I made first contact to a so called Artificial Intelligence #AI. Really strange. Just to get some impression I used #Ollama #llama2 and ended up with this:

What do you think of climate change?

We understand that climate change is a global issue and it poses significant threats to the environment and humanity as a whole. It requires immediate action from individuals, governments, and organizations around the world in order to mitigate its effects on the planet.

Are you sure that individuals are to be mentioned first?

Yes, we believe that individual actions matter when it comes to addressing climate change. However, we also recognize that governments and Organizations have a crucial role in implementing policies and initiatives that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a larger scale.

If the "larger scale" emission can be stopped by implementing policies for organizations - let's name it companies - don't you think that policies for individuals would be easier to agree on?

That is a valid point. However, we believe that both individual and collective actions are necessary in order to tackle the issue of climate change effectively. For example, individuals can make changes in their lifestyle such as reducing their carbon footprint by using public transportation or biking instead of driving, while companies can implement policies such as reducing their energy consumption through renewable sources like solar and wind power.

Yes, we tried this for a while already, but all the effects are to slow. Wouldn't it be necessary to agree on binding policies aka laws: first for the largest producers of emissions.

That is an interesting suggestion. However, implementing such policies requires significant cooperation and coordination among countries, which can be challenging given the diverse interests and opinions among them. Nonetheless, we believe that it would be a step in the right direction towards mitigating climate change on a global scale.

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Here I stopped. Obviously #llama2 is trained to argue in a way about it to slow down any real progress as much as possible. The last argument really is "What about the others? We can't just start doing our part without first coordinate the effort of all the rest of the world."

Now I'm thinking where the training data came from and fear that this is really the way the problem and possible solutions are presented and discussed throughout the internet.

In the end the text is made of statistically chosen fragments as I understand #llm​s.

Yes!

#OpenWRT + #Packetfence:

On an unencrypted registration SSID authorized a client through a portal page.

Then showed the client via dpsk (dynamic pre-shared key) provisioner login data for the encrypted SSID to connect to a network with internet access.

When the client connects to the unencrypted SSID it gets redirected to a portal to enter an email address (and possibly other data). Packetfence sends an email to a pre-configured address (owned by the sponsor) containing a link to approve the request for access.

The client waits on a portal html page for the sponsor to click the link. After the sponsor clicks the link to approve the request the clients web page reloads and shows the name of the encrypted SSID to connect to and a password for the connection.

Next step to accomplish: configure OpenWRT (hostapd) and Packetfence to allow the usage of the PSK to connect to the encrypted SSID.

BTW: Testing this I'm using #deskhop to switch seamlessly between my notebook and my #Librem5 which I use as a test client for the wifi connection to the OpenWRT access point.

Setting up a new #packetfence I tried to setup a portal for a registration vlan and failed miserably. The portal didn't show.

The solution turned out to be quiet simple: a dns misconfiguration that seems to be part of the default configuration when installing packetfence in Debian.

To learn more about #wifi and #wlan integration into #packetfence I set up a packetfence server on an #odroid H3.

I'll try to integrate a TP Link RE500 running #OpenWRT. While reading into wifi related stuff I found the README which turned out to be a perfect introduction to the topic.

It didn't deliver on my expectation for documentation about the file hostapd.vlan in OpenWRT, but that might be an include as well. Otherwise its content has been a nice surprise!

I guess we really need some law that makes it possible to buy a car and opt-out completely for any data transmission from the car to anybody. This is what happens if the data once is collected:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.DzhQ.GXkvg-kgWebx&smid=url-share

I'd wish that @noybeu@mastodon.social would look into this. Transformation to electric driving (if driving cars is needed at all) is important, but all the electric cars I looked at seem to inevitably send data to their manufacturer.

When doing the #deskhop to share keyboard/mouse between my #Librem5 and my notebook on the Librem5 still the on-screen keyboard (#osk) keeps popping up and takes away part of the small screen.

This can be disabled through gsettings but doing so each time when I place the phone beside my notebook is tiresome.

So I recovered some old proof of concept I had made, tested it and packaged it:

switch-keyboard installs an #udev rule that triggers when an external keyboard is connected and disables the osk. On disconnect it re-enables the osk and there is an entry for the menu included to just toggle the keyboard on and off just in case you're left without #osk after disconnecting an external keyboard.

@white_gecko@chaos.social guessed it already: It's a really cute hardware hack called the #deskhop.

Everything you need to know to build a #deskhop can be found in its repository.

The parts you'll need are easily found and the pcb can be manufactured using the provided files.

Or you could look for a complete set of parts on flohmarkt.

#Librem5 and notebook sharing the same keyboard and mouse.

Moving the mouse over the edge of the screen into the direction of the other device brings the mouse focus to the other device - just like moving the mouse between displays in a dual screen setup.

The keyboard focus follows. It is like a kvm that is controlled by the mouse position.

Let's #deskhop!

Let's practice some #smd #soldering. #pcb​s still missing, but on their way.

Looking for a #USBc #hub #OpenHardware design with the following features:

• 1 usb-c power in for a usb-c pd power supply
• 1 usb-c connector to connect to a device
  • that consumes pd power (5V / 3A)
  • that connects to the other ports of the hub
• 2 usb-a ports powered from the hub to connect keyboard, mouse or a memory stick

If possible (would be extremely nice):

• a third usb-c connection to connect some usb-c device like a smartcard reader, simple memory stick, etc. (wouldn't need pd)

Any suggestions?

Note to myself: to regenerate a config file in #packetfence use

pfcmd service <service> generateconfig

afterwards it could be restarted by

pfcmd service <service> restarting

Restarting a service using pfcmd service always recreates the configuration from the templates.

I intentionally broke audio output of #Mozilla #Thunderbird and #Firefox:

https://chrichri.ween.de/o/e65a99d0fd024803b9cf59e0bd6da85a

Lately I found that I'd sometimes like to click on audio content people are sharing. I do and somehow expectedly I can't hear what Firefox starts playing.

Found OpenWith which allows to open an URL through its context menu with any configured external program.

Now I can open links to a lot of content by using FreeTube.