●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, January 30, 2023 ●● ● Jan 30 [00:10] schestowitz-TR trying python now to convert rss to html [00:10] schestowitz-TR there are modules that help with it [00:31] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:31] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:31] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [00:31] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:53] schestowitz-TR some progress made, prototype ● Jan 30 [01:08] schestowitz-TR you made the opml parser, i work on epxanding a list of the given feed urls [01:08] schestowitz-TR that alreaddy works :) [01:32] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:32] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:39] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:39] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:55] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [01:55] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@uax6j9r5apawe.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 30 [03:16] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [03:16] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [03:16] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 ● Jan 30 [05:13] schestowitz-TR see feedlist.py on /home/roy (your end) [05:13] schestowitz-TR you can run it with python3 and the required modules [05:49] techrigthssec ack [05:52] schestowitz-TR ramble on faraway keyboard: so we have a kind opml parser and prototype [05:52] schestowitz-TR for stuff that takes a list of feeds, processing them one at a time, cutting based [05:52] schestowitz-TR on date ranges, then producing, e.g. to out put file, a page that can be opened in kate/firefox [05:52] schestowitz-TR (in my case) for quick shelving and posting [05:52] schestowitz-TR the prototype is not robust to oddball date formats [05:52] schestowitz-TR but it can ingest a lot of stuff [05:52] schestowitz-TR it would be nice to also inc. some political news from it [05:52] schestowitz-TR and patents [05:52] schestowitz-TR this process saves a lot of time [05:52] techrigthssec no prototype yet the ability to retain the OPML hiearchy is lost [05:52] techrigthssec that capability is essential in managing any set larger than a feed or two [05:54] schestowitz-TR for now I toy around with linear list of feeds [05:54] schestowitz-TR it works ok [05:54] schestowitz-TR as long as there is some consistency across feeds [05:54] schestowitz-TR with opml hierarchy several different output files can be created [05:54] schestowitz-TR e.g. patents, politics, foss ● Jan 30 [06:10] schestowitz-TR a long time ago i made a script, short, for turning the opml into a list of feeds [06:10] schestowitz-TR i cannot find it in git [06:10] schestowitz-TR maybe it was a one-liner [06:10] schestowitz-TR oh,i found it [06:10] schestowitz-TR how can imake python fail gracefuly and carry on when it fails on one feed [06:10] schestowitz-TR do you know offhand? [06:10] schestowitz-TR ran ok [06:10] schestowitz-TR got the flattened list [06:12] techrigthssec Working on a hiearchical feed reader but no ETA, still looking at sketches [06:12] techrigthssec and studies [06:12] techrigthssec try: [06:12] techrigthssec except: [06:12] techrigthssec the except: part takes the type of error if you need to tune the response [06:12] techrigthssec to the different types of exceptions raised [06:13] techrigthssec https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/errors.html [06:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-docs.python.org | 8. Errors and Exceptions Python 3.11.1 documentation [06:20] schestowitz-TR a long time ago i made a script, short, for turning the opml into a list of feeds [06:20] schestowitz-TR i cannot find it in git [06:21] schestowitz-TR maybe it was a one-liner [06:21] schestowitz-TR oh,i found it [06:21] schestowitz-TR how can imake python fail gracefuly and carry on when it fails on one feed [06:21] schestowitz-TR do you know offhand? [06:21] schestowitz-TR ran ok [06:21] schestowitz-TR got the flattened list [06:21] schestowitz-TR fantastic! that worked [06:21] schestowitz-TR doing a test on about 30 random feeds [06:21] schestowitz-TR it looks like we can expand the scope of coverage withthe time saved [06:25] techrigthssec Feeds usually indicate a waiting period so the script should take that [06:25] techrigthssec into account and not re-fetch a feed prior to that interval having passed [06:57] schestowitz-TR this new workflow is awesome [06:57] schestowitz-TR ought to have done this years ago ● Jan 30 [07:37] schestowitz-TR WTH? "the pandemic has brought some positive changes to Finnish society, experts say." https://yle.fi/a/74-20015259?origin=rssthis new workflow is awesome [07:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yle.fi | Three years since first Covid diagnosis, Finland looks for pandemic silver linings | News | Yle Uutiset [07:37] schestowitz-TR ought to have done this years ago [07:49] schestowitz-TR i have plugged the full list [07:49] schestowitz-TR over 1k feeds [07:49] schestowitz-TR for sites that areonline the script hangs forminutes [07:49] schestowitz-TR this ie all experimental anyway ● Jan 30 [08:11] techrigthssec Excellent [08:57] techrigthssec The fetching of feeds can be massively parallelized, it is not hitting the [08:57] techrigthssec same site multiple times. The limit is RAM and local bandwidth, afiak ● Jan 30 [09:50] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jan 30 [11:55] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cbcfptirpkfqa.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 30 [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr rianne had back pains last year [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr i had to escalate to mangement for her to see a gp for it [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr it then took a while to book a scan [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr took 2 months to get the result! [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr it's all fine, but today she booked a physio [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr earlier available date march 27th! [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr imagine if it was very serious [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr with her aunt they have not yet begun the chemo [16:21] schestowitz-TR otr [16:22] schestowitz-TR months behind schedule already ● Jan 30 [20:45] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@7xgquytfiu8r8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 30 [22:26] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [22:57] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed)