick:~/Git/Gemini$ cp ~/xhtml-log-to-text.pl ~/tmp-delme

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roy@vonick:~/Git/Gemini$ cp ../IRC/xhtml-log-to-text.pl ~/xhtml-log-to-text.pl

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hopefully no bugs, we've made many changes today

https://www.fosslife.org/20-linux-one-line-commands

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yes, there are probably more tweaks

Dec 07 17:39

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i'm on shift 1-9am the next 3 nights, so will stay awake to intervene if needed

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ack

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pushed to Git; will let it rest until tomorrow

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Dec 07 20:35

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-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fosslife.org | 20 Linux One-Line Commands

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Linux users love time-saving commands that achieve multiple actions in just one line, and these one-liners are great examples of why the terminal is such a powerful tool.

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This article shares 20 one-liners to help streamline your Linux tasks.

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