Paul Sutton – personal blog
Ventoy Concerns
I noticed a post on Mastodon, suggesting that due to a number of component blobs that don't have associated source code available, there could be concerns regarding Ventoy
I am just sharing this as concerns were raised, I still feel Ventoy is safe to use. As with anything, due diligence needs to be used when installing any software or OS. If you are concerned, then make the USB media, with the chosen OS and install that way.
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Windows 11 local accounts
If you have recently bought a new device, PC or laptop, it will have probably come with Windows 11 pre-installed. Sadly, Microsoft are making it harder to set this up with a local user account, forcing users to create a MS account and signup to their services.
There are a few ways to work round this and some of these are detailed in the video below (not by me, I am just sharing)
I would suggest you watch the video right through, then try this, that way you can see a few steps ahead.
Take your time, esp when setting up the new account so that you don't end up agreeing to something you didn't intend to.
Paignton Bike night 14th August
A few photos from last night's bike nite
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Rote Learning HTML & CSS
This is another resource for anyone wanting to learn HTML / CSS. Rote Learning HTML & CSS, written by Jens Oliver Meiert.
I found out about this from a Fediverse post You can follow Jens from here
All good stuff, varied teaching methodologies are good as at least one will appeal people with the style of the book.
Tinkerers Meeting 4 – reminder
The next meeting of the Tor bay Tinkerers group will be on 24th August 2024. Please see their website for more details and a write-up of the May Meeting.
We meet at:-
Paignton Library, Room 12 11am to 13:00
Possible topics
Carry on looking at the mouse bot and dragster projects. Also, have a look at my LED metronome and see how this can be adapted to provide timing for playing music.
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Trojans Training 18/8/2024
Tor bay Trojans AFC Training
Date : Sunday 18th August 2024 Time : 10am to 13:00 Location; Foxhole Field, Bell field Road, Paignton
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Bird Flu – This sounds very bad
The world is currently seeing the fastest-spreading, largest-ever outbreak of H5N1, a highly contagious, deadly strain of avian influenza. Scientists say this virus now presents an existential threat to the world’s biodiversity, with the risk to humans rising as it continues to leap the species barrier, reaching new host species.
12:38 Animal apocalypse: Deadly bird flu infects hundreds of species pole-to-pole
Interesting article how the H5N1 bird flu can jump species, not just between birds but to mammals to and how human activity has made this possible.
A rather worrying article really, as our ecosystem is fragile enough as it is.
A DIY Guide to Supermassive Black Holes
A nice guide posted to the fediverse with a guide to black holes.
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Generative AI Is Exhausting the Power Grid
Generative AI is hailed by many as the future, being able to use Artificial Intelligence to generate content. All the talk fails to take in to account what is needed to power the computers or computer farms to generate this content.
The article here from Earth.org on this very issue.
We really do need to decide on our future, the power required is huge as is the amount of water required to cool these systems. It is hardly sustainable, but it seems profit is far more important.
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Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation
Another environment talk, so this risk is in addition to the jet stream getting messed up by climate change.
Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Rahmstorf
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