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Hosted by Kevie on Tuesday, 2024-10-29 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Manchester, OggCamp, Conference.
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Having recently attended OggCamp 2024 in Manchester. Kevie shares some of his thoughts on the event and on the whole experience in general.
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Join Alexander [Lochyboy] as he gives information about the history of Nintendo
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Today I'm going to go into more detail about what I mean when I say Plain Text Program. I want to emphasize that this is just me. Others may have different ideas on this topic. This is how I try to write Plain Text Programs. I will feature other people's work that I still consider to be Plain Text Programs that do not follow all of these guidelines.
I want to thank the hosts on the monthly HPR Community News podcast for inspiring me. They had questions. I also want to thank those making comments. I'm new to Hacker Public Radio and I will try to be more timely responding to comments in the future.
Text files are usually edited in a text editor or in a word processor
and saved with the .txt extension. They consist of a string of
characters. Text files can be divided into lines using the newline
character, \n, or the carriage return and newline
characters, \r\n. You don't have to type these characters.
Your editor puts them in for you.
Text files do not have to use the .txt extension. Most programming files, like .php or .c files are plain text. I will only be discussing programs that are open source and that store their code in text files.
Plain text configuration files often have no extension. For my Plain
Text Programs I use config.inc.
There is no difference between text files and plain text files. People often say plain text files to distinguish them from word processor files like .doc or .odt files.
Plain Text Programs use text files to store text like a title or a blog post. When I talk about Plain Text Programs I also mean something more than this. That's what this podcast is about.
Plain Text Programs do not use a database like mysql or postgres. Also the file system does not imitate a database, creating keys, indexing, etc.
Instead the file system performs the database functions by accessing files which can be text files, graphics files, or other files. These files can be all in one directory or in multiple directories in a single directory tree.
If password security is required in a Plain Text Program that runs on the internet I make an exception to the single tree rule to allow passwords to be stored outside of the webspace.
So the assets a Plain Text Program accesses are just files in the file system.
I have no rule against allowing html or other markup. But I do not assume that the maintainer knows how to do this or wants to learn it. The reason I started writing Plain Text Programs was to avoid html markup. I want to be able to type text files, save them, and upload them, without being concerned about anything except the text itself.
The text files holding the content are written in block paragraph style with a blank line between paragraphs. Text files are not required in a Plain Text Program but most Plain Text Programs do use some text data which should be stored in text files.
If this is a web application, links can be copied and pasted from the browser with no additional markup required.
Other assets in the directory, like .gif, .jpg, or .png images, display automatically.
I use the file names for meta data like title, caption, or sort order. I can also sort chronologically using the file timestamps.
If there is a hierarchy of directories the program can use the directory name of the child directories for the link text. For instance the Delta Musicians directory tree can have a Table Of Contents at the top level that lists the musicians in alphabetical order. Each musician gets their own subdirectory and the name of that subdirectory is used to generate the link and link text for that page.
Then, each page can use Dirt Simple Photo Gallery and the program generates the caption from the image's file name.
All configuration is also done in a text file. I use a well
documented config.inc file that initializes php variables.
The maintainer of the application is never required to edit source
code.
No. I write mostly web apps so they run in the browser interface. Also, Plain Text Programs do not require a GUI. It could run in a terminal or as a cron job. The program could play a music playlist or run a slideshow with no input at all.
The maintainer of the program will have to be able to 1. Create and edit text files in a text editor or word processor 2. Copy and paste links, iframe embeds, file names, titles, etc. 3. Rename files 4. Upload and download with ftp
A Plain Text Program does not use a database like sql. Instead it stores the assets in the file system and accesses them using the file system.
A Plain Text Program does not require html or other markup. Text assets are written in block paragraph format. If the maintainer prefers to use a word processor instead of a text editor that's fine as long as the files are saved as text files with the .txt extension. Most word processors support this.
Plain Text Programs can support links if the links are copied and pasted into the text file with no markup required.
Plain Text Programs can support iframe embeds if the embed code is copied and pasted onto its own line in the text file.
All of the assets for a Plain Text Program are stored in a single directory tree. This is one of the main advantages of Plain Text Programs because it makes them easy to backup and restore so they are very portable. I sometimes make an exception to this if I want to save a password on a webserver outside of the webspace.
A Plain Text Program uses the file and directory names for meta data like titles, captions, or sort order. The file timestamps can be used for chronological sorting.
All configuration is done by editing a well documented text file. The maintainer should not have to edit the program code.
The maintainer should be allowed to edit the program code. I will only discuss open source programs that store the program itself in text files.
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Hosted by Ken Fallon on Thursday, 2024-10-24 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
OggCamp2024, methoddan, edent, webmink, danielittlewood, perloid, ken_fallon, garythewilliams.
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Dan Lynch
- https://www.danlynch.org/
- https://mastodon.social/@methoddan
Terence Eden
- https://openbenches.org/
- https://shkspr.mobi/blog/
- https://mastodon.social/@edent
Simon Phipps from Public Software CIC
- https://publicsoftware.eu/
- https://webmink.com/
- https://meshed.cloud/@webmink
Dan gave a lightning talk
- https://fosstodon.org/@danielittlewood
- https://danielittlewood.xyz/
MrX, Dave Morriss, and Ken Fallon from Hacker Public Radio
- https://hackerpublicradio.org
- https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0201.html
- https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0225.html
- https://mastodon.sdf.org/@perloid
- https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0030.html
- https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ken_fallon
Closing off with Gary Williams who organized the event.
- https://mastodon.social/@garythewilliams
- https://gary.thewilliams.ie/
- https://linuxafterdark.net/
- https://hybridcloudshow.com/
- https://www.oggcamp.org/
Hosted by Ken Fallon on Wednesday, 2024-10-23 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
OggCamp2024, OpenRightsGroup, utaw, tuxjam, geospart.
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James Baker campaigns and advocacy manager with the open rights group
John Chadfield, and Iran Kohen, from the Union for Tech workers
Margaret Low from the University of Warwick
Kevie, Andrew, Dave, Al
George Doscher
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Picture 1
Shows me attaching the leg of a resistor to the new backup battery. This
is to extend the battery terminal length so that it can be soldered
between the two connecting battery posts of the radio Printed Circuit
Board.
Picture 2
Shows the newly fitted PLL backup battery with it’s extended terminal
fitted directly below the EPROM labelled JAF7.
Picture 3
Shows the speaker sitting within a metal box. This box sits on top of
the screened metal box housing the PLL backup battery. When I was
refitting the speaker box I discovered there were extra badly soldered
grey wires attached to the speaker terminals. The other end of the wires
was covered with black electrical insulating tape. I removed these extra
grey wires from the speaker to prevent them from coming adrift and or
causing a short circuit within the radio.
I mention the trick of using blue-tak to hold a difficult screw when inserting it into a tight recess. Wikipedia article about Blu Tack
Hosted by Claudio Miranda on Monday, 2024-10-21 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
freebsd, tmux, dd, windows, usb, diskduplication, duplication.
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'tmux new -s $sessionName' to create a new Tmux session
window with a session name of your choice.'Ctrl-B-"' to create a horizontal split, putting one
pane over the other.'Ctrl-B-%' to create a vertical split, putting one pane
next to the other.'Ctrl-B-UpArrow' or 'Ctrl-B-DownArrow' to
move to the pane you want to split if you split the window with a
horizontal line.'Ctrl-B-LeftArrow' or 'Ctrl-B-RightArrow'
to move to the pane you want to split if you split the window with a
vertical line.'dd if=$diskImageName of=/dev/da0 bs=1M status=progress' to
begin imaging USB thumb drive #1.'dd if=$diskImageName of=/dev/da1 bs=1M status=progress' to
begin imaging USB thumb drive #2.'dd if=$diskImageName of=/dev/da2 bs=1M status=progress' to
begin imaging USB thumb drive #3.'dd if=$diskImageName of=/dev/da3 bs=1M status=progress' to
begin imaging USB thumb drive #4.'Ctrl-B-:' to call the Tmux command prompt, followed by
'setw synchronize-panes' to sync the 4 panes to your
commands. The primary pane will be highlighted in red, and the secondary
panes will copy whatever command it typed into that primary pane.If you need to de-synchronize your Tmux panes, just type
'Ctrl-:' to call the Tmux command prompt, followed by
'setw synchronize-panes' to toggle pane synchronization on
and off (or you can use the up arrow at the Tmux command prompt to bring
up that previously-typed command).
The faster your USB ports and USB thumb drives, the better!
Hosted by Ahuka on Friday, 2024-10-18 is flagged as Clean and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
Computer games, strategy games, Civilization IV.
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Civilization IV made some changes, and in this episode we look at Build Queues, Research, and Wonders.
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Lee talks to Matthew about the link between neurodiversity and using systems in ways they were not designed for.
A short biography:
Matthew Bellringer is a neurodiversity and innovation specialist who specialises in supporting work that addresses problems from a unique perspective, co-production, and regenerative working practices. More details on Matthew's website.
Matthew is also Chair and Co-founder of NeurodiverseIT, a group for neurodivergent IT professionals within BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT and the organiser and founder of Curious Being, a community for unconventional people who want to make the world a better place. Matthew is a late-discovery autistic ADHDer.
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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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The Hallway track from Spectrum24 day 1
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Part 4 deals with getting access to the PLL backup battery.
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Neuro diverse TV/Movies, DIY Liquid Conductive paint, cold hands / feet, Linux CPU info apps
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We start our dive into the mechanics of this game
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The HPR community comes together to converse
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Plain Text Programs-what they are-what they do-why they're good-and why they're not for everything
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A response to hpr1949, about the KOReader
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Sgoti talks about resources for new Linux users.
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Trollercoaster interacts with the Community News Summary of August 2024
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It's how to use the normal menu items to make online tabular data easier to use.
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Kevie discusses Dynamic DNS and how to setup DuckDNS on a Raspberry Pi
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Part 3 deals with the replacement of the clock backup battery on my TS-940S
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Some random technical items this time
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An introduction to one of my favorites, Doctor Who
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The HPR community comes together to converse
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Personal reflections on hobbies, obsessive interests and mental health
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