Gemini Articles of Interest

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 11, 2023

A Gemini client^* is needed for the following links.

• Technology and Free Software

  • gsettings command

    One of the things I find annoying about Ubuntu Desktop defaults is that when I open a new application it opens in the upper left corner. I then drag it to the center screen and start working. It's amazing how a small inconvenience can grind on you over time. When I've search the net for changing this behavior the usual suggestions are "install gnome-tweaks". This seems ham-handed. I think continue searching and eventually find the command below. So I am making a note of the command here in my blog so I can find it latter.

  • Excel Scottish Land Tax calculator

    Me and my partner are in the process of buying our first house. In Scotland, property transactions are subject to Land Tax[1]. Land Tax is calculated based on the property price and is based on tiers. The first 145k is free, then 145-250k is subject to 2% tax, 250-325k is 5% and so on. For first time buyers the tax free amount is raised to 175k.

  • Internet/Gemini

    • Wordle for Gemini published

      First, pardon my english but I want to get the word out. Since I saw winter's comments about how NYT was transforming Wordle's experience into a crappy one, I remembered I still have in this capsule my own clone that works over Gemini and it is simple enough to have anyone put it on their own. Mine works with a spanish word dictionary, but you can have it generate the database with *any* word list. It will take care of the client certificates to keep a way of a session and track if you've already solved or not the current word and pick a new one when 16 minutes have passed.

    • How Online Ads Work

      Gemini tries to avoid the worst of the web, and for most people ads and tracking are high on that list.

      But, there is a lot about how ads work that is not common knowledge.

      You almost certainly know what online ads look like; you may even have clicked on them from time to time—possibly by mistake. You might have considered what information is flying around in the cloud to support those ads. You’re less likely, I think, to have considered how much money changed hands, and between whom.

  • Programming

    • Can a child process affect the working directory of the parent process?

    • Shared Libraries

      Is an educational document, good to work through to better understand compiling and linking shared libraries. To recap, and using C instead of C++ one needs a program that uses a library, plus a few supporting script...

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