Re: Arizona developer wants to build 3,000 acre 'data center corridor' between Tucson and Phoenix

any of this? (The buyers of that big chunk of land are software devs tied to ETH somehow.) -David Schwartz > On Aug 7, 2025, at 7:13 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Hi, > > On 2025-08-06 22:31, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> It’s interestin

Re: Arizona developer wants to build 3,000 acre 'data center corridor' between Tucson and Phoenix

It’s interesting that the article right below that is “Tucson leaders unanimously vote to shut down massive data center proposal known as Project Blue”. Where are they going to get their water from? No mention here. Actually, they could be following the example of the Tahoe Reno Industrial C

Re: Configuring a web server on one's daily driver

I found that article and forwarded it to Keith. It was specifically about setting up and running a local web service for your own personal needs. The guy was not a developer. In fact, a couple of things he said he uses this for suggest just the opposite. He very briefly mentions external access,

Re: cp

man cp says it’s even simpler: -nDo not overwrite an existing file. (The -n option overrides any previous -f or -i options.) -David Schwartz > On Jul 5, 2025, at 9:37 PM, David Schwartz wrote: > > some variation of this will probably work: > > find . *.* -exec [!exis

Re: cp

some variation of this will probably work: find . *.* -exec [!exists xyzzy/{}] && cp {} xyzzy ; -David Schwartz > On Jul 5, 2025, at 8:42 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Simple question: How does one copy all files except those exiting already? > --

Re: CMMI anyone? (with tie-ins to AI)

ll I'm getting up there. Yeah, I'll go past that because I'm a > money-grubbing bastard and I like my job. > > Regards, > > George Toft > > On 7/4/2025 2:30 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> Here’s one way to think of the impact that AI will hav

AI + UI = bad idea?

I spent about 5 hours last night working with Claude AI to help build a web page where it was helping me update a bunch of html/php and css files that it generated itself. The two main pages were a lot fancier than I would have made, but it had a lot of trouble making them look right in all situ

CMMI anyone? (with tie-ins to AI)

Here’s one way to think of the impact that AI will have on the overall programming process. A while back I worked at a place that proudly liked to remind everybody that they had attained “CMMI Level 2 Certification” and they were working hard on Level 3. I’d never heard of that before, so I did

Re: M$ layoffs and H1B Visas

> problem - the AI gave me better customer service than the human. > > Regards, > > George Toft > > On 7/2/2025 12:28 AM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> I think H1B visas for programmers and engineers should be FROZEN for 5 years. >> >> AI is go

Re: M$ layoffs and H1B Visas

> On Jul 2, 2025, at 8:58 AM, mike/r via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Yep, I should've been more clear. The 85K is annual, and H1-B visas can > potentially be in force for 6 years, All visas have a limited life span. Some can't be renewed; some can be renewed by the applicant with their Sponso

Re: M$ layoffs and H1B Visas

I think H1B visas for programmers and engineers should be FROZEN for 5 years. AI is going to be transforming both the programming world and many engineering roles. As a result, I believe there are going to be more software people dumped on the market over the next 5 years than we had after Y2k.

Re: M$ layoffs and H1B Visas

re not granted. The visas generally last for > 3 years and can usually be extended another 3 years. In my (quite dated) > experience, graduates did not have to return to their home country. Do not > take any of this as my opinion on whether it should or should not be this way. >

Re: M$ layoffs and H1B Visas

I saw a video of part of a roundtable thing where there were HR reps from MS, HP, and some other major software employers, and the part I saw was about H1B candidates. This would have been about 10 years ago now. They said they budgeted $50k to prosecute every H1B visa. That’s JUST THE LEGAL FE

Re: Win10 laptop has a message.....

I’d say all you need is a removable USB drive if you’ve just got one computer you want to use. A NUC like this would make a great NAS: https://amzn.to/3T4CdA3 Or consider buying an older 2014 or 2018 Mac Mini. Most routers made in the past 20 years have a Type-A USB p

Re: NAS from my junkyard of old hardware

I think that pretty much anything you can connect via USB will work. That said, I’ve got three USB drives that are all Samsung T-series USB flash drives, and they work fine by themselves plugged into everything I’ve tried. But I can’t get any of my Macs to format them to work as Time Machine dri

Re: No mo Docker for macOS!

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > Well, if you’re open to a reason to switch to a Mac, this might nudge you a > little bit: > > macOS 26 adds native support for Linux containers > &

No mo Docker for macOS!

Well, if you’re open to a reason to switch to a Mac, this might nudge you a little bit: macOS 26 adds native support for Linux containers https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/06/09/sorry-docker-macos-26-adds-native-support-for-linux-containers -David Schwartz ---

Re: Feedback on the configuration I am considering

Is it even possible to run a VirtualBox instance on a simple shared web hosting account without root access? I’d love to see that! -David Schwartz > On Jun 8, 2025, at 7:09 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Hi, > > Currently I am running Kubuntu on a 10 year old Dell that I u

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

> On May 16, 2025, at 5:12 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: > > David, > > This is an interesting concept. Are suggesting using a IOT O/S on a Work > Station? > > - Keith > I don’t know why people ask this — I searched Google for these license options and it’s a common question. IOT an

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

I’ve come across some videos on YT talking about something I was unaware of: Windows 10 / 11 IOT LTSC Sometimes called: Windows 10 / 11 Lite These are official products from MS for allowing large corporate clients to install Windows on embedded systems. They don't have all of the bloatware in

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

If your position is that the mere presence of anything anywhere in the world that could harm you or your equipment is equally likely to succeed, regardless of any measures you might take to avoid it, then you should probably unplug all of your equipment right now and lock yourself in a cement bu

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

> On May 11, 2025, at 7:55 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Still do not understand how an Apple is less vulnerable when not being > upgraded. I know most attacks are om M$ and the Web I have two thoughts on this: 1) MacOS is built on Unix, which has been around more than a

Re: O/T : how can I learn AI such as ChatGPT for free

Most of my use is brainstorming. That mostly looke like I’m simply having a conversation with it. It does tend to drive towards some kind of resolution, so I’ll SAY that I just want to brainstorm something. But then it tends to reply with lots of bullet lists, which are sometimes good and someti

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

nual Payment Card Industry (PCI) certification on a shopping > cart and every year there were more vulnerabilities to address. Seems M$ and > Apple would have the same issue. Am I wrong? > > - Keith > > > > > On 2025-05-09 12:31, David Schwartz via PLUG-discu

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

gt;> And yes, because I’m on an exceedingly limited income (disability), >> I am like you in that I cannot afford new equipment every time >> somebody forces us through the upgrade cycle. >> Anyway, that’s probably the beauty about Apple hardware is that it >> lasts a long

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

g to change your mind, and this conversation grows > ancient. Like your macs. > > T.T.F.N. > > On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > On May 4, 2025, at 7:36 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-d

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

On May 4, 2025, at 7:36 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I did not know there was a bias on the list. > > - Keith > It’s when people mention “the Apple tax” that the bias shows up. At least my older Macs don’t turn into door-stops when Apple stops supporting them. Two of them can

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

an you make whatever changes you want or are > you still in a jail? > > > On Sun, May 4, 2025, 1:08 AM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > Would someone kindly tell me what’s so special about their favorite version &g

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

Would someone kindly tell me what’s so special about their favorite version of Linux is versus MacOS, which is a BSD Unix derivative? I’ve think I’ve mentioned my harem of Macs: * 2014 Mac Mini * 2014 MacBook Pro * 2018 Mac Mini * 2024 Mac Mini They’re all still working just fine, except the MB

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

It’s quite ironic that despite all of these incredible breakthroughs in computing tech and wireless tech, nobody has figured out how to multiplex a keyboard, mouse, and display across multiple computers. There are a couple of ways to do it for displays if you’re careful, but keyboards and mice

Re: Running Win10 after end of life

Maybe put it into a VM (eg, VirtualBox) hosted on a Mac or Linux? That’s what I use to do my Delphi development because the IDE only runs in Windows. I don’t use it for anything else, although I do run the browsers in it, largely b/c I’m doing web dev work. I also need to access things on the

Re: Home Web Server

hoping for feedback on what others might know of the demand. > > I learned a lot the first go around and would like to learn more. And as you > know I have a YouTube channel and blog. I would like to share my experience > with others. > > Keith > > > > On 2025-

Re: Home Web Server

I guess this all depends on if this is just a hobby for you or something you want to make money from. Here’s my opinion; it’s not exactly what you’re wanting to hear, but it’s a legitimate option… I may have mentioned it before. Take a look at Latenode. It’s an automation service, functionally

Re: PLESK / shared hosting question

n via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >>> You should contact one of their reps. Amazon (AWS), Microsoft >> (Azure), and others mainly cater to large-volume clients. >>> Farmers sell by the bushe

Re: PLESK / shared hosting question

You should contact one of their reps. Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure), and others mainly cater to large-volume clients. Farmers sell by the bushel or ton or something like that; you probably won’t find their prices listed anywhere other than at their public U-Pick-It gates where they’re about

Re: PLESK / shared hosting question

You should poke around at the history behind Plesk, it might make more sense. Around 2003, a company named SWSoft bought Parallels and some other companies that specialized in control panels and server virtualization. Plesk tends to sell into corporate America, while cPanel is used by smaller co

Re: https://futurism.com/study-ai-critical-thinking

Well. FWIW, I find the 4o model does a worse job at coding than a newbie intern would do. That should appeal to you because you’ll have to put far more effort into reviewing the code than if it were a more experienced coder. If you want to get much better quality work, pay that outrageous fee of

Re: good means to find unbiassed reports about politics

> On Jan 26, 2025, at 12:51 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss said on Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:44:19 -0700 > > >> And when claiming ChatGPT is giving you unbiased information about >> politics, especially anything that

Re: good means to find unbiassed reports about politics

Some people would say that for truly unbaised news reporting, they should go to Fox Entertainment Network. Others would say NBC/MSNBC. Others would have their own opinion. Just remember that ChatGPT’s knowledge base is a composite of everything it was trained with. Just like most people. The

Re: is there a name for the directory that is one lower that the docroot?

I don’t know that it has a formal name, maybe “account root”. (Every folder except ‘/‘ has a “parent directory”.) Everything from that point down is accessible to files in your account, but only stuff from public_html and down is accessible on the web via Apache. When I look at what cPanel’s Fi

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

I think the official EOL is sometime next year. MS got themselves into a bit of a pickle from what I can tell. Win11 requires some security thing in a separate chip or inside of Intel CPUs built after some point. They’ve played a hard line saying nothing will work on Win11 without that bit of h

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

> > > Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files > between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying > eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is > stored, whether it is shared with some third

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

well made (from my point of view) > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 3:50 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > What sort of options are available for creating something that works like > Dropbox only just on your local network

Re: a local Dropbox thing?

nd how it’s transmitted > over the internet. > > --- > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 13:42 David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > What sort of options are avail

a local Dropbox thing?

What sort of options are available for creating something that works like Dropbox only just on your local network? Dropbox works ok, but it sort of requires files to be duplicated inside of all of the local machines. I want my project-related files all stored in one place, not inside of differe

Re: RedHat for home lab PHP development

I just bought a little Dell box that I can use to host a server in my home to simplify my test & development (T&D) work. I’m using Delphi for programming, which is what I’m most familiar with, and there’s a tool I use that transpiles Delphi (Object Pascal) code into javascript so it runs in th

Re: RedHat for home lab PHP development

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but my imprssion is that Ubuntu is mainly for desktop use, while CentOS is used by a vast number of commercial hosting companies for their hosting machines. Also, CentOS is basically a pre-configured Red Hat distro, while Ubuntu is GUI-oriented Debian distr

Re: OT - Windows admin help?

y you want Dynamic DNS. > > I can help you set it up. > > Hit me up offline. > > alexan...@snyderfamily.co <mailto:alexan...@snyderfamily.co> > 480.478.5865 > > --- > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro > > On Tue, Dec 3

OT - Windows admin help?

I’m getting a little Dell Optiplex 7050 with Win10 Pro and I’d like some help getting it set up as a server with dynamic DNS (attached to my Cox internet) so it’s accessible via RDP. I’m developing a back-end service that needs to run on Windows, and I’m tired of paying for a remote VPS that’s

Re: WordPress Move to JavaScript

Javascript runs in the browser. Most issues I hear about and encounter myself end up being browser-related. You mentined all of the things that aren’t connected to JS, and did not mention the one(s) that are. JS is the primary source of problems today. And hackers that break into the back-end.

Re: Unable to SSH into Server

> On Nov 4, 2024, at 5:09 PM, Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > … especially if 'someone' starts spending as much effort doing > 'code-generating' AI work as they are doing 'picture creating' AI work and > such ;-) > Yup, I agree with all you said. And I suspect what you’re s

AI impact on programming -- was: Unable to SSH into Server

h Smith via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > On 2024-11-04 11:30, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Not what anybody wants to hear but … > > > > AI is going to transform this thing we call “programming”. > > > >

Re: Unable to SSH into Server

Not what anybody wants to hear but … AI is going to transform this thing we call “programming”. The “programming” process is going to become more high-level and abstract. The “coding" stuff will become hidden in the background and nobody will care about the language being used. Descriptions

Re: Remote development/editing using Visual Studio Code

You could set up a crontab that runs rsync/ssh/etc Also, I seem to recall there’s a way to monitor a folder for changes that could trigger rsync/etc Doesn’t it have something that lets you connect to a git repo? -David Schwartz > On Nov 3, 2024, at 8:05 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrot

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

Can’t tell you. I think it’s optimized for Chromium. The only browser I’ve had any trouble with is Safari. -David Schwartz > On Aug 1, 2024, at 3:02 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: > > On 2024-08-01 14:34, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> Javascript is

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

Javascript is morphing into a universal assembly language / portable intermediate language for web-based needs. It’s also used on an increasing number of back-end services. It’s not exclusively for Ajax any more. I use something called TMS WEB Core that uses the pas2js transpiler to compile Del

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

I suspect it means that WP will be turned into a gigantic back-end SaaS server and the pages will contain dozens of small js code snippets that issue requests to the back-end. That suggests the entire Admin portal will be quite transformed (it should be anyway, as it depends on so many screen

Re: HTML, CSS and PHP

Yes. stdout for PHP goes to Apache, the same way perl CGI scripts do it. On the other end, the web browser is usually the recipient, and you use HTML and CSS to format the results for the viewer. -David Schwartz > On Jul 2, 2024, at 6:56 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Phil

Re: HTML, CSS and PHP

Technically speaking, they’re not related. It’s kind of like asking how SQL and PHP are related — HTML, CSS, and SQL are all declarative languages that are frequently used by many different programmers and platofrms including PHP, python, javascript and C, which are all imperative languages. I

Re: DNS Records

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 do it with Amazon S3 very cheaply; configuring it can be a bit challenging, but I’ve seen several videos on YT that explain how to do it. (On

Re: AZ Developer Wages, per Feds

I’ve worked at plenty of places that are more like what you’re saying about FB, but they weren’t working on ISO 900x and CMMI certifications. I was simply reflecting on the fact that we’ve got a lot of national Headquarters for companies here in the Phoenix area that ARE working on these certif

Re: AZ Developer Wages, per Feds

> On Apr 25, 2024, at 11:49 AM, trent shipley via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > I think we're seeing the effect of Arizona being a provincial, 3rd world > location for headquarters and software development options. > I don’t think this is the case. Anybody who’s ever worked for a company co

Re: AZ Developer Wages, per Feds

This appears to be simply a statistical distribution of wages in the state for this particular SIC code. Arizona has never been much of a leader when it comes to wages paid for tech workers, unless it’s a job with lots of competition. I assure you, people are not moving to AZ chasing after our a

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

see what kinds of questions and comments come up. -David Schwartz > On Apr 21, 2024, at 2:16 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss said on Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:43:39 -0700 > > >> So I turned back to Delphi and didn’t l

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

I started learning Delphi (originally called TurboPascal 8) when it was first released in 1995. In 2000 I spent most of the year building a web-based app using PHP, HTML, JS, and MySQL, a project I later abandoned b/c after digging around in some open-source code I found things there that would

Re: facebook

Last week my content on FB started being displayed in some things like Spanish or Portuguese. I poked around to change the language and it said it was English, but it didn’t change. So I logged-out and logged back in and that fixed things. -David Schwartz > On Mar 4, 2024, at 6:49 AM, Mi

Re: new computer

Check out the latest batch of Intel-based N100 Mini PCs. They’re smaller than MacMinis. I’d say a minimal configuration would be 32GB of RAM and 1TB (or 2TB) of SSD. I’d say an N100 is minimal CPU. Some with AMD CPUs are cheaper as well. Here’s a search on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3woboP0

Can someone explain this to me about impending email changes?

Apparently, Google and Microsoft (?) are implementing a change that’s going to batten down the hatches on delivering email from non-verfied sources. That requires you to get two or three fields from your SMTP host — SPF, DKIM, and DMARC — and put them into the DNS Zone records for each domain yo

Re: Looking for opinions on email providers

One more thing: don’t confuse email and web hosting. I highly recommend using a 3rd-party SMTP host for all outgoing email needs. You set them up with one account, and then you can add additional domains to it. You set up SPF, DKIM, and the other stuff for each domain separately. I just set so

Re: Looking for opinions on email providers

I’d suggest getting a domain from somewhere and adding-on a cheap hosting plan like cPanel that includes email for as many mailboxes as you’ll need. Or if you have a spare domain you want to use that’s already hosted, that might do the trick. If you look around for just email hosting, you’re p

Re: Forbes : 10 Highest-Paying Tech Jobs In The U.S.

> On Dec 11, 2023, at 6:09 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > I see AI being a windfall in the near term. Example would be an affiliate > marketer could use AI to write articles for his/her blog. The article wold > need to be rewritten, however it would be so much faster and poten

Re: cheap co-lo in Phx area?

Server (VPS) meet your needs? Lots to be had for > a few dollars/month. > > https://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/best-hosting-with-root-access/ > > BTW - I use Hostinger (#5 on the list) for web hosting (not VPS) and I'm > happy with them. > > Regards, > > G

cheap co-lo in Phx area?

I’ve got a Windows VPS server somewhere but prices are rather high for a decently fast box, so I’m thinking of getting a little NUC box. It would be fine for dev purposes, but I’d like to be able to access it outside of my home LAN. However, I’m using T-Mobile Home Internet, and it blocks all i

Re: advice, please

I bought a used Dell computer at ASU Surplus many years back. The motherboard didn’t work, so it was quite cheap. I got the s/n and looked on Dell’s site to check the details on the machine. When they purchased it, they got a 3-year warranty on it, and there was still a few months left. So I co

Re: interesting

AFAIK, most backup drives including USB things are formatted as something like EXT3 that can be read by pretty much any OS. The ones that say “Windows” are going to be NTFS and the Mac ones are going to be something Macs prefer. I’ve got Macs and I have to be careful when i get external drives

Re: RAM Upgrade is this the correct RAM?

It’s very likely that these motherboards are, in fact, built by Intel for Dell. Intel is the worlds largest maker of IBM-PC type motherboards from what I’ve heard. Does “building from scratch” mean you’re going to do your own PCP layout, design, and have one built-to-spec? BTW, I just saw som

Re: cringeworthy question...

has win server licenses too, so long as you're using > something new enough they have, it was cheap enough at like $30 for a server > 2022 license at least. > > Even at full cost, if that much of a dependency and pita to move, it might be > worth the cost to toss it a lice

cringeworthy question...

Ok, I know this is going to make y’all cringe, but ... I need to find a reliable, ethical, and inexpensive hosting VPS for a Windows back-end service app I’m working on. I’ve been hosting at a place called VirMach that has both Win and Linux, and it turns out they’ve been laoding up TRIAL licen

Re: Public raspberrypi https/mail/dns... on Cox Cable

Cable modems pull the signal from a coax line and turn it into an ethernet signal that comes out of a single RJ-45 plug. I dunno squat about what goes on inside of those boxes, but routers typically have a WAN port and a bunch of “internal” ports that are all RJ-45 plugs. If you can get Cox to

Re: Public raspberrypi https/mail/dns... on Cox Cable

AFAIK, the Cox router can be configured to either run DHCP or as a Static IP address. Either way, it can only listen to one IP. They do run DHCP from the local hubs, but the IPs themselves rarely change, and you’re sharing them with the whole neighborhood. Most hosting providers share a single

Re: windows in a virtual machine

Further exploration turned up Win 10 Home and Pro for ~$14 (1PC) and ~$24 (2PC). Bundles: Win 10 + Office 2016 @ $65 Win 10 + Office 2019 @ $71 Win Server 2019 Std @ $32 Office for Mac … not cheap at all. -David Schwartz > On Jul 6, 2023, at 3:24 AM, David Schwartz via PLUG-disc

Re: windows in a virtual machine

I used the Search function for “windows 10” I found a bunch of Windows and Office stuff. Not $7, but around $50. Is there a separate price list with lower prices? -David Schwartz > On Jul 6, 2023, at 2:40 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > yes please, send me the ad. > > On Tu

Re: I'm looking for a good shared hosting web host

The vast majority of shared hosting providers will not give you access to a command-line interface. Also, most are running a control panel like cPanel. They don’t give you root access on a shared machine. Your best bet for that is a VPS where you’ll get some fraction of a physical machine’s re

Re: Niche Jobs

Have you looked at the latest results of the annual StackOverflow developer survey that was just released? There might be some useful insights you can gleen from it. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/ -David Schwartz > On Jun 19, 2023, at 3:33 PM,

Re: r u familiar with Docker?

pps to talk to each other, securely, and across clouds/networks/domains in > general. > > I could give a whole "In the beginning.." speech, but best you simply learn > some networking first. > > -mb > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 3:19 PM David Schwartz via PLUG

Re: r u familiar with Docker?

reasons, vpn like openvpn > or an overlay like zerotier/tailscale is recommended. > > -mb > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 2:03 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > I’m looking for someone familiar with Docke

r u familiar with Docker?

I’m looking for someone familiar with Docker who can help me out a little bit. I’m working on an app with a REST-based web service that I’ve been building inside of a VM (VirtualBox) running Win 10. I’m having trouble getting the service part working on a remote server, and someone suggested usi

Re: I read chip maker TSMC is a sweatshop

I can always tell when discussions have gone off into the weeds when the topic switches to assigning blame for things whose outcomes are entirely predictable over time. -David Schwartz > On Jun 7, 2023, at 6:42 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Who's to blame indeed... We are

Re: General FOSS discussion, 6/7/2023

FPC is being used by TMS Software in combination with pas2js to power their WEB Core technology (which is NOT FOSS). WEB Core runs inside of the Delphi IDE (not FOSS), as well as Visual Studio Code (is FOSS), and allows you to write create some pretty stunning web-based applications that run w

Re: I read chip maker TSMC is a sweatshop

TSMC’s office and Fab 21 is being built in the West Valley, between the 303 and Dove Valley Rd, at about 47th Ave. It’s a HUGE facility under construction west of the I-17 that can be seen when driving north towards Anthem. Intel bought more land in the East Valley, tho. -David Schwartz > O

Re: The end of programming (not the replacement of programmers)

This is a DANGER ZONE that should be avoided right now, IMHO. Look at the world today: we have this political system that has gone haywire and media outlets that hand anybody a microphone and five minutes to spout off anything they want without fact-checking it or even taking any responsibility

Re: The end of programming (not the replacement of programmers)

My experience so far is … ChatGPT is great if treated like I’ve got access to an intern to help with grunt work. The quality is about the same, it’s a lot faster than an intern would take, and it doesn’t complain if you tell it to try a different approach. If you just hit the ‘regenerate’ butto

Re: web file caching question

have configured, Apache will route the request to your PHP script. You can then use the `$_POST` variable to read the list of URLs from the request body and download the files as before. -David Schwartz > On May 15, 2023, at 10:14 AM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >

Re: web file caching question

y by requests coming into the CGI folder on a specific domain? ChatGPT is sort of going in circles at this point. -David Schwartz > On May 15, 2023, at 9:40 AM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Hmmm, kind of like a remote wget … > > Actually,they’d tend to be don

Re: web file caching question

pass the URL > to, it could do a wget to retrieve the file to the directory you specify. > > > On Sun, May 14, 2023, 8:50 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > I’m building a web app that uses a 3rd-party text-to-speech (T

web file caching question

I’m building a web app that uses a 3rd-party text-to-speech (TTS) service; it's one of many things supported by a REST service I’ve created that runs on a Windows host somewhere. This service sends requests to the TTS service and gets back a URL to an MP3 file on their server. These files are on

Re: Anyone Using HostGator, Bluehost, or some other cheap shared hosting provider?

cheep hosting in the fashion I am attempting might not > work. Maybe editing local and then FTP is the best it gets. To edit remotely > I see user and permission issues. > > Thanks!! > Keith > > > On 2023-04-06 20:59, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> I d

Re: Anyone Using HostGator, Bluehost, or some other cheap shared hosting provider?

I don’t know how helpful this is, but … the best time to buy hosting is Black Friday. For points (1) and (3), this might help. First, if I’m understanding (3) correctly, I think you want to be looking at a “Reseller” type of account. By itself, cPanel is for ONE account/domain. They have a t

Re: suggestions to add REST API to MySQL / MariaDB tables

do most of what I want. -David Schwartz > On Feb 24, 2023, at 1:22 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > The hosting provider got back to me and said that they can set me up with a > restricted shell access on any of my accounts. > > Also, cPanel has a way

Re: suggestions to add REST API to MySQL / MariaDB tables

The hosting provider got back to me and said that they can set me up with a restricted shell access on any of my accounts. Also, cPanel has a way to support npm built into it. They’re not sure if the built-in support for REST routing on MySQL is enabled or not; they need me to be more specific.

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