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   -=> Sean Rima wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-   
      
    -=> Jimmy Anderson wrote to All <=-   
      
    JA> Well, used my buddy PETEY (ChatGPT) to help me learn   
    JA> how. That rabbitholed into learning about homebrew &   
    JA> using that to setup and run GAM.   
      
    SR> I have been using ChatGPT to write a few scripts this week, mainly   
    SR> firewall related, one to auto report to abuseipdb and similar. But also   
    SR> a couple of weather related scripts. I am waiting for a weather alert   
    SR> here to start on my next project with ChatGPT   
      
   I like how it will do stuff, but it is not perfect. But it teaches   
   as it goes, so you learn it AND you figure out the 10% it is missing.   
   :-) That's my style of learning!   
      
    JA> That led into learning about iTerm and micro for an   
    JA> editor. That led into replacing my MultiMail istall   
    JA> with one from HomeBrew, then setting terminal colors   
    JA> and such, and using micro for the reply editor.   
      
    SR> I have been using iTerm for almost as long as I have been using Mac's   
    SR> which is far too long :) It is my default terminal now. I use BlueMail   
    SR> which I complied here. I added rsz via homebrew so I can download and   
    SR> upload mail by using triggers   
      
   Ah nice! I was taking my MIL to her widow friend's house after church,   
   and had the thought about using it somehow to read/reply Apple Mail,   
   which is what I use. :-) It tells me it's not that easy... I could   
   access and read, but would be better using a homebrew IMAP reader. Then   
   of course I'd lose the cross functionality with my iPhone, iPad, iCloud   
   stuff (contacts, calendar, etc.). :-)    
      
   I write a blog and record it as a podcast too. I usually write   
    into the browser window and then go back and edit. I'm thinking   
    seriously about loading an old school word processor to write with -   
    clean screen - less distractions - etc.    
      
    JA> I then found out that SyncTERM, that I have used for   
    JA> years for telnet, is also a homebrew item, so I'm   
    JA> using a newer version of it and learned how to edit   
    JA> the ini and lst files.   
    JA>   
    JA> So it's been a great week for Apple for me! LOL   
    JA>   
      
    SR> Sadly my 2015 Macbook Air had to be Windowed so I could use my weather   
    SR> forecasting software. It went with me to Mongolia in 2015 and was   
    SR> dropped so many times but lasted   
      
   Ouch - but glad it lasted! My next 'project' on top of normal things is   
   to start scrapping LESS stuff (e-cycle, we don't dumpster it - we use   
   everything we can until it can't be used anymore - school system) and   
   turning it into a linux distro that SOMEONE can use for SOMETHING. :-)   
      
   I'm curious about your software!    
      
   And if you're curious, https://jimmylogan.substack.com   
      
      
   ... I am Procrastitron.  I will destroy you, eventually.   
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