Aspiring Cypherpunk and Computer Code Writer I write an email newsletter about Linux and related freedom tech. Also do a Weekly Computer Giveaway
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Last Notes npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Midori has been around forever, so built on a solid base. I haven't yet used the current version, but I plan to soon. So I am guessing that is is very stable and reliable, but haven't verified myself yet with the current version. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Years ago, I remember using the Midori web browser, usually on lower powered devices. Looks like it has continued to be developed with an interesting Open Source group: Astian. They also have a crypto wallet with Bitcoin Cash supported. https://astian.org/midori-browser/ #Midori #webBrowser #BitCoinCash #OpenSourse npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Most of the time, I recommend Linux. I am typing from a Linux laptop as I write this message. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I hope you are right. I do think more people are open to considering using something other than Microsoft Windows now. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Microsoft Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years The good news is that the percentage of Windows active usage is going down... the bad news is that it is still over half (fifty percent). https://linuxiac.com/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share-for-the-first-time-in-years/ #microSoft #Windows #tech npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I highly recommend this book. https://www.hijackingbitcoin.com/ #bitcoin npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew The Declaration of the Founding of the Lateral Tech Foundation https://lateraltechfoundation.com/declaration.html Was just published on July 4th, 2026 #Tech #independence #resilient #RetroEdge npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I just announced the winner of my weekly giveaway. If you are a subscriber, check your email or see the announcement post, linked below, to see if you won. For a chance to win every week, just be a subscriber of my email newsletter. I write about tech topics, Linux and digital freedom. https://retroedgetech.substack.com/p/tech-independence #giveAway #BitcoinCash #Monero #Independence #Linux npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Wow! A lot of things happened in my life this last week. Mundane and unexciting in the grand schedule of things, but a roller coaster of emotion for me. I normally announce the winner of my weekly giveaway on Wednesday, but pushing back until Saturday due to all the stuff going on for me. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Right now I don't have a whole lot of time for exploring the tech stuff I'd like. So this is on my wish list for using later. "Nelua Programming Language Minimal, simple, efficient, statically typed, compiled, metaprogrammable, safe, and extensible systems programming language with a Lua flavor." https://nelua.io/ I really like Lua and this is a language with Lua syntax that compiles to C. Very cool. #Lua #Programming #Tech #neLua npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Physical cash also works well for this (though originally issued by central banks). The great thing is that you can easily sell your Bitcoin Cash for physical cash to people in person who want some Bitcoin Cash. No one can stop you. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew If you can copy the important data off the damaged drive another way, that is perhaps better than CloneZilla. I needed to rescue the whole Windows system with installed software for a business client. I had to used the advanced mode with the '-rescue' option that would keep reading even when encountering bad sectors. If you just need data off and the drive can be mounted, best to just copy it off onto another drive. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I appreciate that. Open source tools are great. The nostr protocol and Bitcoin Cash are also open source. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I was able to successfully copy a hard disk drive that was failing with bad sectors to another good storage drive using the tool CloneZilla. I have used CloneZilla for years and it has been very helpful. I use it to make copies and "images" of whole systems. This saves me a lot of time or allows me to do things that I wouldn't otherwise be able to. The laptop pictured is being "imaged" with CloneZilla and the image is being saved on the external hard drive to the right of the laptop. CloneZilla is based on Linux and I usually live boot it from a USB drive. #CloneZilla #Linux https://blossom.primal.net/f97fbe3cbbba4dbea746a1fb61bdaa8314094b1edcf1a7865fa3c6a6878b8c6a.jpg npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Do you have an idea of what kind of business you want to own ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew "Made in Philippines" I grabbed this drive to do a data transfer and noticed the label that says where it was made. Do any of my followers from the Philippines know if hard drives are still being made there? Anyone know anyone who works for a tech company? (manufacturing or other). #toshiba #philippines https://blossom.primal.net/0c2320769f6ee6db685566d5f5c0be4c3069a8d806bf644e6bbe0f6cf8235509.jpg npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Great that you got a laptop! You really can do a lot of productive work with a personal computer. RAM is expensive! Were you able to get at least 8GB ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Every week, I do a drawing for a computer giveaway. I use the Linux core utility 'shuf' to randomly select a subscriber of my email newsletter. This week I will be giving away a refurbished Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q Tiny with Linux pre-installed (or $50 worth of BCH or XMR) For a chance to win, just be a subscriber. https://retroedgetech.substack.com/ #Linux #TinyMiniMicro #Lenovo #giveAway #BitcoinCash npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Good morning Cherry. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Good morning. Hope your crafting project goes well. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome. Good to have you join us! Glad that Chucha invited you. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew For traveling, I have a ThinkPad laptop. I have a front desk Tiny desktop computer and then another couple other desktop computers for other work. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew #nVidia #GraphicsCard This is how I feel about nVidia graphics cards. I do understand why people buy them. The performance is usually good on Windows PC. But I am a Linux guy. I prefer AMD or even Intel graphics over nVidia. If you have a PC, what kind of graphics card do you prefer? https://blossom.primal.net/38aa28d5f13e2b7fb4a7fb3b34f765968d9ed5ad3e65d832b7508bd0d8f2c87f.jpg npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Toyota has a good reputation. Hope it works well for you. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Chicken and fish are really good. I avoid pork, but if you had to choose pork is less bad than sugar. My opinion. Keep on doing what works for you. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Eating less carbs and more beef has been good for me. Hope you continue to see positive results! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome! Good to have you join us. Definitely post more about your interest in architecture. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew > ASCII (pronounced “as-key”) is short for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This is a simple encoding scheme that was first used on Tele-type machines to map keyboard characters to numbers. from The Linux Command Line book - page 41 #ASCII #text npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew No problem. I enjoy being outside too and green is a calming color. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I just published my weekly email newsletter. Topic is on Encryption and Digital Cash. Also announced the winner of my weekly giveaway: https://retroedgetech.substack.com/p/encryption-and-cypherpunk-culture #DigitalCash #BitcoinCash #GiveAway https://blossom.primal.net/a142107729fab1735a65cf87b511fb13a42fb7e4a89822eec7dce76646b47d9f.jpg npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Bad news is that most people won't be able to buy a vehicle with investing profits alone. Building some kind of business is a more reliable way to make money (BCH included). npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Toyota has a good reputation, for sure. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I'd love to own this vehicle! Maybe someday. What's your dream car? Do you already own it? #subaru #sambar #DreamCar https://blossom.primal.net/3cbb53753e040bf91be5e2349e3590437ec97cb125a7445b5896e2f41f21d3a3.png npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Okay, I have to get some sleep. Talk with you nostr folks later. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew No you don't need to install the Substack app. I can private message you to confirm I got your email. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thank you. I just added it after I saw your post. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome. Good to have you join us! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I like this quote. "Earn the momentum!" https://blossom.primal.net/3f565f352c326367849d443a7fd850baa10c1781f7a4e24b80bbc09eca6a1962.png npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I'll send you a private message to ask you for your email. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome. Thanks for joining us! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Congratulations on your new job! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Tomorrow (Wednesday United States time), I will be doing the drawing for my Weekly Computer Giveaway. This week I will be giving away a refurbished ThinkCentre M710q Tiny PC with Linux pre-installed. I have already shipped a computer out of the United States to a winner... but shipping was expensive. More people from outside the United States are subscribing to my newsletter. That's a good thing, but I may not be able to ship to some countries or it would just be too expensive to do so. So I thought of additional prize options if the winner chose not have the computer shipped to them. $50 worth of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) or Monero (XMR). My goal with the newsletter is to encourage people to use alternatives to BigTech, such as Linux and other less well known operating systems. To use older hardware, preferably PC hardware. And to have fun with computing. But I also want to promote the CypherPunk ideas of encryption and Digital Cash. I think the two can go together. For a chance to win a computer every week (or $50 worth of Bitcoin Cash or Monero), just be a subscriber of my email newsletter. To find out if you won, all you have to do is read the email and check to see if you are the winner and reply to claim. https://retroedgetech.substack.com/ #CypherPunk #BitCoinCash #Monero #Linux #giveAway npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome! Good of you to join us. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Writing is thinking. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome. Good to have you join us! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome Jessa! Good to have you join us. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I'd save some and spend some. Probably about half and half. The value is in its usefulness as cash, so I'd use it to make purchases or give tips. However, if people catch on and really start using it, then Bitcoin Cash will also rise in value against other currencies, so makes sense to save some of it for later (but probably not over half). npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I've noticed some glitchy-ness with profiles, too. I've seen something similar when comparing profiles, it seems to 'remember' another profile you've looked at and then apply that view to the wrong profile. It's a bug that is likely to be worked out and fixed sometime later. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Feel free to click through the link to Substack and subscribe. Or you could Direct Message me your email address. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Every week, I do a drawing for a computer giveaway. I use the Linux core utility 'shuf' to randomly select a subscriber of my email newsletter. This week I will be giving away a refurbished Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q Tiny with Linux pre-installed. For a chance to win, just be a subscriber. https://retroedgetech.substack.com/ #Linux #TinyMiniMicro #Lenovo npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Let me know if you have an interest in Linux and programming. Feel free to message me. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew When using Linux on your own computer, or a server, a good skill to learn is scripting with the Bash Shell. I've known the basics for years, but have recently been pushing myself to write more useful and slightly more complicated scripts in Bash. Commenting code is very helpful, both in writing the code as comments can give a structure that is then filled in with functional code, and also later when reading the script to review or make adjustments. Here's a good article (not by me) on how to use comments in Bash Scripts: https://www.tecmint.com/bash-script-comments/ #Linux #bash #programming npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I still am learning and getting better. But I like to think that i am pretty good at it. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew To tell the computer what to do! That's the simple way to explain it and it really is basically that. Getting the computer to do what you want it to. If you have an interest in it, we can certainly talk more. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Regular people can use Linux, too. My whole family uses computers with Linux. I'm typing this from a laptop that has Linux on. It is a good alternative to know about, especially because it can run on older computers that would not run the current version of Windows. That said, a lot of programmers do use Linux, too. I am trying to become better at writing computer code. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Linux is an operating system, like Windows or macOS. When it is used on servers, someone has to do the work to make sure it is running correctly, updated and does what is required. That is System Administration. Linux is one of the topics in Technology that I do enjoy very much. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I do computer repair, sales of refurbished computers and other types of Tech Consulting (such as Linux System Administration). npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew What kind of shop (business) do you have? What kind of items are best sellers or most profitable? I have had a couple difficult months, too, but for different reasons. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Good morning Zen. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thank you. I subscribed. This take a good amount of work to put together a publication like this. I appreciate your work and the results it is bringing, npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome to nostr! The promise of Bitcoin Cash is exciting. But people actually have to use it for that promise to become a reality. Thanks for contributing in your way! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thank you. I was vaguely familiar with the concepts of kinds, but haven't really dug into it. I appreciate you giving the link to documentation and explanation. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Yeah, I think there's room for more than one crypto-currency and being a huge fanboy of only one is likely to be painting yourself into a corner. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I do not expect Bitcoin Cash or Monero to ever surpass Bitcoin (BTC) all time high price (over $100K) but both already surpass BTC in every day on-chain usage (purchases, private non-investment payments). Just like physical money historically had three major players: gold, silver copper - crypto-currency is likely to have a top 5 where people choose their top three out of those for their desired purposes. My prediction is that Bitcoin Cash and Monero are likely to be in that top five. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew "Bitcoin has no cash flow, no dividends, no yield, no earnings reports, and no balance sheet. The only thing resembling a return is the price splashed across screens to fuel the cult's chants, which means the only strategy they can sell you is to hold forever and believe harder. This reality is compounded by the risk of a 75% sudden crash, documented three times in Bitcoin's history -let me repeat that: three times in Bitcoin's history! In those moments, there were no stop-losses, no circuit breakers, and deposit insurance was non-existent. There was only diamond hands and the promise that the line would go back up, and they are still running this circus. Here is the truth they never told Satoshi holders: the HODL strategy made mathematical sense before 2017. The market cap was tiny, and the asymmetry was real. A 10x, 50x, or 100x gain was arithmetically possible without requiring Bitcoin to surpass the GDP of the United States." -- quote from ProfAnarch post Interesting to note that the hard fork that became known as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) happened on August 1, 2017 #hodl #bitcoin #BitcoinCash #monero npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome! Good to have you you here. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I am not yet a nostr app developer, but I am curious. Is there a way to indicate that a note should not be in the 'general nostr conversation space' ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew First time using nostr ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew No problem. Glad I could help. Feel free to follow people who interest you. Post about your knowledge and skills. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I have found Bitcoin Lightening to be very lacking. It was extremely confusing and I never was able to set it up to be able to receive Lightening Zaps on nostr. Also, Lightening isn't on-chain, like the Bitcoin Cash tips I am using now. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Tipping you work now. Glad I could help you test that. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Agreed. Monero is used (though not very visibly due to the focus on privacy). More comparing the focus on every day usage between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash - confusing due to the chain split in 2017. They are both Bitcoin, but very different now. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew You may need to set up your Bitcoin Cash receiving address in your profile. I just tried to tip you and wasn't able to. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew A Chess game with each move of the game being a nostr note. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew {"type":"move","gameId":"6067ebf8a4eb034ff8d57e0915e14b3a93501c683d890700d274480e9085a54d","uci":"c2c4","fen":"rnbqkb1r/p1p1p3/1p1p1p2/6pp/2P1P1n1/3PB2N/PP2BPPP/RN1Q1RK1 b kq c3 0 8","moveNum":15} npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew More in alignment with the privacy stance of Monero. But the focus on actually using Bitcoin Cash as a currency is appealing. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew {"type":"move","gameId":"6067ebf8a4eb034ff8d57e0915e14b3a93501c683d890700d274480e9085a54d","uci":"e2e4","fen":"rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3 0 1","moveNum":1} npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew It certainly wouldn't be good (or fair) to change someone's password if they didn't want you to! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Anyone have time for a game of chess ? https://bchnostr.com/chess If no one accepts my challenge... I'm not sure if I can cancel it. #chess npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thanks. I do publish an email newsletter weekly on Substack, but it has a very different visual feel. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew {"type":"challenge","timeControl":"casual"} npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Here's one of my older blog posts: How to change another users's password (on a Linux server) https://retroedge.tech/posts/change-passwd/ I really like the layout and general feeling of my blog. I should bring it back to life, as I haven't posted there in a while. #Linux #SysAdmin #blog #blogging npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew That's a great book! The 'Hijacking Bitcoin' book really changed my perspective. I also highly recommend it. Welcome! npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome to nostr! Or at least this is a new account. Perhaps you already have some experience with nostr ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I wasn't aware of the 'bc' program before writing this script. It is not needed for the script to do its job, but used to calculate the amount of disk space freed in MegaBytes (MB). It wasn't installed on the server I used this one, so had to install 'bc' using the package manager. So 'bc' ends up being an optional dependency to this script. https://www.tecmint.com/bc-command-examples/ #linux npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew It is likely that he is away. I thought a bit about that too. Maybe he's on a trip or at a family event. I really don't know much about him, but I am guessing he has responsibilities and engagements offline, too. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I am trying to use my mind 😀 thank you npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thank you. I'll keep working and getting better. Do you have some experience writing computer code ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I've tried a lot of languages: python, javascript, c, ruby - as well as HTML and CSS. I only like bash in that it is practical and I am actually getting things done in it that need to be done. That feels good. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Really! What programming languages have you written code in? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thank you. I have been a slow learner... so I am not talented. I am persistent, though. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thank you. Sounds like you have some experience with computer code. Is that the case? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thanks Glen. Do you have experience or interest in writing computer code ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Excellent that you have experience with bash. I also plan to continue to use it as the web servers I manage are just basic Ubuntu server or Debian and of course bash is the default. I did write an email newsletter that featured a very interesting shell called rc23. I'd really like to work with that sometime, but haven't yet. https://retroedgetech.substack.com/p/a-peek-at-a-mx-linux-respin npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Maybe the Fediverse was loosing its luster. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I too love the idea, but unlikely that significant work will be posted anytime soon. If there were jobs posted, what kind of skills do you have? What kind of work would you like to do to get paid in Bitcoin Cash ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Welcome! Good to have you here. You may know about the nostr browser extensions that let you keep your nsec secret and protected. I use nos2x-fox extension in Firefox. Completely fine to do it the way your are, if you prefer to keep separation while using different clients. npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Thanks. I appreciate that. Do you do any programming or scripting for work or personal projects ? npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew I got the cleanup script that I was writing working as I wanted it to. Implemented it on a server and scheduled it to run every day at a certain time. The screenshot does not show the whole script, just the end part. It removes some specific things to clear up disk space, calculates how much disk space was freed, then write an entry to a log file with that information. I learned a few more things. Putting into practice what I learn. #Linux #programming #bash https://blossom.primal.net/1d5a612de86b2efc17cbbf4ee3c7a8867c4e148c0000edb81b586a08c2e25b73.png npub1hrjtmuryqz82hxzpvv5ulrcxxgrw42afax8n7d9cnnz0zrrq44tqpv3ft3 Matthew Doing a bit more with this one to calculate the space freed and report that. Pushing myself to do more complicated things in scripts.