Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-07-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
generation as hard to scrape as possible. I don’t know if WP would do that, but some users might want to make it hard for bots to scrape their sites, so why not? -David Schwartz On Jul 31, 2024, at 4:20 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: As for JS I assume that mean most of the processing has

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-07-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
browser which means everything needs to travel from the server to the browser? Am I right on this? If I am that does not sound good. Keith Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 08:31 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I read that WordPress is

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-07-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Google Pixel 7 Pro On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 08:31 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I read that WordPress is on a 10 year plan to move away from PHP and become all JavaScript. Anyone aware of this? Keith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG

Re: browser woes

2024-07-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Lets go old school - reboot. On 2024-07-31 12:11, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: Yes, I have one. And I did. I changed the batteries first in the wireless. Then I changed to a wired. I thought that it might be the mouse but I can only change the batteries in that as I trashed the wired mouse

WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-07-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I read that WordPress is on a 10 year plan to move away from PHP and become all JavaScript. Anyone aware of this? Keith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: Ubuntu Server Device Name

2024-07-24 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thank you Arun!! I think I understand it better. Appreciate all your help!! Keith On 2024-07-24 11:52, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote: On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I am in the process of installing Ubuntu server 24.04 as a guest using

Re: what don't you need to update

2024-07-24 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Mike, I am running Kubuntu on my daily driver. On the task bar there is an icon for updates. When I click it I can update all packages that have an update. IIRC FireFox is a snap package on my machine. When I first switched back to Linux on my daily driver I was at a loss at how to

Ubuntu Server Device Name

2024-07-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I am in the process of installing Ubuntu server 24.04 as a guest using VirtualBox on Win 10. To do so I have to deactivate my access control list on my router. This guest is in the initial process of being configured. I an on the very first question that is about the keyboard. I am

Re: Want to save your old computer? Try these 5 Linux distributions

2024-07-19 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2024-07-17 13:36, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:18:33 -0700 This is the Linux I know!! https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-save-your-old-computer-try-these-5-linux-distributions/ The last time they made a computer with less than

Re: Xfce

2024-07-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hit send before I was finished. Add "You need less resources.". On 2024-07-15 19:01, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks Mike!! Mint is based on Ubuntu and by running Xfce you need On 2024-07-15 18:55, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: Just on mint.they modified th

Re: Xfce

2024-07-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Mike!! Mint is based on Ubuntu and by running Xfce you need On 2024-07-15 18:55, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: Just on mint.they modified th desktop so it is nicer. I feel more user friendly. On Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 7:21 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hey Mike, Did you say

Xfce

2024-07-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hey Mike, Did you say you were using Xfce? On what distro? Keith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Want to save your old computer? Try these 5 Linux distributions

2024-07-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
This is the Linux I know!! https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-save-your-old-computer-try-these-5-linux-distributions/ Keith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: either portsentry is insane, my laptop has been compromised, or ...

2024-07-09 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
By using ChatGPT I was able to determine SSH was not installed on my desktop. I did the install and now it works. On 2024-07-09 15:30, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Rusty, I was unable to SSH into my desktop from a new Ubuntu VirtualBox guest this morning. Was able to ping. Have

Re: either portsentry is insane, my laptop has been compromised, or ...

2024-07-09 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Rusty, I was unable to SSH into my desktop from a new Ubuntu VirtualBox guest this morning. Was able to ping. Have not had the time to resolve. My response is to your mentioning AI. I use the free version of ChatGPT. It is version 3.5 It responds to normal language. Ask it a question

Re: Cat5/Router Issue

2024-07-05 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
. Glad I finally figured that one out. Keith On 2024-07-05 06:26, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, You may recall I has an issue with Proxmox and trying to configure a guest Ubuntu LAMP server. For some reason during the end of the install Ubuntu would throw an error saying it could

Cat5/Router Issue

2024-07-05 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, You may recall I has an issue with Proxmox and trying to configure a guest Ubuntu LAMP server. For some reason during the end of the install Ubuntu would throw an error saying it could not reach the repositories. I spent several days on that issue trying every solution on the net.

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-05 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
The world is a hostile place.  I recently went old school.  I asked the bank to disarm my online banking.  I now deal with paper statements and everything gets paid by check. Not as convenient as on-line banking, however I am hoping it makes my world a little bit more secure. What are yo

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-04 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Many years ago our founders and many others put it all on the line so we could enjoy freedom. I am so thankful to those brave men and the women who supported them. On 2024-07-04 15:15, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I find it interesting that online banking is safer than checks

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-04 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I find it interesting that online banking is safer than checks. On 2024-07-04 14:23, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: IMHO, Y'all are brave. Regards, George Toft On 7/3/2024 11:31 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Wed, 03 Jul 2024 06:21:25

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-04 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Not as convenient as on-line banking, however I am hoping it makes my world a little bit more secure. What are your thoughts? Keith On 6/29/2024 5:19 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Mike, The world is a hostile place.  The more precautions you take the better.  I cover the camer

Re: OT

2024-07-04 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Yea! Right back at you!! On 2024-07-04 04:47, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: Happy independence day guys and gals! -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-04 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
everything gets paid by check. Not as convenient as on-line banking, however I am hoping it makes my world a little bit more secure. What are your thoughts? Keith On 6/29/2024 5:19 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Mike, The world is a hostile place.  The more precautions you take t

Re: I love AI and linux!

2024-07-03 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
kly. I've never experienced ChatGPT as an anonymous user, as I jumped on the paid wagon as soon as it became available. I've always assumed that Google tracks me by my MAC address. I wonder if ChatGPT does the same. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Wed, Jul 3, 2

Re: I love AI and linux!

2024-07-03 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
exander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 11:49 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Mike, I take it you are logged in to ChatGPT? Most of the time I am using ChatGPT I am NOT logged in. I wonder if it make a difference. Interesting information you have uncovered Mike. K

Re: I love AI and linux!

2024-07-03 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Mike, I take it you are logged in to ChatGPT? Most of the time I am using ChatGPT I am NOT logged in. I wonder if it make a difference. Interesting information you have uncovered Mike. Keith On 2024-07-03 09:02, Michael wrote: look what ai just told me: how long do you remember chats

Re: I love AI and linux!

2024-07-03 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
That is cool Mike. Thank you for sharing. I've been using ChatGPT for PHP programming. On 2024-07-03 07:33, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: If you remember correctly my CMOS battery is dead. I got around that by creating a cronjob that would set the clock via the ntp pool. Now I turn the

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-03 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
. What are your thoughts? Keith On 6/29/2024 5:19 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Mike, The world is a hostile place.  The more precautions you take the better.  I cover the camera on my cellular phone while not in use.  I cover the camera that is built into my laptop while

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-03 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2024-07-02 19:05, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: Okay, I now come begging for more information on why RH thinks sudo is bad. But first a little background... Where I work, the first thing we do is remove sudo and replace it with a shell script that calls our centralized Privileged

Re: VirtualBox, Proxmox, QEMU and CPU Vs vCPUs

2024-07-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
VM running with QEMU on Debian, v is a TrueNAS. Although they give you a GUI to select options, it is my understanding that it's just pure QEMU running on the backend. In this VM, I have vCPUs configured. Thanks!! -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 13:43 K

Re: VirtualBox, Proxmox, QEMU and CPU Vs vCPUs

2024-07-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
VM running with QEMU on Debian, v is a TrueNAS. Although they give you a GUI to select options, it is my understanding that it's just pure QEMU running on the backend. In this VM, I have vCPUs configured. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 13:43 Keith Smit

Re: VirtualBox, Proxmox, QEMU and CPU Vs vCPUs

2024-07-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 13:43 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I've started to skim the Ubuntu docs on QEMU. It talks about vCPUs. I've run both VirtualBox and Proxmox. Seems both VirtualBox and Proxmox only allow for CPU allocation

Re: HTML, CSS and PHP

2024-07-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Resident PHP expert? Your too kind!! I'm sure there more than a few PHP people on this list that can out pace me. I'm just the most vocal. On 2024-07-02 14:12, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi all, This is a question for our resident PHP expert Keith Smith, but others please feel

VirtualBox, Proxmox, QEMU and CPU Vs vCPUs

2024-07-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I've started to skim the Ubuntu docs on QEMU. It talks about vCPUs. I've run both VirtualBox and Proxmox. Seems both VirtualBox and Proxmox only allow for CPU allocation at the CPU level. I'd really like to be able allocate vCPUs. Do I understand this correctly? Thanks!! Keith

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-06-29 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I have had several situations where I needed to become root because I was unable to compete the task using sudo. Maybe I do not understand On 2024-06-29 19:05, Michael wrote: I thought using suddenly was the same as becoming root On Sat, Jun 29, 2024, 7:19 PM wrote: Mike, The

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-06-29 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Mike, The world is a hostile place. The more precautions you take the better. I cover the camera on my cellular phone while not in use. I cover the camera that is built into my laptop while it is not in use. I think on-line banking is dangerous. At some point I want to turn off WIFI and

Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list

2024-06-26 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Are you saying ChatGPT is sharing my information on how I use AI? If I use it for programming the world will know I am a programmer and they will know what projects I am working on? And if I write articles they will catalog that as well? Thank you for the heads up. I had not thought of the

Re: DNS Records

2024-06-25 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Unless you just have to have Proton mail, shared hosing will come with mail. On 2024-06-25 12:50, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: If I understand you correctly, you are looking for a simple way to host a static web page somewhere. I think you can do that on Dropbox. You can certainly

Re: DNS Records

2024-06-25 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Years ago I used https://www.zoneedit.com/ for free. Looks like they may still have some free stuff. If I understand you may need to only change your A record IP to the IP address of your domain. On 2024-06-25 11:08, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: All, I currently have my own domain and

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Reclaiming water from the sewer: The $1BN Megaproject to Save California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lpYVi2OkwQ On 2024-06-23 06:24, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: In Tucson there is a park named "Randolph Park". It is abou

Re: AI Tools For Article Writing

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
-- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 06:31 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, Anyone using any AI tools for article writing. If so what are you using? Is anyone using AI at all? if so for what. I have been playing with ChatGPT and it is great for wri

Re: AI Tools For Article Writing

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Pro On Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 06:31 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, Anyone using any AI tools for article writing. If so what are you using? Is anyone using AI at all? if so for what. I have been playing with ChatGPT and it is great for writing PHP code if one uses the cor

Re: AI Tools For Article Writing

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
So you are using https://chatgpt.com/ ? On 2024-06-23 12:19, z via PLUG-discuss wrote: ChatGPT. If I had the hardware, I'd be using codellama 70B on oobabooga. What I can run on my 12G VRAM card is far lower quality than ChatGPT. Jun 23, 2024 06:31:27 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss : Hi

AI Tools For Article Writing

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, Anyone using any AI tools for article writing. If so what are you using? Is anyone using AI at all? if so for what. I have been playing with ChatGPT and it is great for writing PHP code if one uses the correct prompts. Keith ---

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
In Tucson there is a park named "Randolph Park". It is about a square mile in size. They water the park with reclaimed water. It does have a slight odor to it. Yikes!! I like my coffee with the slight odor of recycle..Yummy!!! Ok, so I am a Christian and in the Bible God says to subdue

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

2024-06-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Yikes!! On 2024-06-23 05:57, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks for reminding me of George Carlin's Things to watch out for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwEKx1P7AOA On 6/22/24 19:49, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thomas Scott via PLUG-discuss said on Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:05:35 -0400

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

2024-06-22 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
t 6:20 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Interesting topic. I wonder how it will workout. > > I read an article last year about a couple in Tucson that are capturing rain water and that was enough to supply their needs. I did some research and there is a formula base

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

2024-06-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Interesting topic. I wonder how it will workout. I read an article last year about a couple in Tucson that are capturing rain water and that was enough to supply their needs. I did some research and there is a formula based on roof space and rain fall that will determine the amount of water

Re: Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

2024-06-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
it can be used for and how accessible it really is. – Eric From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Opinions and research department. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along. I

Re: Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

2024-06-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
and what it can be used for and how accessible it really is. – Eric From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Opinions and research department. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along

Re: Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

2024-06-16 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along. I am old enough to know that is impossible. I tend to get political and my views are at odds with some or maybe most on the list. Here is what I came to say. Shame on you all. You need to take an inventory for what you have. Most

Re: I don't know what to do.

2024-06-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Jesus is Lord!!! On 2024-06-14 16:39, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote: Michael -- Do you have time to talk about our Lord and Savior, the ZFS filesystem, and his worthy disciple, the differential snapshot?!!? -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Fri, Jun 14,

Re: chrome problem

2024-06-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I thought this might be a job for AI. I asked AI "How can i remove the password on chrome on linux" AI said: To remove the saved passwords in Google Chrome on Linux, you need to follow these steps: Open Google Chrome. Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner of the

Re: is there any way to fix this drive?

2024-06-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Must be a legal mind lurking around here -->> Prima facie On 2024-06-09 16:50, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote: On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:58 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: Prima facie, it looks like a corrupted file system v/s bad hardware. Do you know what kind of filesystem it

Re: chromebook and libreoffice

2024-05-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
wrote: no I'm not. my wife needed to open an excel spreadsheet and she was unable to on her chromebook. I opened it with libre office and wanted to put it on her chromebook. On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 8:48 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Mike, Are you turning an old laptop into a Chromebook

Re: chromebook and libreoffice

2024-05-30 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Mike, Are you turning an old laptop into a Chromebook? Keith On 2024-05-30 05:41, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I've started using ChatGPT for searches. Here is what it returned. I know nothing on the subject matter so I do not know if this is accurate: --- As of my last update

Re: chromebook and libreoffice

2024-05-30 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I've started using ChatGPT for searches. Here is what it returned. I know nothing on the subject matter so I do not know if this is accurate: --- As of my last update in January 2022, Chrome OS doesn't have a built-in Linux mode like some other operating systems such as Ubuntu or Fedora.

Re: will windows fit?

2024-05-28 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I asked Google "how much disk space is needed for windows 11", and it told me: --- 64 GB Storage: 64 GB or larger storage device. If your PC does not have a large enough storage drive, there are sometimes options for upgrading the drive. --- ChatGPT said : --- The disk space required for

Re: VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use

2024-05-25 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks!! On 2024-05-25 07:27, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: It's a type two hypervisor, and you allocate an emulated CPU -- you can decide what kind it should emulate or do host passthrough. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Sat, May 25, 2024, 05:52 wrote: Two

Re: VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use

2024-05-25 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Two Questions: 1) Is VMWare Workstation type 1 or type 2 hypervisor? 2) Does VMWare Workstation break the CPU resources down to vCPUs or does it allow only to allocate at the cpu core level? On 2024-05-24 06:41, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote:

Re: wsl

2024-05-22 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Here is a decent video on VirtualBox : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX75Z-4MEoM On 2024-05-22 06:47, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote: Yeah, just download virtual box, and your favorite Linux iso. That'll solve all the problems. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google

Re: Linux distro options ...

2024-05-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I have used Mint and liked it. I now use Kubuntu. Someone said that the goal of mint was that it just runs... Well I've been on Kubuntu for maybe several years and it just runs. On 2024-05-20 16:37, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks Ryan. That is what I hope to do. --- 2405-18

Re: Fediverse for May topic

2024-05-09 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi Went to what I think is the "main" website and it said: Fediverse social network differs from mainstream platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc). Mainstream platforms concentrate millions of users on one website, where they control all the decision-making, enforce

Re: I Tried AI for Programming and Article Writing

2024-05-08 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks!! On 2024-05-08 10:44, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: Feel free - I made that statement in my video at the First AI FilmFest last year. Regards, George Toft On 5/6/2024 10:30 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: On 2024-05-06 09:33, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: Part

Re: Gen AI and Job Interviews

2024-05-06 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2024-05-06 10:45, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: Speaking of Gen AI... we recently interviewed a candidate for our team. He used ChatGPT to answer the interview questions. Uh, that would be an instant "No!" dawg. LOLz. Thanks for blazing the path to the new method of interviews - you

Re: I Tried AI for Programming and Article Writing

2024-05-06 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
experience. George can I quote you? I will not mention your name or where you made the post. I just want the above statement. On 4/14/2024 7:49 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, I wanted to share my experience.  When AI came out I feared it would take over my niche as a PHP

Re: AZ Developer Wages, per Feds

2024-04-26 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
If you do not like where you work then make a change. The work environment is changing. During my work life the only people working remote were freelancers/contractors. Today we have digital nomads down to just regular remote. And do not forget there are lots of temporary gigs as well as

Re: AZ Developer Wages, per Feds

2024-04-26 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Ryan Petris your on a roll. I wholeheartedly agree. On 2024-04-25 13:45, Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss wrote: If you're asking whether the workers got their fair share of building a bridge 100 years ago given that it's stood for 100 years and that it's gotten a lot of use, I'd say that it

Re: AZ Developer Wages, per Feds

2024-04-26 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Well said. I was in a union in the 90's. They did nothing for us. Don't forget AZ is a right to work state. In spite of this I see lots of folks living in nice houses, driving nice cars, and go to nice places. Az does well as a right to work state. On 2024-04-25 12:19, Ryan Petris via

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-04-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2024-04-21 02:12, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:32:10 -0700 Hi, This article says WordPress is moving away from PHP to JavaScript. I think WordPress is shooting itself in the foot. My main question has to do with resources

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-04-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
browser always end up, blocking up, or even killing itself most of the time. As I said, JavaScript is a PTA, and it’s also a security risk. – Eric. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 20, 2024, at 7:32 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, This article says WordPress is moving away from PHP

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-04-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
choke and spontaneously reboot for lack of available memory. I hope Matt helps fix this problem because it impacts everybody who is using js inside of web browsers to build increasingly complex client-side apps. -David Schwartz On Apr 20, 2024, at 7:32 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss

WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-04-20 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, This article says WordPress is moving away from PHP to JavaScript. I think WordPress is shooting itself in the foot. My main question has to do with resources given the shift from server side processing to browser based processing.

Re: Where to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11

2024-04-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Is it an object that can be instantiated in a Dot Net program? On 2024-04-17 07:14, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: Yeah, that was the Outlook Web Access (OWA). -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 05:51 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Appreciate

Re: Where to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11

2024-04-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Crews via PLUG-discuss wrote: On 4/14/24 13:13, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I am looking to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11 as cheep as possible for my wife's computer. There is no such thing as a cheap copy of MS Outlook. Not anymore. You will either need to pony up for a

Where to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11

2024-04-14 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I am looking to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11 as cheep as possible for my wife's computer. Thanks!! Keith --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

I Tried AI for Programming and Article Writing

2024-04-14 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I wanted to share my experience. When AI came out I feared it would take over my niche as a PHP developer. After taking AI for a test run this is what I discovered: 1) The application analysis and design still needs to be performed by a human. 2) The human, in my case, the

Re: catching the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Good to hear no one is spying on you. Hope your recovery is speedy and full!! On 2024-04-10 18:41, Mike Bushroe via PLUG-discuss wrote: I found the reason someone was spying on me. It was me. I was. I was searching around on the other camera and found that it not only interface with the

Motherboard vs. CPU RAM address ability

2024-04-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, As you may recall I had a issue with my wife's computer needing more RAM. It is a Dell that shipped with Win 10 Pro and 4GB of RAM. Was very very slow. The CPU would address 64GB of RAM however the motherboard would only handle 32GB of RAM. This is a Dell box. Today I am dealing with

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-05 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I would never had thought of this type of scam. I hope you find the person or persons. I'm guessing it might be someone close to you. Yikes!! Several months ago there was a post on next door where a man had passed away and someone stole his gun safes. Heinous!! Is this camera ties into a

Why 5 Million People Live in America’s Hottest City

2024-03-11 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, Happened upon this video that I found very interesting. It is all about Phoenix and the latter 2/3rds is about tech in the valley starting at 19:50. The first part is worth watching as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjQuZfkU1jI ---

Re: facebook

2024-03-04 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Are you in South America? I seem to recall that you were. On 2024-03-04 06:49, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I was wondering my facebook spell-check language got changed to spanish. Was I hacked? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: Part 2 :Failure to access repositories when installing Ubuntu 23.10 and 22.04 on Proxmox

2024-02-25 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 12:58 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, To take Proxmox out of the equation I installed Ubuntu 22.04lts on an old laptop. Installed fine. The problem must be that something went wrong when upgrading from Proxmox version 7 to 8. When I setup Proxmox over a ye

Re: Part 2 :Failure to access repositories when installing Ubuntu 23.10 and 22.04 on Proxmox

2024-02-25 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
have working ubuntu desktops and servers 18.04-24.04 running on proxmox 8.1-4 also uefi and tpm working on some VM's on a old host that does not support it so it a nice way to learn and test Todd On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 12:58 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, To take Proxmox out

Part 2 :Failure to access repositories when installing Ubuntu 23.10 and 22.04 on Proxmox

2024-02-24 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, To take Proxmox out of the equation I installed Ubuntu 22.04lts on an old laptop. Installed fine. The problem must be that something went wrong when upgrading from Proxmox version 7 to 8. When I setup Proxmox over a year ago I configured 2 Ubuntu VMs. Those VM are able to access the

Failure to access repositories when installing Ubuntu 23.10 and 22.04 on Proxmox

2024-02-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, Trying to install Ubuntu 23.10 server on Proxmox (have tried 22.04 with same results) I downloaded the ISO file and imported it into Proxmox. Then I created a VM using the ISO. During the install there are some failed messages like below. I continued to completion. I can SSH into

Re: Proxmox Configuration

2024-02-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Ok, silly me. I had been looking for /var/www/html and was not finding it... Yikes. That is where my LAMP stacks are at. Thanks for playing lets chase our tail!! Keith On 2024-02-15 18:20, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, A year or two ago I repurposed a box as a Proxmox server

Proxmox Configuration

2024-02-15 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, A year or two ago I repurposed a box as a Proxmox server. I did a couple projects and then left the box sitting unused. I am revisiting the Proxmox box and it has several VMs on it. One of the VMs is a copy of my website that runs on WordPress. I do not recall how I uploaded and

Re: Looking for opinions on email providers

2024-01-29 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
You have a website which makes me think you have email with that account? Any reason not to use your hosting provider's email? On 2024-01-28 22:14, Steven via PLUG-discuss wrote: Apparently I am late to hearing this, but in the near future Cox will have Yahoo take over handling all "cox.net"

Re: Have I been Black Balled?

2024-01-11 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Brian!! On 2024-01-10 23:21, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: Sorry, we had an issue with the data center. All fixed now. Brian On 1/9/24 14:00, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Non of my messages are getting though. --- PLUG

Re: Have I been Black Balled?

2024-01-11 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks!! was a 2 day delay On 2024-01-10 22:58, Phil Waclawski wrote: I can see this one, and your previous "Test" post. Phil W On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:48 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Non of my messages are gett

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2024-01-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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AWS S3 PHP SDK no longer viable.

2024-01-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, In 2017 I created a backup script using the AWS S3 PHP SDK that would extract, tar, and upload to S3. Version 3 of the SDK does not work with PHP version 8.x. There some code on GitHub that will extent the SDK to PHP version 8.03 Yikes... I like using S3 for backups... A friend

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2024-01-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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Have I been Black Balled?

2024-01-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Non of my messages are getting though. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

AWS S3 PHP SDK no longer viable - replace with restic???

2024-01-10 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I sent an email to the list that did not appear to make it. === Subject : AWS S3 PHP SDK no longer viable. Body : Hi, In 2017 I created a backup script using the AWS S3 PHP SDK that would extract, tar, and upload to S3. Version 3 of the SDK does not work with PHP version 8.x.

Why put Data Centers in HOT Phoenix?

2023-12-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I get the labor pool is probably a draw. I've always wondered why companies want to build data centers in Phoenix given the extreme heat. Last year we had a month with daily highs of 116 degrees. That means lots of A/C to cool down all that heat. I wonder why someplace cool like Flagstaff

Data center developers flock to Phoenix, with major projects in pipeline

2023-12-31 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Seems Phoenix is the data center of the world. https://ktar.com/story/254/data-center-developers-flock-to-phoenix-with-major-projects-in-pipeline/ I winder why they did not mention GoDaddy. I think GoDaddy might be the largest hosting company in he world. And all of that takes place in

Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer

2023-12-26 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Interesting story. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12869629/Tesla-robot-ATTACKS-engineer-companys-Texas-factory-violent-malfunction-leaving-trail-blood-forcing-workers-hit-emergency-shutdown-button.html A friend of mine fell 800 feet to his death in a copper mine in Nevada.

Re: AWS S3 Backups - User Cron - Should I create a backup User?

2023-12-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
After replying I am thinking I could create a backup user and use it as a "global" backup. The scrip could be owned by the backup user with 700 permissions. Interesting idea. I'm thinking this may be more secure. Any feedback is much appreciated. Keith On 2023-12-21 06:39, Keith

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