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mike

@mike@fosstodon.org

Husband, father, nerd. Half human, half Fosstodon Admin. Tends to tell Dad Jokes.

Don't feel obligated, but if you feel like buying me a coffee, I won't say no...

:cupofcoffee: https://ko-fi.com/mikestone :cupofcoffee:

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mike, to random
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I've been using DuckDuckGo as my main search engine for a while now. Lately, DDG seems to "correct" my searches. A LOT. I don't know if it's just me or if it's a universal thing, but when I type in a search sometimes not only the results aren't what I was looking for, but I see the query itself has been changed to something I didn't actually search for. It's INCREDIBLY frustrating. I just might have to find a new search engine if this keeps up.

mike, to random
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My search engine skills are failing me tonight. Does anybody know of a tool that will convert an HTML document into markdown? Linux obviously and CLI would be nice. I want to use it for a script.

mike,
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@mattrose Gave it a try. Unfortunately it just kicked me to a "You are being redirected to the non-JavaScript site" even though the javascript portion of the site was present in the HTML. I'm trying to make this work somehow, but so far no love.

mike,
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@webaware Tried, but so far mostly unsuccessful. It's giving me a "You are being redirected to the non-JavaScript site" result even though the javascript stuff is in the HTML. Still working on it, and maybe there's a flag in @pandoc that'll resolve this for me.

mike,
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@bjb Naw, I pulled a page down with wget and saved the HTML. I ran the saved HTML through @pandoc, and the results were some random Javascript garbage and a couple of lines of text telling me it was directing me to the non-JavaScript site. If I just look in the file with vi, I can see the contents of the page I'm looking for, but it's apparently hiding in a javascript and pandoc isn't providing that part of the file.

@webaware

mike,
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@webaware Looking into the filters now. See what I can see.

@pandoc

mike,
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@bjb Yup, pretty much.

@pandoc @webaware

kev, to random
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My wife and I recently bought an "Emma Mattress". It one of those fancy pants memory foam mattresses. It hasn't been delivered yet, but I'm very excited about it. I think that officially makes me old, right?

mike,
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@kev Nope. My wife and I bought our first foam mattress almost twenty years ago. I was so excited for that thing. It was awesome! I might be old now, but I wasn't then!

mike, to random
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I gotta say, I've been toying around with using Fabric with an ollama backend, and it's pretty slick. 100% local and I love how I can use Fabric to easily script with it. I'm still working on how I'm going to export materials to import, and how I want the exported results to save, but I've got some ideas. Of course, not sure if any of them will work completely the way I want them to.

mike, to random
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Hey @Vivaldi, I don't suppose there's something on the horizon that would let me import a .md file to my Vivaldi notes from a command line? Realizing that's probably pretty niche, but I can think of a LOT that I would do with it.

ru, to blogging
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I miss #blogging so much.

One day, one fine day in the far future, I will have the energy, the motivation, and the confidence to blog again.

mike,
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@ru I sometimes do too. I think to myself, I should write something for the blog just to kick things off again since it's been so long. Then I wonder what I'll write about. Then I just don't do it.

kev, to random
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So I've just been doing some tidying in the garage and I found this old #Compaq #Netbook. I've put it on charge, but do we think it will boot, and what OS do we think it's running?

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mike,
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@kev It'll probably boot unless that was the reason it was in the garage in the first place. I'd probably guess XP, but Windows machines like to have Windows stickers (like the Intel Inside one), and since one is missing it could be because either this was never a Windows machine to begin with or you removed it when you installed something else. Let's go with Ubuntu, just for the giggles.

LateNightLinux, to Podcast
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We look back at what Linux and open source was like when we first got into it, and consider some of the ways that things have improved over all these years.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-283/

mike,
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@LateNightLinux That brought back memories. Using Redhat 5.1 (I think it was) and hoping against hope for an RPM instead of having to compile everything from scratch. I do miss Enlightenment though. Back then it felt like it was head and shoulders above everything else and then "stuff" got in the way and it basically faded out. It's back now, kinda, but it's just lost so much ground.

LateNightLinux, to Podcast
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How we make our Web experiences better with various plugins, websites and services. Plus the ethics of blocking ads, bypassing paywalls, and supporting creators.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-70/

mike,
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@LateNightLinux Just finished this episode. I was a little surprised there was no mention of ladder, since I'm pretty sure I heard about it on one of your shows. I run a local instance of it, and I've created a custom "search" engine in my browser so when I run into a paywall, I just add "la " before the URL in my address bar and it strips the paywall for me like magic. It's become a pretty central part of my browsing experience.

mike, to random
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Coworker1 after successful system update: "I love it when a plan comes together"
Me: I love obscure A-Team quotes.
Coworker2: Oh god, how old is that movie!

collective groans of old people on the call

mike,
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@fredonline I'm guessing a desire to milk the sense of nostalgia for a couple bucks to pad their bottom line. I vaguely remember watching it, but couldn't tell you anything about it. If I remember correctly I think they destroyed the van, but don't hold me to that.

mike, to random
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I get that this is supposedly "stored locally" and encrypted, but I don't trust this even the slightest bit. I don't trust that Microsoft can keep its greedy mitts off that data.

https://fosstodon.org/@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io/112479647452819905

mike, to random
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When I was 18 and going to University, I applied for student aid because my parents weren't rich enough to help out. I was denied because I had outstanding debt. From when I was 16 months old. It took a while to get that sorted.

Look. I have kids. Quite a few of them. I love them, and I think they're downright adorable. Regardless, you won't ever see them until they're adults. I talk to them about privacy, and the risks of online life. I think it's important.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1251819597/why-you-should-think-twice-before-posting-that-cute-photo-of-your-kid-online

mike,
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@Craktok Someone else had used my social security number to take out multiple outstanding loans. When I applied for loans, that was the first time I learned of them. I don't know who it was (though I do have my suspicions), and I had to prove to the financial industry that it wasn't really MY debt.

mike,
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@chrisod Here's a video of my kid dropping a deuce! Brought to you by this flushable wipes brand!

Ooo, I'm sure my kids would have LOVED that.

mike,
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@kfet Yep.

mike,
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@Craktok It wasn't great for sure, but I got through it and I'd like to think my kids are reaping the benefits of my experience. They may disagree. 😏

lulu_powerful, to random
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A few years ago, my kid wanted to be a scientist. And then he wanted to be a coder like Mummy. So proud.

Anyhoo now he wants to be a YouTuber so he "can play games and make money with ads".

Ooookay.

mike,
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@lulu_powerful One of my sons wants to be a YouTuber too. He doesn't want to make videos, but he wants to have a channel and stuff. Basically I think he wants to push a button when he's starting to play games and then have his mom and I edit it for him and post it for him and do all that stuff.

mike, to random
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Had a good time chatting with @danct12 tonight.

mike, to random
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Might hang out on IRC a bit tonight.

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