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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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Right to Repair Article in NYT
by Don Tai 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

I repair and I hope that you do, too. Repair, resurrect and Reuse. Tech throws out so much after software can't keep up. Linux is one of the tools I use to keep PCs in service but still secure. I've not heard anything about Right to Repair legislation here in Canuck land. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/climate/right-to-repair.html

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[GTALUG-Announce] AGM Board Vote Notes
by Christopher Browne 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

** AGM Board Vote Notes In view of our "remote operation," the usual voting processes that take place in person cannot function, hence the following procedures. *** Voting via email The voting process will be done via email, starting on October 13th at 9:30pm EDT, and completing October 29th, 9:30pm EDT. In view of there having been a near absent attendance record, one of the board members has been released, therefore opening a seat for a one year term. Hence, there will be 3 board seats open, two for two year terms, and one for a one year term. Candidates will be asked to express their preference between the 1 and 2 year terms, so we will have two slates of candidates for the respective terms. Ballots will be sent to vote(a)gtlug.org, and should consist of the following: - 2 Year Board Term :: Candidate 1 - 2 Year Board Term :: Candidate 2 - 1 Year Board Term :: Candidate 3 As mentioned, votes should be submitted by GTALUG members via email to vote(a)gtalug.org. *** Count Procedure Votes sent to the GTALUG vote(a)gtalug.org address will be forwarded to the Returning Officer, and the official count will take place October 29th after 9:30pm EDT. -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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