Hi Terry,
> > Don't bother scheduling a meeting. For testing, just head to the
> > meeting room with the above URL whenever you like and see if anyone
> > else is there or shows up, or ping someone privately to help with a
> > test.
>
> https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug
>
> OK. Did you set that up
Hi Tim H,
> Can I ask what we are trying to achieve here?
To muddle through to something to attempt one night with a chance of
success, I think. :-)
> Is it to have a full blown video conferencing setup with multiple
> rooms for various conversation or just somewhere on the web where can
> all
Hi Patrick,
> On the other hand, I do not enjoy video conferences/calls in general.
> I think it must be something to do with not being able to tell who
> else might be listening in or watching, just out of frame
I don't have a camera, but I know some that do turn it off just because
they prefer
On 30/03/2020 15:59, Tim Waugh wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 14:51, Patrick Wigmore wrote:
I thought I'd told it to abort the current tasks before shutting it
down, but I've since found they sitll show as "In progress" on my
Rosetta account.
I'm sitting on some work units for Rosetta@home as
On Monday, 30 March 2020 18:00:07 BST Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote:
> Free to help test this evening. When is the meet happening again?
Tomorrow week 2020-04-07.
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On 30/03/2020 17:58, Terry Coles wrote:
> On Monday, 30 March 2020 17:43:33 BST zir...@xendistar.co.uk wrote:
>> Can I ask what we are trying to achieve here? Is it to have a full blown
>> video conferencing setup with multiple rooms for various conversation or
>> just somewhere on the web where ca
On Monday, 30 March 2020 17:43:33 BST zir...@xendistar.co.uk wrote:
> Can I ask what we are trying to achieve here? Is it to have a full blown
> video conferencing setup with multiple rooms for various conversation or
> just somewhere on the web where can all join up and chat on a monthly
> basis a
On 2020-03-29 19:01, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote:
Are people interested in getting this going?
I could make us a poll to sort out how we're doing it. I like the idea
of subgroups - I think it'd be difficult otherwise cos we often have
subgroups having mini-conversations. That way we could also
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 14:51, Patrick Wigmore wrote:
> I thought I'd told it to abort the current tasks before shutting it
> down, but I've since found they sitll show as "In progress" on my
> Rosetta account.
I'm sitting on some work units for Rosetta@home as well, mostly because I'm
waiting f
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:11:44 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> The open-source issue is why I mentioned Jitsi.
I like the sound of Jitsi for that reason.
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:48:37 +0100, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
> I would guess that quite a few of us have a tablet or smartphone
> with Skype
On Monday, 30 March 2020 15:16:57 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Don't bother scheduling a meeting. For testing, just head to the
> meeting room with the above URL whenever you like and see if anyone else
> is there or shows up, or ping someone privately to help with a test.
https://meet.jit.si/dors
Hi Terry,
> > For example, https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug
...
> > It's best within Chrome or Chrome-wrapped-up-in-Electron if the
> > Chrome browser isn't available. Up to date Firefox's fair better
> > than older ones.
>
> I've just installed in Chromium. The only problem is that the person
> t
On Monday, 30 March 2020 14:56:55 BST Terry Coles wrote:
> One problem with Skype is that I have no idea how a Conference is set up;
> does everyone simply call the convener?
Looking at my Skype client, it would seem that a Meeting can be convened in
the same way as Jitsi and the participants don
On Monday, 30 March 2020 14:48:37 BST t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
> I would guess that quite a few of us have a tablet or smartphone with Skype
> installed too - that's what I tend to use rather than running it under
> Linux as it's pretty universal and is just expected to work (which it does
>
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:51:20 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> Nice article here, folding@home the main focus, which mentions
> back-offs when requesting new work
Back-offs were what I was seeing on my machine with the Core 2 Duo
T7250. It was assigned work to do, but in 24 hours it was never able
to do
Hi Terry
On 30/03/2020 13:20, Terry Coles wrote:
The discussion about Zoom recently shows how iffy it is to get it going. I've
used Skype on Linux to keep in touch with family for years, but some people
are reluctant to use it because of the fact that it isn't Open Source (neither
is Zoom).
On Monday, 30 March 2020 14:11:44 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> True. And it also needs volunteers to do bit of a trial in the days
> leading up to it so solutions can be communicated on the list in
> advance, e.g. turning off your video feed if upstream bandwidth is an
> issue.
Well. I've listed
Hi Terry,
> There are lots of different tools out there but without a poll
> we won't know who can run what.
True. And it also needs volunteers to do bit of a trial in the days
leading up to it so solutions can be communicated on the list in
advance, e.g. turning off your video feed if upstream
On Sunday, 29 March 2020 20:50:49 BST t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
> Count me in. Just need a decision on what to use.
That's the rub. There are lots of different tools out there but without a poll
we won't know who can run what.
The discussion about Zoom recently shows how iffy it is to get
On 30/03/2020 10:22, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Hamish,
>
>>> https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/cpu_list.php
>> For a really slow CPU, look up the AMD E1-1200 APU in that list :)
>> That's the CPU in my old laptop. It's basically the bottom of the pile!
> I trump that. My daily PC is a ‘Atom(TM)
Hi Hamish,
> > https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/cpu_list.php
>
> For a really slow CPU, look up the AMD E1-1200 APU in that list :)
> That's the CPU in my old laptop. It's basically the bottom of the pile!
I trump that. My daily PC is a ‘Atom(TM) CPU D525’.
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On 30/03/2020 09:51, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 10:25, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>
>>> Unfortunately, that machine seems to be stuck waiting for the
>>> server(s) to let it download anything. I presume they are prioritising
>>> higher-specification machines.
>> Maybe. One snippet of #d
On Monday, 30 March 2020 09:51:20 BST Tim Waugh wrote:
> The Folding@home project definitely seems better at publicity. :-)
BOINC has a Twitter feed. I don't have a Twitter Account, so I only paid a
quick visit, but I did notice that data computed for COVID-19 was used to
develop recent treatme
On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 10:25, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Unfortunately, that machine seems to be stuck waiting for the
> > server(s) to let it download anything. I presume they are prioritising
> > higher-specification machines.
>
> Maybe. One snippet of #dorset says
>
> > folding@home ran ou
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