[05:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dedoimedo.com | Going Linux all the way on my hybrid-card laptop [05:52] schestowitz[05:52] schestowitzFor those of you not familiar with Dedoimedo's adventures, here's the gist of it. I would like to attempt to get rid of Windows in my home setup. When? Around 2025-ish, when Windows 10 goes EOL. Why? Because its successor, Windows 11 is totally pointless, and I have no intention of running my computer like a two-digit IQ chimp. Hence the attempt to go full Linux.
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[05:52] schestowitz[05:52] schestowitzFile transfer over a network can be done in various ways and using different protocols. The most commonly used protocols for copying files remotely are Rsync, SCP and SFTP. In this guide, we will look at what is SCP and how to securely transfer files between local and remote computers with SCP in Linux and Unix-like operating systems.
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[05:53] schestowitz[05:53] schestowitzThis is a write-up of my experience with self-hosting services. I hope its useful and encouraging to people that wishes to get started in this art.
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[05:57] schestowitz[05:57] schestowitzWoody is a fairly simple RPN calculator, which was its entire purpose. Most of the RPN calculators available are complicated scientific or graphing calculators. Shiura wanted basic calculator functionality, but with RPN. It is also gorgeous. The enclosure is a solid chunk of walnut wood, which was milled on a CNC router. Other than a large power switch on the back, the only features are 19 keys and a dot- [05:57] schestowitz matrix style LCD screen.
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[06:16] schestowitz[06:16] schestowitzWere very excited to announce the new Arduino Lab for MicroPython, a simple, cross-platform IDE for MicroPython that supports any board with a serial REPL interface so it can also work with non-Arduino boards.
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[06:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-iTWire - Bad smell! VMware quietly removes page about service to Medibank [06:45] schestowitz[06:45] schestowitzIn a PDF detailing its involvement with Medibank, Carbon Black wrote: "After being targeted by ransomware attacks, Medibank Private Limited (Medibank), a leading Australian private health insurance company, needed to find a more effective endpoint security solution to counter this attack type.
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[07:31] schestowitz[07:31] schestowitzThe Arduino Opta is an embedded platform featuring STM32 STM32H747XI dual-core Cortex M7+M4 MCU for real time industrial applications. The device is offered in three variants which combine ethernet, RS485 support and wireless connectivity in addition to relays and 12-24V DC inputs.
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[08:53] schestowitz[08:53] schestowitzIn their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How Well Win Them Back (Beacon, 2022), Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow explain how big market players squeeze creators and consumers through monopoly and monopsony and outline a way to break free from their grasp.
[08:53] schestowitzCoauthor Cory Doctorow recently spoke to David Moscrop for Jacobin and discussed Chokepoint Capitalism, Doctorows anti-capitalist oeuvre, what chokepoint capitalism means for creators and consumers, its prevalence in the cultural industries, and how to fight against it.
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[08:54] schestowitz[08:54] schestowitzcouple of weeks ago, Walled Culture wrote about the rapid rise and advance of generative AI in the world of visual arts. One key aspect was its impact on copyright, which emerges as making even less sense in a world where AI programs can knock out an infinite number of images on any topic in any style, for close to zero cost. The post also noted that this development was not unique to the visual [08:54] schestowitz arts, but would also soon be found elsewhere in the world of music, for example.
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