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I think it may have been something with the command we use to download IPS 4 sites but I’ll need to play with it some.

Was only on the computer at the time and I was using Linux.

Should I wait until the move, then? They may have a different server set-up so things may work differently

Sorry for the confusion! I was using the archive for the wiki you snagged a few months ago. 🙂

Would have been much easier if I could access the organization, though! Then I could simply copy and paste instead of dealing with all the extraneous div tags that their exporter inserts. Took me longer to clean it up than it did to type up the explanations for the public as it originally just a snippet dump 😛

I’m not sure if they offer a discount, I’ll have to check. The primary benefit, though, would be a rate lock for that period since the domain would already be paid for so we wouldn’t have to pay the higher price until the next renewal period. Will check, though!

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Yep, got it last week 🙂

I’m the opposite: I haven’t logged in in years 😛

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Still looking into this. On mobile, if I hit the return button while in the title text box it will take me to the content text area. What happens if you hit enter on the computer? Does it take you from the title to the content entry area? Sorry, I clean forgot to test it today!

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Oh, and domain name prices are going up yet again by 10%. I may start renewing for several years to lessen the impact next go around.

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Currently working on going through the wiki archive from Teams and I wanted to add a step here in the private thread for updating Ubuntu that may or may not still be necessary as it’s been a few years:

Then we need to change the mirror list since Linode’s mirrors are designed to exclude core packages to prevent you from upgrading:
sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

Hit “i” as that is for insert.

You’ll see Linode’s mirrors with the Ubuntu ones right underneath them with ## in front (I use two to denote the ones we want). Remove the ## from these and add ## in front of the Linode ones that are the line above.

The Ubuntu mirrors are already updated with the correct version name but we’ll need to update the Linode ones with the correct version name after the upgrade.

Type “:q: to close and save the file.

And finishing steps:

Afterwards, the upgrade is done so we’ll need to do some extra steps. First step is to fix Apache as it dies after the PHP version changes:

sudo a2dismod php<old version>
sudo a2enmod php<new version>
sudo apachectl configtest
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Finally, we need to fix the mirrors in /etc/apt/sources.list:

Comment the Ubuntu mirrors with ## that are right under Linode’s that have ## and uncomment the ## Linode mirrors, replacing the version name in them with the name from the Ubuntu ones. Ubuntu 20.04 is called focal for example.

Then we need to add back the Longview repository. Edit /etc/apt/sources.d (or something like that) and edit the longview file, updating the version name if necessary and uncommenting the mirror.

Edit:

Blech. It won’t let me make the post. Had it all typed up and hit submit and then it puked, telling me it’s a security problem so I lost all that work. 🙁

Will take a deep dive into it later, I suppose. /sigh

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Looks like the browsers are currently in the process of making white-space-collapse: preserve the default for text areas. It’s the default over here on the latest Chrome so perhaps we should give it a bit and see if the others catch up?

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They are making progress on using DNA to store files! But, yeah, the file limitations are getting annoying, especially as file sizes increases as cameras improve.

Adorable! He’s really enjoying the sunbeam! 😀

Great! It’s gotten a tad warm again but it’s still much better than it was 🙂

I still need to get the hang of emojis/special characters. Seems like I don’t have the right support package installed over here on Linux. Will get it sorted out!

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Great! I have also noticed that the caching plug-in seems to be working better since we flipped on basic support. I wonder why?

Sounds good. We can wait a few months before we start tinkering with that stuff, probably 🙂

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Looks like the white-space-collapse property is currently in draft phase with limited support. I can always add it in and hope that full browser support will come but some oddities may be present for a while as it was only recently added to the browsers (looks like just a few months ago). Should I go ahead?

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This one entered my head the other day for some reason or other:

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Couldn’t tell from the picture she sent me. It was so old that the case was in pretty poor condition but the pictures on the card loaded without trouble. She said they were just vacation pictures at water areas around the state

Yep, a new ongoing has been a long time coming! I’m still relatively new to comics but I think she mostly likes to work alone. They just released the solicitations through November (and December in Batman’s case) so it’s time to start picking out covers again! Really liking some of the artwork coming out in a couple of months! 🙂

Oh, no! That’s no fun! 🙁

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Yeah, my mom often gets irritated at their file size limitations. She complains all the time about the reduction in photo quality! 😛

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I actually got one in 2018! Didn’t use it a whole lot on account of health related stuff so I put it in a drawer. Hopefully it still works! 🙂

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I was using Glade when I was working on converting BOSS to GTK and I’m pretty sure most GNOME projects use Glade to help manage the UI but I’m not positive.

I still have the one for BOSS lying out somewhere but LOOT should now be much better. I was mostly maintaining BOSS until the kinks were worked out of LOOT and then decided to try to take it in a slightly different direction.

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Another piece of the puzzle: https://projecthub.arduino.cc/ejshea/sending-commands-from-host-to-uno-7432d1

That’s the code to interact with an Arduino from the IDE. We won’t be but we should be able to connect with it as the IDE presumably includes a runtime environment. Still reading!

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Okay, got a note thread together: https://stearnvault.com/forums/topic/vr-controlled-motors/

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Still no go over here. 🙁

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I haven’t used an E-Ink screen for a project but I do use it almost every day as part of my Kobo e-reader. They’re really nice! Very easy on my eyes do to how they work and wonderful for reading. I’m really hoping Kobo starts using one of the color screens at some point so that I can also use it for graphic novels. 🙂

I was thinking of having it set up with interlocking parts with an external base station that then can change them out. Something like clamps or magnets that would be easy to change out with minimal aiming. The idea being that it would help extend mission time and allow for greater variety of mission parameters, as well as allowing it to say better create forward bases

Yep, the ultimate goal of the VR idea is to control a robot with it! Will probably create a thread on it soon to help track things 🙂

Can’t think of any Glade projects off hand but I’m sure they’re there. I’ll do some digging!

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Got a couple more:

My modular rover idea. Really complex but I could at least get a rough sketch of sorts put together. Call it a long term goal, of that makes sense

I’d also like to see if it’s possible to use a VR headset to control a motor. No idea where to even get started with that idea, though. This one definitely requires some basic research

I could install Glade and see where that takes me. Maybe it’ll breed inspiration?

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I’ll take a look!

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Fixed the dropdown list 🙂

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