tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186971952024-03-13T10:20:14.981+01:00Paul Cobbaut's blogPaul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.comBlogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-3819441453626398122023-11-30T16:53:00.000+01:002023-11-30T16:53:18.869+01:00Dissapointing Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition<p><b>What a disaster this is, the DIY <a href="https://frame.work/be/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">framework</a> laptop.</b></p><p>The box...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGB_VcvdNoLfXYDM68CBzERwEmGQsEgL2ym4GWKW1em-Mr68bqw2VtsYq_1Aysl9XC7kVbvX4N-3XY8XYf0lvMZMCgXcsPjdlQT_9BoM8rSKQYADoJCHrILXTlvOFLgCxf3S4C-1Gk2Mkc7Yv5GKDMqGly6hjtM7s1sKXiXaTvdxHakmxZg-v/s1407/01box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1407" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGB_VcvdNoLfXYDM68CBzERwEmGQsEgL2ym4GWKW1em-Mr68bqw2VtsYq_1Aysl9XC7kVbvX4N-3XY8XYf0lvMZMCgXcsPjdlQT_9BoM8rSKQYADoJCHrILXTlvOFLgCxf3S4C-1Gk2Mkc7Yv5GKDMqGly6hjtM7s1sKXiXaTvdxHakmxZg-v/s320/01box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>...contains more boxes.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzBVzkxDDMC_kUuJ-a_AMnu0CAJGMDnzUuhaU3Okoo5SEfF5vTfOcWOjyXiiJoJwl3-R0Xeo3l7l1gP8kkd5KVFW5CoBk9kWNCzmj7icP5VcjGPp-AgTXAsJLHlDpPfGK_Sefm8GdrgVUBAvO9GTXvBIijUOnTg7An4mxWbZdPyUEd52Rj5hp/s1499/02_unbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1499" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzBVzkxDDMC_kUuJ-a_AMnu0CAJGMDnzUuhaU3Okoo5SEfF5vTfOcWOjyXiiJoJwl3-R0Xeo3l7l1gP8kkd5KVFW5CoBk9kWNCzmj7icP5VcjGPp-AgTXAsJLHlDpPfGK_Sefm8GdrgVUBAvO9GTXvBIijUOnTg7An4mxWbZdPyUEd52Rj5hp/s320/02_unbox.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The parts are few...<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBAVM6dhDjdipM56J8jUOq7z8p74kyDNh73P2J_eB-QHa3hO1RP8DJETyy2vpB53_guCjlM8_AwlSKSm_KyCqNRYbXf1ioB_X2YsAOdOpN4pGi3TBkykKTB97flvmKLEuaGwp73aGooM23lRibQ1tAgoUmx5RRPc-yIYN4yRcK01R_NGIWQZj/s1750/03_parts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1750" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBAVM6dhDjdipM56J8jUOq7z8p74kyDNh73P2J_eB-QHa3hO1RP8DJETyy2vpB53_guCjlM8_AwlSKSm_KyCqNRYbXf1ioB_X2YsAOdOpN4pGi3TBkykKTB97flvmKLEuaGwp73aGooM23lRibQ1tAgoUmx5RRPc-yIYN4yRcK01R_NGIWQZj/s320/03_parts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>...so the laptop is assembled in less than a minute?!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt-Br5Xwy1PPlwCc7v7qLREzHpAl-PdLIoM8BeCIMbEh1qp8vEe_tshvt0iyXZ97zR3OiXpxdsY5twiMhKjXNG1uTqhCd-cjzv5aes9hKCYRQGcpURpf03Qpnm92GTpc2QWOpEZ_3j4zZ2zBYsah0U8GnYIpN6dclD0no3DvqGJJoo-EDqZ5Y/s1591/04_done.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1591" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt-Br5Xwy1PPlwCc7v7qLREzHpAl-PdLIoM8BeCIMbEh1qp8vEe_tshvt0iyXZ97zR3OiXpxdsY5twiMhKjXNG1uTqhCd-cjzv5aes9hKCYRQGcpURpf03Qpnm92GTpc2QWOpEZ_3j4zZ2zBYsah0U8GnYIpN6dclD0no3DvqGJJoo-EDqZ5Y/s320/04_done.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Unpacking the thing took longer than assembling it!</p><p>Reading <a href="https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Framework+Laptop+13+(AMD+Ryzen%E2%84%A2+7040+Series)+DIY+Edition+Quick+Start+Guide/211?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this webpage</a> took longer than assembling it!<br /></p><p>Installing the DDR5 memory took 1 second: click and done.<br />Installing the nvme took 3 seconds: unscrew one screw, click and screw.<br />Installing the bezel was far more challenging, took almost 30 seconds! (*)<br />Attaching the keyboard: about three seconds?<br />Installing the four modules: 1 second per module (or less?)</p><p><b>I'm not that good at irony, but I was hoping for at least 20 minutes of fun assembling this thing... and only got one minute. :-/</b><br /></p><p>(*) This gave fond memories of assembling tower PC's in the nineties;
ISA/PCI slots click, CD-ROM atapi click, hard disk and IDE jumpers easy.
But closing the tower case... well that was the hard part!</p><p><b><u>Installing an OS</u></b><br /></p><p>The guide says to be patient when booting (powering on) the laptop for the first time, it may take several minutes.</p><p>I timed it, it took 57 seconds to get to this screen:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5KSeTsay5Yjn-0ZyX53yWECuM49a1K0rz6CPfEihBBSIevh0KpXGit0_EmOPe9dBb9MBW0WR8y7j7YJG3cgLAvzT6D7R6h6Obykt7DJ9Ai9E6hspzJopH_MW_ebKYi4XJDl8IyDB_YD7gb3-TLRdDVzyEw8peMiqzGcr58ctu8oUi_-ZAHDK/s1524/05_install_debian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1524" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5KSeTsay5Yjn-0ZyX53yWECuM49a1K0rz6CPfEihBBSIevh0KpXGit0_EmOPe9dBb9MBW0WR8y7j7YJG3cgLAvzT6D7R6h6Obykt7DJ9Ai9E6hspzJopH_MW_ebKYi4XJDl8IyDB_YD7gb3-TLRdDVzyEw8peMiqzGcr58ctu8oUi_-ZAHDK/s320/05_install_debian.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>And now there is this; it has been a long time since I saw a default XFCE, Firefox and terminal.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2C6EzpMA3ACETutC59D_zg9tKHf2J_js4rFHhECtqVmUm31dVuBU5jP102awAZhV5Fx0I5m4IyE4RzoYyfiV49j4WKvb11HLi62_hTQdPPtjqj0d9W8IgejZn5diCJ6y_DcVKrOYX2LwQWj-Ec-W3DLbT69-nNRyVuCxhS7SnpsvMAiX5iBVd/s2256/06_install_finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2256" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2C6EzpMA3ACETutC59D_zg9tKHf2J_js4rFHhECtqVmUm31dVuBU5jP102awAZhV5Fx0I5m4IyE4RzoYyfiV49j4WKvb11HLi62_hTQdPPtjqj0d9W8IgejZn5diCJ6y_DcVKrOYX2LwQWj-Ec-W3DLbT69-nNRyVuCxhS7SnpsvMAiX5iBVd/s320/06_install_finished.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Let the fun begin!<br />Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-89753325587767271472023-08-07T11:29:00.000+02:002023-08-07T11:29:56.595+02:00Time? Health?<p>I eat (breakfast/lunch/supper) at a table while sitting on a chair.</p><p>Most of the time, while eating, I can see a rather busy sidewalk where a lot of people are rushing by, hurrying, while eating junk food from a plastic bowl or some kind of (junk food) sandwich from a paper bag. Is this a new thing? Do they not have time to go sit at a table for lunch? Or do they just don't care?</p><p>I was taught to never walk while eating or drinking...</p><p>Or is this just part of the rat-race where people don't have a choice anymore and need to force feed themselves between two work sessions?</p><p><br /></p><p>(Also, when did people stop cooking for themselves? Cause I see way too many pizza's being delivered.)<br /></p><p></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-51460651921076085532023-02-17T16:27:00.002+01:002023-02-17T16:27:54.606+01:00ChatGPT and an authority<p>In Western Europe (and beyond), for centuries, at least from the Middle Ages until about 1940, there was one authority for people to believe: The catholic church.</p><p>When a peasant was in doubt, they would ask a priest and have a definitive answer. Doubt was gone. The end.</p><p> </p><p>Somewhere in the beginning of the 20th century the power of the church started to diminish and many new 'authorities' like science or labour unions or money started taking over.</p><p>Today there is no single authority, there is no single instance anywhere that people believe. There is mainly <b>distrust</b> in anything that claims to be an authority. In other words, most questions remain unanswered. Today, the peasant has no priest to take away his doubt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enter AI. Millions of people are talking to ChatGPT and are using it to answer questions. And I wonder: What if people start believing the AI? What if this becomes the new authority?</p><p>If you think this is far fetched, then you have not played enough with ChatGPT. Then you have not tweaked your questions. It knows a whole lot of things, it's a far better writer than me, it's a better programmer, it's a better problem solver and it can learn a hundred million times faster than me.</p><p>The motto in the next couple of years will be "When in doubt, ask the AI!".<br /></p><p>(This post is written by me by the way, not by ChatGPT.)<br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-3034264339445441712023-01-12T11:32:00.001+01:002023-01-12T11:34:52.242+01:00four books<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKuSCy03fSbD-5iw4YZAqs7unxt8DLGwpoCfQlZ3xgX6QUy-tg14q9WaKErScTcdUCi0aRmk6lBxy_jamvxJBQm2d-LDerm4tIkbSD72FVzvTDrLqRXgK3vOnaPFl092UAi_ap7BMDLDwrzolJNwXoI_YEtzm01ICzuN1Cou3Q54wJ9Zp6w/s1920/IMG_E2210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1920" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKuSCy03fSbD-5iw4YZAqs7unxt8DLGwpoCfQlZ3xgX6QUy-tg14q9WaKErScTcdUCi0aRmk6lBxy_jamvxJBQm2d-LDerm4tIkbSD72FVzvTDrLqRXgK3vOnaPFl092UAi_ap7BMDLDwrzolJNwXoI_YEtzm01ICzuN1Cou3Q54wJ9Zp6w/w400-h208/IMG_E2210.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy,_the_Mole,_the_Fox_and_the_Horse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Charlie Mackesy - The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (2019)</b></a></p><p>In so far as you can read this book, I read this book. This book allows you to read one page, and then ponder on it for a week. It's a story, but it is also not a story but more a psychological insight into humans. I will probably open this book again several times this year to discover even more about the meaning of a single page.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Brian W. Kernighan - Understanding the digital world (2021)</b></a></p><p>Kernighan is famous for co-authoring "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The C programming Language</a>" with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dennis Ritchie</a> in 1978 and I have always looked up to him.</p><p>In this book he gives an excellent overview of computers and networks, including an easy to read introduction to programming, cryptography and (digital) privacy. I would not advice this book for IT-nerds, since it is way too simple. It is though as good an overview as is possible in 260 pages.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>David Kushner - Masters of Doom (2003)</b></a></p><p>Well this was an excellent read! Enjoyable, intriguing, educational and probably only for fans of Doom or of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Carmack</a>.</p><p>The book tells the story of the two John's that created the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DooM game</a> in the early nineties. David Kushner interviewed a lot of people to get a complete picture of their youth, their first meeting, the development of Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D and of course DooM, and also many games after that like Quake and Heretic.</p><p>This book is a nice combo with Sid Meier's Memoir.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sid Meier's Memoir (2020)</b></a></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r_Vafq_tIFmuIag0w4drbVZjcSexQpwiga-TW-PVkHKx-579NcRnxa4xsrYTh2LGUFP8PHA5cZ1yEVJJVXvO4EwZTh_QQWNrSyNfYCBw0e8lTaK7qi6T2oJ8B6arZpXZiSqlicKqMn5tqT2jGcgjpvsY6q9UP3uwlKt0HAdNaG5S89aqTw/s1336/IMG_E2231.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="900" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r_Vafq_tIFmuIag0w4drbVZjcSexQpwiga-TW-PVkHKx-579NcRnxa4xsrYTh2LGUFP8PHA5cZ1yEVJJVXvO4EwZTh_QQWNrSyNfYCBw0e8lTaK7qi6T2oJ8B6arZpXZiSqlicKqMn5tqT2jGcgjpvsY6q9UP3uwlKt0HAdNaG5S89aqTw/w135-h200/IMG_E2231.JPG" width="135" /></a></b></div>I wanted to link to my tiny review of this book, which I read in 2021, but it turns out I have not written anything about it yet.<p></p><p>The story of the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">civilization series</a> of games is a really good read, though probably only if you lived in this era and played some of the early Civilization games. Or earlier 'versions' like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1977_video_game)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Empire or Empire Deluxe</a>, which are mentioned in this book for serving as inspiration for the first Civilization game.</p><p>I like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4X</a> turn-based system of gaming, too bad there are almost no other good games using this (Chess comes close though).<br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-16085954047863555312022-12-22T16:23:00.000+01:002022-12-22T16:23:01.996+01:00three books<p> It took a while, but here are three books I've read.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VTEkXFds0ePVTo-a2a2CxEgbIGhIZ85AqOP93FGZWatUur63Sly8DGfj6WSEKz6ymDYweQ5z9lGrCKVzBhol6hKkEsNbG37CxdohnjADg_rrCT7dBueiGdfaQbOWsIs_BxA_dCZKFeGmo2AnranNBJ6guzmiytOCdF-ApOO0WwT4bhjc2A/s1920/threebooks_20221222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1920" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VTEkXFds0ePVTo-a2a2CxEgbIGhIZ85AqOP93FGZWatUur63Sly8DGfj6WSEKz6ymDYweQ5z9lGrCKVzBhol6hKkEsNbG37CxdohnjADg_rrCT7dBueiGdfaQbOWsIs_BxA_dCZKFeGmo2AnranNBJ6guzmiytOCdF-ApOO0WwT4bhjc2A/w400-h220/threebooks_20221222.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><b>Kevin Mitnick - The Art of Invisibility (2017)<br /></b></p><p>I have been interested in Kevin Mitnick since his 1980ies hacking. He is mentioned in several books that I read in the past.</p><p>This book is about all the personal data one leaves behind when using the internet (or devices connected to the internet). It is a rather simple guide on how to increase your privacy or how to aim to become almost invisible on the internet.</p><p>I would not advice this book for nerds, or for IT security experts, the book is probably not aimed for those people anyway. People who know close to nothing about computers/networks could benefit from this guide. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Robert M. Pirsig - Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance (1974)</b></p><p>Now this is an interesting read. It is not about motorcycles, in fact it is perfectly fine if you replace the word motorcycle by 'smartphone' or 'computer' or 'internet privacy and tracking' in the first half of the book. There are some very insightful comments about how people react in different ways to technology.</p><p>The main part of this book though, is not the motorcycle trip with his son through the United States, but his alter ego named Phaedrus. The writer was diagnosed with catatonic schizophrenia and received <span class="dcr-1gj3hdi"> electric-shock treatment. In the book he remembers fragments of this Phaedrus personality (with an IQ of 170).<br /></span></p><p><span class="dcr-1gj3hdi">The second half is a tough read. I often needed to reread several sentences to grasp what he was saying. (Which was never the case in the Mitnick book above.) </span></p><p><span class="dcr-1gj3hdi"><br /></span></p><p><b><span class="dcr-1gj3hdi">Prusa 3D printing handbook</span></b></p><p><span class="dcr-1gj3hdi">I finally bought a 3D printer and would advice this to anyone who has lot's of time. Yes, this is not yet ready for end users that only want a 'File - Print' option on the computer. But a whole new world opens, at least for me it's a new world with many possibilities and adventures.<br /></span></p><p><span class="dcr-1gj3hdi">It's a small booklet, but I mention it anyway because it is really good, as are all the follow-up guides on <a href="https://help.prusa3d.com/category/using-the-printer_202">prusa3d.com</a>.<br /></span></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-81746009424987582692022-09-26T12:57:00.001+02:002022-12-22T19:40:40.401+01:00Software I am thankful for<p>An alphabetical list of software that I really like. </p><p><a href="https://projects.apache.org/project.html?httpd-http_server" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apache</a>: Not as popular as it used to be, but I know it and so still use it</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Apt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apt</a>/<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aptitude</a>/<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/apt-get" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apt-get</a>: The origin of all 'apps' and the most user friendly and secure way to manage software</p><p><a href="https://www.audacityteam.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audacity</a>: Or is that too controversial now with their telemetry?<br /></p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Bash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bash</a>: The best interface to my computers</p><p><a href="https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">convert</a>: From <a href="https://imagemagick.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Imagemagick</a>, for batch converting images </p><p><a href="https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ4-caveman-2-cosmos.449/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Civilization IV</a>: Yes 4, the only software that is not (yet?) open source</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/cron" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cron</a>: It wakes me up every day (using mpv and bash)<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.debian.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debian</a>: I run it on almost everything</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ffmpeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ffmpeg</a>: to convert video formats</p><p><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">find</a>: because I tend to forget where I put stuff :) <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Firefox</a>: because an alternative browser is crucial </p><p><a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeCAD</a>: Amazing CAD software, and I like math</p><p><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gcc</a>: Because coding in C is fun!<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gimp.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gimp</a>: Easy image manipulation</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/git" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">git</a>: How did I ever live without it?</p><p><a href="https://gramps-project.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gramps</a>: To keep track of my ancestors <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grep</a>: Often very useful.</p><p><a href="https://brew.sh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homebrew</a>: To make a MacBook usable <br /></p><p><a href="https://inkscape.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inkscape</a>: Because vector graphics are essential</p><p><a href="https://www.kernel.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linux</a>: in background of course, like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">so many other tools</a> that I am rarely aware of</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Make" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">make</a>: For software that is not part of Debian <br /></p><p><a href="https://mariadb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mariadb(mysql)</a>: So easy to build a database <br /></p><p><a href="https://mpv.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mpv</a>: For audio and video (and for their <a href="https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/libmpv/client.h" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">API</a>) </p><p><a href="https://www.openshot.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Openshot</a>: To create <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs-xb1P-MNY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lego NXT</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUZ7hOfQBuc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prusa</a> video's<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.prusa3d.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PrusaSlicer</a>: A 3D printer opens a whole new world of possibilities </p><p><a href="https://www.w3schools.com/python/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Python</a>: I hate this language, but it is used so much and coding is still fun<br /></p><p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/return-youtube-dislikes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">return Youtube dislike</a>: How else is Youtube usable?!</p><p><a href="https://rsync.samba.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rsync</a>: For backups</p><p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Singlefile</a>: because web pages tend to disappear forever <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.openssh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ssh</a>: Multitool for anything remote <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thunderbird</a>: Reading my mail since 1996 (as Netscape Mail)</p><p><a href="https://github.com/tmux/tmux" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tmux</a>: <a href="https://cobbaut.blogspot.com/2022/09/tmux-resurrect.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">used daily</a>, configured to a <a href="https://cobbaut.blogspot.com/2020/06/tmux-upgrade-from-2.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quiet and relaxing layout</a></p><p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Video downloadhelper</a>: because video's tend to disappear forever<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vim.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vim</a>: By far the best editor for text, code, config files and more.</p><p><a href="https://www.winehq.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wine</a>: To play that one game on Debian (though I wish its 32-bit had as much memory as 32-bit Windows XP) <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wireshark.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wireshark</a>: The best tool to learn about networking</p><p><a href="https://xfce.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XFCE</a>: My GUI since almost 20 years<br /></p><p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/xfce4-screenshooter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">xfce-screenshooter</a>: Because screenshots are useful <br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32953732" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inspiration HN. </a><br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-12021002078310468942022-09-15T13:43:00.000+02:002022-12-22T19:40:27.695+01:00tmux resurrect<p>Why did I not know about this until now?</p><p><a href="https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect">https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect</a></p><p>It restores all windows, all panes, all ssh sessions.<br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-28433601217147460892022-08-21T10:27:00.000+02:002022-12-22T16:27:43.902+01:00Drie boeken<p>Door omstandigheden wat minder kunnen lezen, maar bij deze nog eens drie boeken: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKrnqN9B2q1jdbBZitZmt2DzfGwVxoiik6oYbhOE3omxM7gvaRY71f8rY4B7v0O2ru8c_9t4j9Cgo8GqRmQock30MOjl3TqATgJg-4sjI00W6bEk9xu9QQnfOwGLMxllbmge2eiWpIhO7QDm0n1fNQOJ90C3R4YI6L4T4Lejm5ulTcNBdqQ/s1600/IMG_1051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1600" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKrnqN9B2q1jdbBZitZmt2DzfGwVxoiik6oYbhOE3omxM7gvaRY71f8rY4B7v0O2ru8c_9t4j9Cgo8GqRmQock30MOjl3TqATgJg-4sjI00W6bEk9xu9QQnfOwGLMxllbmge2eiWpIhO7QDm0n1fNQOJ90C3R4YI6L4T4Lejm5ulTcNBdqQ/w515-h246/IMG_1051.JPG" width="515" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><u>De Hel van Deurne-Noord</u> is een verzamling getuigenissen van voetballers en trainers, en reporters, over hun ervaring op <b>den Bosuil</b>. Het dateert van 2016 ofzo denk ik, dus het is vooral dromen van een groot <b>Royal Antwerp FC</b>. Ik denk niet dat er toen iemand was die Naingolan of Alderweireld als spelers van <b>den Antwerp</b> zag.</p><p>Het boek leest zeer vlot, elke getuigenis is maar een blad of twee, soms drie. Ideaal voor bus en treinritten.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Ons Antwerpen</u> heeft me blij verrast! Dit is een van de beste boeken dat ik al gelezen heb. Het dateert van rond 1931, de auteurs zijn dus al lang dood, anders had ik hen zeker bedankt.</p><p>In dit boek wandel je rond in het Antwerpen van 90 jaar geleden. Er wordt bijvoorbeeld gezegd dat er plannen zijn om een Rubenshuis te maken in de buurt van de Meir/Wapperstraat. Het plein dat nu 'Wapper' heet, bestond nog niet. Er is ook geen Astridplein (dat heette toen Statieplein), maar ze hadden wel net meer dan tienduizend schepen gehad in Antwerpen op 1 jaar tijd.</p><p>Ik ben zinnens eens met dit boek rond te lopen, want echt elke straat waar ze zijn wordt vermeld, tot huisnummers toe. De weg zou dus helemaal moeten te volgen zijn.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Starten met C</u> is mijn introductie tot programmeren in C (ik kende totdantoe enkel Basic, Assembler en PASCAL, ah en COBOL). Dit was ons cursusboekje in Leuven in 1991 denk ik... en maakte mij een grote fan van C.</p><p>Ik ben het terug aan het lezen nu en beleef er weer veel plezier aan. Nog steeds fan van C dus, helaas ben ik momenteel niet zo'n goeie programmeur. Nu het bijna uit is, zal ik mijn <a href="https://github.com/paulcobbaut/odio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">odio</a> applicatie maar snel aanpassen, voordat iemand deze klucht kan zien :)<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-85456017787133166922022-07-29T21:42:00.000+02:002022-12-22T19:39:57.779+01:00HifiBerry AMP2<p>Setup of a <a href="https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/boards/hifiberry-amp2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HifiBerry AMP2</a>...on a Rapsberry Pi 2.</p>
<p>First attempt was with Volumio, as advised by a friend. Well that works, but I personally find the interface a horror, and I seem to lose control of the Pi since Volumio is a full OS that seems only accessible by web interface. No thanks.</p>
<p><b>Using Raspberry Pi OS:</b></p><p>- download <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi OS lite</a> (command line is fine)</p>
<p>- extract the image</p>
<p>- dd the image to the sd-card</p>
<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">dd if=/home/paul/2022-04-04-raspios-bullseye-armhf-lite.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1M</span></span></p>
<p>- mount it to enable ssh</p>
<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">touch /boot/ssh</span></span></p>
<p></p><p>- I also had to set a password for the pi user, since 'raspberry' was not accepted?</p>
<p>- Boot the Pi (the HifiBerry is still attached)</p>
<p>- ssh into the Pi </p>
<p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">apt update<br />
apt upgrade<br />
apt install vim<br />
vi /boot/config.txt<br />
#dtparam=audio=on<br />
#dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d<br /><br />
# added by paul 2022-07-29 for HifiBerry AMP2<br />
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus<br />
force_eeprom_read=0</span></span></span><br /><br />
Comment out the first two lines, add the last two. Check <a href="https://www.hifiberry.com/docs/software/configuring-linux-3-18-x/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here for other HifiBerries</a>.</p>
<p>Now, before using mplayer or something, LOWER THE VOLUME! Use a really low value, and gradually go up while playing music since the default is extremely loud.<br /></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: courier;">amixer -c 0 sset Digital "20%"</span></span></span></p>
<p>Thanks for listening :)<br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-44492263338066960012022-07-17T11:19:00.003+02:002022-12-22T19:40:10.347+01:00Vier bezoekjes van de voorbije maand<p><a href="https://www.xpospace.be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>XPO Space</b></a></p><p>Zeker doen als je interesse hebt in ruimtevaart, er staan enkele boeiende objecten op ware grootte en dat geeft toch een andere indruk. De geschiedenis van de ruimtevaart wordt er goed in beeld gebracht, helaas gaat de rest van de <a href="https://www.xpospace.be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XPO</a> enkel over de Verenigde Staten, Rusland en een beetje ESA. Geen woord over de <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indische</a>, <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Aerospace_Exploration_Agency" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Japanse</a> of <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhouprogramma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese ruimtevaart</a> van de laatste tien-twintig jaren.</p><p>Er staat ook een foute schaal bij een Saturn V (1:144 ipv 1:72) en ze geven een nieuwe betekenis voor een '<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dag</a>' (op Aarde is een dag 24u, volgens XPO is een dag op de maan 14 Aardse dagen, maar dat moet 28 zijn gezien de nacht ook een integraal deel is van de dag).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://maagdenhuis.be/nl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Maagdenhuis Antwerpen</b></a></p><p>Het <a href="https://maagdenhuis.be/nl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maagdenhuis</a> is enerzijds een standaard museum met schilderijen (ze hebben Pieter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens en Antoon van Dyck!) en oude voorwerpen, anderzijds geeft dit museum duidelijk aan hoe de tijdsgeest kan veranderen.</p><p>Hier staat ook <a href="https://maagdenhuis.be/nl/het-verhaal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">de houten Clara</a> (helaas bestaat het restaurant met dezelfde naam niet meer). <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museummayervandenbergh.be/nl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Mayer van den Bergh Antwerpen</b></a></p><p><a href="https://museummayervandenbergh.be/nl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mayer van den Bergh</a> is wereldberoemd voor al wie <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_dulle_griet_(Suske_en_Wiske)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'de Dulle Griet' van Suske en Wiske</a> heeft gelezen. Het <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulle_Griet_(schilderij)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">schilderij met dezelfde naam van Pieter Breugel</a> is gerestaureerd sinds ik het de laatste keer zag, en ja, het ziet er geweldig uit vandaag.</p><p>Behalve de schilderijen en de (soms heel oude) voorwerpen, vind ik hier ook de kamers zelf al de moeite om te bekijken.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.snijdersrockoxhuis.be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rockoxhuis Antwerpen</a></b></p><p>Voluit het <a href="https://www.snijdersrockoxhuis.be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snijders&Rockoxhuis</a> is boeiend als je graag oude schilderijen ziet. Je krijgt hier een ipad om informatie te lezen over alles wat er staat (of hangt), en dat vind ik veel beter dan een audioplayer omdat ik veel liever lees dan luister (of kijk).</p><p>Hier hangt het beroemde <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandse_Spreekwoorden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spreekwoorden schilderij van Pieter Breugel</a>. Er staat nu een touchscreen bij dit schilderij dat alle spreuken verraadt... maar misschien is het leuker om er zelf een paar te ontdekken die vandaag nog gangbaar zijn.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-26312155325319002032022-07-02T20:52:00.002+02:002022-12-22T19:39:42.455+01:00Scripting FreeCAD with Python<p>A wise person recently told me:</p><p><b>"Release early, release often!"</b></p><p>So here goes... I know a teeny-weeny bit of Python and have recently learned to enjoy FreeCAD. This morning I discovered that FreeCAD can be scripted using Python, so <a href="https://github.com/paulcobbaut/FreeCAD-Python" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here's my first attempt</a>. Any hints are welcome.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uYrk3Bz9b0Znxs0f-CALeyLNZ-t-zkR4Owe0gGM05T023oM8nnhsRomByAe3fLu_Yf-nyr5uylnrdlcDA4R0uv8uCePd-jEdIK8_vt8NjU4CYLdWPGEDBDPWVITV1j1tDg0IQ_465OcWJP_SRLQxCVbz-qvaqjVzmdrF6JSUnblhHLPNAg/s1870/freecad_script_20220702.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1870" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uYrk3Bz9b0Znxs0f-CALeyLNZ-t-zkR4Owe0gGM05T023oM8nnhsRomByAe3fLu_Yf-nyr5uylnrdlcDA4R0uv8uCePd-jEdIK8_vt8NjU4CYLdWPGEDBDPWVITV1j1tDg0IQ_465OcWJP_SRLQxCVbz-qvaqjVzmdrF6JSUnblhHLPNAg/w443-h349/freecad_script_20220702.png" width="443" /></a></div> <p></p><p>The script creates a (very flat) cube, attaches four smaller flat cubes that serve as tenons, and then cuts out four small cubes that act as mortises. It ends by creating four simple copies of this piece, forming a four-piece puzzle.</p><p>The next step is to automate the inclusion of an SVG file on the surface of these pieces. <br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-74561410217813572412022-05-15T08:04:00.003+02:002022-12-22T19:39:04.389+01:00Three books<p> Two books about The Witcher and eentje over onze maatschappij.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3rWJUKNw3ymBDad-9CaIANQU5nLhjhBoseHARr4SQdP3etZpImVM95IQMvXV4is5beqwzKCNytNSDHtLcP_dfKlCGIqV__NGekX_F4cebykVr31wlWV6pJyy3pcc8h4NUHbd8Y5t6zlyx1iFv_d2uhJTjY6Q8UNYfgRt-3Vs1aSVeZC_Xw/s3576/202205_three.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3576" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3rWJUKNw3ymBDad-9CaIANQU5nLhjhBoseHARr4SQdP3etZpImVM95IQMvXV4is5beqwzKCNytNSDHtLcP_dfKlCGIqV__NGekX_F4cebykVr31wlWV6pJyy3pcc8h4NUHbd8Y5t6zlyx1iFv_d2uhJTjY6Q8UNYfgRt-3Vs1aSVeZC_Xw/w400-h201/202205_three.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>I never played The Witcher game, but I did see the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/reference/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TV-series</a>' first season in the months before Covid-19. The books are about the same characters, Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer and the others, but the story details differ from the TV-series. I saw the second season before I read any of the books.</p><p>Some dialogues are identical in both books and TV. And yes, the books also mix time periods! Anyway, so far these books are entertaining and I will definitely read more (I got eight, which is all of them I think).</p><p><br /></p><p>While looking for wine in Antwerp I came across a '<a href="https://www.luddites.be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books & Wine' store</a>. I did not find the wine I was looking for so I bought this book.</p><p>Bart Verhoeven is een millennial (een dertiger vandaag) en geeft zijn kijk op onze maatschappij. Hij slaat met momenten de nagel op de kop en het was leuk om typische Gen X observaties te lezen, maar dan geschreven door een snotneus. Het boek mocht ook 250blz langer zijn.</p><p>Hier en daar had ik wel mijn bedenkingen, zo kon ik me niet identificeren met de 'typische mens' in het begin van het boek. Ik laat immers mijn gsm achter als ik de stad in ga (het is rustgevend om offline te zijn in <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">First life</a>) en heb bijna nooit een smartphone bij.<br /></p><br />Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-18651063992915770792022-05-14T18:26:00.002+02:002022-12-22T19:40:51.950+01:00Three books<p>An emotional book about shame, a historical book about Constantinople and an interesting take on prehistory (and society).<br /></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-04PgQxtFMr2VbR6JfD52yF3vrJYLlkRVyDFNB3B-i6zMci-Vci2RLO0XCV2397ihBFF2RvH1J-1f5hWOc_t9UzKBiJOIu8noZ--WOWQs_k1tjCtp32EmaLyd931QDkl4teu6ZjwHK9jKOihj9jgHmIouHPcN4xabgA9OO3Jvrc4jT4gBiQ/s2000/202204_three.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Three book covers" border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="2000" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-04PgQxtFMr2VbR6JfD52yF3vrJYLlkRVyDFNB3B-i6zMci-Vci2RLO0XCV2397ihBFF2RvH1J-1f5hWOc_t9UzKBiJOIu8noZ--WOWQs_k1tjCtp32EmaLyd931QDkl4teu6ZjwHK9jKOihj9jgHmIouHPcN4xabgA9OO3Jvrc4jT4gBiQ/w400-h196/202204_three.jpg" title="Three book covers" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Brene Brown has a <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">world famous Ted talk</a>, though I must admit I didn't really understand it back in 2010. But when a beautiful South American lady gives you a book, then you read it. I read this in the summer of 2019 I think, before Covid-19.</p><p>This book about vulnerability, about shame, gave me a lot of insight in human behaviour, including my own. I did not realise how important shame was in life. Thank you Brown for writing this.</p><p> </p><p>Lost to the West was upvoted on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/over?points=200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hackernews</a> as an interesting read. I was not disappointed. The book is about the East Roman Empire, on which we did not spend much time in school. We studied Egypt, Greece and Rome in detail, but only the Western part of Rome until the split in East and West Roman Empires. School only mentioned that the Eastern Empire lasted for 11 centuries, but that was it.<br /></p><p>Some people may find this book with 1100 year history of emperors boring, there is a lot of repetition, but the message is intriguing. Constantinople, now Istanbul, and sometimes called Byzantium, really did shape Western Europe. This empire is at least as important as the Greeks and the (West)Romans to the current society in Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sapiens book has been recommended to me by several people. I like <a href="https://github.com/caveman2cosmos/Caveman2Cosmos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prehistory</a> a lot, it's my favorite time period. The book is interesting, and really easy to read, but is it science? I don't know. It's a good book though!<br /></p><p> </p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-42616770943923357482022-04-17T23:13:00.000+02:002022-04-17T23:13:45.630+02:00Scary car software updates<p>I have a <b>user account</b> (yes really) in a Hyundai Kona electric car.</p><p>A while ago there was a software update and now the owner cannot play radio (or any other music) through the car when Bluetooth on her smartphone is active. <u>The car demands that music is played through the smartphone?!</u></p><p>Disabling Bluetooth on the smartphone solves this problem, but then phone calls are not handsfree?! The owner never accepted the new EULA for the update...</p><p>Yesterday I drove the car with my user account and was confronted with the new EULA. I decided to read it, but even though my account is in English (and the other account is in Dutch), this EULA was presented in French?!</p><p>I declined this EULA (the choice was 'agree' or 'disagree' in English even though the text was in French). <u>The car immediately said "Audio Off".</u> I could not open the "radio" menu on the screen, and also could not access the "media" menu to play the songs that I had been playing in that car from a USB stick since this summer?!</p><p><b>I find this very scary.</b> </p><p>Luckily I don't "own" a car. But can it even be considered "owning" if features can be disabled by the manufacturer?!<br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-63464102677478595452022-02-17T14:50:00.002+01:002023-01-12T11:44:43.055+01:00Three books<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> One book about science, one book about spying and eentje over mensen.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUb1cH7NHVJ4VDeFGnAXOLW7rl_L4pwaeECs3IRZFazH9bDtR-8A8mkK2ef-jW8ZMPkwnJvoc_gkFTuISv83GiS9QJ3YzH_9vt4KkqzCki_0nBiIRfa27PTWrh5oMRNmw_KctUdlBdNGkFdnjy0iDSqG9gEF1R0kr-Exkjh1yefWVKqxFykg=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Three books" border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUb1cH7NHVJ4VDeFGnAXOLW7rl_L4pwaeECs3IRZFazH9bDtR-8A8mkK2ef-jW8ZMPkwnJvoc_gkFTuISv83GiS9QJ3YzH_9vt4KkqzCki_0nBiIRfa27PTWrh5oMRNmw_KctUdlBdNGkFdnjy0iDSqG9gEF1R0kr-Exkjh1yefWVKqxFykg=w400-h230" title="Three books" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I finished "Lost in Math" by Sabine Hossenfelder last month. It is a story of her interviewing scientists that try to find order in (mainly) the smallest of elements. The gist is that while there is a lot of (mathematical) beauty in science (think how nice the atoms are for example), that most scientists are distracted by beauty while there is a real possibility that breakthroughs are going to be ugly (e.g. the standard model of Fermions and Bosons).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am late to the party for reading "Permanent Record" by Edward Snowden. He tells his live story, from his first connection to the Internet, to being a 'document manager' in the NSA. The first half of the book is predictable, the second half is exciting. I learned that he never meant to go to Russia, he just got stuck at the airport in Moscow because the USA had revoked his passport.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Strange world though, I grew up with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_dissidents" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russian dissidents</a> fleeing to the *free* West. Today Snowden (and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Assange</a> in a way) are making the reverse journey.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In het derde boek "De meeste mensen deugen" van <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Bregman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rutger Bregman</a> zit ik nog maar aan blz 70, maar ik wou toch al een citaat meegeven; blz 28:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Koningen en dictators, gouverneurs en generaals denken dat gewone mensen egoïstisch zijn, omdat ze dat zelf zo vaak zijn. Ze gebruiken grof geweld omdat ze iets willen voorkomen dat zich alleen in hun eigen fantasie afspeelt."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yep, niet alle koningen uiteraard, maar ook heel wat managers, vrees ik.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">EDIT: Dit boek is zeker de moeite om te lezen. Het geeft een originele kijk op een tiental zeer bekende psychologische experimenten. Helaas komt het allemaal wat sensationeel over; boeiend en leuk dus, maar misschien niet correct.<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-41152931890727466902021-10-24T13:30:00.001+02:002021-10-24T16:11:59.362+02:00Reading books<p>This post is meant to encourage me to <a href="http://cobbaut.blogspot.com/search/label/books" target="_blank">read</a> a bit more (paper books). By the way, I thought I was reading four books simultaneously, but when I put them next to each other it turned out to be seven.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdkj7XU-nbqraHK2Q1zho6GsbKW7F9UnBjKjGtY3SPPQvZsq7eVxzP1FoQ5qM11mp3z-iV9l0UlL6mJTRimJ3wxWqdDOHxR_EQf5HbsaOaVRhLSNaZetOnMco0ClIsRG8KAir/s1600/sevenbooks_20211023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="1600" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdkj7XU-nbqraHK2Q1zho6GsbKW7F9UnBjKjGtY3SPPQvZsq7eVxzP1FoQ5qM11mp3z-iV9l0UlL6mJTRimJ3wxWqdDOHxR_EQf5HbsaOaVRhLSNaZetOnMco0ClIsRG8KAir/w400-h86/sevenbooks_20211023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Form left to right (writer-title(year) pages read-total pages):</p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Daniele Benedettelli - Creating Cool Mindstorms NXT Robots(2008) 24-575<br />Leo Tolstoj - Oorlog en Vrede(1869, NL translation 1973) 115-462<br />Dirk De Wachter - De kunst van het ongelukkig zijn(2019) 35-101<br />Allen/Fonagy/Bateman - Mentaliseren(2008/2019 edition) 30-368<br />LEGO and philosophy(2017) 56-226<br />Charlie Mackesy - The Boy, the mole, the fox and the horse(2019)<br />Michael Collins - Carrying the Fire(1974) - finished<br /></span></p><p>Personal goal: finish at least three more of these before 2022.<br /></p><p>I just finished <b>Michael Collins - Carrying the Fire</b> and it took me five weeks, which I consider a bit too long for a 470-ish pages book. It was a very good book though. If you're into space travel, then I would definitely recommend it. It also proves how the Sixties was vastly different to today, for example of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_3" target="_blank">the fourteen</a> astronauts selected in 1963, four died during training. Two of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_2" target="_blank">the nine</a> also died. Such numbers are unacceptable in 2021, even for 'dangerous' jobs.<br /></p><p>The <b>Daniele Benedettelli</b> book is about programming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine" target="_blank">Finite State Machines</a> using Lego robots. I don't know much about programming, but this looks like fun. Thing is I need to build some Lego robots (like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs-xb1P-MNY" target="_blank">this one</a>) to continue this book.</p><p>And I probably need to start from page 1 again in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace" target="_blank">War and Peace</a> because of the many characters that I forgot.</p><p>Some other books that I read the past three years are:</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Celestin-Westreich/Celestin - Observeren en Rapporteren<br />Dick Swaab - Ons creatieve brein</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Dirk De Wachter - Borderline Times<br />Dirk De Wachter - De wereld van De Wachter<br />Etienne Vermeersch - Over God<br />Etienne Vermeersch - Provencaalse gesprekken<br />Jan Van de Craats - Basisboek wiskunde<br />Jude Woodward - The US vs China<br />Paul Verhaeghe - Autoriteit<br />Paul Verhaeghe - Identiteit<br /><a href="https://xkcd.com/" target="_blank">Randall Munroe</a> - Thing Explainer<br />Randall Munroe - What If<br />Rebecca Smethurst - Space, 10 things you should now<br />Robert Bly - De Wildeman<br />Terry Goodkind - Law of Nines<br />Terry Goodkind - Severed Souls<br />Terry Goodkind - The first Confessor<br /></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Terry Goodkind - The Omen Machine</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span>Terry Goodkind - The Third Kingdom</span><br /></span>Terry Goodkind - Warheart<br />Thomas D'ansembourg - Stop met aardig zijn<br /></span></div><p>Most of it non-fiction apparently. I really enjoyed 'Borderline Times' and both books of Paul Verhaeghe and Dick Swaab. I couldn't really get into Robert Bly or Thomas D'Ansembourg (but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication" rel="nofollow">collaborative communication</a> gives me a lot of insight in people).<br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-15398941949412980962021-07-03T21:10:00.002+02:002021-09-15T20:53:53.933+02:00VRT radio streams en reklame<p>De VRT radio streams, zoals deze (http://icecast.vrtcdn.be/radio1-high.mp3) hebben sinds kort de neiging om reklame te spelen als je ze start. Niet altijd, maar wel regelmatig.</p><p>Zonet (21u en enkele seconden) wou ik naar het nieuws luisteren , maar er begon reklame te spelen. Ik laadde de stream opnieuw en de reklame begon opnieuw (terwijl het nieuws bezig was, maar dat kreeg ik dus niet).</p><p>Een paar dagen geleden had ik dat ook al met de Radio 1 stream, telkens reklame als je de stream start. Dit is irritant.</p><p>Tijd dus om het script aan te passen en de eerste 60 seconden van de stream te muten. De cronjob om het nieuws te spelen kan dan een minuut eerder starten.</p><p> </p>
<p>UPDATE 2021-09-15: dit werkt<br /></p>
<pre><span style="font-size: x-small;"><code>#!/bin/bash
export HOME=/var/www
pkill mplayer
mplayer -volume 0 -slave -input file=/var/www/master http://icecast.vrtcdn.be/radio1-high.mp3 &<br /><br />sleep 60<br /><br />echo volume 100 1 > /var/www/master</code></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: x-small;"><code>exit</code></span></pre>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-410474931541367492021-05-25T13:52:00.002+02:002021-05-25T13:52:48.683+02:00Vaccinated<p>Got my first Covid-19 vaccine shot today, and apparently also a new wireless device on my home network:<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwlsHAzo98usj2xQGu1J5_spj70YKrzdxJC1QnrLihvGrhaQp3mzf9V2byFTqKPcPNhGokZCpYZ8WMODC4KLKLQ_A4jdCZkepjRTrp1VU7ja06G9wclHnYp_trh7UBskUHHlW/s1635/draadloze_toestellen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1635" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwlsHAzo98usj2xQGu1J5_spj70YKrzdxJC1QnrLihvGrhaQp3mzf9V2byFTqKPcPNhGokZCpYZ8WMODC4KLKLQ_A4jdCZkepjRTrp1VU7ja06G9wclHnYp_trh7UBskUHHlW/w502-h143/draadloze_toestellen.png" width="502" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-26485612611185132672021-05-19T18:06:00.005+02:002022-02-28T17:03:09.211+01:00Tide bestek (Deel 2)<p>Elf jaar geleden blogde ik over mijn <a href="http://cobbaut.blogspot.com/2010/07/tide-bestek.html" target="_blank">Tide bestek</a>. Bij deze een update.</p>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cVFrwsfhrACF04FPhbASPZBEwBAIxQgtMe1msaT9d-ykCWGVIF53s3l_w33-J9RlbKj1V2fmdeYuSHoT3LH5Z2xkwy_bw0ooQcxExVL8tkHdm86XWgbBgBjks5802pFMkSxK/s430/Tide_bestek_affiche.jpg" style="clear: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="328" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cVFrwsfhrACF04FPhbASPZBEwBAIxQgtMe1msaT9d-ykCWGVIF53s3l_w33-J9RlbKj1V2fmdeYuSHoT3LH5Z2xkwy_bw0ooQcxExVL8tkHdm86XWgbBgBjks5802pFMkSxK/w153-h200/Tide_bestek_affiche.jpg" width="153" /></a></p>
<p>Ik weet totaal niet waarom dit mij nu weer boeit, misschien omdat dit in de jaren 70 ons thuis bestek was? Toch zou ik graag de ontbrekende <strike>vleesvork</strike>, <strike>minivork</strike> <strike>en</strike> vismes hebben, wie wil ruilen?</p><p>Hier twee foto's van wat ik nu heb:
(De inleg van de vleesvork, het kleinste vorkje en het vismes zijn copyright S.R.)</p>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1douFOvFeJG5Rmzbx-8dYQyEsYgSvj0bmxz9ObhomRNHtPgZI7T1E2ntiBzWqdoJIFzdktTdo3nSfTt16FlkpCTHbfcPOWssRl9bBwC47mzwTnXMbl1K30Wm9TczyUTX2D90/s1600/Tide_bestek_aantal_extra_20210519.jpg" style="clear: left;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1douFOvFeJG5Rmzbx-8dYQyEsYgSvj0bmxz9ObhomRNHtPgZI7T1E2ntiBzWqdoJIFzdktTdo3nSfTt16FlkpCTHbfcPOWssRl9bBwC47mzwTnXMbl1K30Wm9TczyUTX2D90/s320/Tide_bestek_aantal_extra_20210519.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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<p>De geschiedenis van dit bestek: Het was te krijgen via premiebons die bij Tide waspoeder zaten in de jaren 1950 (en jaren 60?). Er bestaat een FB-groep voor Tide bestek, maar ik zit niet op FB. Veel kans hebben ze daar meer foto's en ruilmogelijkheden.</p><p> </p>
<p>UPDATE 2021-05-20: Joepie 6 dessertvorkjes</p>
<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMx9e5iMaKLn8n5Tbd_JgSnsz31vT4ZiWFY4XGOxXvfjSs0QcS_aivf-RJiJWAOIL3-BSSGT2fg1CZjDo-2IVhgvsjBT3VLg5bzZF24a2nAsjMXJPpb6oL-67qrPfcCho9uau/s815/20210520_nieuwe_dessertvorkjess.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="815" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMx9e5iMaKLn8n5Tbd_JgSnsz31vT4ZiWFY4XGOxXvfjSs0QcS_aivf-RJiJWAOIL3-BSSGT2fg1CZjDo-2IVhgvsjBT3VLg5bzZF24a2nAsjMXJPpb6oL-67qrPfcCho9uau/s320/20210520_nieuwe_dessertvorkjess.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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<p>UPDATE 2021-06-21: Danku Laura C. voor de vleesvork in uitstekende staat. Foto hieronder van deze grote Tide vork naast het grote mes (in mindere staat).</p><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPgkhyphenhyphenMKYCNbW4Dy0jCtn3Yn1bMr-k5WDqca9sq_TdxibpHWDpQCtW27_KLqdzA6XRu2vdTc4en4bToyW-8RLvIK2DrpygZGgTAV2gGQ476O3aYgcGpThRfK5_2IOX1NTG5h2/s1400/20210621_vleesvork_ekeren.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPgkhyphenhyphenMKYCNbW4Dy0jCtn3Yn1bMr-k5WDqca9sq_TdxibpHWDpQCtW27_KLqdzA6XRu2vdTc4en4bToyW-8RLvIK2DrpygZGgTAV2gGQ476O3aYgcGpThRfK5_2IOX1NTG5h2/s320/20210621_vleesvork_ekeren.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> <p></p>
<p> </p><p> </p><p>Nu enkel de vismesjes nog...</p><p> <br /></p><p>EDIT 2022-02-28: foto achterkant voor Hans</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOSZ3PJaIpU1txpc25Rj8d74kIc4jUpFjL25M7HmLl40UQgoTvLAJuXanmvu1zIQeV03kAhIMEmXk5WsiURn5NMGTnJ6kGnReQh79buIk2iRZg5caWqEQlkvpc6J9yE9NGE8F-iWawlLLKJengx7hcq4XofOGbKc8zelkC5MMFE1og0PWTjQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOSZ3PJaIpU1txpc25Rj8d74kIc4jUpFjL25M7HmLl40UQgoTvLAJuXanmvu1zIQeV03kAhIMEmXk5WsiURn5NMGTnJ6kGnReQh79buIk2iRZg5caWqEQlkvpc6J9yE9NGE8F-iWawlLLKJengx7hcq4XofOGbKc8zelkC5MMFE1og0PWTjQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-17320516233266180052020-06-07T22:20:00.001+02:002022-12-22T19:41:25.303+01:00tmux blacktmux upgrade from 2.8 to 3.0...
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# invisible separators
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set-option -g pane-border-fg black
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set-option -g pane-border-bg black
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set-option -g pane-active-border-fg black
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set-option -g pane-active-border-bg black
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set -g pane-border-style bg=black,fg=black
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set -g pane-active-border-style bg=black,fg=black</blockquote>
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as mentioned in the changelog.
Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-5672390887272848762015-05-15T16:49:00.000+02:002015-05-15T16:49:44.586+02:00healthy breakfast ?It is said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.<br />
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Here is mine (often);<br />
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- hemp seed (hennepzaad)<br />
- brown flax seed (lijnzaad)<br />
- golden flax seed (geel lijnzaad) <br />
- sesame seed (sesamzaad)<br />
- Chia seed (chiazaad)<br />
- Sun Flower seeds (zonnebloempitten)- Oatmeal (havervlokken)<br />
<br />mixed with:<br />
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- redcurrant (rode
bessen)<br />
- strawberries (aardbeien)<br />
- raspberries (frambozen)<br />
- rubus (braambes)<br />
- blackcurrant (zwarte bes)<br />
- cranberries? (wilde bosbes)<br />
<br />mixed with lots of soy milk and let it soak for half an hour.<br />
<br />Healthy ?Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-76966751269223390142015-05-11T23:08:00.002+02:002022-12-22T19:41:36.682+01:00new data centerMy new data center is under construction (two Raspberry Pi 2 and one Raspberry pi model B).<br />
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<br />Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-42283527600356972552015-05-03T21:36:00.001+02:002015-05-03T21:36:35.949+02:00encrypted storage (on Pi-2)I used this procedure today to create encrypted storage on two 64GB-usb sticks on a Raspberry Pi 2.<br />
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Advantage: nobody can read the backups but me<br />
Disadvantage: I need to type a long passphrase at boot (twice) <br />
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<pre><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"># prepare to enter a passphrase
cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda --cipher=aes --key-size=256
cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdb --cipher=aes --key-size=256
# verify device
cryptsetup isLuks /dev/sda -v
cryptsetup isLuks /dev/sdb -v
# dump metadata (just for information)
cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sda
cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sdb
# find uuid (so you can add them with uuid to /etc/crypttab)
cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/sda
cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/sdb
# create mapper devices
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda encrypt-backup
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb encrypt-archive
# verify dm devices
dmsetup info
# mkfs (Wouter told me to use ext4 ;-)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/encrypt-backup
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/encrypt-archive
# tune reserved space for root
tune2fs -m2 /dev/mapper/encrypt-backup
tune2fs -m2 /dev/mapper/encrypt-archive
# mount
mount /dev/mapper/encrypt-backup /srv/encrypt-backup
mount /dev/mapper/encrypt-archive /srv/encrypt-archive</span></pre>
<br />Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-5649652533778808952015-04-24T11:13:00.001+02:002022-12-22T19:41:55.022+01:00Raspberry Pi case with LegoIn case you want to build a Raspberry Pi case out of Lego, here is mine.<br />
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<br />Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-91522106387861577312015-03-26T22:12:00.001+01:002022-12-22T19:42:04.895+01:00black beerThere is always room for beer (<a href="http://www.theweatherprediction.com/humor/life/" target="_blank">linky</a>).<br />
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Inglorious Quad : excellent !<br />
Oesterstout: excellent !<br />
Embrasse: very good.<br />
Zumbi: excellent !<br />
Barbe Noire: very good.<br />
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