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schestowitz__>> I've just run and tested the script. Saves me some of the hassle lookingFeb 21 07:08
schestowitz__>> up the command in an ssh session (as I've done; hitherto).Feb 21 07:08
schestowitz__>>Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__>> I'm going to use the icon in the top menu and a new page for Gemini inFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__>> the site.Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> Ok, but if it is going to be redistributed externally then I shouldFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> ensure that it has all the metadata first.  See the attached.  TheFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> terminal icon is in the public domain.   Amphora is a remix of CCSA.Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__>> As for desktop icon, I have an iconless desktop. It can leadFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__>> to accidents having anything other than wallpapers on the desktop. :-)Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> I avoid icons on the desktop, too, but have a very crowded, nested XFCE4Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> panel.  The dots are there so that I can have multiple icons withFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> different numbers of dots.  So if I have terminals 1-6 open, forFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> example, the icons shown when I hit alt-tab will each show a differentFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> number of dots.  For me the only other option would be to use even moreFeb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> different icons.Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__Did you ever consider using xbindkety? I work across (or regardless of) DEs and it's easy to memorise as you make your own shortcuts, inc. for mouse actions. In 2004 I experimented a lot with wayv (mouse gestures), but they don't save time compared to keyboard, so I abandoned that.Feb 21 07:09
schestowitz__> Probably, the links to the PHP script for the Feed,Feb 21 07:15
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:15
schestowitz__> http://techrights.org/wp-rss2.phpFeb 21 07:16
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__> ought to be replaced with the cached page:Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__> http://techrights.org/feed/Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__> Or at least it looks that way.Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__One risk associated with CMS changes (except the security patches; those can be applied more easily) is breaking of redirections and URLs long used by people. Back in the old days there were several different URLs for Atom and RSS 1.2/2. I'm sure that with "GUTENBERG" and other fake innovation they already break some fine stuff, which I am reluctant to explore.Feb 21 07:16
schestowitz__I spent a lot of time the other week trying to figure out why wordpress, after I had set it up, would not let me compose anything. I thought it was a server problem. Turned out "GUTENBERG" is JS mess and without JS turned out it acts all weird and funny. I heard their UI person resigned over the "GUTENBERG" decision, which they still bragged about 2 days ago: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147897Feb 21 07:16
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.tuxmachines.org | Reflecting on Gutenberg’s 100th Release | Tux MachinesFeb 21 07:16
schestowitz__Re: Disk usage on the RPiFeb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> $ df -h /Feb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted onFeb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> /dev/root        12G  7.8G  3.6G  69% /Feb 21 07:17
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> $ du -sh ~/geminiFeb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> 624M    /home/gemini/geminiFeb 21 07:17
schestowitz__>Feb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> $ date -uFeb 21 07:17
schestowitz__> Sat 20 Feb 17:52:14 UTC 2021Feb 21 07:17
schestowitz__That's actually far better than I thought. I wonder, what would happen if we hard/soft-linked the bulletins and IRC logs across different users' account (if possible) instead of copying them across. There's duplication.Feb 21 07:17
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schestowitz__Re: Apropos: Recycling / Reusing / ReducingFeb 21 12:33
schestowitz__> Any further word from Eric Lundgren about moving to FOSS?Feb 21 12:33
schestowitz__>Feb 21 12:33
schestowitz__> https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/04/29/0824237Feb 21 12:33
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-soylentnews.org | Microsoft's Full Response to the Lundgren Counterfeiting Conviction - SoylentNewsFeb 21 12:33
schestowitz__>Feb 21 12:33
schestowitz__> https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/02/19/005253Feb 21 12:33
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-soylentnews.org | ‘E-Waste’ Recycling Innovator Faces Prison for Trying to Extend Life Span of PCs - SoylentNewsFeb 21 12:33
schestowitz__>Feb 21 12:33
schestowitz__> IIRC he was in contact with you a while back.Feb 21 12:33
schestowitz__He and his friend told me he was eager to move on after what Microsoft had done to him. I don't want to push him to send court docs.Feb 21 12:33
schestowitz__>>>> This is what I did last night. I still try to get usage estimate.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>>>>Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>>>> BTW, I was thinking... it ought not be hard to make category pagesFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>>>> linking to the articles, which are already in Gemini anyway.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>>> It depends.  Is there a list of the categories which could be scraped?Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>> I do not know if I can get just a long list of articles for eachFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>> categories. There might be a wordpress extension for that (although IFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>> prefer not to install ANY new software) or we could craft some sql queryFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>> to return such lists. But only if we decide that a long list of articlesFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>> (thousands in the case of "Microsoft" or "Europe") is worth it. The veryFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>> long lists would likely not be suitable for gemini as a medium.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>>Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>>Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> Only short lists of say well under 50 would be appropriate, IMO.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> Otherwise there is just too much reading and scrolling involved.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__>Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> In a day or two, the porting of old articles will be complete.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> Stéphane Bortzmeyer might be interested in getting the starting URL forFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> the whole thing to run his indexer again.  TR is already high up on theFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> list of largest Gemini capsules.  By the time 2006 is finally added, itFeb 21 12:41
schestowitz__> will rank much higher.Feb 21 12:41
schestowitz__Do we know the impact of being listed and ranked there? Bragging rights is one thing, practical benefit is another :-) (like blowing the horn about  Microsoft repo)Feb 21 12:41
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