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Upcoming TPRC conference / One day course on Go
by Alex Beamish 20 May '23

20 May '23

Howdy all, Just a reminder that I'm organizing the Perl and Raku Conference that's happening here in Toronto, July 11-13. We have a full three day schedule of talks lined up, and I've just added a one day Go course on Friday, July 14 that's separate from the conference, but at the same venue, the Doubletree right behind Toronto City Hall. You can visit the conference website at https://tprc.to, and you can get right to the Go course here: https://sched.co/1NIEL The course is being taught by Dave Rolsky, a long-time Perl developer and author of over a hundred Perl modules, and the price is just $125USD. Cheers, Alex -- Alex Beamish Software Developer / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3 Speaker Wrangler / Toronto Perlmongers / http://to.pm.org/ Chair, The Perl and Raku Conference 2023 / Toronto, Ontario / http://tprc.to Baritone, Operations Manager / Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com

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war story: buying RAM
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 20 May '23

20 May '23

I bought a ThinkCentre M75s through ebay.ca It came with a single 8GiB stick of RAM. I wanted more! DDR4 RAM is pretty cheap these days. I bought 8GiB (to pair with the original stick) and 2 x 32GiB. Lots! I got it from amazon.ca - DDR 32000MHz, as per the "psref" documentation for the computer - DIMM, not SODIMM, since it is a desktop - fairly low latency When I got it, I could install it in my machine but I could not reassemble the machine. I needed "low profile" DIMMs. Not mentioned in the manual. So I have initiated a return with Amazon.ca. They would even come to pick the 2 x 32GiB units up, but that's no use since they require me to drop the 8GiB DIMM off at a Purolator establishment. I have now tried to order low profile versions. This time, Canada Computer was cheaper. They offered free shipping for the 32GiB x 2 but $10 for the 8GiB. I asked if the 8GiB could piggyback on the free shipping for the other DIMMs: no. Shipping from memoryexpress.com was more expensive. NewEgg.ca didn't seem competitive. So I'm not going to buy a mate for my 8GiB. So this is what I bought for $159.99: <https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_1326&item_id=…> I think I paid roughly the same for 64MiB of RAM for my first PC clone in the mid 1990's.

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I keep getting unsubscribed from the list
by Znoteer 17 May '23

17 May '23

Apparently, according to the messages I receive, my provider keeps bouncing list mail back to the server. This is a reliable, paid for service (mailbox.org) as far as I know. I have no trouble with mail from any other source than gtalug. Is this related to the infrastructure administration problems of GTALUG that have been discussed on this list, or is there a genuine problem with my mail address. When I opened a ticket with mailbox.org, they said they would need to a copy of the bounce messages GTALUG receives from mailbox.org, with full headers, in order for them to investigate. Is there anyone on list who can look into this for me? I'll send a copy of the "delivery has been disabled" mails I get offline to any such person if that would help. Thanks, -- Znoteer znoteer(a)mailbox.org

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Meeting Reminder
by Alan Heighway 08 May '23

08 May '23

Digital Citizenship Workshop <https://gtalug.org/meeting/2023-05/> with You <https://gtalug.org/> 11 May, 2023 at 07:30 PM “Being involved in open source indicates an interest in the ethical aspects of technology” For this meeting we wish to get your input on what it means to you to be a digital citizen in 2023. What is a Digital Citizen and why is it important? https://www.digitalcitizenship.net/nine-elements.html https://usidhr.org/what-is-digital-citizenship-and-why-is-it-important/ This will be in a workshop format and we expect everyone attending to participate in the discussion. We're going to use Big BLue Button for this meeting: https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl *Time:* May 5, 2023 7:30 PM Eastern Time *Join us on Big Blue Button:* https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl. *A*lan *H*eighway <http://heighway.ca/> heighway.ca VA3WAH / VA3YKZ [image: Please consider the environment before printing]

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DECTalk TTS in source for Linux
by Stewart C. Russell 05 May '23

05 May '23

DECTalk - the venerable text-to-speech system (think Stephen Hawking, or Moonbase Alpha) - seems to be available in source form: https://github.com/dectalk/dectalk There's a web demo: https://webspeak.terminal.ink/ While I've built it and run it quite successfully under Ubuntu, its licence is ... troubling. At best it's abandonware. At worst, there's an owner somewhere who hasn't found the github repo yet to shut it down. As such, it shouldn't be deployed without taking legal advice. [Karen - I know that DECTalk is a subject that matters to you. While this is interesting news, it likely doesn't mean that new, cheap DECTalk boxes will be hitting the streets soon. Some of the reasons include: * the licence: you need the permission of a possibly defunct company to use this software; * porting: the software doesn't seem to be set up to listen to a serial port and speak whatever comes in from that port; * availability of hardware: small Linux computers are in very short supply right now; and * sound quality: the built-in audio hardware on most single-board Linux computers sounds atrocious. Without an add-on amplifier/equalizer, I think you'd be horrified at the lack of fidelity.] cheers, Stewart

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how many addresses possible
by o1bigtenor 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

Greetings (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - have spent about 3 hours now looking at various documents - - - - I just can't find a clear answer. The first statement is my present network - - - I'm trying to figure out how to move beyond the access of only 254 devices at one time. Please - - - this is not my business - - - - I'm just using a highly connected system design idea in the planning and trying to figure out how to get what I would like - - - done. ) If I set up a router using the 192.168.1.1 I can access some 254 distinct IP addresses from my router. If I set up a router using the 176.10.1.1 how many distinct IP addresses can I access? (I'm thinking some 64k worth but dunno!) TIA

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The good old days of oreilly.com
by sciguy 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

Hi folks I hadn't logged on to Oreilly.com in several years, and today I had a reason to do so. I had been a frequent purchaser of Oreilly books at one time, and recently I had become interested in their Raspberry Pi Cookbook, and decided to used my old login to their site and see if it was offered there. The search only led me to a 404, and that it wouldn't show me anything unless I paid a subscription fee. WTF? I recall I had had a number of PDF bookmarks to previous purchases of other titles of their books. All gone. Sorry if I was out of the loop. I was hoping to just order the book; preferably a PDF. Is Amazon in control of everything now? Paul

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wireless to ethernet adapter suggestions?
by Karen Lewellen 29 Apr '23

29 Apr '23

Hi wise souls, I hope I ask this question clearly, as it may be hard to picture. My new landlord is including Internet in my rent, all the more motivation to find a solution. he has bell, fibe for home, which includes things like Internet, but is not very aware of unique methods of using the Internet, like Ethernet connections. for the past year I have quite easily used fibe connections with my main machine, so I feel sure this may be more about distance than anything else. There is no physical modem in my apartment. Instead, I have a set of two adapter I got from the source a few years back. they plug into the wall, have a single Ethernet jack, and when the other item is connected to the modem via the same method, I can use the network, no extra software involved. The problem we are having though is that for unexplained reasons I loose internet access, sometimes for minutes, sometimes for several hours at a time. My first thought was that perhaps the service upstairs thinks i am a threat, but again my new landlord has no idea how to check for this. To be forthright the Internet shakiness is becoming a major factor for me personally, I still have no land line, doing a great deal of work with resources on line, like reach my office email. Leading me to the question. given adapter like the one I am using now existed, think 2017 or 2018, I am guessing comparative ones exist that allow the Ethernet connection to tap into a wireless network. By which I mean, there will be no need for the adapter to be physically connected to the service modem, the adapter can draw upon the wireless resources, while still providing say a single Ethernet jack. Anyone know of such an adapter? amazon Canada would be wonderful as I have a gift card balance just now. If confusing, ask questions that make it easier to follow, my main computer uses Ethernet only, I have no wireless resources whatsoever. Thanks, Karen

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small laptops (recommendation?)
by William Park 28 Apr '23

28 Apr '23

Hi all, Following the current thread on "cheap small computers", I've been browsing again. I have 11.5" chromebook and am looking for similarly small but decent laptop to run Linux on. I looked at 15", 16", 17" laptops, but decided that even T450, that I already have, is too big. I've been eying ThinkPad 11e laptop, partly because Lenovo has been spamming me. Is there any alternatives you know of or recommend?

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slides from Marcel Gagne's talk "Advancements in Generative AI"
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 27 Apr '23

27 Apr '23

| From: Alan Heighway <alan(a)heighway.ca> | Subject: [GTALUG-Announce] Reminder: GTALUG General Meeting - Tuesday, | April 11, 7:30pm | | Advancements in Generative AI <https://gtalug.org/meeting/2023-04/> with | Marcel Gagne <https://gtalug.org/> The slides from this talk are at: <https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/890409767602884650/10964891083244912…> This is from GTALUG's #general-discussion: <https://discord.com/channels/890409767141535775/890409767602884650> (I barely use discord so I think it is nice to have this kind of thing on the mailing list.)

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