●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, July 14, 2022 ●● ● Jul 14 [00:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [00:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jul 14 [01:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:28] schestowitz " [01:28] schestowitz Report on the GCC meeting of 5 July 2022: Fixed-term appointments & "Bringing Teams Together" [01:28] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [01:28] schestowitz There were three documents on the official agenda. The President had scheduled one hour for the meeting, although two of the documents on the agenda were clearly of very great importance: [01:28] schestowitz Circular 405: Extension & Conversion of fixed-term appointments (GCC/DOC 12/2022) [01:29] schestowitz Bringing Teams Together (GCC/DOC 13/2022) [01:29] schestowitz We sent a written and reasoned opinion to the President on both documents. [01:29] schestowitz You can read the full report on the meeting here. [01:29] schestowitz You can read the opinion on Circular 405 here. [01:29] schestowitz You can read the opinion on Bringing Teams Together here. [01:29] schestowitz The Central Staff Committee - CSC [01:29] schestowitz " ● Jul 14 [03:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [03:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 14 [04:24] *phanes (~phanes@vdaaabp6wfeza.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 14 [05:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 14 [07:22] schestowitz
[07:22] schestowitz[07:23] schestowitzAfter assembling this puzzle once the main issue became apparent quite immediately. The curve needs to have a smooth linear gradient from black to white. Since this is a 256 piece puzzle it would require 256 discrete gray levels. Unfortunately the engraver can't achieve this level of precision. There are maybe 64 different achievable levels in practice and different parts of the plywood board react [07:22] schestowitz differently to the laser. Thus it is actually fairly difficult to judge where any given piece should go and assembling the final puzzle was not really fun. Back to the old drawing board, then.
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[07:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.preining.info | KDE/Plasma for Debian - Update 2022/7 | There and back again [07:23] schestowitz[07:23] schestowitzLong time I havent posted a lot about KDE/Plasma for Debian, most people will know the reason. But I have anyway updated my repos at OBS, which now contain the latest releases of frameworks, gears, and plasma!
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[07:25] schestowitz[07:25] schestowitzInside of the custom 3D-printed case is an Arduino Nano, a homemade breakout board, a LiPo battery charger and booster board, and a 162 character backlit LCD. The Arduino sketch utilizes a PS/2 library that can read the character hex codes from standard keyboards. Once powered on, Midwest Cyberpunk can simply plug the keyboard into the device. Any key he presses on the keyboard will show up on the LCD [07:25] schestowitz screen, so he can quickly press every key to ensure that they all work. It is an efficient and affordable way to test large quantities of vintage keyboards in a short amount of time.
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[07:26] schestowitz[07:27] schestowitzThe beauty of Arduino development boards is that they let you jump right into prototyping. Just connect the sensors, buttons, LEDs, or whatever other hardware you require to the Arduinos I/O pins, code and flash a sketch, and youre in business. But you might come to a stage where you want something more polished than a breadboard or perfboard. When you reach that stage, you can follow along with [07:26] schestowitz YouTuber Upirs LED volume knob project to learn how to design your first PCB.
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[08:05] schestowitz[08:05] schestowitzWhats interesting to me is how the defenders got the threat model wrong. That attack isnt normally associated with a prison break; it sounds more like a military action in a civil war.
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[08:30] schestowitz[08:31] schestowitzIt is not an ideological outlook that makes thoughtful Open Source advocates oppose patents in standards. Its primarily pragmatic. Requiring a patent license to implement a standard implies that those implementing it must engage in private negotiation to get a license to proceed. Thats super-toxic to Open Source, whose mainspring is code owners giving advance, un-negotiated, equal permission [08:31] schestowitz to enjoy the software in any way use, improve, share, monetize all protected by a rights license reviewed and approved by OSI. So most projects avoid or work around SEP-encumbered standards and the ones that dont are industry-specific.
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