Weather logging data sets
I am going to just run this script at weekends, so all the data is uploaded as soon as I can after collection. Once transferred to the gopher server, the data is deleted from the Raspberry Pi.
gopher://gopher.vern.cc/1/~zleap
[42] Weather data June 9th 2025
[43] Weather data June 10th 2025
[44] Weather data July 5th 2025
[45] Weather data July 6th 2025
[46] Weather data July 12th 2025
[47] Weather data July 13th 2025
As previously stated, all this is provided 'as is'. I have no intention, at this present time, of sharing by other means.
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Lions vs First Nations & Pasifika XV
22/07/2025 First Nations & Pasifika XV v The Lions Melbourne Marvel Stadium 8:00pm 11:00am
Lions 24 19 First Nations & Pasifika XV
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Tinkerers Meeting – July 2025
The next meeting of the Tor bay Tinkerers group will be on Saturday 26th July 2025 from 9:30am
We meet at:-
STEAM Café & Discovery Centre
13 Torbay Road, Paignton.
Last meeting we spent some time looking at the Lego Robots, which are located in what was the Hyperspace Café in Victoria Square. (2 mins walk from the STEAM Café). By the time of this meeting they should be good to go with the space set up for the planned events, or at least early stages of that.
So time will probably be split between STEAM and the other venue. You will need to ASK at the counter, as we will let staff know we intend to go.
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Lions vs Wallabies
19/07/2025 Wallabies 19-27 The Lions
Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium
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Weather logging
So been experimenting with some of the options for ansiweather, partly as schools need to teach data logging as part of the national curriculum computing, however not all schools have the kit required.
As I have this running on a Raspberry Pi, I thought it may be possible to set one up to log just the location and temperature.
ansiweather -l paignton -p false -h false -w false -i false >temponly.txt
so the above will display the location and temperature, but exclude pressure, humidity, wind and UV index.
now=$(date +"%m_%d_%Y")
echo "Filename : /nas/backup_$weather.csv"
echo $(date "+ %D, %T"), $(ansiweather -l Paignton -a false) >> weather_$now.csv
Control what is sent to stdout.
now=$(date +"%m_%d_%Y")
echo "Filename : /nas/backup_$weather.csv"
echo $(date "+ %D, %T"), $(ansiweather -l torquay -p false -h false -w false -i false) >> torquay_$now.csv
Final script
now=$(date +"%m_%d_%Y")
echo "Filename : /nas/backup_$weather.csv"
echo $(date "+ %D, %T"), $(ansiweather -l torquay -p false -h false -w false -i false) >> torquay_$now.csv
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#Bash,#BashScripting,#Logging,#Data
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Localhost tracking
This seems to be the latest tactic META are using to track users without their consent. Potentially a violation of at least 3 laws in the EU.
Update, well sort of, Meta is now going to use unpublished photos to train AI.
So as the article states, check the terms and conditions and keep checking back.
Update 16/7/2025
Now ask your self, are your WhatsApp messages really private. Critical thinking ftw.
There are alternatives.
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Forever chemicals
Some chemicals that we have produced remain in the environment pose a huge risk to ecosystems and human health, the problem is complex, but it does appear there are some solutions to this. So-called forever chemicals could stay indefinably, however science is finding a way to deal with these.
Links
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#Chemistry,#ForeverChemicals,#Science,#PFAS,#TFA
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Free Software Directory meeting
When : Fridays
Time : 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC)
Topic : To help improve the Free Software Directory.
Location : #fsf on libera.chat
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Gopher 5: Troubleshooting Gophermap
As previously discussed, a gophermap is a text file. It does however require specific formatting.
When adding links to a document, you need to ensure the space between the label and filename is a tab and not spaces. I previously discussed HOW TO set up an editor to treat pressing tab as an actual tab character.
If things are not working properly, there are several things you can try in the first instance.
IParticle Interactions particle_chart.jpg
- You can delete the area what is between the label Particle Interactions and filename particle_chart.jpg and reinsert a tab
- Delete everything after the label, (well use cut) then paste it back in, then insert a tab
This sometimes fixes any issues, it may seem strange in the gophermap that some tabs appear small and others appear longer (as if they are equivalent of 4 spaces) this seems normal.
If you want to make sure of what is there, you can use a hex editor to examine deeper in to a file.
What you are looking for are the following
Within ASCII :
- Tab is 09 decimal, Hex 09
- Space is 32 decimal, Hex 20 (Two Zero)
Find where tabs are inserted, and check the hex is displaying 09, It may look by the text field on the right that some characters appear as periods, this is I think due to the fact that the editor needs to have something to represent what is there. If that makes sense.
gopher gopher://vern.cc/1/~zleap
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AI Generated Text
With more and more content being generated by AI, it is getting harder to work out how pieces of text have been generated.
This guide on Wikipedia aims to help people by highlighting common catchphrases and other content that can be attributed to Ai.
An interesting article on the BBC ChatGPT: Can students pass using AI tools at university? Examine similar issues further, but it is important for students to understand AI generated text. As they may need to cite research and this research has to be of a certain standard or their own essays are reduced in worth (not monetary) and student / institution reputation can also be impacted. While this is my own opinion, it is based on what I understand about this topic.
In another example, back in the late 80s there was a paper written on cold fusion that was so bad, it was ridiculed by the community and didn't reflect well on the authors.
AI is not going away, so we are going to have to live with it and understand the implications of it being used and apply better methods to ensure what is written is of high academic standard.
On a sort of related note, Critical Thinking Web has some excellent resources on developing these essential skills.
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#AI,#Writing.#Identification,#Academic,#Personal,#Standards
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