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Entries from December 2018.

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+ Learn to program with Minetest on Debian +
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+ 15th December 2018 +
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A fun way to learn how to program +Python is to follow the +instructions in the book +"Learn to program +with Minecraft", which introduces programming in Python to people +who like to play with Minecraft. The book uses a Python library to +talk to a TCP/IP socket with an API accepting build instructions and +providing information about the current players in a Minecraft world. +The TCP/IP API was first created for the Minecraft implementation for +Raspberry Pi, and has since been ported to some server versions of +Minecraft. The book contain recipes for those using Windows, MacOSX +and Raspian. But a little known fact is that you can follow the same +recipes using the free software construction game +Minetest.

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There is a +Minetest module implementing the same API, making it possible to +use the Python programs coded to talk to Minecraft with Minetest too. +I +uploaded +this module to Debian two weeks ago, and as soon as it clears the +FTP masters NEW queue, learning to program Python with Minetest on +Debian will be a simple 'apt install' away. The Debian package is +maintained as part of the Debian Games team, and +the +packaging rules are currently located under 'unfinished' on +Salsa.

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You will most likely need to install several of the Minetest +modules in Debian for the examples included with the library to work +well, as there are several blocks used by the example scripts that are +provided via modules in Minetest. Without the required blocks, a +simple stone block is used instead. My initial testing with a analog +clock did not get gold arms as instructed in the python library, but +instead used stone arms.

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I tried to find a way to add the API to the desktop version of +Minecraft, but were unable to find any working recipes. The +recipes +I found are only +working with a standalone Minecraft server setup. Are there any +options to use with the normal desktop version?

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+ Non-blocking bittorrent plugin for vlc +
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+ 12th December 2018 +
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A few hours ago, a new and improved version (2.4) of +the VLC +bittorrent plugin was uploaded to Debian. This new version +include a complete rewrite of the bittorrent related code, which seem +to make the plugin non-blocking. This mean you can actually exit VLC +even when the plugin seem to be unable to get the bittorrent streaming +started. The new version also include support for filtering playlist +by file extension using command line options, if you want to avoid +processing audio, video or images. The package is currently in Debian +unstable, but should be available in Debian testing in two days. To +test it, simply install it like this:

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+apt install vlc-plugin-bittorrent
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After it is installed, you can try to use it to play a file +downloaded live via bittorrent like this: + +

+vlc https://archive.org/download/Glass_201703/Glass_201703_archive.torrent
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+ + + Tags: english, verkidetfri, video. + + +
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+ Retten til kontant betaling er en rettighet som må brukes for å beholdes +
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+ 11th December 2018 +
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FNs +menneskerettighetserklæring artikkel 13 første punkt lyder som +følger:

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+Enhver har rett til å bevege seg fritt og til fritt å velge +oppholdssted innenfor en stats grenser. +

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Det er altsÃ¥ en menneskerett Ã¥ kunne bevege seg fritt i landet. +For Ã¥ bevege seg fritt i landet, sÃ¥ mÃ¥ en kunne bevege seg uten Ã¥ bli +sporet. Det vil i dagens samfunn innebære Ã¥ bevege seg uten Ã¥ legge +igjen digitale spor og uten Ã¥ være radiomerket. Hvis en vet at ens +bevegelser, hvor en befinner seg nÃ¥r, og hvem som befinner seg i +nærheten, blir samlet inn og gjort tilgjengelig for fremmede, det være +seg myndighetene eller private organisasjoner, sÃ¥ kan en ikke lenger +bevege seg fritt. Dette gjør at det er en forutsetning for Ã¥ ha glede +av retten til Ã¥ bevege seg fritt i landet at en motstÃ¥r fristelsen til +Ã¥ legge igjen digitale spor nÃ¥r en betaler for seg. Rettigheter som +ikke blir brukt, blir fjernet. Den eneste mÃ¥ten i dag Ã¥ unngÃ¥ Ã¥ legge +igjen digitale spor nÃ¥r en betaler for seg, er Ã¥ betale med kontanter, +samt takke nei til Ã¥ legge igjen navn og adresse (slik f.eks. Elkjøp +ber om — jeg sier de kan legge inn «anonym anonym» nÃ¥r +datasystemet deres trenger et navn). Personlig anbefaler jeg Ã¥ +konsekvent bruke kontant betaling nÃ¥r man beveger seg rundt, for Ã¥ +bidra til forsvaret av menneskerettighetene i Norge. Kanskje noe ogsÃ¥ +for deg? Merk at det ikke er tilstrekkelig for Ã¥ unngÃ¥ sporing Ã¥ +betale med kontanter, men det er et lite steg i riktig retning.

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Det er flere andre argumenter i tillegg til +menneskerettighetsargumentet for å bruke kontanter. I går hadde +Dagbladet en utmerket kommentar av sin journalist John Olav Egeland om +hvilket +kontantløst +diktatur som venter oss hvis mange nok slutter å insistere på å +betale med kontanter. Jeg anbefaler deg å lese den.

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Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. +Merk, betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)

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+ + + Tags: betalkontant, norsk, personvern. + + +
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