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Re: Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct)

Hi all,

Ian MacWilliam here.  Here being Perth.  I really appreciate the ability to remotely join in without having to drive in and try to find parking, the building, the room, etc.  It's been a long time since any of my kids attended Ottawa U and much has changed, not to mention Ottawa construction (or the price of gas).

So, will the linux-ottawa.org website be updated with a meeting announcement and jitsi link?

Thanks,

Ian M.

P.S.  While you are not on your smart phone, I suggest reading something by Jaron Lanier.  He is very interesting. http://www.jaronlanier.com/



On 2022-11-02 14:43, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
On 2022-11-02 18:39, Katherine Mcmillan wrote:
Hm..seems pretty smart to me.
Would be interested in your thoughts on the Pine64 project, but that's probably a conversation better had at a user group meeting.
I am aware of it.  I may be in the market around retirement when travel
is likely to become a more serious occupation.

-Katie
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From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
Sent: 02 November 2022 14:34
To: Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>
Cc: Linux-Ottawa <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
Subject: Re: [linux] Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct)

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On 2022-11-02 17:37, Katherine Mcmillan wrote:
Richard - you don't even have a pager?
No.  I remember pretty clearly in 1995 riding my Miyata 1000LT west on
Baseline at Prince of Wales thinking how it would be pretty cool to be
able to call one of my friends at that point.  As with most of my
consumer purchases, I waited a week for a "sober second thought", and by
the end of that week I concluded there was no good reason anyone needed
to get a hold of me that urgently.  Once smart phones came out in the
mid-2000s and the way people were using them, I confirmed my initial
decision not to join that culture.  I prefer to be "fully present" in
public.

I've worked at a couple of hospitals, and whenever I still see those things, they remind me of better days (of course, they're usually on doctors).

-Katie

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From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
Sent: 02 November 2022 13:31
To: Brett Delmage <brett [ dot ] delmage [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>
Cc: linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
Subject: Re: [linux] Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct)

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On 2022-11-02 11:44, Brett Delmage wrote:
On Wed, 2 Nov 2022, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
The dynamics are different in person, and I am seeking that
type of interaction because we haven't had that for 2.5 years.
...

Is this a OCLUG meeting or a Beer SIG?
"yes".

"In person" is not the same as maskless. People can have perfectly valuable
and enjoyable social interactions while still respectfully wearing masks, as
has been established the past two years.
They are even better when food is shared.  The Linux Plumbers Conference
and Linux Security Summit we attended in September in Dublin
demonstrated that very clearly.

But not in a bar this week. Such a choice, especially without concern and
action to involve virtual participants who may be the most isolated, is
exclusionary at the least, IMO.
*I* don't have a mobile device, but I'm not adverse to having someone
with such a device join us and connect to the virtual meeting.

Ottawa has its most COVID-19 hospitalizations in 9 months
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid19-ottawa-current-cases-status-november-2022-1.6636608
I've been following the poop-meter regularly for more than two years:
         https://613covid.ca/wastewater/

Mine is a personal choice.  I am comfortable with my informed risk
taking into account vaccine status and previous exposure and the risk to
other household members.

I'm not a member of TUPOC (they are currently hanging out at the
public archives and national library...).

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