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tuturto rambles about miniature painting while painting some ancient British units (horses for chariots to be specific) for De Bellis Antiquitatis. De Bellis Antiquitatis is a quick to learn, quick to play war game for ancient period (and a bit more) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bellis_Antiquitatis Army Painter is paint, brush and basing manufacturer - https://www.thearmypainter.com/ Osprey Publishing specializes in publishing books on modeling and history - https://ospreypublishing.com/

While cleaning out the gutters, Knightwise talks about cleaning out the digital gutters of his information consumption and looking for geeky ways to get his information fix.

New hosts There were no new hosts this month. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 2565 Fri 2018-06-01 HPR 2017 New Years Eve show part 7 Various Creative Commons Works 2566 Mon 2018-06-04 HPR Community News for May 2018 HPR Volunteers 2567 Tue 2018-06-05 Son of Hunky Punk Claudio Miranda 2568 Wed 2018-06-06 Personal finance klaatu 2569 Thu 2018-06-07 Pandemic: Reign of Cthulu board game review klaatu 2570 Fri 2018-06-08 Penguicon 2018 Report Ahuka 2571 Mon 2018-06-11 Kill Dr. Lucky klaatu 2572 Tue 2018-06-12 What's in my tool kit bookewyrmm 2573 Wed 2018-06-13 Foundations of git rebase

Ever have a remote control that didn't seem to be working ? With this AMAZING LIFE HACK you can see the unseen OK all it is is looking at the remote using your camera - but still...

Plot twists come in several varieties, and can produce different effects in stories. They can be powerful tools, done correctly, but quickly become trite and predictable if over-used, or used poorly. What's the best way to include them? And when might it be a mistake to even try?

Citations https://www.copyright.gov/docs/sound/ http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep12/Hirtle--When-Is-1923-Going-to-Arrive-and-Other-Complications-of-the-U.S.-Public-Domain.shtml

How easy is it for your potential contributors to contribute? Klaatu looks at three open source and open culture projects to determine how easy they make it for your potential contributors to contribute?

My new 3D printer - impressions of the Creality Ender 3 Introduction I have been thinking of buying a 3D printer for a year or so. I had thought of getting a Prusa i3 MK3 in kit form, but although it's cheaper than the built form this printer is not cheap, and I doubted my ability to build it. I was also unsure whether there was a real need for the capabilities of a 3D printer in my life, and whether such a purchase was justified. I had noticed the Chinese Creality CR10 printer in the recent past, and wondered about buying one of these at about half the price of the Prusa. This is a good-sized printer which comes fully-assembled as I understand, and it has had many good reviews. When the Creality Ender 3 was released in April 2018 for around half the price of the CR10 it looked worth the risk to see if I really needed a 3D printer. So I bought one (from Amazon) in June. As I write this (2018-06-10) it's been less than a week since it was delivered, so this is a very preliminary look at the printer. Long notes For the rest of the notes for this episode look here. Links Wikipedia definition of 3D printing Wikipedia article on the Bowden extruder Printers mentioned: Prusa i3 MK3 Creality CR10 Website Buy on Banggood Creality Ender 3 Website Buy on Banggood All3DP Review Wikipedia article on DIN Rails Thingiverse items: Ender 3 bed levelling GCode DIN Rail fittings Printable upgrades for the Ender 3

For the last 15 years or so Diabetes has been a central fact in my life, and I needed to learn what to do about it. I think I discovered a way I can live with it and still have a good quality of life https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/default.htm https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-diabetic-retinopathy https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-neuropathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20371580 https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/tc/diabetic-nephropathy-topic-overview#1 http://www.diabetes-book.com/ https://www.palain.com/?page_id=338

This episode is light on actual commands, and mostly a narrative analysis of what git HEAD is and why it matters to you. Some commands you can try: $ cat ~/path/to/git/repo/.git/HEAD and $ ls ~/path/to/git/repo/.git/refs $ cat ~/path/to/git/repo/.git/refs/master

stow was perfected in 2002 with stow 1.3.3. Then it was silent for 9 years, and in 2011 stow 2.1.0 came out. It received a few updates until stow 2.2.2 in 2015, but don't worry. It's still relevant, and it won't eat your homework. I don't even know what these 2.x versions are about. You still just stow mything, stow -R mything and stow -D mything like you always did. If stow is too limiting to you, listen to hpr2198 :: How awesome is Guix and why will it take over the world about its big brother, which has all of the advantages of stow except radical simplicity, and none of the drawbacks. For a shorter and more practical episode on Guix, see hpr2308 :: Everyday package operations in Guix.

NYbill talks about the Siglent SDS1202X-E oscilloscope and the calibration pitfalls of the BA model over the newer BB model. Pics for the episode: http://media.gunmonkeynet.net/u/nybill/collection/siglent-sds1202x-e/

Have you ever wanted to start playing a tabletop RPG, but weren't sure where to start? In this one-hour episode, Lostnbronx and Klaatu introduce you to role-playing games, including what you need to have in order to get started, how to build a character, what a game session is like, and how to find other people to play with. Some resources mentioned in this episode: The easy way in: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Player's Handbook A collection of free RPG systems Brent P. Newhall's Musæum of Fantastic Wonders The OpenD6 system is a free and open and very flexible game using only standard 6-sided die is a good, albeit dated, introduction to RPG modules and gameplay in general. It won't exactly fit anything you play, but reading it through might clarify how a typical game works (and actually it's pretty easy to adapt into a modern game like Pathfinder or D&D, if you want.). Klaatu has a weekly podcast called Chronicles & Commons, wherein he talks about fantasy [Creative Commons and public domain] folklore in the context of RPG gaming (which in turn is discussed in context of storytelling).

Had a tower with a bad motherboard. Wife found one at the Savers (Goodwill) for $8 Board worked, but had no video Bought a 8mb video card for $10 Power supply fan seized, $10, Got a warning about danger of opening up a power supply. Distro should be on a USB key, and run headless Easy way to back up the system Had Arch installed, no 32 bit support after end of 2017 Installed Slackware, only working distribution for my hardware Found it useful to have a script to chroot from the install media to the Slackware install. Added a boot delay to mkinitrc for usb, otherwise it would boot with a message about not finding /mnt in /etc/fstab Set up ssh with alternative port Installed mplayer and tmux, and ripit with sbopkg Mplayer to rip streams for movies and shows Tmux is my favorite for resuming from a different PC or mobile Needed a way to rip any media regardless of encryption Only need libdvdcss to read Includes Disney (Star Wars, Tron) CD ripping was a bonus Ripit to rip CDs Scripts are on Github https://github.com/ricemark20/CD-DVD-ripping-on-Slackware Happy ripping!

Lostnbronx goes over the narrative technique of using one main character to tell a story, as opposed to using multiple characters. What advantage, if any, does so-called "head-hopping" have, over focusing on a single character at a time? Why is it sometimes better to do the opposite? And how can these different construction elements impact the story as a whole?