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: get some local (outside) factors (or the fact that cerealbox will go down in the break?) --> what else is class specific (our graduation/ our study beginn, its a very temporal server) | : get some local (outside) factors (or the fact that cerealbox will go down in the break?) --> what else is class specific (our graduation/ our study beginn, its a very temporal server) | ||
;uptime | ;[[User:Kim/Special Issue 27/uptime|uptime]] | ||
: extend uptime, not only the command but also when was the server initially set up [https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/762131 birth]? and then future uptime: how long will it be running? and then its micro material basis: since when is that here? | : extend uptime, not only the command but also when was the server initially set up [https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/762131 birth]? and then future uptime: how long will it be running? and then its micro material basis: since when is that here? | ||
:: in that sense it would connect community of practices that use the server, its own operations and its material relations | :: in that sense it would connect community of practices that use the server, its own operations and its material relations ([https://youtu.be/k2C4lbbIH0c?feature=shared how are rasberri pi's made video]) | ||
:: more links: [https://www.designlife-cycle.com/raspberry-pi lifecycle of a rasberry pi], [https://computer.howstuffworks.com/raspberry-pi2.htm how the pi works w/ component list], [https://flexpcb.org/bcm2835-what-is-it-and-what-does-it-do/ the rasberry pi's specific chip (semiconductor)], [https://youtu.be/WKHKy89QaV0?feature=shared&t=481 chip factory in taiwan (yt video)] | |||
==ideas== | ==ideas== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:53, 24 May 2025
tests
can be found on cerealbox timekeeping-device/
terminal
- ping
- to graph (graphic) visualizing length of seconds
- traceroute
- time (cmd)
- build a timer in the terminal with bash using sleep and ring the bell after selected period
- get some local (outside) factors (or the fact that cerealbox will go down in the break?) --> what else is class specific (our graduation/ our study beginn, its a very temporal server)
- uptime
- extend uptime, not only the command but also when was the server initially set up birth? and then future uptime: how long will it be running? and then its micro material basis: since when is that here?
- in that sense it would connect community of practices that use the server, its own operations and its material relations (how are rasberri pi's made video)
- more links: lifecycle of a rasberry pi, how the pi works w/ component list, the rasberry pi's specific chip (semiconductor), chip factory in taiwan (yt video)
ideas
- server time
- expand on cerealbox uptime, make more small api's and interfaces for them
- not so much making a clock for cerealbox but more about exploring/ surfacing its (ways of passing, keeping) time
- this is also on labour, questions of service, maintenance
- in the room are also expectations: for services to run smoothly, total availability, fast (and direct) delivery
- how do we interface with server (time) ?
- text as timekeeping device User:Sevgi
- in what ways? (we use texts, rhymes, phrases to map time periods and rhythm – text can age – a log) ...
- get real time once: then make time depending on different parameters, latency of the server (slower/ faster)
- opening things up
- micro time scales, layers, material basis, extraction
references
- Lowtech Magazines Server stats
- Solar protocol Server stats over time
cereal time
general time data
$ timedatectl
outputs
Local time: Mon 2025-05-19 19:13:43 BST Universal time: Mon 2025-05-19 18:13:43 UTC RTC time: n/a Time zone: Europe/London (BST, +0100) System clock synchronized: yes NTP service: active RTC in local TZ: no
running processes
$ ps (or $ ps aux)
outputs information on run processes (aux is more specific, shows user associated with each process, the start time, the memory consumption, the total running time, command associated with each process)
how many processes are running right now?
$ ps aux | wc -l
outputs a number (179). for a nicely formatted output do:
$ echo "User $USER has a total of $(ps -e | wc -l) processes running on $HOSTNAME."
to see realtime running processes and tasks do
$ htop (or $ top)
last reboot
$ last reboot
outputs
reboot system boot 6.6.47+rpt-rpi-v Tue May 6 09:24 still running wtmp begins Wed Apr 23 09:46:29 2025
load average (busyness) [1]
$ cat /proc/loadavg
will output
0.11 0.09 0.02 2/192 15046
This means: the first 3 entries are the load average we've seen with uptime and top. Then comes 2/192 which means 2 processes will run in the next switches and 192 processes are instantiated (most are sleeping.) Then, the last number, 15046, is the process identifier (pid) of the process that will run next.