------------------------------- Wed Mar 15 06:27:09 PM EDT 2023 ------------------------------- Transcript of Chat box from BLU meeting, Wed, Mar 15, 2023 Meeting held online via Jitsi Meet In attendance (10 total): Speaker(s): * Brian DeLacey BLU officers: * John Abreau * Jerry Feldman * Bill Ricker Attendees (named): * Andy Puchrik * Arnold Peterson * Brendan Kidwell * Edward Piecewicz * Paul Jameson * Randy Cole Attendees (anonymous): (none) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says: https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/keyboard-shortcuts/ 18:28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:That beep coming through the speakers, sounds like a smoke detector with a low battery. 18:32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:We might need to stage an intervention ... or intervene some staging ... to cure JABR's smoke detector 18:41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:I just ordered a 4-pack of 9-volt batteries from Amazon. Now I need to find a sucker... er, "volunteer"... to bring over a ladder and change the batteries. 18:42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:is Task Rabbit still operating? -- for "I need someone to to a thing for me" 18:43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Jobs involving ladders or power-tools, i want handy-men with their own insurance 18:43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:I can probably get my sister's husband to do it. 18:44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:👍 18:44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:That works 😄 18:44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Every year with the auto and homeowners insurance poilcies, the agent (same for both) sends a letter with them, telling me about umbrella policies. 18:45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:I think our here are 5-year batteries. Jerry Feldman says:@ed,, do you have a hole in your roof 18:46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:At this time, no. New roof was put on back in 2011. Edward Piecewicz says:Should be good for a while. 18:47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Watched a Y-T "Why DOS was (and is) a Thing" by FreeDOS (co?)founder. Pre-history of PC DOS 1 to current state of FreeDOS development in 30 minutes. https://youtu.be/3E5Hog5OnIM 18:47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Besides, umbrellas are cheap, it breaks, buy a new one. 😃 18:47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:@ed then I don't think you need an umbrella 18:48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:The batteries I ordered from Amazon were described as 10-year batteries. 18:53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:in our old condo i bought sealed 10 year detectors.. The beep kept going on and we could not figure out where it was coming from. Kidde even sent us a free one. The problem was a hidden co2 detector 18:55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:There are smoke detectors sold today that come with 10-year batteries pre-installed. 18:55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:that is what I bought 18:56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:I didn't hear Paul. 18:57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:I've had problems in the past with Jitsi losing most of the audio streams from others, without telling me there was a failure Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:if you have that, all I can suggest is try another browser Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:but there hasn't been much talking out loud this half hour 18:58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:Jitsi was designed for google chrome, so I use that on the assumption that I'll have fewer problems that way. 18:58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Installed Xfce desktop, with YT running, the weather plugin text scrolling becomes erratic. With Jitsi, it's also erratic. 18:58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold Peterson says:I've recently had problems with audio with youtube, volis weak. 18:59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Not hearing Jerry 19:02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:he's definitely talking sometimes 19:03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:Ed you're probably having a silent jitsi failure 19:03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Wasn't hearing Paul, not hearing Jerry, but can hear everyone else. 19:03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:same problem I've had in the past, unfortunately Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:(btw I'm only typing because also I'm chewing food.) 19:04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:@Brendan Autoplay in the browser settings must be on Allow for all of Jitsi to work. 19:10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Darwin is a Mach kernel Bill Ricker says:well, if you behave yourself i won't have to skewer things 19:15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:I've never had any luck getting a mask to seal enough to prevent fogging of my glasses. 19:17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:@Jabr same here. 😦 19:17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:If you have an N-95, non-fogging is possible. The pleated ones, nope. 19:18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:Even with N95 masks, I've been unable to prevent fogging. 19:19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Then you haven't got it fitted yet i like wearing an N95 in winter ! Beats breathing cold air 19:19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:it's fine to be skeptical if one accepts evidence, but if one's mind is so open the brain falls out, that's a problem 19:21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says: https://people.com/health/dr-anthony-fauci-helps-2-women-who-fell-gridiron-dinner-washington-dc/ 19:22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- talk began around 7:25 pm? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:well if i was trying to sell this as a new and wonderful thing, i wouldn't compare it to PGP either 19:44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:I heard that every time a little forum inside Reddit gets a single post featured on the front page, that little forum gets mobbed and could take days to recover. Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:(I don't use Reddit myself) 19:54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:The spammers seem far more interested in ZOOM than in Jit.Si meetings ... 19:55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:yeah, that's where the users are 19:55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:Y-T looks/sounds fine on my 2d screen. 19:57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Its ok on mine now 19:59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:I like the concept of social networking where only the end-user can control their private key, and no one else can invalidate an identity but the owner. 20:14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Thank you. 20:15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:it's true Mastodon's got a lot of usability and scalability problems 20:15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:best advice i can give on Mastodon is pick a medium sized node (unless you feel like self-hosting) 20:15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:the few largest nodes have node scaling issues. The network is not having scaling issues. 20:16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:I'm comfortable on a medium sized mastodon server where we all trust the server operator 20:16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Administrator 20:19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Mastodon -> 👍 20:21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Puchrik says: https://www.theshortcut.com/p/twitter-death-mastodon-loses-active-users 20:22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Kidwell (NYC) says:my mastodon server admin has been using mastodon for 6+ years and now doesn't like it. a minor mastodon source code update could EASILY crash a server, and often does. a new system made of as little code as possible is attractive. 20:22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:People who didn't like Mastodon are free to leave ... i am enjoying my Mastodon communities, and am still enjoying my very curated Twtitter communities. 20:38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says:"Primality and Cryptography" Kranakis (Wiley) Bill Ricker says:"A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography", Koblitz, Spring Graduate Texts in Mathematics 21:02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ricker says: https://www.schneier.com/books/cryptography-engineering/ & https://www.schneier.com/books/applied-cryptography/ are more appropriate for working software engineers 21:03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian DeLacey says:Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, Andy Greenberg Proton, Signal, Telegram 21:03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Piecewicz says:Thank you 21:10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- meeting ended at 9:10 pm