IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 28, 2023
beginning of new day, September 28
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15:40 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/09/26/10-cutting-edge-ways-to-impress-your-guests-with-the-iot/">10 cutting-edge ways to impress your guests with the IoT</a></h5>
15:40 schestowitz; <blockquote>
15:40 schestowitz; <p>Done right, you can build a smart home that leaves your guests gobsmacked, talking for months about their experience and frantically searching for ways to recreate it in their own homes. </p>
15:40 schestowitz; <p> In this article, well look at a few of the ways you can use the IoT to enhance your guests experiences and become the talk of the town (in a good way). </p>
15:40 schestowitz; </blockquote>
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15:40 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/09/26/diy-sequential-gear-shifter-for-sim-racing/">DIY sequential gear shifter for sim racing</a></h5>
15:40 schestowitz; <blockquote>
15:40 schestowitz; <p>Most of the mechanical components are 3D-printable and an Arduino MKR1000 WiFi board is the primary component. Moving the shift lever pushes a switch, which the Arduino registers. Almeida developed the sketch using PlatformIO. It sets the Arduino up as a standard USB HID that will work with any racing sim or game, because it sends key presses like any keyboard or gamepad. It doesnt receive f
15:40 schestowitz; eedback from the PC, so it has to keep track of the current gear and let the user set the number of gears available using small buttons below the readout display.</p>
15:40 schestowitz; </blockquote>
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15:40 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | 10 cutting-edge ways to impress your guests with the IoT | Arduino Blog
15:40 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | DIY sequential gear shifter for sim racing | Arduino Blog
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15:51 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-celebrates-forty-years-of-gnu-with-a-hackday-for-families-hackers-and-hackers-to-be"> FSF celebrates forty years of GNU with a hackday for families, hackers, and hackers-to-be </a></h5>
15:51 schestowitz; <blockquote>
15:51 schestowitz; <p>On September 27, 1983, Richard M. Stallman announced the development of the GNU operating system and thereby initiated the global free software movement. Today, the GNU operating system is entirely composed of free software, i.e. it gives the user the freedom to use, study, modify, and share it. GNU, usually combined with the kernel Linux, enables millions of people everyday around the world --
15:51 schestowitz; including entire governments -- to operate their computers in freedom. </p>
15:51 schestowitz; <p> FSF executive director Zo Kooyman stresses that the FSF and the GNU Project's values of freedom, community, sharing, and learning are as important today as they were forty years ago. Kooyman says, "To use free software is to make an ethical choice asserting the right to learn and share what we learn with others. We are delighted to see that over the past forty years, the free software moveme
15:51 schestowitz; nt has become a blueprint for a society where we share our knowledge in a way that others can build upon and enjoy."</p>
15:51 schestowitz; </blockquote>
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15:51 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fsf.org | FSF celebrates forty years of GNU with a hackday for families, hackers, and hackers-to-be Free Software Foundation Working together for free software
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16:11 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-moskalyov-prison-daughters-drawing/32612881.html"> Imprisoned Father Of Russian Girl Who Drew Anti-War Picture Placed In Solitary Confinement Five Times </a></h5>
16:11 schestowitz; <blockquote>
16:11 schestowitz; <p>A Russian man who was sentenced to two years in prison on a charge of discrediting Russia's armed forces in April after anti-war drawings by his 13-year-old daughter drew attention to his online posts about the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine has been placed in punitive solitary confinement five times since August. [...]</p>
16:11 schestowitz; </blockquote>
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16:11 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.rferl.org | Imprisoned Father Of Russian Girl Who Drew Anti-War Picture Placed In Solitary Confinement Five Times
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16:13 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-editor-journalist-mantsevich-trial-crackdown/32612591.html"> Chief Editor Of Belarusian Newspaper Goes On Trial On Charge Of Discrediting Belarus </a></h5>
16:13 schestowitz; <blockquote>
16:13 schestowitz; <p>[...] The charge stems from the newspaper's coverage of the political situation in the country in 2020-2023. Belarusian rights watchdogs have designated Mantsevich as a political prisoner.</p>
16:13 schestowitz; </blockquote>
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16:13 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.rferl.org | Chief Editor Of Belarusian Newspaper Goes On Trial On Charge Of Discrediting Belarus
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