[Lilug] [Lilug-si-sig] No physical LILUG meeting tomorrow. Let's experiment.

iN8sWoRld.net nate at in8sworld.net
Tue May 12 17:38:32 PDT 2020


If there was only more universal crossover of ham radio and Linux users I
would have suggested we meet on the air :)

Nate Berry
631.320.8461

On Tue, May 12, 2020, 20:33 <odinson at warcloud.net> wrote:

> Hello all
>
>         Damn.  I'm so close to a free (as in freedom) video conferencing
> solution for us.  Solved a half dozen problems but still 2 or three to go.
> Keep an eye on the mailing list.  Some time this week I'm going to need
> peeps to help me stress test it.  I'll set a date and a time and address
> to give it a run.
>
>         Hang in there.
>
> Matt
>
> On Mon, 11 May 2020, odinson at warcloud.net wrote:
>
> > Hello All
> >
> >       Well the end of the world continues.  It's a slow motion thing.  I
> > always thought it would be more welding and screaming and toplessness.
> > Instead our domiciles have all been turned into low budget space
> capsules.
> > Trying to scrub things clean with limited paper goods.  Mowing your lawn
> in
> > snowstorms.  Ya know, living the dream.
> >
> >        But one thing about free time and low budget, it screams open
> source.
> > There is plenty to talk about in the open source space.  We can't meet
> in
> > person.  I don't want to.  Not to mention the whole 'infection capital
> of the
> > world' thing.
> >
> >       Naturally we can and will revisit this for June's meeting.  I'm OK
> > with meeting in person with masks if it's safer.  And by safer I don't
> mean
> > scientifically, or legally, or politically, but some combo of
> obviousness.
> >
> >       There is some justified fear that this lack of meetings will kill
> > groups, all groups, that meet in person.  It should be video
> conferencing,
> > even though it's buggy (dropped packets, creepy tracking) and I hate it.
> Been
> > working on a less buggy, less creepy, open source solution, but I'm not
> quite
> > there.  (maybe tomorrow?)  Hence my delay in writing this. I've had some
> > breakthroughs and I'm almost there so it's entirely possible that I will
> or
> > will not write the list with a URL this week.  I'm motivated, don't like
> > being anyone's lackey, including being cut off.
> >
> > Here's my thinking on this.
> >
> >       Any virtual meetings this week shouldn't official.
> >       Anybody can hit us with a possible video conference so long as
> it's
> > not crappy or creepy.
> >       Whatever it is, it should at least be pseudo-anonymous
> > (labels/titles/screennames are not required to be verified w/real data.)
> >       Lets try whatever,whenever and see what works.
> >       It should work on Linux, duh.  Don't be insulting.
> >       Freedom and privacy over quality.
> >       No hurt feelings for sunk time or don't bother (including me)
> >
> > Let's experiment.  Post your credential process and URLs at will lets
> > experiment this week.
> >
> > Matt
> >
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> > Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
> > A.S. in Computer Science, SUNY Farmingdale
> > My weekly podcast, The Technocrat Live.
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> > President and founder of LILUG;  president at lilug.org,
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> > My theory; Psychopaths precede the conscience,
> > http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
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> > "The world is full of geniuses who didn't do anything.  Who didn't
> achieve
> > anything with their work.  The world is packed with idiots who have
> millions
> > of dollars in the bank, because they work really hard."  -- Adam Savage
> >
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> Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
> A.S. in Computer Science, SUNY Farmingdale
> My weekly podcast, The Technocrat Live.  http://www.thetechnocratlive.com
> President and founder of LILUG;  president at lilug.org,
> http://www.lilug.org
> My theory; Psychopaths precede the conscience,
> http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
> Scifi book; "Thicker Than Blood"  http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
> My maker blog; "The modness", http://themodness.wordpress.com
> Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes  (I fear my enemies most when they bring me
> gifts)
>         -- Virgil , Aeneid, II. 49.
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