Topic: Should I close the Fit to Talk project? (Read 818 times)

The project isn't a problem, or even too demanding at a basic level. The real problem was the spammers attempting to join, and posting rubbish spammy content. That's why I had to complicate the signup process. I do add a few threads every now and again, but I don't get much encouragement. A few answers or comments would be handy, and would give me an idea of the topics people want to see.

I'll probably start adding audio files as well in the not too distant future.

I'm logging there from time to time, but I'm mostly reading.
The projects I'm working on IRL take most of my time so hopefully when they are finished, I'll have more free time for the fun part
I like the forum, so hoping that you'll find solution to keep it open and operational til I return

The Fit to Talk English project seem to be getting some consistent traffic, and I try to add a thread most days. Unfortunately it seems to have been abandoned by Bitcoin Talk members, and I think this is a bit sad, as the project was created to help foreign language members improve their posting.

I'm undecided as to whether I should open the site to more general membership, or if I should add some advertising, and use it as a minor revenue source. Of course it is still open for Bitcoin Talk members who want help to create English language posts to submit here.

Sure, you can keep the slow HDD for bulk data later as well. Just remember mechanical drives don't like sudden impacts, so be extra careful.

Before I switched to Linux completely in 2007, I used to use Irfanview as well, but mainly for viewing pictures and not transforming. The traditional tool for that in a Linux GUI is Gimp, but I admit that might be a bit overkill for simple changes.

According to AlternativeTo, and Askubuntu; among the programs to try are:

• Nomacs
• gThumb
• XnView MP

The last one is not open source and can't be used legally in a company without a purchased license.

I have been lazy enough to neglect searching for a decent image viewer. My little photography organizing is done with Shotwell, which along with Ristretto are perhaps not the best choices... I'm going to test out Nomacs which looks really good, gThumb i used it a long time ago but i guess its much better now. For KDE/QT desktops there is also Gwenview.


Finally as a last resort, nothing stops you from running Irfanview with wine.




As for running nodes, Linux is home for Bitcoin and other altcoin server/node/wallet software. Not sure i would do that in a laptop/netbook tho, it will use more battery and bandwidth. You could, setup a full node in a normal PC, setup a Lightning Node and an Electrum Server, and use Electrum in your laptop configured to use your own server. You can link both using Tor, WireGuard, etc. The possibilities are endless...

Linux puts the fun back into computers, a fun that was run dry by certain companies I'm not going to bother mentioning. But if you happened to use personal computers before those companies dominated the market, you can probably understand what this really means.

For anyone else reading this, consider giving Linux a try. Start here.

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Also take a look at Mumble, its free open source, and its voice quality is unmatched.

I had a teamspeak server, and that had a free licence. They have changed the licensing though, and it wasn't worth spending the monthly rental. I could use a discord channel, and I might explore that.

Could you not use something like Skype or Telegram to do something like this for free? As I understand it it was essentially voice calling you were going for?

Did you not have an open source system, I have an unused computer if you wanted to try and do something with my free electricity (however, I don't think I can use tor or get a fixed static IP so it might be something to give up on ). I could potentially get into the server and change something in the routing table however I don't really want to since it's not mine...

Thanks for the offer. My main problem is not wanting to cope with the disruption in switching my main operation from Windows to Linux.I use Ubuntu on the Netbook, and have done so for many months. I ran a Bitcoin node on it, and recently set up a Dash node, but I' still a bit undecided about Dash. I've been looking for alternative software in preparation for the move, and texting some of it. For example, I've used Irfanview for years, but there isn't a Linux version. I've found an alternative, and I'm comfortable with it. Many other utilities such as Audacity and Brackets have Linux variants, so I don't expect problems with them.

I decided on Ubuntu Studio because of the content producing software that is included in the installation package. Having most of the packages that I use installed automatically should be a great help in the switch. I planned to remove the HDD from the notebook, and replace it with the SSD. I can then do a clean install of Ubuntu. The Widows HDD can go into a case for connection via USB. This should let me access any files that I need. Does this sound like a good plan?

@JackG re:accorders. I still like the concept, and now that I have regained the use of Audacity, it could be restarted. I've even got an unused VPS hosting plan for it. The revision of the software licensing fees put me off its implementation. Given the current flux in Bitcoin Talk, I don't feel that I want to commit to a monthly fee for the project. I'll see if I can create a halfway solution through FtT.  I've got quite interested in Forex scalping, especially with Bitcoin, so there might be a bit of a delay in my introducing these enhancements.

[PROGRESS]
I made a quick recording a few minutes ago. It's straight off the cuff with no editing, enhancements or anything else. It's in McD with background music, so I would be interested to hear some opinions. It's mp3, and the file is a bit larger than I would like, so might have to  look at some compression methods. - First audio test of Blue Yeti

I haven't tried the tor tab within brave (i do use brave for certain tasks) but can't seem to figure where you configure it. Ironically obfuscated bridges are needed in Venezuela to visit censored pages, without that its useless, direct tor connections are blocked by the Maduro regime.

Also i don't particularly like each browser spawning (yet) another tor instance, to me its simpler to configure a proxy pointed to tor (polipo).


If you revive the Ubuntu thread, I can help you with that as well. What is holding you back? Are you set on Ubuntu or still considering alternatives?

Can you use bridges with the brave browser tor window?

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It'll be interesting to see if you can get some of your old projects up and running. did you get anywhere with accorders again it might be interesting to try and use that with a few people.
It'll be good to see "talker" posting again on fit to talk too. You could use some of the very helpful content mbyzico (I think that was his name) gave us about venezuela.

The Brave browser is Chromium based,but it includes a Tor window with DuckDuckGo as the default search engine.
I don't use it all the time, but it estimates that it has saved me 19 minutes since I installed it.

Re: The Fit to Talk project. I've managed to fix Audacity. Windows had changed an internal setting to protect my privacy. This was in the April "downgrade". I'm getting desperate to dump it and switch to Ubuntu using the SSD I bought a month ago. I daren't take on any more projects though. I will try to add some audio files soon, and then you will be able to hear me using received English to talk to you.
Fit to Talk has been pretty quiet recently, and I may open it to a wider audience than Bitcoin Talk. I'm really keen to try to get some interaction between people living under oppressive regimes. I'm starting to think that includes England.

This is offtopic so I'll be brief: Brave is Chromium based, while Tor is Firefox based.
Any browser can use Tor when configured correctly, but Tor browser bundles Tor and it comes per-configured for privacy as well.
Brave uses its own altcoin (BAT) which can be used to pay or be payed for viewing sites, it also has a referral program.

I visited the site today, typos have been fixed completely.
Well done, Jet Cash.

By the way, I would like to know that whether Brave browser is better than Tor browser or not.
Better in some following criteria:
- Faster loading speed.
- More privacy.
- More secured.
Can you give me some recommendations with your experience with Brave browser, please.

This help desk looks good for crypto enthusiasts, especially crypto newbies.
The song, Ode to Satoshi is the most favorite one song in your bitcointunes store.
Thanks for collecting all those amazing songs.

Some day, we might see the Jet Cash Store, in which bitcointunes gives crypto enthusiast big collection of crypto songs. Why not?

I've made those changes, and thanks guys. I know I need to go through the linking and other stuff like that. Maybe I can do that over the week end.

Given my penchant for typing "r"s instead of "t"s, I'm surprised I didn't type "Bitcoin runes" somewhere. I could do with some Bitcoin runes to help with my embryonic trading ventures.

I'm not sure if I should be awarding merits for the help, but what the hell, It's bumped the Fit to Talk thread anyway.

@r1s2g3 you missed out the rape recorder...

And that's a good idea. Start adding links to threads about this thing. It's not the easiest thing to find since it's not the landing page of fittotalk.com you have to add the english-talk to it.

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FFS another almost self made legendary Jet .

I agree.






Please change the OP also, so that it can encourage more people to join.

Thanks Jack -it's my fat fingers that are the problem. I try to pretend that it's a dodgy keyboard, but people seem to suspect the truth.

@lobcmt2, I normally sort out the corrections for fittotalk. I used to like the huge posts people put there in their semi-accurate English, it was quite fun to correct them too.

As I understand it the bitcoin tunes site is mainly a thing under development so I'll let him know about this but the point of my post is that three of us would review the one post so it was really accurate.

I'd like to see more people joining there. The other languages side of things seems to have hit a snag but I still check ftt on a weekly basis to see if there's anything requiring corrections.

Edit: he's already arrived.

Thanks for the heads up, and I'll fix those asap - probably tomorrow.

I seem to have so many things on the go at the moment, that I decided to open a help desk. I put it on my Block Error domain, but I've still got a bit of customising to do, so I haven't added it to my sig yet. The link is -
Block Error - The Jet Cash help desk.

I've got a bit caught up with the Crypto Coin Tree investment club, and my pathetic attempts at in channel trading.

Hello Jet Cash,

I know that the post is out of context of the topic, but I don't know where to post it appropriately.

I visited your site (https://bitcointunes.com/about.html), and found some typos.
You should fix them all when you have time.


Best regards,