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TinyArcade and Arduboy
by Dennis Payne 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I've been playing around with the Tiny Arcade by Tiny Circuits. It's been a lot of fun programming. The initial development of Color Monster is documented here: http://identicalsoftware.com/games/colormonster The new Pocket Arcade has me really interested but it isn't available yet. I stumbled across the Arduboy. (Stumbled again? I'm pretty sure I saw the kickstarter and decided against it.) Does anyone have one? What do they think of it? I think it isn't quite what I want for a system. Seems like it can be annoying to upload a new game onto the system. While I had fun with the TinyScreen Video Game Kit, I like the microsd card of the Tiny Arcade so you can have multiple games available.

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Re: [Wlug] Podcasts
by Tim Keller 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

The podcast I spoke about was "Opening Arguments" https://openargs.com/ Tim. On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 11:02 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > I mentioned a couple podcasts last night. > > First was the Amp Hour podcast, specifically an episode where they > interviewed someone who reverse engineers ICs for the automotive industry: > https://theamphour.com/397-8-an-interview-with-chris-gerlinsky/ > > The second was Stay Tuned With Preet. Preet Bharara doesn't avoid > politics, but that's not what the podcast is about. He interviews other > lawyers so you can hear what a courtroom is like from the perspective of a > prosecutor or a defense attorney or a defendant, and he asks them about > their more memorable cases. > https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/preetbharara > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Podcasts
by Richard Klein 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

I mentioned a couple podcasts last night. First was the Amp Hour podcast, specifically an episode where they interviewed someone who reverse engineers ICs for the automotive industry: https://theamphour.com/397-8-an-interview-with-chris-gerlinsky/ The second was Stay Tuned With Preet. Preet Bharara doesn't avoid politics, but that's not what the podcast is about. He interviews other lawyers so you can hear what a courtroom is like from the perspective of a prosecutor or a defense attorney or a defendant, and he asks them about their more memorable cases. https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/preetbharara

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UPS power backup unit needs home
by E Johnson 13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18

I have a UPS power backup unit here that I can't use. This is a Cyber Power model 1000PFCLCD. This should supply around 15 minutes of power to your computer & peripherals in the event of a power outage. Enough time to shutdown your delicate operations properly, save the doc you were just working on, or put your game on pause... Purchased several years ago (for around $109), I never used it in the old place because NONE of the circuits were grounded --so it wouldn't ever do anything. Now in the new place, nothing is grounded here either! Probably it works but I was never able to test it, since it requires a grounded circuit even to charge itself. It has not been abused except by a little dust. This is about the size of eight bricks all stacked together into a box shape... Probably heavier than eight bricks. Unscented; smoke- & cat-free. Will go with your other shiny black computer decor. Someone needs this! I want you to want this! Offering it here first, FREE to good home. I am still in Worcester, now on the quieter end of Vernon St. Pickup time flexible, and we have an off-street spot where you can temporarily park. Who wants this? Let me know. Liz J

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Reminder! Meeting July 12th 2017 Topic: Open Forum / BBQ / guix
by Tim Keller 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Hey Gang, Our next meeting is July 12th, 2018. Currently there isn't a topic, so I think I'm going to call this an open forum meeting. There was some talk about guix, so we'll definitely be talking about that. We'll also talk about when we want the BBQ. Personally, my vote is for Sept. Less bugs, cooler weather, etc. Obviously if someone with a pool wants to pitch for August I can be persuaded! Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 301 (Hagglund room) When you come up the stairs go right instead of left. Refreshments and snacks will be provided. Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep up the conversation. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] BBQ Question
by Tim Keller 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

You're thinking of last years BBQ! My plan was to have the BBQ either August or Sept. Being anywhere near a grill when it's 100 degrees just isn't enjoyable. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > I thought it already happened. Maybe I'm thinking of last year's BBQ? > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:43 AM Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > wrote: > >> THE HAMMER <hammerron(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> >> > I wasn't able to get to the last meeting so am >> > wondering of there has been any talk of a WLUG BBQ? >> >> No. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 12th 2018 Topic: Open Forum Location: WPI campus Center room 301 (Hagglund)
by Tim Keller 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Very cool... I guess we've got a topic now? Is someone interested in talking about this? On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > So is guix GNU Herd or some new GUI frontend? > > It's big news on the Guile Scheme mailing list. > It's a package managment system. > > -- Keith > > From: ludo(a)gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) > To: guix-devel(a)gnu.org, help-guix(a)gnu.org, > gnu-system-discuss(a)gnu.org, info-gnu(a)gnu.org > Subject: GNU Guix & GuixSD 0.15.0 released > Cc: guile-user(a)gnu.org, nix-dev(a)lists.science.uu.nl > > We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix & GuixSD 0.15.0, > representing 7,020 commits by 100 people over 7 months. > > This release brings us close to our goals for 1.0, so it’s probably one > of the last zero-dot-something releases. > > • About > > GNU Guix is a transactional package manager for the GNU system. > The Guix System Distribution, GuixSD, is an advanced distribution > of the GNU system. > > In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports > transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package > management, and per-user profiles. GuixSD offers a declarative > approach to operating system configuration management and is highly > hackable. Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package > manager, except that packages are defined as native Guile modules, > using extensions to the Scheme language. > > GuixSD uses the Linux-Libre kernel and the GNU Shepherd init system. > It can be used on an i686, x86_64, armv7, or aarch64 machine. > > It is also possible to use Guix on top of an already installed > GNU/Linux system, including on armv7, aarch64, and mips64el. > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 12th 2018 Topic: Open Forum Location: WPI campus Center room 301 (Hagglund)
by Keith Wright 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > So is guix GNU Herd or some new GUI frontend? It's big news on the Guile Scheme mailing list. It's a package managment system. -- Keith From: ludo(a)gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) To: guix-devel(a)gnu.org, help-guix(a)gnu.org, gnu-system-discuss(a)gnu.org, info-gnu(a)gnu.org Subject: GNU Guix & GuixSD 0.15.0 released Cc: guile-user(a)gnu.org, nix-dev(a)lists.science.uu.nl We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix & GuixSD 0.15.0, representing 7,020 commits by 100 people over 7 months. This release brings us close to our goals for 1.0, so it’s probably one of the last zero-dot-something releases. • About GNU Guix is a transactional package manager for the GNU system. The Guix System Distribution, GuixSD, is an advanced distribution of the GNU system. In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. GuixSD offers a declarative approach to operating system configuration management and is highly hackable. Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, except that packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language. GuixSD uses the Linux-Libre kernel and the GNU Shepherd init system. It can be used on an i686, x86_64, armv7, or aarch64 machine. It is also possible to use Guix on top of an already installed GNU/Linux system, including on armv7, aarch64, and mips64el. https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/

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Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 12th 2018 Topic: Open Forum Location: WPI campus Center room 301 (Hagglund)
by Tim Keller 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

So is guix GNU Herd or some new GUI frontend? On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > This could be an interesting topic for discussion, too: > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 10:17 AM Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> > wrote: > >> Has anyone messed with Peertube? >> https://joinpeertube.org/en/home/ >> I don't remember if it's strictly Linux-related, but I heard about it on >> a Linux podcast and it sounds interesting. >> >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 3:22 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey Gang, >>> >>> Our next meeting is July 12th, 2018. Currently there isn't a topic, so >>> I think I'm going to call this an open forum meeting. >>> >>> We'll definitely want to talk about when we want the BBQ. >>> >>> Personally, my vote is for Sept. Less bugs, cooler weather, etc. >>> Obviously if someone with a pool wants to pitch for August I can be >>> persuaded! >>> >>> Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 301 (Hagglund room) When you come up the >>> stairs go right instead of left. >>> >>> Refreshments and snacks will be provided. >>> >>> Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep up the conversation. >>> >>> Later, >>> Tim. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >>> constituents as "consumers". >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 12th 2018 Topic: Open Forum Location: WPI campus Center room 301 (Hagglund)
by Richard Klein 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

This could be an interesting topic for discussion, too: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 10:17 AM Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > Has anyone messed with Peertube? > https://joinpeertube.org/en/home/ > I don't remember if it's strictly Linux-related, but I heard about it on a > Linux podcast and it sounds interesting. > > On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 3:22 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Gang, >> >> Our next meeting is July 12th, 2018. Currently there isn't a topic, so I >> think I'm going to call this an open forum meeting. >> >> We'll definitely want to talk about when we want the BBQ. >> >> Personally, my vote is for Sept. Less bugs, cooler weather, etc. >> Obviously if someone with a pool wants to pitch for August I can be >> persuaded! >> >> Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 301 (Hagglund room) When you come up the >> stairs go right instead of left. >> >> Refreshments and snacks will be provided. >> >> Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep up the conversation. >> >> Later, >> Tim. >> >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Re: [Wlug] Next Meeting: July 12th 2018 Topic: Open Forum Location: WPI campus Center room 301 (Hagglund)
by Richard Klein 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Has anyone messed with Peertube? https://joinpeertube.org/en/home/ I don't remember if it's strictly Linux-related, but I heard about it on a Linux podcast and it sounds interesting. On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 3:22 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Our next meeting is July 12th, 2018. Currently there isn't a topic, so I > think I'm going to call this an open forum meeting. > > We'll definitely want to talk about when we want the BBQ. > > Personally, my vote is for Sept. Less bugs, cooler weather, etc. Obviously > if someone with a pool wants to pitch for August I can be persuaded! > > Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 301 (Hagglund room) When you come up the > stairs go right instead of left. > > Refreshments and snacks will be provided. > > Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep up the conversation. > > Later, > Tim. > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Next Meeting: July 12th 2018 Topic: Open Forum Location: WPI campus Center room 301 (Hagglund)
by Tim Keller 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

Hey Gang, Our next meeting is July 12th, 2018. Currently there isn't a topic, so I think I'm going to call this an open forum meeting. We'll definitely want to talk about when we want the BBQ. Personally, my vote is for Sept. Less bugs, cooler weather, etc. Obviously if someone with a pool wants to pitch for August I can be persuaded! Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 301 (Hagglund room) When you come up the stairs go right instead of left. Refreshments and snacks will be provided. Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep up the conversation. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] BBQ Question
by Richard Klein 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

I thought it already happened. Maybe I'm thinking of last year's BBQ? On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:43 AM Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > THE HAMMER <hammerron(a)hotmail.com> writes: > > > I wasn't able to get to the last meeting so am > > wondering of there has been any talk of a WLUG BBQ? > > No. > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Re: [Wlug] BBQ Question
by Keith Wright 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

THE HAMMER <hammerron(a)hotmail.com> writes: > I wasn't able to get to the last meeting so am > wondering of there has been any talk of a WLUG BBQ? No.

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BBQ Question
by THE HAMMER 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

I wasn't able to get to the last meeting so am wondering of there has been any talk of a WLUG BBQ? Ron

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Re: [Wlug] Podcasts
by Richard Klein 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

Thanks! They have a link to an audio-only version on SoundCloud, but I can't find an RSS feed. On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:28 AM thinkbrown(a)gmail.com <thinkbrown(a)gmail.com> wrote: > This is the series that Tim and I were raving about: > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> > wrote: > >> Does anyone happen to remember which podcasts were mentioned last night? >> Eric, in particular, mentioned a one-word website related to a podcast >> which I thought would be easy to remember, but now I've forgotten it. >> >> -- >> Rich >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Re: [Wlug] Podcasts
by thinkbrown＠gmail.com 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

This is the series that Tim and I were raving about: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > Does anyone happen to remember which podcasts were mentioned last night? > Eric, in particular, mentioned a one-word website related to a podcast > which I thought would be easy to remember, but now I've forgotten it. > > -- > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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Podcasts
by Richard Klein 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

Does anyone happen to remember which podcasts were mentioned last night? Eric, in particular, mentioned a one-word website related to a podcast which I thought would be easy to remember, but now I've forgotten it. -- Rich

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Re: [Wlug] Meeting Reminder! Next Meeting Thursday June 14th at 7pm
by Keith Wright 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > We've got a meeting on Thursday at June 14th! > > Time: 7pm > Topic: Github / Branch Scope / VDO I expect to be there. > We'll be talking about the Microsoft's purchase > of Github and how it *might* affect the FOSS community. On another list I read: > Mes[0] aims to help create full source > bootstrapping for GuixSD[1] as part of the > bootstrappable builds[2] project. > > * Download > > git clone https://gitlab.com/janneke/mes Does anyone know about Gitlab and how it it relates to Github? Rehearse your rants! -- Keith [0] https://gitlab.com/janneke/mes [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix [2] http://bootstrappable.org

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Re: [Wlug] Meeting Reminder! Next Meeting Thursday June 14th at 7pm
by Tim Keller 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

I forgot to put the location! It's NOT the usual place!!! We're going to be in the Campus Center Chairmans Room (rm 129) on the bottom floor. On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:45 AM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > We've got a meeting on Thursday at June 14th! > > Time: 7pm > Topic: Github / Branch Scope / VDO > > We'll be talking about the Microsoft's purchase of Github and how it > *might* affect the FOSS community. We'll also be talking about Branch > Scope... Yet another vulnerability in Intel CPUs are vulnerable to having > unprivileged users read large swap of memory, even segments that are > protected by Intel's famed > > I'll also demo VDO (RedHat's new dedup / compression block layer). > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided! > > Afterwards we'll head off for dinner to continue the conversation! > > Later, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Meeting Reminder! Next Meeting Thursday June 14th at 7pm
by Tim Keller 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Hey Gang, We've got a meeting on Thursday at June 14th! Time: 7pm Topic: Github / Branch Scope / VDO We'll be talking about the Microsoft's purchase of Github and how it *might* affect the FOSS community. We'll also be talking about Branch Scope... Yet another vulnerability in Intel CPUs are vulnerable to having unprivileged users read large swap of memory, even segments that are protected by Intel's famed I'll also demo VDO (RedHat's new dedup / compression block layer). Snacks and refreshments will be provided! Afterwards we'll head off for dinner to continue the conversation! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Free to a good home: HP PSC 1315xi All in one printer
by Tim Keller 17 May '18

17 May '18

Have you been waiting to get yourself one of those awesome web connected printers, but didn't want to shell out the big bucks? Well... you're out of luck, this is NOT one of those printers. If however, you'd like a reliable inkjet printer that works well with linux, let me know. The scanner / copier / printing functions all work. Better yet, it has new ink cartridges in it as well! Mind you, it is an elderly printer, but I've had zero issues with it. The only con is that HP branded ink cartridges are getting expensive, but the knockoffs work just fine as well. Let me know if you'd like it and I'll hand it over at the meeting tonight. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Meeting Tonight!
by Tim Keller 17 May '18

17 May '18

We've got a meeting tonight! Date / Time / Place: May 17th / 7pm / WPI Mid Century Room rm 331 (the usual place) Topic: Digital Ocean droplets / MFA ssh / Mail & Website conversation. Drinks / Snacks will be provided and we'll head off afterwards for dinner! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder! WLUG meeting Tomorrow May 17th, 2018!
by Tim Keller 16 May '18

16 May '18

We've got a meeting tomorrow! Date & Time: May 17th, 2018 @ 7pm Location: WPI Mid Century Room (rm 331) "The Usual Place" Topic: Digital Ocean / Droplets / MFA ssh Also we're going to have a discussion about what we'd like to do with the WLUG mailing list (possibly rehosting it somewhere) and a revamp of our webpage. As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner somewhere afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] REMINDER NO MEETING TONIGHT!!!
by Richard Klein 10 May '18

10 May '18

Thanks for the reminder! I've still got it on my calendar for tonight. It's probably been covered before, but I'd love to know more about Docker and VMs, if we need subjects. It's stuff I haven't had time to explore on my own. On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 9:37 AM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Due to WPI commencement activities we've moved the meeting to NEXT > Thursday (May 17th) > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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