Ralph,

Thankyou kindly for putting this synopsis of the meeting together.

Hugh

On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 at 10:53, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The Government's Project Gigabit aims to increase good broadband to
> rural areas.  https://projectgigabit.campaign.gov.uk/
>
> Though I don't think Hugh's eligible because...
>
>     https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/#suppliers
>    ‘Vouchers in your area have been paused as your address may shortly
>     be included in one of our Project Gigabit contracts.  This could
>     mean your home is in line for gigabit broadband without the need for
>     a voucher.  Please check back in a few weeks’ time for any further
>     updates.’
>
> That page then lists three suppliers in the area.
>
> Jurassic Fibre, another local supplier installing equipment beneath the
> pavements.  https://jurassic-fibre.com
>
> The Segger J-Link EDU and EDU Mini are cheaper versions of the J-Link
> BASE JTAG-and-SWD debug probe aimed at the hobbyist for non-commercial
> use.
> https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/models/j-link-edu/
> https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/models/j-link-edu-mini/
>
> A nascent Mastodon instance.  https://dorset.social
>
> Use fail2ban to monitor a single file for a particular string and run a
> certain command each time it appears.  https://www.fail2ban.org
>
> Or build it yourself.  This is Unix.
>
>     >log
>     for n in {1..31514}; do
>         echo $n >>log
>         sleep 0.1
>     done & \
>     tail -f log |
>     grep -E --line-buffered '3|(.)\1\1' |
>     while read -r l; do
>         sed -n "$l{=;p;q}" /usr/share/dict/words
>     done
>
> FreeRTOS has had backing for a while now from Amazon which wants to
> speed the development of IoT devices which may then use AWS.  It's a
> good easy RTOS to get started with.  https://www.freertos.org
>
> A rival from The Linux Foundation is Zephyr.  It has backing from the
> likes of Intel, Nordic, and NXP who contribute device drivers and other
> work.  Its configuration and build system is a bigger initial hurdle
> though.  https://zephyrproject.org
>
> Software bugs kill but software testing tends to only check things work,
> not how things can break.  Competent code inspection can spot the
> latter.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
>
> Unified Modeling [sic] Language is at the end of a long lineage of
> systems for using diagrams to analyse requirements, develop software,
> and document behaviour.  It grew out of the Object Orientated movement.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
>
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