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social media, linux. general.
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Before I used common tools and Windows, I was present on Facebook and so on. But I've changed and I don't think the difference is that large.
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yakake :
https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3446/index.html
https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/blob/master/Bash/Movie2Text.sh
OLD : https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/blob/master/Bash/Stream_to_Text_with_Keywords.sh
https://rmccurdy.com/.scripts/downloaded/parentingadhdandautism.com/
HighContract Blk Backfround :
https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/tree/master/AutoHotkey/High%20Contrast%20Chrome
VLC Compress audio quite/LOUD
load-module module-ladspa-sink sink_name=compressor plugin=sc1_1425 label=sc1 control=5,100,-25,8,2.5,0
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E1xAwWpq-C4vEh8LCRw7MD7jnaclX9Faf2L3dZWiqQY/edit
VLC .vlcrc config file and yatse custom commands:
https://github.com/freeload101/SCRIPTS/tree/789bbf9969ae10975549ee4617a039967573c92b/MISC
https://kinkeadtech.com/how-to-prevent-fire-tv-stick-from-going-to-sleep/ / ads sleep mode
Sponsorblock for Android:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKUmM9r63F8&feature=youtu.be
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Bumble Bee, Meal Prep. general.
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Hacker Public Radio – Silent Key HPR3922
Hello this is Trey, and I am recording this in the shadow of the loss of a good friend and mentor who helped guide me in my career and in hobbies like electronics, aviation, and amateur radio. The amateur radio area is what I will be discussing today.
Many terms within amateur radio find their origins from the days of telegraph, when operators would use Morse code to send messages across great distances using wires strung from pole to pole. The telegraph “key” (or code key) was basically a momentary contact switch which would close an electrical connection when pressed. Pressing the key down for a short period of time would send a short pulse down the line, which is referred to as a “dit” (Sometimes the term “dot” is used). This may be written using the period “.” symbol. Holding the key down for a bit longer would send a longer pulse down the line, called a “dash” (Sometimes the term “dah” is used) and it may be written using the hyphen “-” symbol.
Telegraph operators became a close knit community, even though they were geographically separated. Often one operator could identify another operator by subtleties in the style or personality of how they sent their messages. This was known as the operator’s “fist” and today we would describe it as a “behavioral biometric”. As the community of telegraph operators moved around or were replaced, new “fists” would be identified, as new personalities of code sending were tapped out on the telegraph keys.
When an operator passed away, it was a loss to the community, and a loss of someone who might have been befriended remotely by other operators. The term of respect created for this situation was “Silent Key” sent as the abbreviation “SK” ( … -.- ). It meant that the particular operator would never send code again. His telegraph key would be silent.
This tradition has been carried on among amateur radio operators or “Hams”. This is also a close knit community of people. While some still use Morse code to communicate (Referred to as “CW” for continuous wave), there are many other forms in use, including voice and digital modes. But regardless of how we communicated with them, when we lose one of our own, we still say they are SK. Silent key. No longer able to transmit.
Organizations like the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and QRZ.com try to update their records when a Ham passes away. There are also databases like silentkeyhq.com which keep records and memories of deceased operators.
So, it is with great sadness that I have been updating the records for my close friend and mentor KV4YD. Thank you for your friendship and support, and for sharing your wisdom over the years. You will be missed.
https://www.silentkeyhq.com/main.php?p=bin/NSKALookup.php&call=KF8F&uid=1111688122977783
(Note: There is intentionally 5 seconds of recorded silence at the end of this recording as a moment of silence to remember our silent keys)
KV4YD 73 VA E E
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Chat Secure secure XMPP, Think of the children!!!
Technology on Barsoom
Deus Ex Machina much???
Names in fantasy books
See You At The Morgue by Lawrence Blochman
Right now we are working through a backlog of older episode that have already been recorded. Once that ends we fully anticipate recording new episodes with listener participation.
Thank you very much for listening to this episode of the HPR AudioBookClub. We had a great time recording this show, and we hope you enjoyed it as well. We also hope you'll consider joining us next time we record a new episode. Please leave a few words in the episode's comment section.
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Sincerely, The HPR Audiobook Club
P.S. Some people really like finding mistakes. For their enjoyment, we always include a few.
This episode was processed using Audacity. We've been making small adjustments to our audio mix each month in order to get the best possible sound. Its been especially challenging getting all of our voices relatively level, because everyone has their own unique setup. Mumble is great for bringing us all together, and for recording, but it's not good at making everyone's voice the same volume. We're pretty happy with the way this month's show turned out, so we'd like to share our editing process and settings with you and our future selves (who, of course, will have forgotten all this by then).
We use the "Truncate Silence" effect with it's default settings to minimize the silence between people speaking. When used with it's default (or at least reasonable) settings, Truncate Silence is extremely effective and satisfying. It makes everyone sound smarter, it makes the file shorter without destroying actual content, and it makes a conversations sound as easy and fluid during playback as it was while it was recorded. It can be even more effective if you can train yourself to remain silent instead of saying "uuuuummmm." Just remember to ONLY pass the file through Truncate Silence ONCE. If you pass it through a second time, or if you set it too aggressively your audio may sound sped up and choppy.
Next we use the "Compressor" effect with the following settings:
Threshold: -30db
Noise Floor: -50db
Ratio: 3:1
Attack Time: 0.2sec
Decay Time: 1.0 sec"Make-up Gain for 0db after compressing" and "compress based on peaks" were both left un-checked.
After compressing the audio we cut any pre-show and post-show chatter from the file and save them in a separate file for possible use as outtakes after the closing music.
We adjust the Gain so that the VU meter in Audacity hovers around -12db while people are speaking, and we try to keep the peaks under -6db, and we adjust the Gain on each of the new tracks so that all volumes are similar, and more importantly comfortable. Once this is done we can "Mix and Render" all of our tracks into a single track for export to the .FLAC file which is uploaded to the HPR server.
At this point we listen back to the whole file and we work on the shownotes. This is when we can cut out anything that needs to be cut, and we can also make sure that we put any links in the shownotes that were talked about during the recording of the show. We finish the shownotes before exporting the .aup file to .FLAC so that we can paste a copy of the shownotes into the audio file's metadata.
At this point we add new, empty audio tracks into which we paste the intro, outro and possibly outtakes, and we rename each track accordingly.
Remember to save often when using Audacity. We like to save after each of these steps. Audacity has a reputation for being "crashy" but if you remember save after every major transform, you will wonder how it ever got that reputation.
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RV, travel planning. Travel.
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In this episode we look at the planning process for our second RV trip. Last year we toured the Southwest US, but we don't like to repeat ourselves. So this time we decided to tour the Southeast US. This not only let us visit a much different part of the country, but it also allowed us to go back to our plan to visit some NASA facilities.
Hosted by tuturto on 2023-08-10 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
voice, trans. general.
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We discuss the packages installed in the second of three files that make up my emacs config.
Since recording, I pulled in some EXWM (the Emacs X Window Manager, that's right), even though I'm not actually using it, I'm still using stumpWM.
I have also added pass, the password manager, khardel, an emacs package for the khard CLI address book application.
I also moved (server-start) to this file, so that it'll only happen when I'm on linux.
;;; init-extra.el --- Extra init stuff
;;; Commentary:
;;; Stuff just for my personal laptop, not for my work laptop or termux, for example.
;;; Code:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; org-roam ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package org-roam
:demand t
:straight (:host github :repo "org-roam/org-roam"
:files (:defaults "extensions/*"))
:custom (org-roam-mode-sections (list #'org-roam-backlinks-section
#'org-roam-reflinks-section
#'org-roam-unlinked-references-section))
:init (setq org-roam-directory "~/org/roam/"
org-roam-capture-templates
'(("o" "outline" plain
"%?"
:if-new
(file+head "${slug}.org" "#+title: ${title}\n#+filetags: :outline:\n")
:immediate-finish t
:unnarrowed t)
("r" "reference" plain "%?"
:if-new
(file+head "${slug}.org" "#+title: ${title}\n")
:immediate-finish t
:unnarrowed t)
("m" "memo" entry "* ${title}\n%?"
:if-new
(file "memos.org")
:immediate-finish t
:unnarrowed t)))
:bind (("C-c n l" . org-roam-buffer-toggle)
("C-c n f" . org-roam-node-find)
("C-c n g" . org-roam-graph)
("C-c n i" . org-roam-node-insert)
("C-c n c" . org-roam-capture)
;; Dailies
("C-c n j" . org-roam-dailies-capture-today))
:config
;; If you're using a vertical completion framework, you might want a more informative completion interface
(setq org-roam-node-display-template (concat "${title:*} " (propertize "${tags:10}" 'face 'org-tag)))
(org-roam-db-autosync-mode)
;; If using org-roam-protocol
(require 'org-roam-protocol))
;; citations
(use-package citar
:after org-roam
:custom (org-cite-insert-processor 'citar)
(org-cite-follow-processor 'citar)
(org-cite-activate-processor 'citar)
(citar-bibliography '("~/org/biblio.bib"))
(citar-notes-paths '("~/org/roam"))
(citar-file-note-extensions '("org"))
:hook (LaTeX-mode . citar-capf-setup)
(org-mode . citar-capf-setup)
:bind (("C-c n b" . #'citar-open-notes)
:map org-mode-map :package org
("C-c b" . #'org-cite-insert)))
;; view your org-roam notes on a map
(use-package org-roam-ui
:after org-roam
:custom (org-roam-ui-sync-theme t)
(org-roam-ui-follow t)
(org-roam-ui-update-on-save t)
(org-roam-ui-open-on-start t))
;; archive web pages in org attachments
(use-package org-board
:after org
:custom (org-board-default-browser #'browse-url)
(org-board-property "ROAM_REFS")
:bind (:map org-mode-map
("C-c B a" . org-board-archive)
("C-c B o" . org-board-open)
("C-c B D" . org-board-delete-all)))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; Writing ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; something like grammarly, but open source
(use-package langtool)
;; better than docview, for pdf
(use-package pdf-tools)
;; annotating docs in org files
(use-package org-noter)
;; epub
(use-package nov
:mode ("\\.epub$" . nov-mode))
;;; Invoke quick emacs windows to edit anything anywhere.
;;; bind a key in xorg to ~emacsclient -c (emacs-everywhere)~
(use-package emacs-everywhere)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; Auctex ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(straight-use-package '( auctex
:host nil :repo "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/auctex.git"
:pre-build (("./autogen.sh")
("./configure" "--without-texmf-dir" "--with-lispdir=.")
("make"))))
(setq TeX-data-directory (expand-file-name "straight/repos/auctex" user-emacs-directory)
TeX-lisp-directory TeX-data-directory)
(eval-after-load 'info
'(add-to-list 'Info-additional-directory-list
(expand-file-name "straight/repos/auctex/doc" user-emacs-directory)))
(load (expand-file-name "straight/repos/auctex/auctex.el" user-emacs-directory) nil t t)
(load (expand-file-name "straight/repos/auctex/preview-latex.el" user-emacs-directory) nil t t)
(use-package evil-tex)
(use-package latex-preview-pane
:custom (latex-preview-pane-use-frame t))
(use-package adaptive-wrap)
;;; END AUCTEX ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; Programming ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; downloading and viewing Dash documentation files
(use-package dash-docs
:init (defun elisp-doc ()
(setq-local consult-dash-docsets '("Emacs Lisp")))
(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'elisp-doc)
:custom (dash-docs-docsets-path (expand-file-name "docsets" user-emacs-directory))
(dash-docs-browse-func 'eww))
(use-package consult-dash
:straight (:host codeberg :repo "rahguzar/consult-dash")
:bind (("M-s d" . consult-dash))
:after consult
:config
;; Use the symbol at point as initial search term
(consult-customize consult-dash :initial (thing-at-point 'symbol)))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; Email ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package notmuch
:commands notmuch
:config (defun notmuch-show-view-html ()
"Open the text/html part of the current message using
`notmuch-show-view-part'. From https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/63457"
(interactive)
(save-excursion
(goto-char (prop-match-beginning
(text-property-search-forward
:notmuch-part "text/html"
(lambda (value notmuch-part)
(equal (plist-get notmuch-part :content-type)
value)))))
(notmuch-show-view-part)))
;; Enable link to message via org-store-link
(load-file (expand-file-name "org-notmuch.el" user-emacs-directory))
(require 'org-notmuch)
:bind (:map notmuch-show-mode-map
(". v" . notmuch-show-view-html))
:custom (notmuch-draft-folder "local/drafts")
(notmuch-search-oldest-first nil)
(notmuch-fcc-dirs "fastmail/sent")
(notmuch-tagging-keys '(("r" ("+receipt" "-inbox") "Receipt")))
(sendmail-program (executable-find "msmtp"))
(message-sendmail-f-is-evil t)
(message-sendmail-extra-arguments '("--read-envelope-from")))
(use-package khardel
:after notmuch
:bind (:map notmuch-message-mode-map
("C-c M-k" . khardel-insert-email)))
;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; PASS ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package pass)
;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;; EXWM ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package xelb
:disabled t
:straight (:host github :repo "ch11ng/xelb"))
(use-package exwm
:disabled t
:straight (:host github :repo "ch11ng/exwm")
:defer t
:config (require 'exwm-systemtray)
(require 'exwm-randr)
(setq xcb:connection-timeout 20)
(exwm-systemtray-enable)
(add-hook 'exwm-update-class-hook
(lambda ()
(exwm-workspace-rename-buffer exwm-class-name)))
(add-hook 'exwm-randr-screen-change-hook
(lambda ()
(start-process-shell-command
"autorandr" nil "autorandr -c")))
(defun exwm-randr-mobile()
"Load a xrandr profile to use only the laptop screen."
(interactive)
(start-process-shell-command "xrandr" nil "xrandr --output eDP-1 --auto --output DP-1 --off"))
(defun exwm-randr-docked()
"Load a xrandr profile to use only the connected external screen DP-1."
(interactive)
(start-process-shell-command "xrandr" nil "xrandr --output eDP-1 --off --output DP-1 --auto"))
(defun exwm-randr-chair()
"Load a xrandr profile to use both the laptop screen and the connected screen."
(interactive)
(start-process-shell-command "xrandr" nil "xrandr --output HDMI-1 --auto --scale 1.3 --output eDP-1 --off"))
(defun exwm-randr-all()
"Load a xrandr profile to use both the laptop screen and the connected screen."
(interactive)
(start-process-shell-command "xrandr" nil "xrandr --output eDP-1 --primary --output DP-1 --above eDP-1")
(setq exwm-randr-workspace-output-plist '(0 "eDP-1" 1 "DP-1"))
)
(exwm-randr-enable)
:custom (exwm-input-global-keys
`((,(kbd "s-r") . exwm-reset)
(,(kbd "s-w") . exwm-workspace-switch)
(,(kbd "s-a") . exwm-randr-all)
(,(kbd "s-c") . exwm-randr-chair)
(,(kbd "s-d") . exwm-randr-docked)
(,(kbd "s-m") . exwm-randr-mobile)
(,(kbd "s-k") . exwm-input-release-keyboard)
(,(kbd "s-f") . exwm-layout-toggle-fullscreen)
(,(kbd "s-p") . pass)
(,(kbd "s-t") . exwm-workspace-switch-to-buffer)
(,(kbd "s-&") . (lambda (command)
(interactive (list (read-shell-command "$ ")))
(start-process-shell-command command nil command)))
,@(mapcar (lambda (i)
`(,(kbd (format "s-%d" i)) .
(lambda ()
(interactive)
(exwm-workspace-switch-create ,i))))
(number-sequence 0 9))
))
)
;; start emacs server
(server-start)
;;; END ;;;
(provide 'init-extra)
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A response show to oneofspoons' hpr3909 :: Permission Tickets".
Reference: Harper's Podcast -The Writers’ Strike, or: the Writers Strike
Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2023-08-07 is flagged as Explicit and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Community News. HPR Community News.
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Welcome to our new hosts:
HopperMCS,
Reto.
These are comments which have been made during the past month, either to shows released during the month or to past shows. There are 20 comments in total.
There are 4 comments on 3 previous shows:
There are 16 comments on 11 of this month's shows:
Policy decisions surrounding HPR are taken by the community as a whole. This discussion takes place on the Mail List which is open to all HPR listeners and contributors. The discussions are open and available on the HPR server under Mailman.
The threaded discussions this month can be found here:
https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2023-July/thread.htmlWith the kind permission of LWN.net we are linking to The LWN.net Community Calendar.
Quoting the site:
This is the LWN.net community event calendar, where we track events of interest to people using and developing Linux and free software. Clicking on individual events will take you to the appropriate web page.
As mentioned in the last Community News episode, the HPR database and
website was moved to a new server, and the static site generator written
by Rho`n was used to generated the non-interactive part of
the website.
Since then, there has been a process of adapting the software to the
new configuration. Unfortunately Rho`n has not been
available during this process, but we are gradually learning our way
around his excellent software and making changes to suit our needs.
If you spot any problems or have ideas for new features, please raise issues on the Gitea repository at: https://repo.anhonesthost.net/rho_n/hpr_generator/issues.
A policy change is required in the use of the reserve queue. When there are unfilled slots between 5 and 7 days in the future, episodes in this queue will be used to fill them.
This extra time is required because of the time it can take to process a show and load it to the Internet Archive.
There was an announcement from Bram's family today (2023-08-05) that he died on August 3rd 2023 from a medical problem that worsened recently.
MrX has audio that is clipping but will he be able to fix it?
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a technique my father taught me, for dealing with blisters
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Lurking Prion answers questions about his name, former career field as an MM
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Shane brings us a taste of South Africa with some local tea and jerky
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A Perl-based 'grep'-like tool that can search by file type
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Some hints for playing Civilization II
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Collective delusions of elective conclusions.
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Let's go through every single package installed in my Emacs configuration. File 2 of 3.
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About me and computers
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Sgoti discusses the threat of convenience.
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I have a short talk to present Fred Black.
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This topic is being actively researched. Not for production use.
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Klaatu reads a script by Deepgeek about systemd
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In this episode, I introduce FFMPEG, media containers, and codecs
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Time Managment
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I prepare my podcast files for listening in Audacity.
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This is how I fixed corrupt video files from my dash cam after an accident
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Sgoti talks about internet scams.
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In this episode the HPR Audiobook Club discusses "Murder at Avedon Hill" by P.G. Holyfield
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A verbal tour in situ of one of the two brochs of Glenelg
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Stache walks through the contents of his work backpack
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An hour of news and commentary of software development and the overall FOSS space.
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How design card
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Let's go through every single package installed in my Emacs configuration.
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HPR Volunteers talk about shows released and comments posted in June 2023
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What we learned from this experience that will make the next one better.
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A great tool to quickly find the differences between two files
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Sgoti talks about KeePassXC's security model and a recent CVE.
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Learn these essential Linux commands so you know how to run your cluster
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I talk about my problem with light savers ...
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