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Re: [GTALUG] First new home computer for decades - Raspberry Pi 400
by Kevin Cozens 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

On 2020-11-10 10:36 p.m., William Park via talk wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 08:15:21PM -0500, Stewart Russell via talk > wrote: >> .. and it runs Linux. >> >> https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400/?resellerType=home The Pi 400 keyboard is $70. The full kit is $100. I believe the prices are in US$. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and | that's why we're powerful" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tomorrow
by hi＠gtalug.org 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2020-11/> # Lightning talks and Round Table We would like to take some time to remember Christopher Browne who was an integral part of GTALUG and his loss is felt by all of us. Presentations: * High availability on two Raspberry Pis with Scott Sullivan * LPI partnership with Evan Leibovitch This is GTALUG's version of an un-conference, a loosely structured short talks emphasizing the informal exchange of information and ideas between participants, rather than following a conventionally structured GTALUG meetings. If you already have a topic in mind please send an email to speakers(a)gtalug.org to be added to the list of scheduled talks. A Round Table Q&A Session is where we take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the skill sets we each bring to the table. * Meeting room url: https://jitsi.flamy.ca/GTALUG * Meeting Notes: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/gtalug-november ## Location * Meeting room url: https://jitsi.flamy.ca/GTALUG ## Schedule * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. # 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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question on Debian
by o1bigtenor 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

Greetings Debian has been holding back updates on language updates like GCC for some 3 or more months at this point. I had been waiting to update my system hoping that I could get things all together as it were. Today I bit the bullet and upgraded a whole bunch of stuff. Anyone know why this, imho important, software is being held with no updates for so long? TIA

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amusing spam
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 06 Nov '20

06 Nov '20

I just got an invoice for $249 + shipping. "Thank you for your order for Microsoft Windows Malicious Tool ." That seems just about right as a price and description of Windows 10. (OK, I admit that I no longer see Windows as (very) malicious.)

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Scientific Libraries in Python for Drawing Physics Equations
by Nicholas Krause 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Greetings, I'm wondering if anyone has used this before: http://qutip.org/tutorials.html. If someone has a recommendation or has used something similar for drawing out the graphs for Schrodinger wave functions or Quantum Field Theory that would be helpful. I'm drawing to draw them out on a computer with a library as drawing them by hand is also impossible for large scales of values and will be easier for field theory. This is for the future but it would be nice to hear if anyone has any experience with drawing out quantum physics equations from a programming library, Nick -- Fundamentally an organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism--something it is like for the organism. - Thomas Nagel

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Group knowledge base
by William Park 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

How do you or your company maintain group "knowledge base"? I guess, wiki for internal stuffs. I'm using Words/Excel files. A chapter (Word) or worksheet (Excel) for different subject or project. You can insert screenshots, tables, etc. Screenshot of installation or picture of DIP switches is way simpler than trying to explaining it in words. You can cut/paste from original documentation. But, I'm curious what others are using. -- William Park <opengeometry(a)yahoo.ca>

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Virtual console 1 frozen..
by Michael Galea 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Ctrl-Alt-F1 used to reach a login prompt on the console, but my debian testing based box simply shows the booting process up to the "/dev/sdb1: clean, ..... " message, and is unresponsive. All of the other virtual consoles work as expected, but I would still like to solve the problem. I have inspected journalctl logging during/after the last boot and nothing stands out. Can anyone suggest anything? Thanks -- Michael Galea

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Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

| From: ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> | what is the diff between male and female bovine excrement? :) Male cattle are bulls (or steers, if castrated). Female cattle are cows (or heifers, if young). OT: "mankind" includes females. "Cows" is often used in a way that includes males. The distinction in the case of excrement is just a matter of idiomatic English. "Cowshit" is just not a common expression. I've never heard "steershit" or "heifershit". No such distinction is made in the equine or porcine cases. Chickens are another interesting case. Female chickens are chickens. Males are roosters (or capons). I will leave the application to excrement as a exercise for the reader. Cows are normally smaller than bulls. In literal terms, they have less excrement per individual. At least in dairy herds (what I have experience with), there are way more cows than bulls (for obvious reasons) so the balance of excrement tips the other way. Cattle excrement may vary depending on the situations in which it appears. Partly this is diet and partly it is due to post-evacuation mechanical factors. - grazing - feedlot - in stalls in a barn - loose in a barn. - on the bottom of your shoes Bulls are usually kept in stalls (if at all). This is to control their propensity to fight and to breed in ways not controlled by the herdsman / herdswoman. This has an effect on the excrement.

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Re: [GTALUG] OT: Right to Repair Article in NYT
by o1bigtenor 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 7:05 AM ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:52:04 -0400 > Seneca Cunningham via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > > > On Oct 28, 2020, at 07:42, ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > > > so, okay, this is hectically off topic, but as a non bovine expert > > > with a vague interest in all things excremental... I gots to know: > > > what is the diff between male and female bovine excrement? :) Well - - - - it is usually considered rude to use the word bullshit. The phrase is the very very proper way of saying the same thing! I have a few more phrases in similar vein. Regards

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Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT
by Seneca Cunningham 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

> On Oct 28, 2020, at 07:42, ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > so, okay, this is hectically off topic, but as a non bovine expert with > a vague interest in all things excremental... I gots to know: > > what is the diff between male and female bovine excrement? :) > To continue the OTness, based upon what I’ve learnt from the Toronto Zoo’s daily Facebook live videos over the past few months, there could be some subtle differences in hormone levels. They use it to run tests on some of the less cooperative species, and feed the animals edible glitter so that the keepers can identify whose excrement it is.

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