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privacy, security, hiding.
Privacy and Security.
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Some Guy on the Internet, "I consider any unwelcome questioning of one's privacy to be a deliberate attack against ones' privacy. The attack is socially engineered to erode the victims guard against unwelcome questioning usually prompting the victim with an easy surrendering statement, “I've got nothing to hide”. Once the victim surrenders to the attack, by equating privacy with hiding, the victim becomes more vulnerable to further/deeper probing for sensitive information."
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively.
The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of appropriate use and protection of information. Privacy may also take the form of bodily integrity.
Someone's right to keep their personal matters and relationships secret.
a: the quality or state of being apart from company or observation : seclusion.
b: freedom from unauthorized intrusion.
The state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
The state of being free from unwanted or undue intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs; freedom to be let alone: Tourists must respect the tribe's privacy.
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HPR hosts, discussion, Edinburgh.
general.
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We recorded this on Saturday September 14th 2024. This time we were at Swanston Farm, a place we had previously visited for lunch in March 2024.
After lunch we adjourned to Dave's car (Studio N) in the car park, and recorded a chat. The details of why it is Studio N instead of Studio C is mentioned in the chat itself!
Preparing this show has taken longer than usual this time - apologies!
MrX might like to move to an EV in the futureMrX. The channel owner collects
discarded items from scrapyards in Germany, or buys old bits of
equipment, and gets them working again.
MrX used dBase on DOS in the past,
and received some training in databases.MrX used the xsv tool, which was covered
in shows hpr2698
and hpr2752
by Mr.
Young. It allows a CSV file to be interrogated in quite a lot of
detail from the command line. However, with a file of this size it was
still quite slow.textimg
tool:
wttr.in with Archer72
on Matrix.MrX):
define_colours which defines (and
exports) variables called red, green,
etc.red=$(tput setaf 1); export redecho "${red}Red text${reset}"coloured which takes two
arguments, a colour name (as a string) and a message. The script
encloses the message argument in a colour variable and a reset. The
colour name argument is used in a redirection to turn red
into the contents of the variable $red.MrX use GNU screen.tmux might be
better to use in terms of features, but are reluctant to learn a new
interface!MrX had recently had a holiday in the Lake District
where the weather was good.MrX is attending his first OggCamp in Manchester. Dave will be
attending too, as will Ken.
MrX has an Epson R300 printer where the black ink seems
to have dried up.textimg tool:
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Computer games, strategy games, Civilization IV.
Computer Strategy Games.
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Civilization IV made some changes, and in this episode we look at Religion. This is one of the big changes from previous versions of the game and is something that will continue to be important in future versions.
Hosted by Kevie on Thursday, 2024-11-14 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
CLI, audio, streaming, radio, recording, ripping, music.
general.
3.
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TuxJam co-host Kevie has a discussion about playing an audio stream from the command line using VLC and also MPG123 and then ripping the stream to a localised file using the wget command:
Play a stream using VLC:
cvlc https://your.radio.stream
Play a stream using MPG123:
mpg123 https://your.radio.stream
Rip the stream to a local file:
wget -O YourFile.flac "https://your.radio.stream"
Hosted by Ken Fallon on Wednesday, 2024-11-13 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
OggCamp2024, HomeAssistant, HomeAutomation.
Interviews.
1.
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Millie Perkins gave a talk "Home automation 🏠 A beginner's foray down the rabbit hole" on Sunday 13 October 2024 between 11:00 and 11:30. The talk was so well received that our HPR Reporters tracked her down for a follow up chat.
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Guix, GuixSD, installer, install, USB drive, Mac Mini.
general.
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In this episode Rho`n records his further adventures in installing GuixSD onto a Mac Mini computer.
Guix has a graphical text based installer. It is reminiscent of the mid to late 90s Debian installers. Even with its old school feel, the installer is very nice. It is well laid out, has good onscreen description for each step of the installation process, and provides ample configuration selections from language, to to key board layout, to desktop and software selection.
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Just me rambling as I go through my (former) every day carry bag in preparation for a trip.
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Today I will talk about digitizing analog photos. I will talk about two methods.
I have scanners from different manufacturers, flat bed scanner and dedicated film scanner. Each scanner is delivered with software. Each software is generally good. But it is a problem to manage several software. Secondly, none of them works for Linux operating system. I wanted to simplify my software learning, so I wanted one software for all my existing and any future scanner. Secondly I intended to migrate to a Linux operating system, which I now have done.
Those two requirements lead me to switch over to VueScan software. I had tested VueScan before and also gotten recommendations from photographic friends. VueScan is a proprietary software made by a small family run company. It’s available for Linux, Windows and macOS. VueScan supports very many hardware scanners. I do not know about any better software for Linux and is maybe also the best choice for any operating system. I do not regret my switch to VueScan.
A second method to digitize photos is reproduction with a camera. That is to use a camera to shoot a photo of the photo.
Some say it is the superior technology. I don’t know. But as I am coming from the scanning technology and starting to explore the repro technology, I will give my early thoughts from that perspective.
My initial plan has been to use repro photography for prints that are glued into albums and therefore difficult to manage in the scanner. It is also an excellent method to digitize other papers in book format. But I have not really started to do that.
However, a while ago I started to look into 6x9 cm negatives. My scanner can just manage 6x9. But I do not have a fixture for 6x9. So it is both somewhat tricky to position the negative as well as to keep it flat. A thin plexiglass plate might be possible to use to keep it flat. Even without plexiglass, I have tested I can get well acceptable result with the scanner.
I started to try out the repro method. I have not come so far in my trials that I can decide which is the best method for me.
My camera is a modest camera compared to state of the art. My flat bed scanner should give better or comparable resolution than my modest digital camera. The fixture I have for repro do not keep the negative fully flat, because 6x9 is a rather big size. So I plan to explore if I can improve quality with a plexiglass plate above the negative.
An issue with the repro method is to keep all angles in control, to mount the camera in exactly correct angle in relation to the object. Focus can also be another issue. I consider it is better to use manual focus rather than auto focus. When I take the repro photos, I have the camera connected to a laptop and I use the Entangle software to control the camera settings. I can use the camera live view to position the object as well as to focus.
I use RawTherapee software to convert the negative photo to a normal photo. RawTherapee comes with pre-installed profiles for this process. The default profile values can be adjusted and also stored as new personal profiles.
A major advantage of the repro method compared to the scanner method is the speed. Once all is configured, it takes one hundred of a second or so to do the digitize itself, while it can take minutes with the scanner.
I use digiKam as my photo catalog software.
All software I currently use with the exception of VueScan are free and open source. I use all on Linux operating system, some of them are available on other platforms. I include links to their websites in the show notes.
If you have any opinion or experience on digitizing analog photos, I will be happy to read your comments or listen to your show.
VueScan: https://www.hamrick.com/
Entangle: https://entangle-photo.org/
RawTherapee: https://rawtherapee.com/
digiKam: https://www.digikam.org/
Long term product review of my electric hand warmer. Inspiration from Ken Fallon during OggCamp
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Ken tracks down a Lorenzo to talk about his presentations at OggCamp2024
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HPR Volunteers talk about shows released and comments posted in October 2024
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A look at the first season of Doctor Who
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operat0r talks about Android automation and Tasker
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Sgoti reminds everyone on the joy of using snap packages.
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Kevie shares his thoughts on his first ever OggCamp
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Join Alexander [Lochyboy] as he gives information about the history of Nintendo
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In which I go into detail about what I mean when I talk about a Plain Text Program.
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Interviews from Day two of OggCamp 2024 from Manchester
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Interviews from Day one of OggCamp 2024 from Manchester
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Part 6 is the final episode it deals with fitting the new replacement PLL backup battery.
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Claudio describes his process for mass USB flash drive duplication with FreeBSD, tmux, and dd.
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We continue our look at the mechanics of this game
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Lee talks to Matthew about the link between neurodiversity and hacking.
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I detail a technique to ensure all music used on my Youtube channel is free from copyright claims
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SOC Fortress CoPilot / Velociraptor / Wazuh and Taco Bell Quesadilla Sauce!
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Kristoff Bonne ON1ARF and Ken Fallon PA7KEN chat about HAM and Hackers
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Archer72 rambles about an experience in a Wal-Mart oil change shop
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Sgoti butchers a movie review of The Artifice Girl
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Part 5 deals with the removal of the original 40 year old PLL backup battery.
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HPR Volunteers talk about shows released and comments posted in September 2024
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A look at the very first serial of Doctor Who
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Sgoti talks about using his head lamp and backpack during his day job
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Got the wrong batteries and had to walk to get the right ones
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Dirt Simple Photo Gallery put me on the path to Plain Text Programs
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Sgoti talks about Good Samaritan laws. Good Heavens!
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About setting up a rack mounted home lab
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The Hallway track from Spectrum24 day 2
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