Ray McCarthy

@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

I usually won't follow accounts that mostly just boost posts.
A writer living in the Mid West of Ireland.
Formerly an Electronics Engineer with expertise in RF, programming and IT.

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corvidspress.com
Previously
Historians.socal – Joined Jan 21, 2023
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Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

Replying to @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

@gutenberg_org
No, use USB transfer and a free program like Calibre to make azw3/KF8 from epub2 or epub3! The azw3/KF8 is is closer formatting to epub than kfx.

Only K1, K2, and DX family need use actual mobi files, which Calibre can also make.

Send to Kindle uses the Internet twice, gives Amazon a copy, is limited in file size and poorer quality than Calibre conversions. It's Amazon surveillance.

I've converted Gutenberg files for over a decade with free Calibre. Mac, Windows & Linux.

Ray McCarthy@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social

@nixCraft
you're tired and type
rm -rf /temp

but accidentality hit Enter after /

They changed rm

The --preserve-root flag is a safeguard built into modern versions of the rm command to prevent the deletion of the root directory (/). By default, this option is enabled.
Double-check and explicitly set it for added safety.

When --preserve-root is enabled, rm -rf / is blocked

rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on ‘/’
rm: use — no-preserve-root to override this failsafe