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**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/reading-news-rss-newsblur-2025-01-24/234 "2025-01-24T08:00:00Z")
We, here at the Pluralist Network, are huge fans of NewsBlur. NewsBlur is an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed reader that allows users to subscribe to and organize content from various websites. It enables users to… --- ## [Favorite Starlink app feature on iOS (2025-01-20)](https://pluralist.net/t/favorite-starlink-app-feature-on-ios-2025-01-20/220)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/favorite-starlink-app-feature-on-ios-2025-01-20/220 "2025-01-21T04:03:58Z")
Our favorite feature (section) of the Starlink iOS app is… the statistics. --- ## [Amazing Runs in 2025 (2025-01-23)](https://pluralist.net/t/amazing-runs-in-2025-2025-01-23/222)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/amazing-runs-in-2025-2025-01-23/222 "2025-01-24T05:00:29Z")
February 15, 2025 https://insidetrail.com/calendar/chabot-redtail-ridge-trail-run/ Redtail Ridge 10K, Half, 30K, 50K Lake Chabot Regional Park, Castro Valley, CA March 8, 2025 https://insidetrail.com/calendar/marin-u… --- ## [DougFM we play everything (2025-01-22)](https://pluralist.net/t/dougfm-we-play-everything-2025-01-22/221)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/dougfm-we-play-everything-2025-01-22/221 "2025-01-22T08:00:00Z")
On April 1st 2005 in Detroit we heard the first broadcast of Doug FM (93.1 FM, WDRQ). This radio station was known for the “We Play Everything” format. It replaced the Top 40 format of WDRQ. The station was branded as “9… --- ## [Pen Plotter Robots (printers?) (2025-01-18)](https://pluralist.net/t/pen-plotter-robots-printers-2025-01-18/217)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/pen-plotter-robots-printers-2025-01-18/217 "2025-01-18T18:49:29Z")
Reading Tom Duff’s writings on Plan 9 lead us to Tom Duff’s Twitter account. This is where we discovered the hashtag #plottertwitter. Tom Duff has posted interesting pointers to Pen Plotters he uses and likes. https:/… --- ## [Tom Duff's Plan 9 Documents (2025-01-17)](https://pluralist.net/t/tom-duffs-plan-9-documents-2025-01-17/218)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/tom-duffs-plan-9-documents-2025-01-17/218 "2025-01-17T08:00:00Z")
Tom Duff’s document on Plan 9’s rc shell are excellent: https://9p.io/sys/doc/rc.html – A pointer to this was found in Manuel Simoni’s tweet on Jan 17: The Plan 9 papers are probably the best example of how to expla… --- ## [Мъглива Стара Загора (2025-01-17)](https://pluralist.net/t/2025-01-17/304)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/2025-01-17/304 "2025-01-17T08:00:00Z")
”Мъглива Стара Загора, поглед над к-с Орбита в посока югоизток.” from: Георги Стоянов source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/393046991094859/posts/2369116333487905/ Красиви места от България! source: https://www… --- ## [Monitor network traffic on macos (2025-01-11)](https://pluralist.net/t/monitor-network-traffic-on-macos-2025-01-11/233)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/monitor-network-traffic-on-macos-2025-01-11/233 "2025-01-11T08:00:00Z")
The iftop tool on macOS (and Linux) is very useful and running it yields interesting information about the network traffic flowing through your network interfaces. Install it: brew install iftop Run it with: sudo iftop… --- ## [Learning about Intent Based Deployment (2025-01-09)](https://pluralist.net/t/learning-about-intent-based-deployment-2025-01-09/238)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/learning-about-intent-based-deployment-2025-01-09/238 "2025-01-09T08:00:00Z")
Prodspec & Annealing: Intent Based Deployment at Google | Pierre Palatin → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yc2fBgAuxE Cluster Management at Google with Borg • John Wilkes • GOTO 2016 → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0… --- ## [Digital Gardens, Streams, Portfolios (2025-01-03)](https://pluralist.net/t/digital-gardens-streams-portfolios-2025-01-03/216)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/digital-gardens-streams-portfolios-2025-01-03/216 "2025-01-03T10:58:01Z")
This HN thread is an interesting thread on the definition of Digital Garden, Stream, and Digital Portfolio. A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden digital garden - IndieWeb – Examples (collections): https://t… --- ## [What's in the bin of things Stephen Wolfram is no longer using? (2024-10-25)](https://pluralist.net/t/whats-in-the-bin-of-things-stephen-wolfram-is-no-longer-using-2024-10-25/211)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/whats-in-the-bin-of-things-stephen-wolfram-is-no-longer-using-2024-10-25/211 "2024-10-25T21:42:54Z")
Can AI figure out what’s in the “bins of things I’m not using anymore” that Stephen Wolfram talks about in his blog? # Item 1. HP 48G Series Graphing Calculator (with an attached wide-angle lens or another … --- ## [Starlink POPs (2024-07-08)](https://pluralist.net/t/starlink-pops-2024-07-08/185)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/starlink-pops-2024-07-08/185 "2024-07-08T07:00:00Z")
We often use customer.snjecax1.pop.starlinkisp.net. What other POPs are there? October 2024 - Starlink Mini from Detroit, MI: customer.chcoilx1.pop.starlinkisp.net https://geoip.starlinkisp.net/ Other Links: h… --- ## [Using ChatGPT to generate images of historic moments (2024-10-13)](https://pluralist.net/t/using-chatgpt-to-generate-images-of-historic-moments-2024-10-13/208)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/using-chatgpt-to-generate-images-of-historic-moments-2024-10-13/208 "2024-10-13T18:06:57Z")
One of the most recent most enjoyable ways to use generative AI, specifically with image and video generation, is to give ChatGPT context on a particular point in time at a particular place and ask it to create an image … --- ## [Installing goose-ai on Slackware with Python 3.11 (2024-09-26)](https://pluralist.net/t/installing-goose-ai-on-slackware-with-python-3-11-2024-09-26/204)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/installing-goose-ai-on-slackware-with-python-3-11-2024-09-26/204 "2024-09-26T15:02:25Z")
Here is how to install goose-ai on Slackware 1.15 with Python 3.11 Install Python 3.11 1.1. Download the source code for Python 3.10+ from Python Source Releases | Python.org 1.2. run ./configure --enable-optimizati… --- ## [Fun new AI tools / editors: aider, goose, zed (2024-09-25)](https://pluralist.net/t/fun-new-ai-tools-editors-aider-goose-zed-2024-09-25/203)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/fun-new-ai-tools-editors-aider-goose-zed-2024-09-25/203 "2024-09-25T15:24:05Z")
Here are a few new AI Tools / editors worth exploring https://aider.chat/ GitHub - block-open-source/goose: Goose is a developer agent that operates from your command line to help you do the boring stuff. https://zed.d… --- ## [Housing Prices on the path of California Zephyr (Amtrak train) (2024-09-19)](https://pluralist.net/t/housing-prices-on-the-path-of-california-zephyr-amtrak-train-2024-09-19/201)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/housing-prices-on-the-path-of-california-zephyr-amtrak-train-2024-09-19/201 "2024-09-20T03:54:55Z")
Because we were curious and wanted to make a table… here are the average housing prices for each stop of the California Zephyr Amtrak train: Stop # Town Name Avg. Home Price (2023) Crime Rate (per 1,000) Travel Time… --- ## [Usenet NNTP News Servers in 2024 (2024-09-14)](https://pluralist.net/t/usenet-nntp-news-servers-in-2024-2024-09-14/196)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/usenet-nntp-news-servers-in-2024-2024-09-14/196 "2024-09-14T07:00:00Z")
Sadly Google is retiring their support for Usenet groups and https://groups.google.com/my-groups will no longer be refreshed with new posts from the few remaining Usenet/NNTP servers out there. Google Groups no longer s… --- ## [Bulgarian Nostalgia - irc.techno-link.bg (2024-09-13)](https://pluralist.net/t/bulgarian-nostalgia-irc-techno-link-bg-2024-09-13/197)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/bulgarian-nostalgia-irc-techno-link-bg-2024-09-13/197 "2024-09-13T07:00:00Z")
In the late 1990s TechnoLink was a prominent internet service provider (ISP). It played a crucial role in providing internet access to individuals and businesses at a time when the internet was still emerging in the coun… --- ## [Chromebook / ChromeOS keyboard shortcuts for text navigation and text editing (2024-09-11)](https://pluralist.net/t/chromebook-chromeos-keyboard-shortcuts-for-text-navigation-and-text-editing-2024-09-11/200)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/chromebook-chromeos-keyboard-shortcuts-for-text-navigation-and-text-editing-2024-09-11/200 "2024-09-11T07:00:00Z")
One wishes the Emacs shortcuts, which macOS somehow adopted, were available in ChromeOS (Chromebooks) too. Alas this is not the case. Here are the default Text navigation keybindings: Text Navigation: Go to beginning… --- ## [Installing a package and its dependencies on Slackware via CLI (2024-09-10)](https://pluralist.net/t/installing-a-package-and-its-dependencies-on-slackware-via-cli-2024-09-10/195)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/installing-a-package-and-its-dependencies-on-slackware-via-cli-2024-09-10/195 "2024-09-10T13:28:38Z")
Slackware is notorious for a) shipping with many many packages built-in and b) being hard to install other packages as it has no native package and dependency management system. So installing the latest versions of nodej… --- ## [What are the latest fastest Chromebook models? (2024-09-10)](https://pluralist.net/t/what-are-the-latest-fastest-chromebook-models-2024-09-10/199)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/what-are-the-latest-fastest-chromebook-models-2024-09-10/199 "2024-09-10T07:00:00Z")
Here is a list of today’s modern and fast Chromebooks (unlike our Dell 3100): Here is a table of Chromebook laptops released in 2013 and 2014: Release Date Manufacturer/Brand Screen Size CPU Memory Screen Type User… --- ## [QRP Labs - tiny radio for CW and WSPR (2024-09-05)](https://pluralist.net/t/qrp-labs-tiny-radio-for-cw-and-wspr-2024-09-05/194)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/qrp-labs-tiny-radio-for-cw-and-wspr-2024-09-05/194 "2024-09-05T16:17:02Z")
Today we discovered (and fell in love with) QRP Labs’ QCX Mini. This tiny radio (given one can operate Morse Code / CW mode) would be a great camping companion. It would be interesting to experiment with this and variou… --- ## [Dell 3100 Chromebook is an inexpensive and useful machine (2024-09-04)](https://pluralist.net/t/dell-3100-chromebook-is-an-inexpensive-and-useful-machine-2024-09-04/198)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/dell-3100-chromebook-is-an-inexpensive-and-useful-machine-2024-09-04/198 "2024-09-04T07:00:00Z")
Pupils in San Jose Unified School district are given Chromebooks – Dell 3100. This turns out to be one inexpensive, fanless, sturdy (rubberized to an extent) machine with ChromeOS. While under-powered and constrained fr… --- ## [Neutrino picture of the Sun through Earth (2024-09-03)](https://pluralist.net/t/neutrino-picture-of-the-sun-through-earth-2024-09-03/193)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/neutrino-picture-of-the-sun-through-earth-2024-09-03/193 "2024-09-03T13:47:41Z")
--- ## [Gmail account temporarily disabled! Cory Doctorow was right (2024-09-01)](https://pluralist.net/t/gmail-account-temporarily-disabled-cory-doctorow-was-right-2024-09-01/192)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/gmail-account-temporarily-disabled-cory-doctorow-was-right-2024-09-01/192 "2024-09-01T21:30:11Z")
Gmail informed me of an unusual usage… I did send myself quite a few messages. This does not feel right though. Cory Doctorow comes to mind… Unusual Usage - Account Temporarily Locked Down To keep our systems healthy… --- ## [The Old Farmer’s Almanac (2024-08-31)](https://pluralist.net/t/the-old-farmer-s-almanac-2024-08-31/190)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/the-old-farmer-s-almanac-2024-08-31/190 "2024-08-31T19:13:15Z")
Today we discovered The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Much in agreement with the creators of the Berkeley Mono Typeface, we appreciate information density. Here’s a copy from 1876: The World almanac : Free Download, Borr… --- ## [Hosting Discourse on a busy server - double Nginx (2024-08-27)](https://pluralist.net/t/hosting-discourse-on-a-busy-server-double-nginx-2024-08-27/189)
**Author:** [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/hosting-discourse-on-a-busy-server-double-nginx-2024-08-27/189 "2024-08-28T05:49:33Z")
Double nginx idea: Run other websites on the same machine as Discourse - #269 by sam - Self-Hosting - Discourse Meta add the nginx stream module: unknown directive "stream" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:86 - Server Fault Con… --- ## [Linux containers from scratch (2024-08-25)](https://pluralist.net/t/linux-containers-from-scratch-2024-08-25/180)
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--- ## [Turbo Pascal for Windows 1.5 (2024-08-24)](https://pluralist.net/t/turbo-pascal-for-windows-1-5-2024-08-24/179)
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--- ## [Budget VPS (2024-08-23)](https://pluralist.net/t/budget-vps-2024-08-23/181)
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