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<h1><span class="twa twa-🔋"><span>🔋</span></span> Everything to avoid changing two batteries...</h1>
<p>Between <strong>1 and 2 months ago</strong> - realize <strong>how much time</strong> passed <strong>before</strong> I <strong>got annoyed</strong> definitively - the <strong>batteries in the remote control</strong> of the <strong>television</strong> that I keep on my <strong>desk</strong> (I use it as a second monitor) have <strong>started to run out beyond the limit</strong>of tolerable usability.</p>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Misc/Remote-Mini-Batteries.webp" alt="The remote control on my desk, with the battery compartment open, and a lot of mini batteries stylus colored around."></p>
<h2>Because I didn't do anything</h2>
<p>Up until now <strong>I haven't changed them</strong>, simply because I was getting annoyed and <strong>dry</strong>, considering that:</p>
<ul>
<li>I have relatively <strong>few rechargeable pen and mini-stylus batteries, and I have to save them for the stuff that really draws a lot.</li>
<li><strong>I don't want to waste</strong> non-rechargeable batteries and contribute to, in order:
<ol>
<li>The waste of <strong>house</strong> money;</li>
<li>The global waste of <strong>materials</strong>;</li>
<li>The waste of <strong>energy</strong> for the transport - and, when possible, recycling - of these materials;</li>
<li>Ultimately, the <strong>pollution</strong> of the planet.</li>
</ol></li>
<li>The batteries in the remote control <strong>still work</strong>, <strong>although</strong> in a decidedly <strong>not optimal way</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Technically "it works"</h3>
<p>The <strong>remote control</strong>, in fact, proves that it can <strong>still send signals</strong> to the television, but only <strong>for a moment</strong>: just long enough to press <strong> >a button</strong>, and nothing more. In an instant he returns dead, and immediately trying to send other signals is of no use.<br>
If, however, at this point <strong>you wait</strong> for about fifteen seconds, and <strong>then you press</strong> another key, the command <strong>goes to sign</strong>. It is clear that the <strong>batteries</strong> are very discharged, but they still have that little charge that allows a <strong>capacitor</strong> to charge <strong>slowly</strong>, and therefore at <strong>remote control</strong> to be <strong>powered</strong>. <strong>Emitting</strong> the <strong>infrared</strong> light then apparently drains all the charge from the capacitor in a few moments, and then you have to wait again for it to recharge.< /p>
<h2>What do I need it for on my desk?</h2>
<p>Honestly, <strong>I don't need the remote control</strong> anyway. <strong>98%</strong> of the time I only use it to <strong>turn the appliance on or off</strong>; those very few other times when I need to adjust the volume, or change the active source, I can easily use my <strong>smartphone</strong>, on which I have an application that uses the emitter <strong>integrated infrared</strong> (that's right, producers don't integrate it <em>only</em> as a means of playing pranks in places open to the public, but also as a <strong>useful</strong> tool). </p>
<h3>For when I have to do it immediately!</h3>
<p>The problem, big problem, when I have to <strong>turn on and off</strong>, is that I need <strong>quick access</strong>.<br>
<strong>I can't start</strong> to unlock the phone, look for the application icon for the remote control, and then press firmly on the display to center the power button, all with <em>easy pigs</em> > of my Android ROM, which is buggy and slow, as if it were <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Only%20in%20Ohio" rel="noopener nofollow" target= "_blank">from Ohio</a> (instead it is from developers in India, like virtually all Android <em>custom ROM</em>s).</p>
<h2>The controls on the back</h2>
<p>The <strong>TV has</strong> an integrated <strong>control interface</strong>: a simple <strong>wheel</strong> that moves in two directions and you press, and you can use to <strong>turn on/off</strong> or change source.<br>
The problem is that it is in a <strong>terrifying position</strong>! It is practically on the <strong>side of the rear edge</strong>, the one formed by the continuation of the plastic structure, which maintains the television circuitry, behind the LCD frame.<br>
Practically <strong>I would have to bend over</strong> every time, sticking my fingers between the annoying obstacles that live on my desk.</p>
<p>Maybe I should be <strong>thankful</strong> that those controls are on the <strong>left edge</strong> - since I have the other screen immediately to the right, things <strong>could have been worse</strong> strong> - and be satisfied... <em>what balls... piles</em>... no, <strong>balls!</strong></p>
<h2>My solution</h2>
<p>And so, for this <strong>outdated art attack</strong>, I take the following materials and tools:</p>
<ul>
<li>A <strong>pliers</strong> (absolutely not made for bending metals, but I have this), to bend:
<ul>
<li>An old <strong>paper clip</strong>, of medium thickness.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><strong>Scissors</strong> (with non-rounded tips), for cutting:
<ul>
<li>The <strong>card</strong> of the Amazon packages.</li>
<li><strong>Double-sided adhesive</strong> tape.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h3>Hilarious process</h3>
<p>So here's what I went to do:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>I bend</strong> a <strong>terminal</strong> part of the <strong>paperclip</strong> to form a small <strong>ring</strong>.
<ul>
<li>It serves to <strong>accommodate</strong> the protruding central part of the <strong>wheel</strong>.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>A little at a time, I <strong>take</strong> the <strong>measurements</strong> that the paperclip must have, and <strong>bend</strong> it accordingly:
<ol>
<li><strong>I place</strong> the paperclip <strong>on the wheel</strong>;</li>
<li><strong>I see how long it is</strong> at the first new detachment point it reaches on the TV body;</li>
<li>I take it again, holding the point of interest with my finger, and patiently <strong>fold</strong> it;</li>
<li><strong>Repeat until</strong> the paperclip reaches the <strong>front edge</strong> of the television, passing over the side one.</li>
</ol></li>
<li>I notice that the protrusion of the wheel ends completely inside the ring, which therefore does not press it; then I <strong>fit</strong> a small piece of <strong>cardboard into the ring</strong> (optionally blocked with adhesive tape).
<img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Toshiba-TV-Button-Hack/Clip.webp" alt="The paperclip, bent almost completely to be mounted."><br>
<ul>
<li>In this way, something <strong>solid pushes</strong> exactly on the wheel, which is actually pressed.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Since everything seems fine to me, I start cutting <strong>cardboard strips</strong>, and attaching some <strong>double-sided tape</strong> to the ends.
<ul>
<li>These are to <strong>support the paperclip</strong> in different points, and not let it fall away from the button, but leaving it <strong>freedom of movement</strong> in one direction.
<ol>
<li>About halfway I leave the strips clean, and crease them slightly, to leave a <strong>space</strong> in which to <strong>pass the metal wire</strong>;</li>
<li>Keeping the paper clip in the right position, I attach the strips where necessary.</li>
</ol></li>
</ul></li>
</ol>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Toshiba-TV-Button-Hack/Back.webp" alt="View of the back of my mounted system. In red, I've circled the pressing piece on the wheel."> <em>(I couldn't take the less blurry photo back there, sorry.)</em></p>
<h3>What a job...</h3>
<p>As regards <strong>pressing the button</strong> - which I can now implement <strong>by placing my finger on the extreme left edge</strong> of the screen, without having to put my hands behind everything - this solution <strong>works perfectly</strong>.<br>
Alas, the <strong>rotation</strong> of the wheel is not good with this <em>crotch</em>, which has good freedom of movement on only one axis. In any case, the cardboard does not create excessive rigidity, so <strong>I can still</strong> rotate the wheel <strong>from behind</strong>.</p>
<p>That's it. If <strong>I were to improve</strong> my solution - which, yes, is <strong>very crude</strong>, I won't deny it because this is <strong>what I like</strong> - <strong>I will write an appendix</strong>to this article.</p>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Toshiba-TV-Button-Hack/Front.webp" alt="Front-side view of my mounted system. Simply press on the side to apply force to the TV button."></p>
<hr>
<h2>Awkward questions</h2>
<p>I already know that the <strong>question will come</strong>, so I'll answer now:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>But all those loose batteries you put in the cover photo?</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Ehhh. Good question.<br>
They are all <strong>batteries</strong> that I <strong>keep</strong> when they are discarded at home (not by my hand, since, I repeat, I avoid non-rechargeable ones as much as possible). , because very often "discharged" just means "too discharged for the device from which it was replaced". <strong>For some remote controls, in fact, they often <strong>still work</strong>, including mine in some cases.</p>
<p>So did I just <strong>waste time</strong> with today's project? Nah, <strong>I wouldn't say</strong>: from now I can easily <strong>keep the remote control</strong> a little more <strong>put</strong> away, no longer necessarily always on the <strong>desk</strong> strong>, which I can therefore keep <em>very lightly</em> (because in an instant I ruin my own efforts!) <strong>more tidy</strong>.</p>

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<h1><span class="twa twa-🏴‍☠️"><span>🏴‍☠️</span></span> What impact will the new Italian anti-piracy law have?</h1>
<p>Some will know, in Italy the <strong>new anti-piracy law</strong> has been <strong>approved</strong>, and now the <strong>doubts</strong> with which we enthusiasts of sharing free we have to deal with are different:</p>
<ul>
<li>When will it come into force? (I hope not exactly at the time I'm writing this post 😰)</li>
<li>How much money will the entertainment lobbies have spent to ensure that the law was passed with total unanimity?</li>
<li>What <strong>real consequences</strong> will it bring to us <strong>ordinary citizens</strong>?</li>
</ul>
<h2>Blocks (instant and per IP)</h2>
<p>The point that perhaps struck me most about the law (here <a href="https://documenti.camera.it/leg19/pdl/pdf/leg.19.pdl.camera.217_A.19PDL0028100.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">the PDF examined by the Commission</a>, and <a href="https://temi.camera.it/leg19/dossier/OCD18-17872/disposizioni-contrasto- illicit-direct-transmission-or-diffusion-and-illegal-use-of-contents-protected-by-law-d.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">the final report</a>) - perhaps because I own various online properties, totally personal, which have zero economic value for me, but unquantifiable sentimental value - it is the <strong>obligation for Internet service providers to respond to <strong>blocking requests snapshots</strong>.</p>
<p>A <strong>copyright</strong> holder can send a <strong>blackout request</strong> which, when it is <strong>urgent</strong> - think of a meeting live sports, which is being illegally retransmitted in real time - must be honored in <strong>no more than 30 minutes</strong> by all providers, without <strong>any adversarial or formal process</strong>: it will be <strong> >the owner</strong> of the blocked website will then have to open legal proceedings to <strong>challenge the blocking</strong> and request its restoration.<br>
For illicit sites, all <strong>domain and subdomain names</strong> (DNS), and <strong>IP addresses</strong>, present will be blocked and, I have no idea under what limits , all possible futures.</p>
<h3>The new responsibilities</h3>
<p>By "suppliers" we do not mean only the telephone operators who provide the connection to the Internet, but in general those "<strong>involved in any capacity in the accessibility</strong>" of illegal services, and it is even explicit reference to <strong>search engines</strong>.</p>
<p>Search engines do nothing but return <em>links</em> accompanied by a description, and in reality <strong>they do not directly provide <strong>pirate material</strong>: in practice , this law even aims to <strong>hinder those who only provide links</strong>, not just those who physically allow the downloading of data.</p>
<p>For this logic, the managers of <strong><em>social networks</em></strong> will also be held <strong>responsible</strong> (and I imagine that with "information society" in text refers specifically to them), and possibly <strong>small online communities</strong>.</p>
<h3>An expensive firewall</h3>
<p>The <strong>potential for abuse and errors</strong> is very high, and in fact, seen impartially, this move can in any case be summarized in the <strong>obligation</strong> for ISPs to <strong>build a <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-mega-firewall-could-render-italian-isps-liable-for-over-blocking-230413/" rel="noopener nofollow " target="_blank">mega-firewall</a></strong>, to all intents and purposes under the <strong>ultimate control</strong> of the State</strong>, with all the others <strong> >problems</strong> that arise from it (even accidental).<br>
Sooner or later an <strong>over-blocking</strong> incident will happen, and there will be <strong>problems with Web services</strong> that have nothing to do with piracy, if they start messing around with address blocks IPv4.</p>
<p>In any case, a <strong>big hit</strong> will probably be seen <strong>on everyone's bill</strong>, even those who do not consume or share pirated material!<br>
<strong>Centralizing a network</strong> that has existed for decades, built from the beginning as decentralized, is <strong>a tough business</strong>, and other states that work to control information know this well .</p>
<p>An <strong>example</strong> can be given by comparing Russia and China: both states have a certain <strong>desire to control</strong> political dissent on the Internet, but:</p >
<ul>
<li>For <strong>Russia it is difficult</strong>, as it has a more <strong>traditional</strong> Internet infrastructure, which began to develop as decentralized well < strong>before Putin's arrival</strong>, when the present government was of a different type.</li>
<li>For <strong>China it is easier</strong>, because the government in office <strong>at the time</strong> (the Communist Party, like today), understood the potential of the Internet, and made sure that development took place <strong>immediately</strong> according to a <strong>centralized</strong> scheme.</li>
</ul>
<p>It is therefore inevitable that raising this <em>mega-wall-of-fire</em> now, from nothing, will entail <strong>substantial costs</strong>, which however will be at the <strong>total expense< /strong> of all of us <strong>consumers</strong>, instead of being at the expense of billion-dollar entertainment multinationals (which will only be burdened by the costs of the unified state platform that will connect rights holders and ISPs).</p >
<p>But this last detail, rightly, does not matter to our parliamentarians and senators, who fortunately for many years have received respectively <a href="https://www.laleggepertutti.it/353259_quanto-guadagnano-i -parliamentarians" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">1200 and 1650 € per year just for telephone costs</a>, thanks to those of us, idiot citizens, who pay taxes.</p>
<h2>Hunting for users</h2>
<p>In addition to wanting to <strong>counter</strong> in a specific and now unequivocal way the "<strong>live broadcast</strong>" of duplicate content - something that is already generating <strong>discontent</strong> among those football fans with a <strong>tight budget</strong> - apart from the usual content in general (audiovisual, print, or IT), the law expressly goes against end users , <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/ew-pirate-iptv-bill-moved-to-senate-as-italy-takes-on-digital-mafias-230324/" rel="noopener nofollow" target ="_blank">at least a certain category</a>.</p>
<p>In fact, <strong>fines of up to €5000</strong> are foreseen in the event of a repeat offense, for those who (as far as I can understand, from reading the law and watching other people's videos and articles) purchase subscriptions to paid pirate services, such as the famous "<strong>pezzotti</strong>", the illegal <em>IPTV</em> packages.</p>
<h3>Are some okay?</h3>
<p>All in all, despite the initial general fear and alarmism, it seems that the only users who have something to fear are precisely the latter, because - although it must be said that I know relatively little about the law, and it is not easy to apply generic text comprehension skills on legal bricks, so who knows - the <strong>text talks about buying or renting</strong>, and <strong>not</strong> also things like <strong>downloading at no cost</strong> >.</p>
<p>If, therefore, up to now, surfing the Internet to <strong>find links</strong> to "crisp" football matches, with pixels has never actually been prohibited as big as biscuits and the habit of <em>buffering</em>, or <strong>download</strong> the tenth film of the week via <em>torrent</em>, or even <strong>stocking up</strong> > of free video games repackaged, one can well imagine that <strong>things will remain as they are</strong> in this sense.</p>
<h4>...Maybe not absolutely</h4>
<p>Definitely <strong>less peaceful</strong> moments could be experienced by those who <strong>participate in the sharing</strong> of copied content, even with a torrent left in <em><strong>seeding</strong> ></em>.<br>
In Italy it seems that no single <em>seeder</em> has ever been prosecuted, nor has his connection ever been blocked, but with the authorization to <strong>block</strong> <strong>IP addresses</strong> the situation risks <strong>changing</strong>, and perhaps from today ISPs will have to <strong>stop throwing away</strong> lawyers' letters</strong> ; if not the hundreds who arrive every day from the United States, with the presumption of wanting a US-only law to be respected in Europe (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" rel=" noopener nofollow" target="_blank">DMCA</a>), at least those few Italian annuals do (assuming they really exist!).</p>
<h2>It's not just the "digital mafia" that will suffer</h2>
<p>Those who are worse off in this whole story are certainly the members of the "<strong>digital mafia</strong>" - as Massimiliano Capitanio, commissioner of <a href="https, calls it ://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorit%C3%A0_per_le_garanzie_nelle_comunicazioni" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">AGCOM</a> - that is, those who <strong>sell premium pirated packages</strong> , <strong>profiting</strong>: for them, <strong>fines of up to €15.5m</strong> and <strong>prison of up to 3 years</strong>.</p>
<p>Perhaps, if this new law targeted <strong>only them</strong>, <strong>there wouldn't be much to <strong>discuss</strong>: <strong>they have no passion </strong> for sharing, only that of <strong>money</strong>.<br>
Perhaps there would not be much of an objection even if, by going against the platforms that make certain links available, we considered acting <strong>only</strong> against those <strong>profit-making companies</strong>: Google, Microsoft ( with Bing), Facebook, Twitter, and so on.</p>
<p>But in Italy they have already <em>blown up</em> TNTVillage, and I don't want the <strong>decimation</strong> of all the other <strong>online marketplaces</strong> created < strong>by the people for the people</strong> - non-profit, and indeed <strong>often disposable</strong>, both in time and money - just because <strong>it bothers someone</strong> that the <strong>main functionality of the Web</strong> is used: hypertext links, invented to encourage the <strong>free and free sharing</strong> of culture and entertainment, <strong>without barriers</strong>. </p>
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<h1><span class="twa twa-😭"><span>😭</span></span> More than an exam, I went to war.</h1>
<p>As <strong>the title</strong> suggests, this was the <strong>poetic thought</strong> dispensed by my mother today, after I returned home in the afternoon with a <strong>psyche</strong> > completely <strong>obliterated</strong>, unrecognizable.</p>
<p>Until 30 minutes before, <em>good Maremma</em>, <strong>I just wanted</strong> to <strong>explode</strong>. Be careful, though: not for the exam itself (the last in a series of extra-curricular ones, precisely), very simple for me, which I don't care about except the certification!<sup id="fnref1">< a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn1">1</a></sup> Something else happened</strong>.</p>
<h2>Let's go back</h2>
<p>When I went through the first sessions <strong>two years ago</strong>, everything went <strong>very smoothly</strong>, almost in the name of <em><a href="https://www.urbandictionary .com/define.php?term=chill%20vibes" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">chilling</a></em>: those were still the times of anti-COVID restrictions, and those 2 exams that I faced at school they were in a <strong>classroom</strong> which was however <strong>not very crowded</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>This year</strong>, however, <strong>crap</strong>. I took the card without repeating anything, so my parents didn't waste money on that matter, but the <strong>experience</strong> was <strong>terrifying</strong>.<br>
The <strong>class</strong> at these rounds was always <strong>packed</strong>, and this very thing ended up being a <strong>problem for my soul</strong>.<br>
I don't think I deserve all this...</p>
<h3>Sounds of trouble</h3>
<p><strong>Last month</strong> I took 2 tests out of the 3 I was missing, and already <strong>nothing went</strong> smoothly at all:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>My professor (project contact) hadn't told me that I should have received a private link in the email address of the school domain to create an account on the online exam platform... Too bad that access I only have it at the post office on <a href="https://sitoctt.octt.eu.org/Posts/Archive/2022-05-07-Gli-Inspettiti-Vantaggi-della-Chiavetta-Linux.html" rel=" noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Puppy Linux thumb drive</a> and on the tablet, and I can't access anywhere else<sup id="fnref2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn2" >2</a></sup>. Result: <strong>I had to rush</strong> home <strong>to get the tablet</strong> and go back to school... Luckily I live nearby.</p></li>
<li><p>The <strong>testing platform totally broke</strong> when I finished one of the exams (not without difficulty, some questions were <em>[glitchate](<a href="https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch#Computer" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch#Computer</a></em>glitch)_ !): as soon as I started the second one, the system said that I had run out of time, and closed the test I had just started in my face... The prof. he had to <strong>waste time</strong> calling support to explain the matter, and after quite a mess the exam was reset as not taken.</p></li>
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<p>Between both things, then, a good amount of <strong>time</strong> was lost. And if it hadn't been like this, <strong>maybe</strong> I would have managed to finish <strong>all the exams that day</strong>.</p>
<h2>The present</h2>
<p>Let's go back to today.<br>
Once the hassle of waiting was over (not too problematic, thanks to the rectangle of plastic, glass, metal, with Internet connection, and pocket book, which I also always carry around), due to the fact that all the stations were occupied initially, <strong >start</strong>.<br>
<em>...But I had never done it!</em></p>
<p>My <strong>first few minutes</strong> go <strong>fine</strong>, <strong>until</strong> even a good selection (random, or did destiny choose them carefully?) of <strong>monkeys</strong>, who from the rows behind everything were <strong>babbling</strong> with those who (I imagine in confidence) had not yet finished, at an exaggerated volume and in contemporary.<br>
Here, now, slowly, the <strong>blood</strong> starts to boil <strong>in my body, as if it were a coffee pot, because with that mess <strong>I can't read</strong> > half of a question <strong>without getting</strong> totally distracted. Even having earphones in my ears (but detached) didn't attenuate the noise enough. <strong>Finish the exam like that</strong>? <strong>Impossible</strong>.</p>
<h3>I tried</h3>
<p>Before it was too late, <strong>I tried</strong> to <strong>call the teacher</strong> — who, damn the <em>extreme</em>, was quite <strong>distracted </strong>, because another person at that moment had the same glitch as my previous time (and here I have to: what a shitty backend this platform has, throw it away and rewrite it from scratch, please!! !).<br>
I wanted to <strong>kindly</strong> tell him to keep all those who had no right to speak in silence, and after a few minutes (to his credit, of his own accord, a moment before he heard me ) blathered something (unconvincing) to tell the audience to calm down. The audience <strong>did not calm down</strong>, and the prof. he was going crazy due to the general problems, unfortunately, so <strong>he could pay little attention</strong> to me.</p>
<p>The <strong>last time</strong> there was <strong>less mess</strong>. Perhaps because there were fewer wrong individuals, perhaps because I was at the PC in the far corner of the room (which today was not turned on), perhaps because, given that there was an external commissioner, the rules could only be violated without making any noise. I don't know.</p>
<p>I even decide to <strong>call my father</strong> on the phone, upon arriving here, to tell him to <strong>call</strong> the professor on the phone; maybe this time around <strong>he can understand</strong>. In fact, this time the call for silence was more convincing. Was it?</p>
<h3>A disaster</h3>
<p>But, by now, <strong>too late</strong> anyway: my tension has risen too much, <strong>I can't regain</strong> a minimum of <strong>concentration</strong>, forcing myself, after perhaps a good 21 months in which I was able to do without it, scratching myself to convert a minimal part of the mental load (which requires major mental energies to be managed, the same ones that I needed at that moment to complete my session) into skin burning (which, to a certain level, is managed by the brain in the background). What a drag.</p>
<p>I've already done the <strong>damage</strong>, <em>alas and what the fuck</em>, and it seemed that everything was slowly calming down and concentration could return... but instead No. The <strong>call</strong> of the prof. However, it was <strong>too soft</strong> and <strong>did not stop the bad behavior of that part of the other students, it just put them on hold a bit.</p>
<h3>The real solution</h3>
<p><strong>Well</strong>, at this point I simply feel like <strong>throwing a fist</strong> on the desk and "screaming" (not that I know how to do it, but the fist just makes up for the this is useful; <em>I unconsciously learned from another professor of mine</em>) to <strong>be silent</strong>, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything, and... <strong>it worked< /strong>. <em>Oh?...</em><br>
Yes, <strong>that's all</strong>. I can't say anything else about this moment, it immediately crystallized into goodness. From there, until I finished and was able to leave, not a fly flew again.</p>
<p>At that point, unfortunately, I had <strong>accumulated</strong> the <strong>irritation</strong> anyway, and it took me <em>hours and hours and <strong>hours</strong> ></em> <strong>to dispose of it</strong>, between doing various random things and writing this article.<br>
The only thing I can logically <strong>regret</strong> is not having made that bench resonate a few precious minutes before</strong> seriously reaching the limit, given that gentle methods didn't work. Unfortunately or fortunately, damn, it's not <strong>a reflex that arises in me</strong> too often; <strong>only when</strong> I am already <strong>over</strong> that limit, and perhaps I have <strong>already committed other avoidable</strong> damage.</p>
<hr>
<p>And yet, that doubt still remains: but <strong>what have I done</strong> that was so bad in the world <strong>to deserve</strong> these things? And let's understand...</p>
<h2>[:HNotesRefsHTML:]</h2>
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<p>The <strong>certification</strong>... oh God, even this last one, <strong>not that I care</strong> personally: on my <strong>deathbed I don't</strong> strong> I will certainly be <strong>counting the cards</strong> that I could have but didn't want to get; mainly my parents convinced me, so whatever. (<em>If <strong>even this were to expire</strong> before it can be seriously useful for anything, <strong>I'll be seriously pissed off</strong>, but never mind...</em>) < a href="#fnref1">↩</a></p>
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<p><strong>It's Google's fault</strong> (GSuite, shit), the <strong>school network</strong> is not recognized as trustworthy and <strong>doesn't let me log in</strong>. That day I couldn't even log in from my smartphone by connecting to my home VPN, for some reason! <strong>I explained the general problem better</strong> in my <strong>article on the Puppy flash drive</strong>, however, so I'll refer you there for those who are interested. <a href="#fnref2">↩</a></p>
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<h1><span class="twa twa-🏖️"><span>🏖️</span></span> Review: Pee in the Sea (Tyrrhenian Sea)</h1>
<p>With summer now at its peak, in yet another extremely hot August, it is practically obligatory that all the <strong>traditions of the season</strong> are honored, this year too.</p>
<p>Where do you go on holiday this time too? But at the seaside, of course. In your opinion, who has the most authority in this regard: all those unknown people who every time, almost acting by inertia, punctually choose the mountain again, hoping that in some way this umpteenth time could be the good and fun one... or the 'very Italian poet poet, Gabriele D'Annunzio, who in particular seaside locations experienced summer months so profound and memorable that he felt the irrepressible need to write about an entire collection of lyrics?</p>
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<p><em>I have spent these days in profound quiet, lying in a boat in the sun. You don't know these places: they are divine. [...] I think about the time when I will have to get back on the train, with unspeakable regret. I would like to stay here, and sing. I have such a vehement desire to sing that the verses arise spontaneously from my soul like the foam of the waves. In recent days, at the bottom of my boat, I have composed some Lauds that truly seem to be children of the waters and rays, all penetrated by air and saltiness. I feel that in a month or two I could compose the entire volume in one go. [...] If you could imagine the beauties of this marina!</em><br>
(<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyone#Genesi_dell'opera" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Letter from D'Annunzio to Fratelli Treves Editori, 7 July 1899< /a>)</p>
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<p>Although, like many, I am also convinced of the fact that the sea - understood as being chained in the same single seaside resort chosen for the holiday - is tiring for a long time, in some cases I too am able to feel in a particularly engaging is that naturalist essence that D'Annunzio was able to transcribe with extreme difficulty into beautiful words, despite the fact that my holidays are definitely a little more flat than his.</p>
<p>If perhaps during my short holiday in Calabria I didn't have the opportunity to take spectacular walks in the pine forest, or to enjoy a walk on the beach done as nature dictates - without the August crowd and the sensory overload generated by it - and not even staying for hours in the absolute peace of some glimpse to rest, I still couldn't give up that one <strong>moment of immersion</strong> that I'm truly allowed.</p>
<p>After several of those days in which I reluctantly had to decry the sea water as unsatisfactory - too cold, too rough to even stay on the shore without rolling away, overall uninviting atmosphere - finally today between late afternoon and first evening the cards on the table are the right ones, which allow me to make that most desired move: <strong>peeing in the sea</strong>.</p>
<p>At the beginning, my idea was to just stay on the shore, distracted and with my head full of other thoughts. However, in just a few minutes the environment proved to be extremely enveloping for the senses, and my thoughts slowly aligned themselves with the frequency of the waves. Following this <strong>new calm</strong> and welcoming rhythm, then, I push myself a little further into that vast blue, getting wet up to my waist, there in the Tyrrhenian Sea.</p>
<p>By now I feel good in the water, and in the moments that continually follow one another <strong>I begin to forget</strong> all the shapes, colors, mental constructions. The sky tinged with a warm blue, a fresh color stained by the warm shades of the sun which is now about to set, thus putting an end to this last day of holiday. I do not perceive all those no longer necessary elements, works and thoughts of the modern world, totally out of place in such a divine context, and I delete those other few people very distant from me.</p>
<p>With the blink of an eye, I therefore go back hundreds of thousands of years, if not tens of millions, to when all the broth of life was being prepared in the enormous oceanic pot, inside which today we can no longer live but from which we still feel an ancestral call.</p>
<p>It is at this point that, after my mind and my skin have totally merged with the blue body, the rest of my flesh is completed in this temporary hybrid entity, which at the same time belongs to me and of which I am not Nothing. <strong>That stimulus</strong>, as old as the scenario that has naturally come together by now, is now the only definable complex thought that goes back and forth between my nervous system and the urinary system. Thus we build a need that has the appearance of a longing desire, but which we begin to realize on our own, as if it were almost a <strong>gift of fate</strong>, without any notable effort on my part.< /p>
<p>This. This is the single only moment in today's world when we can appreciate the simplicity of such a gesture. Deriving pure satisfaction from something that we consider obvious, and to which we generally don't give a shred of attention: all the other times we pee we always have something on our mind, and we always see the act as small as yet another chore to do constantly, not like a little well-deserved <strong>moment of break</strong> a few times a day. I am personally guilty of this.</p>
<p>In this long moment in the <strong>Calabrian sea</strong>, quite deep even at a distance not excessively far from the shore, the only even possible distraction is the <strong>infinite panorama</strong> between the horizon and it costs. No moment is ignored, but rather each of those countless moments increases the awareness of pleasure, while waiting to finish the job; but to be able to crown the anticipated satisfaction, not to run away from the cup as usual.</p>
<p>The most pleasant aspect of the work is undoubtedly <strong>the warmth</strong> of the liquid now released, which induces <strong>relaxation</strong> and gives us confirmation that yes, we are doing the thing more beautiful. The swimsuit is always in place, never moved a millimetre, but you can't feel it at all, it doesn't offer the slightest resistance to the mixing of the only two fluids in play. It's the highlight of everything, the pinnacle of panism.</p>
<p>In the end, everything ends, but that's good. We, extremely limited beings, could not even appreciate an experience of this type in this situation if it had a different duration. At this point, with <strong>extreme calm</strong>, without starting to fill my head with useless thoughts again, I start to <strong>get out of the water</strong>, which has become certain. I enjoyed this special moment, and that's what counts.</p>
<p>Final rating: <strong>10/10</strong>. An experience that in its pleasant essentiality is truly inimitable. <strong>I highly recommend it</strong> to everyone, and I would certainly do it again at the next available opportunity.</p>
<p>Before concluding, a <strong>little curiosity</strong>: the sea is the oldest bathroom not divided by gender in the world. We humans did not invent this particular tertiary category of waste disposal places to remedy the mistakes of some of our ancestors - nature invented them, well before the very first <em>homo sapiens</em> existed!</em> p>

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<h1><span class="twa twa-📎"><span>📎</span></span> Hair clips, reduced to glue and pebbles</h1>
<p><em>For a strange set of reasons, this article sat in my drafts for more than a month, even though it was practically finished. Oh well, better late than never, happy reading...</em></p>
<p>So: somehow, one day my mother's name day mysteriously arrived, and I therefore found myself wanting (having to?) give her a gift.</p>
<p>But what gift to give? It's always a mess with these things. Even at the Chinese housewares shop, that magical place where if you turn around you discover things on the shelves that you couldn't see before, sooner or later, the gift ideas run out. Let alone elsewhere.</p>
<p>Fortunately, although I lack good taste, I believe I have plenty of creativity, and for this reason once again my only real option was do-it-yourself. (But I bought the raw materials from the Chinese anyway, and where else...)</p>
<p>I enter into housewares without having too precise ideas in mind, but with the plan of wandering around a bit, seeing objects that are more or less dissonant with each other, and waiting for my brain to invent something.</p>
<p>In the end, I bought two items:</p>
<ol>
<li>A set of 10 paper clip style hair clips; of slightly different colors, to have an acceptable variety, but all in a solid color.</li>
<li>A box of beads of different shapes, sizes, and shades of color; 8 types in total. However, each box only had about one shade of color, a slightly limiting but not serious factor. I got a set with colors between purple and pink.</li>
</ol>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Misc/Box-Perline-Viola-8.webp" alt="The little box with all the beads demonstrated in, I suppose, plain sight.">< /p>
<p>Just €3 later, I get home straight away with the desire to do the job, and I don't even start when I'm already on the verge of making a mess: when opening the little box of pearls, I was tilting it a little too much, and some of those colored crumbs ended up from one compartment to another... a little more carelessness, and I could have lost at least a good part of them across the room in an instant.</p>
<p>My idea was to place the smaller beads (~1 mm in diameter) all over the top edge of the clothespins. The larger ones are almost like pebbles (~4mm in diameter), there's no way they'll stick together at all. Especially when you are in the situation of having to do all the work in just a few hours.</p>
<p>In this case I therefore had to use hot glue, whose greatest advantage, the almost immediate grip, was however a slight flaw, because gluing these beads properly requires a certain precision; at least in the way I initially tried, that is, letting a few beads fall onto the clothespin from my fingers after placing a little glue.</p>
<p>With this method, I should have gotten there sooner, yes and no only a quarter of the colored pebbles stuck (badly), and the rest ended up everywhere. So I tried it again, this time dipping the glue-covered clothespin into the bead container, and this method actually worked a little better.</p>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Mollette-Perline/1-Full.webp" alt="The first 3 clothespins I completed, lined up nicely."></p >
<p>However, this way is not magical in itself, and has not been able to solve other problems:</p>
<ul>
<li>The beads don't hold much on the sides, where the body of the clothespin becomes thinner... promptly, after enough open-close cycles, they all come off.</li>
<li>In general, when opening or closing the clip, some pearls will pop off even after the glue has completely dried. In any case, by doing this movement about ten times, you can ensure that those who really have to fall do so at least immediately, avoiding problems later.</li>
</ul>
<p>Meanwhile, in the frenzy of everything, I had beads going right, left, on the desk, on me, and then on the floor. While doing the opening and closing, some even splashed into the air...<br>
Most of what I lost I found again in the next few days, however, when I walked around my room and felt something <em>crunchy</em> under my slippers. I couldn't find a very small part, obviously, also because in the meantime I vacuumed shortly afterwards.</p>
<p>In the end, after making these 3 for my mother... I almost started wanting some made like this too though! 😅️ <br>
So I made at least one more, but this time, having infinite time, I tried with vinyl glue.<br>
I don't know whether the decoration made in this way is water resistant or not, because my vinyl glue is so-called "washable", but I don't know if it can only be washed with water or soap is also needed. I'll avoid having it rain on my head when I wear it, I guess.</p>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Mollette-Perline/2-Full.webp" alt="The clothespin created with PVA glue once dried, illustrated in different positions.">< /p>
<p>Despite this potential risky side, I think that using vinyl is still the best choice, for an aesthetic reason: when it dries completely, it becomes totally transparent. Hot glue, on the other hand, remains dense and visible, making the final work look dirty and messy. It's fine when I have to join cardboard or fabrics, but not in this case.</p>
<p>After a few days of use, however, I noticed that the vinyl glue does not stick very well to the rubberized plastic of the clothespin, and it has come off slightly at the edges. Nothing serious, but it should be kept in mind; to solve this, I think it is enough to add a little more glue (vinyl or non-vinyl) which also goes around the side of the clothespin and incorporates it slightly.</p>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Mollette-Perline/2-Wip.webp" alt="The clothespin I made with PVA glue, immediately after application.">< /p>
<p>So, in the end, my mother had a product that was almost not even truly complete, compared to the more refined one that I created just a moment later! 💀️ Her real gift was therefore acting as a beta-tester. I then offered her to rearrange the first three clothespins a little, but she said that, at least those three, she wants to keep them like that, and at most she'll make her some more new ones. Well, I don't know what to say, there are those who prefer to use betas for life, apparently (absolutely not <a href="https://spacecraft.altervista.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" >me about Minecraft</a>...).</p>
<p><img src="[staticoso:CustomPath:Assets]/Media/Mollette-Perline/1-Scene.webp" alt="The first 3 clothespins made, arranged in different positions, with a themed light."> </p>

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<h1><span class="twa twa-🎇"><span>🎇</span></span> The report of this 2023, at least in terms of posting!</h1>
<p>For the end of the year, many make a list of good resolutions for the new one, while this time I am compiling a collection of some of my shortcomings... welcome back to my world.</p>
<p>I'm afraid I also have to hurry a bit with this post, because if it came out on the 31st, probably no one would give a damn... at least not before next year (and having said that, it's very scary, I know ). Not having made it in time for the 30th, here I am posting late at night, before mimir. 🌌</p>
<p>In recent months I have not had the opportunity to deal with the site perfectly, because my words have been stolen by alternative outlets, or perhaps a little blocked by setbacks. And what exactly, I imagine you might ask yourself who diligently follow the CTTT site, but only the CTTT site, and otherwise never wallow in the scam?</p>
<h2>The BBS, Spacc forum with an ancient flavour</h2>
<p>During this summer I had a slightly unusual idea, at least by 2023 standards: opening an old-fashioned discussion forum for hustling, with the vague idea of ​​building something that could slowly grow into a place ideal for discussions of that kind, taken beyond the practical boundaries permitted by the most modern social platforms or chats. And here he is proud, there on <a href="https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/</ a>. 😎</p>
<p>I have some moderately ambitious future ideas regarding the Spacc BBS, which I have not yet had the opportunity to complete and/or set in motion, due to issues of skills and time; from the connection with ActivityPub, to the multilingual support with translation in the backend, up to the idea of ​​a role-playing game that would take place in the forum with ad-hoc designed code (in short, a real video game, not like on other forums where people talk and we pretend to play)... and who knows if I will ever be able to accomplish everything, especially not being able to find people capable of providing the pieces that I am missing.<br>
Hosting the forum costs me nothing, whether it is used or not, and for this reason alone I don't think I will ever declare bankruptcy or close down. It's really so convenient to host at home.</p>
<p>Although I have not exploited it to extreme levels, I have used the BBS to write some posts that otherwise I would perhaps never have launched, because I feel that in some way the forum format (even in those cases in which no one queues the thread even after weeks of waiting...) offers me a particular way of expressing myself, which I would sometimes feel unsuitable on the blog.<br>
On the other hand, who knows, maybe having only the blogoctt I would have published there, feeling that the MicroBlog certainly would not have been a suitable alternative. Speaking of which...</p>
<h2>The brand new MicroBlog, so much for Du Rove</h2>
<p>The "MicroBlog" that I have on the ctt site is not really a microblog in the classic sense... it's a category that I arbitrarily decided should keep my shorter posts. I have always practiced true microblogging partly on the Fediverse, partly on Telegram, with a channel that has historically continuously switched back and forth between public and private for complex reasons.<br>
At the same time, these platforms have always also served as "PicoBlog" for me, with posts of one or two sentences, while I let the dust form on the site section. 🕸️</p>
<ul>
<li>On the one hand I had tried to move to my own site for these things, because I wanted to have a way to really control my data and the management of publications... but with the static one it was all quite inconvenient, and the desire to publish I got over it.</li>
<li>On the other hand, a small problem was my having to choose every time between publishing on Telegram, and therefore often not being able to effectively share my words even outside that bubble, and publishing on the Fediverse, being able to replicate the posts on my channel only with obnoxious limits (which lowered the experience and made people complain). At the end of the day therefore, months ago the desire to micropost began to wane more and more... and I don't know exactly how I spent my days then (perhaps administering the technical side of the forum...), but I started posting more rarely.</li>
</ul>
<p>Just this December, however, everything changes, after one night I can't fall asleep immediately, but on the other hand I remember that...</p>
<ul>
<li>The ActivityPub plugin for WordPress should have made some decent progress by now, and could almost be suitable for microblogging...</li>
<li>...and it just so happens that I have a WordPress site on Altervista (therefore, unlimited space and traffic but with complete WordPress, free) in disuse, which would be perfect for trying this little thing...</li >
</ul>
<p>This thing perhaps deserves a separate article, but the fact is that I immediately put this way to the test to change my microblogging workflow for the better, after having flaunted it on the new MicroBlog note (<a href="https:/ /octospacc.altervista.org/2023/12/04/138/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://octospacc.altervista.org/2023/12/04/138/</a> , this is for example the message in question). 🔗</p>
<h3>Billionaires' platforms leave everyone stranded</h3>
<p>As luck would have it - ironically, on the evening of December 24th, as if it were a bad, rotten gift - the Telegram account where I was the admin of my channel and of the comments group was banned, for reasons that we still haven't understood (clearly automatic, and in my opinion incorrect). As it is, it also seems that I have lost all my data forever: if they don't respond to my manual request for data portability, they will have violated the GDPR, and in the meantime I will be left with nothing in my hands (if I I'm not freaking out...)</p>
<p>Luckily, having started publishing from WordPress, the ban didn't interrupt my shitposting flow in any way (phew!), but I had to waste some time catching up with people (and there are those who don't we have still collected) to finally bring it to the Matrix (a federated and truly free messaging protocol)... because unfortunately they didn't want to listen to me when 2 years ago I said that it would be wise to move there before accidents, not after. 😮‍💨</p>
<p>This stuff also deserves separate discussion, and just for good luck I'll leave some of my new links here:</p>
<ul>
<li>The discussion about the ban on the Spacc BBS (with references also to some very hot MicroBlog posts, I went crazy live): <a href="https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/viewtopic.php? t=160" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/viewtopic.php?t=160</a></li>
<li>The Matrix spacc "space", which I've never really had a chance to promote before, you might find it hilarious if you join: <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#Spacc :matrix.org">https://matrix.to/#/#Spacc:matrix.org</a></li>
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<h3>I dismantle everything</h3>
<p>However, all this also means that it's time to review some little things on the site.</p>
<ul>
<li>The section that is now called MicroBlog there is no longer right - because with this name it wasn't right before - and I have to either remove it (by pouring all the posts present there into the Blog), or rename it. I would lean towards the first option, so as to reduce for a moment the fuss that I would otherwise have to make when deciding when an article was long enough to be in the Blog, and when it wasn't.</li>
<li>At the same time, the PicoBlog will disappear (becoming an archive, I don't delete anything). I didn't update it before anyway, and even more so I doubt I'll ever use it now.</li>
</ul>
<h2>The eternal return of the Knowledge Base</h2>
<p>I'll try to be brief here, because by now this issue risks becoming the biggest <em>inside joke</em> of my life, which, just look at it, equally deserves the elusive separate article. 🫣</p>
<p>From more than a year ago, <a href="https://sitoctt.octt.eu.org/Posts/MicroBlog/2022-09-23-Nuove-Frontiere.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target ="_blank">as I also wrote on the ctt site</a>, I started using TiddlyWiki to create my own knowledge base of... I'm still not clear on what.<br>
Let's say that above 90% are lists of links that are useful to me, of which 30% perhaps with short personal notes, and the remainder of the content made up of small pages of notes and things like that that I wouldn't really know where to throw otherwise. It's public because it's convenient for me, it would be more inconvenient to keep it private, and I think it can be useful to other people, just as the personal wikis of other random individuals have been useful (or at least interesting) to me.</p>
<p>The point is that, since I've been using that little thing, I have practically no reason to update the non-blog pages on the ctt site, because it's just more inconvenient and less organizeable in the long term, compared to creating them from scratch wiki.<br>
Adding to this also the now having to recognize the failure of <a href="https://gitlab.com/octtspacc/staticoso" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">statioso</a> (the generator of my site, which is a spaghetti, difficult and annoying to extend), but while my complaint about the fact that I can't find other generators that are satisfactory for me remains true, the idea of ​​transferring everything to TiddlyWiki comes naturally to me (which, yes, works excellently as a generator of static sites)... 🙂</p>
<p>...It's a shame that it's not easy to recreate all my special pages and particular internal functions with the templating and macro system of this otherwise magnificent software, and so I've been working on it since March 2023. In all honesty, what happens is that I work on it for days, then I stop out of boredom, then I forget about it for a good month, and then I start the cycle again as late as possible.<br>
At this rate, who knows if sitoctt and <a href="https://kb.octt.eu.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">OcttKB</a> will ever truly be merged into one source... they will finish the bridge over the strait first, those there, this matter about me. 🙃</p>
<h2>The time that passes away...</h2>
<p>This section risks not making the slightest sense, but I wanted to write it anyway, partly for atmosphere and partly out of desperation.<br>
There has never been any doubt that time cannot help but flow, leaving behind everything that has been past and that constitutes the present because there has been no way to change it. However, time seems to be less and less useful, more volatile, less tangible. Entropy rises, regrets crystallize, divertissement appears to be an increasingly less effective way of escaping trouble.</p>
<p>But, dramatic jokes aside, this is what I really feel, especially when external circumstances remind me of it: speaking in the short term, despite having eliminated some of the things that led me to waste time, it seems that I have less and less available; regarding the long term, every now and then there is a strong feeling that the time really available to materialize, despite all the justifications that my brain invents to eliminate the pain, is almost running out. 😶</p>
<h2>The end.</h2>
<p>Let us therefore hope - because it is generally right to never stop hoping, even if perhaps it is not a good idea to use hope as a substitute for action - that this new year can bring us many equally new but truly beautiful things, even if I have no idea how this could happen. Happy Holidays, little people who live in my computer and read my crazy things!</p>