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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, February 11 at 07:30 PM
by hi＠gtalug.org 01 Feb '20

01 Feb '20

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2020-02/> # Correction: the meeting is on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 and not on Friday, February 14 2020 as it was previously stated. # Concurrency with Warren McPherson High-performance applications use graphics processors to do hundreds of calculations in parallel yet people often misunderstand some of the foundational problems. We review a couple of those problems tracing the career of Turing Award winner Leslie Lamport. Then we look at the impact of these ideas on Machine Learning and Blockchain technologies. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Friday, February 14 at 07:30 PM
by hi＠gtalug.org 01 Feb '20

01 Feb '20

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2020-02/> # Concurrency with Warren McPherson High-performance applications use graphics processors to do hundreds of calculations in parallel yet people often misunderstand some of the foundational problems. We review a couple of those problems tracing the career of Turing Award winner Leslie Lamport. Then we look at the impact of these ideas on Machine Learning and Blockchain technologies. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Friday, February 14 at 07:30 PM
by hi＠gtalug.org 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2020-02/> # Concurrency with Warren McPherson High-performance applications use graphics processors to do hundreds of calculations in parallel yet people often misunderstand some of the foundational problems. We review a couple of those problems tracing the career of Turing Award winner Leslie Lamport. Then we look at the impact of these ideas on Machine Learning and Blockchain technologies. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Can a smart TV be made dumb?
by Evan Leibovitch 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Hi all., I've been reading up about the ridiculously (to me) low prices for high-quality TVs these days, and the economics of it all is quite fascinating. It seems that the cost of manufacturing is being well offset by the revenue from collecting information on a household's watching habits and sending it back to the manufacturer, Google and who the heck knows who else... It would seem, on the surface, ridiculously simply to disable the information gathering by refusing to connect the device to the Internet and simply have it do nothing besides switch between tuner and HDMI port for input. That way I can have better control of my TV's "smarts" with my own choice of smarts -- Shield, Chromecast, Roku, RasPlex, Android TV, Linux desktop or whatever. Sure some apps of those devices may also be reporting, but it's not all-encompassing -- Netflix sends them my Netflix watching, but not my OTA, YouTube. Kodi or other channel choices. I haven't bought a TV in a decade so I don't know the current landscape. What I have seen is that *everything* now is "smart" except for the lowest-end which tend not to have the best picture. Is it possible on modern TVs to install without an Internet connection so they don't phone home? Or does keeping the TV offline disable important functions? And are some brands easier to "dumb down" than others? Thanks! -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56

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Risc-V Meetup
by Nicholas Krause 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Greetings, Not sure if anyone else found the meetup for Risc-V: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Area-RISC-V-Group/ It may be of interest to others, Nick

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November 2019 video (taskwarrior)
by Alex Volkov 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Hello everyone, The recording of A dive into Taskwarrior Ecosystem with Tomas Babej from our November 2019 meeting is now available here -- https://youtu.be/tijnc65soEI Meeting page for this event -- https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-11/ Alex.

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January 2020 meeting videos
by Alex Volkov 25 Jan '20

25 Jan '20

Hello everyone, Here are the videos from our January meeting * What I've learned about Ultra HD with D. Hugh Redelmeier -- https://youtu.be/i-eXS-1wdzI * Chris' intro to Kubernetes -- https://youtu.be/F7z8AZjS28U * ZEO Bedside 2020 with Seneca Cunningham -- https://youtu.be/NIMRI3wr1Yc * LUG community organizing and meetup.com with Alex Volkov -- https://youtu.be/0I880MBDAXM Here are these videos in a single playlist -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUgE6dqIXiEukZ9-hlcBfMniy_avsB6bQ I would like to know you opinion -- Should I send the email about posted videos to announce list, or just sending it to talk is enough? Thank you, Alex.

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Multi-Threading Work on GCC Link
by Nicholas Krause 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

Greetings All, For convenience and since the GCC folks want to move ahead as I've been personally busy with other things here is a link to my rough draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1po_RRgSCtRyYgMHjV0itW8iOzJXpTdHYIpC9gUM… I've yet to heard from the LLVM side but probably will discuss in with them at the next social in Toronto. Not sure if I will be at Cauldron this year again to continue my discussions on the project. In addition there has been some discussion about gold being updated like lld to be multi-threaded better as well for linker bottle-necked or linker intensive projects like chromuim and firefox are. If you have any questions as I probably won't be attending for the next few months you can email me here, Nick

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Wine for running Windows 10 apps on Linux gets big upgrade | ZDNet
by James Knott 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

Microsoft is working to improve Wine on Linux: https://www.zdnet.com/article/wine-for-running-windows-10-apps-on-linux-get… And Android too: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-h… Micrsoft has certainly changed since Bill and Steve left.

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ThinkPads on special
by Giles Orr 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

This seems to be a yearly event: RedFlagDeals points out that ThinkPads are on special (many 45% off). Given their popularity on this list and their known compatibility with Linux, I hope it's okay to post this: https://www.redflagdeals.com/deal/computers-electronics/lenovo-up-to-50-of-… The cheapest model (ThinkPad X395) has an AMD chip (yay! About time with Intel's endless stream of security botches) and soldered-in memory (boo). Oh - and is currently ~$1000. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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