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@JdeBP

While I agree with all of this in theory, I think it's probably reasonable for people writing shellscripts today to assume the presence of `less`. It was even in SunOS 5...

`more` may have been improved over time, but to the best of my knowledge it still doesn't do everything `less` can, like switching to tail mode with `F` while viewing a log file. FreeBSD doesn't even ship `more` anymore (anyless?), I don't think - `man more` shows the manpage for less. So I think this is a case where literally, "less is more".

I confess I haven't used `pg`. Debian doesn't even provide it.

Including bash-isms in a supposedly portable script is definitely beyond the pale, though 😉

#less #more #LessIsMore #pager #Unix #GNU

QasarBeach CMI IIz ist kein Synth, es ist eine Zeitmaschine in die 80er.

Ein kompletter Software-Klon des legendären Fairlight CMI IIx, vollgepackt mit Sampling, Page R-Sequencer, additiver Synthese & Retro-Vibes. Läuft auf Win, Mac, Linux.

Wahnsinnig. Wunderschön. 🤩 🎹
Von AdamStrange.

Ein Muss für Fans von Künstlern wie Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel oder Art of Noise.

#Qasarbeach #Fairlight #Synthesizer #RetroSound #PageR #80sVibes #AdditiveSynthesis #adamstrange

https://adamstrange.itch.io/qasarbeach

EasterHegg was fun and we had many great conversations about our pager project (and adjacent nerdy topics)!

If you didn't meet us there — or visited our table and would like to learn more —, the next opportunity to meet us is going to be at Norddeutscher Funktag, a ham radio event at Hamburg University of Technology.

#EasterHegg #EH22 #NorddeutscherFunktag #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #radio #DL0TUH #Funkttag #NF25 #Hamburg #TUHH #HamburgUniversityOfTechnology #pager #POCSAG

https://dl0tuh.de/flohmarkt

Image of a seagull wearing a red beanie and sitting on an antenna.

There is text saying "Norddeutscher Funktag NF25 31.05.2025 TUHH Infos: www.dl0tuh.de/Flohmarkt"

There are always more features to implement and bugs to fix ... no egg-ception even on a Sunday at #EH22

#EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EH22 #EasterHegg2025 #POCSAG #pager #radio #ChaosPager #firmware #coding #SoftwareDebugging #DevelopmentBoard

Pager prototype next to a laptop and a bottle of flora mate

Our second transmitter is connected and on air!

You can find it in the Hardware Hacking Area next to the table of draussenfuchs.de

Please do not touch the antenna and respect the tape ;)

#EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EH22 #EasterHegg2025 #POCSAG #pager #radio #hamradio #broadcasting #transmitter #ChaosPager

POCSAG transmitter and antenna next to a sign for a radio based "fox hunt"

We put the fun in Funk (radio) 🥳

#EH22 #EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EasterHegg2025 #pager #ChaosPager #POCSAG #radio #signage #Denglish

Hand written sign saying "Funk-Betriebsraum" ('radio operating room'), with the first three letters hatched and in a different colour so they spell out "fun"

Late night coverage testing inside the building

#EH22 #EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EasterHegg2025 #pager #POCSAG #DIYPager #ChaosPager

Counter for lost packages on a pager display

Pager board labeled "Test pager pack loss counter"

If you'd like to send a transmission via our pager system, call us on DECT 7300, or visit us at the table next to CERT :)

#EH22 #EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EasterHegg2025 #pager #POCSAG #transmission #broadcast #radio

Photo of a pager control panel on a screen, in front of it a phone.

Firmware testing at Kampnagel on day 0 of #EH22

#EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EasterHegg2025 #pager #POCSAG #DIYPager #ChaosPager

Pager boards and a small transmitter module on a white table

For our transmitters, we need an operating voltage of 12V.

Thank you to our friends from DL0TUH (amateur radio station of Hamburg University of Technology) for lending us two modified computer PSUs for EasterHegg!

#EasterHegg #EH22 #EasterHegg22 #EasterHegg2025 #POCSAG #pager #radio #ChaosPager #PowerSupply #PowerSupplyUnit #TUHH #TUHamburg #DL0TUH

Two power supply units with bright yellow front plates

We're planning to transmit with the following RICs:

8 Sender-ID (DL0TUH)

1111 Info
1122 Tests
1142 Eventinfos

2504 Date & Time (Skyper)

#POCSAG #pager #radio #skyper #RIC #RadioIdentificationCode #EasterHegg #EH22 #EasterHegg2025

Want to read what we are broadcasting?
You can receive our transmissions at EasterHegg if you bring your own pager tuned to 439.9875 MHz :)

#EasterHegg #EasterHegg22 #EH22 #EasterHegg2025 #POCSAG #pager #radio #hamradio #broadcasting

Classic pager made from grey plastic. It doesn't display anything right now.

A big milestone has been reached — our new test board design is done! Production of the PCBs is going to start soon and should be done well in time for EasterHegg.

Nice feature: it's compatible with different sizes of displays.

#PCB #PrintedCircuitBoard #CircuitBoard #CircuitBoardDesign #pager #DIYPager #ChaosPager #Hardware #EasterHegg #EH22 #EH2025 #POCSAG

Digital rendering of the front side of a rectangular PCB (circuit board) design in green. It is marked with outlines for soldering on buttons and a display, and it has a bigger hole in each corner.
There is a white print on in saying: ChaosPager v. 0.2
Signalspielplatz
eH22 — (2025)

Rendering of the backside of the circuit board

I don't suppose there's a #terminal escape sequence that causes it to display some text in a new window? Because that would be an interesting alternative to a traditional #pager: instead of paging through the output of a program, it is displayed in its entirety in a separate window.

I think #macOS used to do this with man pages, but the feature seems to have been removed.

#Unix #Linux

I wonder if there are any alternative pagers out there besides less.

There are loads and loads of editors and #terminal emulators, but not so many pagers.

#Unix #Linux #pager #less

#Libanon #USpolitics #Pager #Netanyahu #Fetterman

What a genuine disappointment this man proved to be: Fetterman.
In this clip he is being 'bribed' by warcriminal Netanyahu with a silver-plated-pager.
Listen to his reaction to hundreds of Libanese men being blown up be those things: "When I heard it... I loved it"
Time for things exploding again ?

"Netanyahu gifts US senator Fetterman silver-plated pager" [ ± 1min]
by MiddleEastEye

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mFlzEk9fko0

Quote by MEE:
"Mar 20, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted US Senator John Fetterman a silver-plated pager on Wednesday."

#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus

Monday morning commute, time for some more pager firmware development — extending RadioLib and debugging.

#pager #pocsag #DIYPager #RadioLib #coding #firmware #softwaredevelopment #debugging #commute #monday

Mobile work set up on a regional train: a Thinkpad, a pager, a small POCSAC sender with a pretty big antenna, a powerbank, and cables.

Impressions of preparations for 38c3: Our setup for validating the rx frequency of the RF-Board via DIO2 pin+ using a loosely coupled frequency generator and an ocilloscope.

#pager #pocsac #HamRadio #flashback #38c3 #tuning #oscilloscope #FrequencyGenerator #RFBoard #RadioFrequency #38c8 #assembly #flashback