You wanted to work on deciphering linear A? here there are a couple of books (and a few others on related subjects) :D
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Early Greek Alphabetic Writing: A Linguistic Approach Natalia Elvira Astoreca 2021. Oxbow. ISBN: 9781789257434. Open access version (CC BY) The Early Greek Alphabets Edited by Robert Parker and Phi…crewsproject.wordpress.com
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I just did a new #lesana release, Christmas edition! (not really, just "some spare time before Christmas, and a release was way overdue")
pypi.org/project/lesana/0.9.0/
and by overdue, I really mean it, the changelog is the longest one
lists.sr.ht/~valhalla/lesana-a…
Updated packages are coming soon-ish to a debian distribution near you
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Altre persone vanno nei negozi a scegliere e poi comprano su Amazon. Io Amazon lo uso al contrario: scelgo anche su Amazon, e compro nei negozi o dal produttore; quando trovo qualcosa che mi intere…Paolo Redaelli
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I'm following too many people and I need to cleanup my timeline and my contact list a bit to make them more manageable, so in the next few days I will unfollow some people.
If you get an unfollow from me, sorry, it may be because I don't see enough posts from you, because I see too many, or a number of semi-random other reasons.
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I made a "sub-home" (a list), a sort of "best of", with the part of the people I follow tooting interesting things not too often, to avoid to have to unfollow someone.
When I'm in a hurry I read it rather than the normal home.
Hello diaspora* friends,I have an unusual request. To get this request fulfilled by someone on diaspora* would be about 1 chance in a billion! But, let's give it a try...
I need a photo of the Southern Railway depot in the town of Valdese, NC. The photo should be, preferably from the 1950s, but 1940s or 1960s will be okay, since ole timey train depot's changed very little over the years.
Please share this message with your diaspora* friends and any other social media platforms that you use.
Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas.
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In Valdese, NC, there is the "PIEDMONT and WESTERN RAILROAD CLUB
and OLD ROCK SCHOOL RAILWAY MUSEUM".
Maybe they have something useful.
said: "I need a photo of the Southern Railway depot in the town of Valdese, NC."
This was a fun challenge to find an historic image. The clue is the Waldensian colony that became 'Valdese'. A history of that Christian settlers' group includes a faded photo of the train depot. :)
"A Waldensian Colony in the United States"
archive.org/details/waldensian…
This is an archive of http://divinityarchive.com/bitstream/handle/11258/11669/waldensiancolony00sylv.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y from Monday 03, August 2020perma.cc
No, ma è un complotto. Mai avuto a che fare con cose del genere fino all'altro giorno, oggi stavo facendo window shopping di materiali artistici, e guarda un po' cosa mi salta fuori
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@Yaku
Don't criticize users for using Windows, criticize application developers for writing programs that only work on Windows, and FLOSS system developers for building systems that are difficult to use.
Don't criticize users for using Chrome, criticize developers for building sites that only work in Chrome, and Mozilla for making Firefox less and less attractive with their stupid off-target projects.
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Even more, perhaps criticise Microsoft, Google, Apple etc. for being the horrible 'stewards' that they are. (Even developers are somewhat at the mercy of such megacorps.)
And criticise governments for allowing private corporations to have such control over critical ecosystems.
(But, yes, definitely end users are not appropriate targets for criticism.)
Yes, given the current economic situations, really even criticising corporations is almost like criticising rabid dogs for being rabid.
reminder that NIST 800-63b recommends
- allowing all printing ascii characters
- allowing unicode
- normalizing unicode using NFKC or NFKD prior to hashing
- using a password-strength meter (presumably based on estimated entropy) instead of having composition rules
- not forcing periodic password changes
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I was searxing for the various kinds of hat stiffeners and how to use them.
I've found hatsupply.com/leko-purpose-sti… “ok, this is a solvent based one if it has shipping restrictions, let's read on” (it was, it is shellac solution in alcohol, ok, that's one of the options I've found about, fine) and then. this.
Our Hat Stiffener that comes in the gallon jugs, is 190 proof alcohol! This means that if you spray it on your straw or felt hats it will sanitize them giving you and your customers extra protection!!!
on a scale of 10 to 11, how 2020 is this?
Shellac (Italian "gommalacca") is a XXI century plastic!
XXI century A.C., I mean 😄
And it's not strictly vegan.
TIL it's probably vegetarian, however (I knew it came from an insect, and I had little hopes for the survival of the insect itself :D )
also, it would be interesting to know how they used it before the availability of distilled alcohol... oh, right, heat (first result on searx, and I've only read half of the first section :) journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfp… )
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RT of @cakesandcourage on the birdsite:
"a popular myth is that people who are Very Computer have computers that work. nothing could be further from the truth. the Very Computer are capable of generating much more novel and fascinating ways to make computers not fucking work and exercise this capability wantonly"
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I have a slightly different version of this specifically for when people who are Not Computer are surprised to see me having computer problems:
“Computers hate everyone, but I know their secrets and that means they hate me _personally_.”
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Making a green screen dress by Shay (Instagram @cresentshay)
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Friday I was finally able to go to the closest #LYS (the last time had been in autumn 2019, because it's not that close), and I've discovered that they no longer make my favourite #yarn suitable for felting.
Obviously, I may have had to buy just a bit of what they still had.
(picture of eight 100g / 85 m balls of yarn in mauve (4 balls), light desaturated blue (2 balls) and red (2 balls), in a weight suitable for knitting with 5-5.5 mm needle)
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Dear developers, emails can have a + sign before the @ and it's perfectly valid (and in fact, many characters outside of a-z0-9 can be used)
Having a message "your email is invalid" because of the + sign is really a problem to me.
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I've started to play with the DeAtramentis Document CMYK #inks (or maybe CMYW?).
My aim is to get an ink shade that coordinates with the fabric in one of my dresses (everybody needs that, right?), so I took a couple of pictures of that fabric (in different lights), checked the CMYK values of the pixels with gimp and found results that were always something somewhat close to 50% 30% 0% <various K values>, so my first attempt was 3 parts of Cyan, 2 parts of Fuchsia and 7 parts of white, and this is the result, on various papers (Favini schizza e strappa, printer paper from the coop supermarket, Clairefontaine Dessin Croquis Blanc 55 g/m², Fabriano Layout, Fabriano EcoQua, Fabriano Traccia — most of them are white, the EcoQua has a slight yellow tone).
I've also tried to add one part of Cyan to two parts of White, and then one part of Blue (regular blue, not the one that can be used to make CMYK mixes) to two parts of white to see whether it would control their tendency to feather and generally work horribly, and it does. I also like the shade I got from the Blue, and it's somewhat similar to the one I'm looking for (and easier to make), but I like the CMYK a bit more.
I think that the next time I'll add 8 parts of white instead of 7, to desaturate it just a bit more.
And now¹ I need full bottles of those 3 inks (instead of just samples) to make a decent sized batch, and a new preppy #FountainPen to try and use this somewhere that is easy to clean (I'm not completely sure that the white isn't going to clog pens, even in a mix).
¹ as in: I NEED them RIGHT NOW, so maybe I'll consider buying them next year or so? As soon as I can manage to finish maybe at least one bottle of ink I already have?
Lavorare comodamente
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You know how the Eiffel Tower won the Grand Prize at the 1889 World Fair? Well, it had to share the glory with a book.
Not any book: A book ENTIRELY WOVEN IN SILK.
You heard right. And nerds, get this: All pages of this book were produced on the Jacquard loom in 1889, using thousands (200k-500k) of punch cards. Only 50-60 copies were made. >
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The loom had to make tiny movements on the scale of a TENTH of a millimetre producing tthe 400x400 resolution per inch². The woven sheets were then glued over super thin cardboard to allow the pages to be turned.
It took two years of trial and error to get the first book done.
It might be the first book produced by a program? Depends on what you mean by "program", but there's a good case to be made. (see next toot for sources)
I found out about this from Twitter, via twitter.com/PiersatPenn/status…, and foud the detail picture above from twitter.com/DrKarrSchmidt/stat….
See historyofinformation.com/detai… for more details and sources, and youtube.com/watch?v=2hk5500VK2… to see the punch cards.
To view all the page of Les Laboureurs, please visit:https://digitalcollections.rit.edu/luna/servlet/s/a8vg0x The acquisition of Les Laboureurs was made pos...YouTube
It's November, and I've finally managed to do something I've always wanted to do, but always postponed because by the time I remembered about it it was too late.
I've generated my own #weeklyPlanner for the year 2022!
Right now the script hardcodes pretty much everything, and the template is pretty simple, but hopefully next year I will improve on it.
The script is weekly_planner_generator.py from git.trueelena.org/software/pdf… (it can simply be run as e.g. LANG=it_IT-UTF-8 ./weekly_planner_generator.py, and then a6_book.py can be used to get a pdf that can be printed on A4 paper for binding.
Some examples of the results are on paste.trueelena.org/QCigPUM3#w… (this link will self-destroy in one year, but by that time one will need a planner for 2023, not 2022, right? :D )
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Yesterday evening I was playing briscola with my SO: on my first hand I got the trump queen¹. And then I spent most of the rest of the game being distracted by her dress, trying to think how to make it.
For some strange reason, I lost :D
¹ we were using lombard cards, which have french suits
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ah, hai praticato zero waste pattern drafting, non è per niente facile :D
(perché mai dovrei interpretare correttamente quanto scrivi, quando far finta di non aver capito è più divertente? :D )
zero waste si riferisce al fatto di disegnare cartamodelli che si incastrano alla perfezione per usare ogni pezzetto di stoffa (o al più lasciare ritagli rettangolari, se la stoffa non è della dimensione giusta). È ancora più difficile che non disegnare cartamodelli normali, soprattutto se si vogliono fare vestiti che non siano sacchi informi.
E ovviamente è più difficile che non farsi vestiti usando dei cartamodelli esistenti.
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Cucire a mano non è difficile, lo può fare una bambina di 6 anni!
Purché alla suddetta bambina sia stato messo in mano un ago quando di anni ne aveva 4, e sia stata costretta a fare esercizio tutti i giorni nel frattempo :D
(seriamente: sì, richiede pratica. poi dopo un po' scatta la cosa e diventa facile e rilassante)
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Per la categoria #mastoSogni, stanotte un'amica di famiglia mi ha rivelato quale fosse il cheat code per far apparire i gradini/sgabelli/scalette/quei cosi insomma per raggiungere il ripiano più alto dei supermercati.
Purtroppo non mi ricordo più quale fosse il codice, né come si faceva ad inserirlo IRL :(
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posso chiamare almeno almeno il direttore del supermercato?
meglio ancora sarebbe il proprietario della catena, ma ora che arriva quello si è fatta notte e vorrei aver finito la spesa.
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Mi narrò un compagno, magazziniere in un piccolo supermarket locale, che un collega legaiolo, per farsi bello in presenza del capo e di alcuni clienti, redarguì le cassiere dicendo che erano lente.
Il padrone (uno che sa che i dipendenti trattati bene rendono di più) gli lesse la vita, ricordandogli quali erano i suoi compiti (scaricar bancali, riempire scaffali… e basta!) e invitando le cassiere a telefonargli personalmente se ci fossero stati "problemi".
Figura di merda 1-0!
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Bad social media gives you an audience: stuff like reach, personality/celebrity, spectacle, anxiety, alienation, competition.
Good social media gives you community: it’s more like voice, agency, discussion, comradery.
I want a community, not an audience.
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Il video del mio talk sul #fediverso al #LinuxDay2021 è stato pubblicato sul fediverso :D (PeerTube).
La maggior parte dei social network è controllata da aziende il cui scopo principale è la raccolta indiscriminata di dati degli utenti e la loro rivendita tramite pubblicità, ma esiste un'alternativa.video.linux.it
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Ah, dimenticavo.
Non so bene come/se/dove/quando pubblicarlo, ma per preparare il talk ho scritto un testo che non corrisponde esattamente a quanto detto, ma ci assomiglia abbastanza
git.trueelena.org/docs/talks/t…
Dato che le probabilità che io produca dei sottotitoli fatti bene per un mio talk sono estremamente basse, per varie ragioni, magari può essere utile a qualcuno.
(Se poi qualcuno ha voglia di sottotitolare il video originale come si deve, ha tutta la mia gratitudine.)
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Ci sono dei programmi apposta (iirc quello che avevo usato anni fa è aegisub) con cui si può trascrivere quello che viene detto nel video e salvarlo associandolo al momento preciso in cui viene detto.
Poi il file che viene generato è un file di testo in un formato apposta, che si può caricare in vlc o simili (anzi, se ha lo stesso nome del file, salvo l'estensione, vlc lo carica automaticamente.
Non so se peertube permetta di caricare file di sottotitoli, devo ancora guardarci.
So che esiste anche una piattaforma online per farlo in modo collaborativo, ma credo che ci voglia del setup, avevo visto che avevano provato a farlo per i video di una debconf, qualche anno fa.
Il grosso del lavoro però è trascrivere e allineare al minuto giusto, che di solito richiede tanto tempo in più rispetto alla durata del video.
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E giusto giusto stasera, abbiam parlato di programmi per smaneggiare sottotitoli all'incontro del LUG
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puoi creare dei file di testo in uno dei formati supportati da VLC, e chiamare il file con lo stesso nome (senza estensione) del video. VLC lo trova da solo.
se invece vuoi conoscere com’e fatto il formato del file, puoi prenderti dei sottotitoli qualunque (magari da opensubtitles.org) e dedurlo.
il problema non è tanto scrivere a manina un file di testo, quanto shiftare i time offset a manina! ci sono dei sw per la creazione dei sottotitoli:
linuxlinks.com/subtitleeditors…
A subtitle is a text representation of the dialog, narration, music, or sound effects in a video file. Subtitles are available in multiple formats.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
fresco fresco col November Update di KDE.
Come dice @Sabrina Web , diventa problematico quando i sottotitoli da distribuire sono in più di una lingua, e tenendo il file a parte si da la possibilità di non avere i sottotitoli a chi li trova una distrazione.
Oltre al fatto che se uno vuole può leggersi il file dei sottotitoli come transcript, evitando di doversi guardare tutto il video.
E che il file separato potrebbe essere indicizzato per delle ricerche, il disegno dei sottotitoli integrato nel video no.
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Forse l'unico problema può essere con i cosiddetti "smart tv" (che proprio smart non sono) che accettano un numero ridotto di formati video via USB e non credo leggano sottotitoli (devo provarci col mio), cosa che ti costringe a portarti dietro anche un laptop.
Sarebbe bello non avere l'uno *O* l'altro metodo, ma l'uno *E* l'altro.
Un po' di sbattimento in più per chi fa il video, ma neppure più di tanto, e si fanno felici molti più utenti.
Per fare una prova con la smart tv, un modo facile per procurarsi un video con sottotitoli è youtube-dl con l'opzione --all-subs
Certo che se è un minimo minimo smart, la possibilità di caricare sottotitoli me la aspetterei come funzionalità base
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My new row counter for #knitting short rows toes and heels! (yes, it is quite specific)
It's an old toy: a white plastic board with holes at regular spaces and coloured pegs that were used to draw some kind of computer-free pixel art.
Instead, I've added a strip of paper with the number of stitches on each row (and whether it's knits or purls), I use four pegs to mark the beginning and end of the current toe/heel, and I mark every row as I knit it by moving other pegs around, first to one side of the strip of paper and then to the other side.
I still think that something like this would be really nice in wood and brass, but this has the huge advantage of actually existing right now :D
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aaand done.
for the first sock, and tomorrow I'll start the second one…
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cuciture?
(sono calzini bassi, quindi dritti, non sagomati con aumenti/diminuzioni, e lavorati in tondo)
Il calzino di cui parlavo, finito
e un calzino di un'altro colore e taglia, appena iniziato, di cui si vedono la punta ed un pezzettino del piede, più i ferri da calza con cui lo sto lavorando
Il modello è knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTu… (e anche lì ci sono ulteriori foto)
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Some charcoal pencil and smudge stick magic later ^.^ Copic & Sakura multiliners, Pilot Parallel calligraphy pen with Ecoline black ink, and charcoal on smooth heavyweight cold press 300gm paper, A4 size (the mandala itself is 20cm diameter).
I'm about to scan it - if you'd like a high-res digital copy to print from home, $10 USD to paypal.me/delsdoodles or ko-fi.com/welshpixie and give me your email address ^.^)
((Not selling the physical piece because postage issues))
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I wasn't feeling creative, so I ended up with this.
Hopefully it doesn't hurt your artistic sensibilities :)
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Conoscete qualche stamperia online che permetta di vendere propri libri a prezzi popolari e che non abbia quantità minime di acquisto?
Una volta usavo Lulu com, ma sta iniziando a fare prezzi poco popolari.
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Allora… l'unico titolo che potrei pubblicare con ilmiolibro (magari chiedendo a @cronomaestro un po' di consulenza), visto chi è che ci guadagna sopra, è "Repubblica è una merda di quotidiano e l'Espresso fa cagare".
Bookabook si propone in modo più editoriale e filtra.
A me servirebbe praticamente una tipografia e basta: i servizi aggiuntivi (libro su Amazon, ecc.) non mi interessano.
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My latest #fountainPen #Ink order has arrived: I only needed a couple of blacks (DeAtraments Document, waterproof, and basic staple Pelikan 4001), but I just had to add a few samplers of other DeAtramentis Document shades, plus the KWZ Sheen Machine.
The DeAtramentis Document White (which is sold as fountain pen safe — I wouldn't use it with anything that isn't extremely easy to clean, however) was a surprise because it actually works on black paper! (I bought it to mix it with the other shades, I didn't expect it to be useful on its own)
As for the other shades, this confirms my perception that this line is pretty great, except for the blues, that are horribly feeathering :(
I'll see what happens when I do a few mixes that involve some of those blues.
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The Fuchsia is one of the well-behaved ones, and it's, well, pretty much magenta. My main aim is to use it for CMKY mixes, but it also looks nice on its own.
From what I see in the online reviews the Platinum Cassis Black looks quite less saturated (I see it is an iron gall one, so that's to be expected, I guess), while this is much more straight pure magenta.
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This link is pretty interesting because they actually tried washing and hurting a bit samples of the various kinds of silk, and they describe what happens, what changes and whether or not it could be considered ruined depending on what the silk is used for.
(also, I'm deeply for CampWashSilkWithWater, btw, and also WhyBotherWithDryCleaningWhenYouCanAvoidIt)
So there you were, browsing our silk fabric selection and dreaming up a fabulous new dress or pretty top, when all of the sudden your practical side burst in and said: But it’s silk… how will you ever wash it? Well, we’ve been wondering the same thin…Sartor
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no, un momento. a roma il candidato sindaco perdente al ballottaggio viene tipo gettato da una rupe?
non li facevo così drastici :D
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Ed ecco il sorgente di pdfpages… in "linguaggio Latex"!
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I'd decided to go for the boring naming option :)
git.trueelena.org/software/pdf…
and these are the whole 66 lines of scripts, including whitespace :)
git.trueelena.org/software/pdf…
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When people tell you "Google just works" for them, this tweet nicely illustrates one of the reasons why:
i.e. it works because other people are doing a lot of not-paid-by-google work to make it work :(
the same link on nitter, for convenience: nitter.net/UofUHealth/status/1…
Note to self: the hand that leads armies to victory loses its human warmth.
Or in other words: to spend two hours straight playing 0ad in winter I either need gloves or a heated mouse. :D
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