+ <div class="entry">
+ <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Updated_Valutakrambod__now_also_with_information_from_NBX.html">Updated Valutakrambod, now also with information from NBX</a></div>
+ <div class="date">27th February 2021</div>
+ <div class="body"><p>I have neglected the Valutakrambod library for a while, but decided
+this weekend to give it a face lift. I fixed a few minor glitches in
+several of the service drivers, where the API had changed since I last
+looked at the code. I also added support for fetching the order book
+from the newcomer Norwegian Bitcoin Exchange.</p>
+
+<p>I alsod decided to migrate the project from github to gitlab in the
+process. If you want a python library for talking to various currency
+exchanges, check out
+<a href="https://gitlab.com/petterreinholdtsen/valutakrambod">code for
+valutakrambod</a>.</p>
+
+<p>This is what the output from '<tt>bin/btc-rates-curses -c</tt>'
+looked like a few seconds ago:</p>
+
+<p><blockquote><pre>
+ Name Pair Bid Ask Spread Ftcd Age Freq
+ Bitfinex BTCEUR 39229.0000 39246.0000 0.0% 44 44 nan
+ Bitmynt BTCEUR 39071.0000 41048.9000 4.8% 43 74 nan
+ Bitpay BTCEUR 39326.7000 nan nan% 39 nan nan
+ Bitstamp BTCEUR 39398.7900 39417.3200 0.0% 0 0 1
+ Bl3p BTCEUR 39158.7800 39581.9000 1.1% 0 nan 3
+ Coinbase BTCEUR 39197.3100 39621.9300 1.1% 38 nan nan
+ Kraken+BTCEUR 39432.9000 39433.0000 0.0% 0 0 0
+ Paymium BTCEUR 39437.2100 39499.9300 0.2% 0 2264 nan
+ Bitmynt BTCNOK 409750.9600 420516.8500 2.6% 43 74 nan
+ Bitpay BTCNOK 410332.4000 nan nan% 39 nan nan
+ Coinbase BTCNOK 408675.7300 412813.7900 1.0% 38 nan nan
+ MiraiEx BTCNOK 412174.1800 418396.1500 1.5% 34 nan nan
+ NBX BTCNOK 405835.9000 408921.4300 0.8% 33 nan nan
+ Bitfinex BTCUSD 47341.0000 47355.0000 0.0% 44 53 nan
+ Bitpay BTCUSD 47388.5100 nan nan% 39 nan nan
+ Coinbase BTCUSD 47153.6500 47651.3700 1.0% 37 nan nan
+ Gemini BTCUSD 47416.0900 47439.0500 0.0% 36 336 nan
+ Hitbtc BTCUSD 47429.9900 47386.7400 -0.1% 0 0 0
+ Kraken+BTCUSD 47401.7000 47401.8000 0.0% 0 0 0
+ Exchangerates EURNOK 10.4012 10.4012 0.0% 38 76236 nan
+ Norgesbank EURNOK 10.4012 10.4012 0.0% 31 76236 nan
+ Bitstamp EURUSD 1.2030 1.2045 0.1% 2 2 1
+ Exchangerates EURUSD 1.2121 1.2121 0.0% 38 76236 nan
+ Norgesbank USDNOK 8.5811 8.5811 0.0% 31 76236 nan
+</pre></blockquote></p>
+
+<p>Yes, I notice the negative spread on Hitbtc. Either I fail to
+understand their API or they are sending bogus data. I've seen the
+same on Kraken, and suspect there is something wrong with the data
+they send information via Websocket.</p>
+
+<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
+activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
+<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>
+</div>
+ <div class="tags">
+
+
+ Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/bitcoin">bitcoin</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>.
+
+
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="padding"></div>
+
<div class="entry">
<div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Boken__Hvordan_knuse_overv_kningskapitalismen__lanseres_p__norsk.html">Boken «Hvordan knuse overvåkningskapitalismen» lanseres på norsk</a></div>
<div class="date">26th January 2021</div>
</div>
<div class="padding"></div>
- <div class="entry">
- <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Yvan_Masson.html">Debian Edu interview: Yvan Masson</a></div>
- <div class="date">12th May 2020</div>
- <div class="body"><p>It has been way too long since my last interview, but as the
-<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a>
-community is still active, and new people keep showing up on the IRC
-channel <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-edu">#debian-edu</a> and
-<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/">the debian-edu mailing
-list</a>, I decided to give it another go. I was hoping someone else
-might pick up the idea and run with it, but this has not happened as
-far as I can tell, so here we are… This time the announcement of a new
-free software tool to
-<a href="https://framagit.org/Yvan-Masson/WhosWho">create a school year
-book</a> triggered my interest, and I decided to learn more about its
-author.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
-
-<p>My name is Yvan MASSON, I live in France. I have my own one person
-business in computer services. The work consist of visiting my
-customers (person's home, local authority, small business) to give
-advise, install computers and software, fix issues, and provide
-computing usage training. I spend the rest of my time enjoying my
-family and promoting free software.</p>
-
-<p><strong>What is your approach for promoting free
-software?</strong></p>
-
-<p>When I think that free software could be suitable for someone, I
-explain what it is, with simple words, give a few known examples, and
-explain that while there is no fee it is a viable alternative in many
-situations. Most people are receptive when you explain how it is
-better (I simplify arguments here, I know that it is not so simple):
-Linux works on older hardware, there are no viruses, and the software
-can be audited to ensure user is not spied upon. I think the most
-important is to keep a clear but moderated speech: when you try to
-convince too much, people feel attacked and stop listening.</p>
-
-<p><strong>How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu
-project?</strong></p>
-
-<p>I can not remember how I first heard of Skolelinux / Debian Edu,
-but probably on planet.debian.org. As I have been working for a
-school, I have interest in this type of project.
-
-<p>The school I am involved in is a school for "children" between 14
-and 18 years old. The French government has recommended free software
-since 2012, but they do not always use free software themselves. The
-school computers are still using the Windows operating system, but all
-of them have the classic set of free software: Firefox ESR,
-LibreOffice (with the excellent extension Grammalecte that indicates
-French grammatical errors), SumatraPDF, Audacity, 7zip, KeePass2, VLC,
-GIMP, Inkscape…
-
-<p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian
-Edu?</strong></p>
-
-<p>It is free software! Built on Debian, I am sure that users are not
-spied upon, and that it can run on low end hardware. This last point
-is very important, because we really need to improve "green IT". I do
-not know enough about Skolelinux / Debian Edu to tell how it is better
-than another free software solution, but what I like is the "all in
-one" solution: everything has been thought of and prepared to ease
-installation and usage.</p>
-
-<p>I like Free Software because I hate using something that I can not
-understand. I do not say that I can understand everything nor that I
-want to understand everything, but knowing that someone / some company
-intentionally prevents me from understanding how things work is really
-unacceptable to me.</p>
-
-<p>Secondly, and more importantly, free software is a requirement to
-prevent abuses regarding human rights and environmental care.
-Humanity can not rely on tools that are in the hands of small group of
-people.</p>
-
-<p><strong>What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian
-Edu?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Again, I don't know this project enough. Maybe a dedicated website?
-Debian wiki works well for documentation, but is not very appealing to
-someone discovering the project. Also, as Skolelinux / Debian Edu uses
-OpenLDAP, it probably means that Windows workstations cannot use
-centralized authentication. Maybe the project could use Samba as an
-Active Directory domain controller instead, allowing Windows desktop
-usage when necessary.</p>
-
-<p>(Editors note: In fact Windows workstations can
-<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Buster/HowTo/Samba">use
-the centralized authentication in a Debian Edu setup</a>, at least for
-some versions of Windows, but the fact that this is not well known can
-be seen as an indication of the need for better documentation and
-marketing. :)</p>
-
-<p><strong>Which free software do you use daily?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Nothing original: Debian testing/sid with Gnome desktop, Firefox,
-Thunderbird, LibreOffice…</p>
-
-<p><strong>Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to
-get schools to use free software?</strong></p>
-
-<p>Every effort to spread free software into schools is important,
-whatever it is. But I think, at least where I live, that IT
-professionals maintaining schools networks are still very "Microsoft
-centric". Schools will use any working solution, but they need people
-to install and maintain it. How to make these professionals sensitive
-about free software and train them with solutions like Debian Edu /
-Skolelinux is a really good question :-)</p>
-</div>
- <div class="tags">
-
-
- Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju</a>.
-
-
- </div>
- </div>
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