[GTALUG] Video of October talk with Mike Hoye

2021-10-28 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, The video of October 2021 talk, The state of Mozilla with Mike Hoye, is now available here -- https://youtu.be/jXtPaZ-sGPk Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] Linux 3D graphics stack meeting video (August 2021)

2021-09-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Here's the video from our last month meeting on August 10, 2021. The Linux 3D graphics stack with Alyssa Rosenzweig -- https://youtu.be/0F0aQ2eympI Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

[GTALUG] MySQL high availability video (March 2021)

2021-06-16 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Here's the video from our March 2021 meeting, MySQL High Availability Stack: Orchstrator, Proxysql, and Consul with Peter Sylvester https://youtu.be/dYlv-YGtkEE Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

[GTALUG] Video of our June 2021 meeting -- Intro to NFTs

2021-06-09 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Here's the video from our yesterday's meeting (June 2021), Nintro to NFTs with Chinmay Patel https://youtu.be/tDVwHfYFI30 Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] Today's meeting server is up

2021-06-08 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, I configured meeting server for today so we can test things out it's at -- https://jitsi.flamy.ca/GTALUG I'm going to test quality. If you want to chat in a face to face setting anytime before the meeting, feel free to use this room or create a new room. Alex. --- Post to

Re: [GTALUG] ftp helper app, and how to screenshot on Ubuntu 21.04?

2021-06-04 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hi Stewart, Not that I actively use ftp, but all of the Norton Commander-like file managers that I use still have FTP support. Krusader for example, Also a more classic and very much TUI implementation of the same interface -- Midnight commander, has FTP support Alex. On 2021-06-04

Re: [GTALUG] meeting tonight?

2021-05-11 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Yes, sorry. I've been a bit busy lately. I'm setting up jitsi. I'll send a meeting note soon. We will have roundtable and Q On 2021-05-11 5:57 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: I don't see an announcement. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing

Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations

2021-05-11 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
...and I sent the email to a wrong address... Sorry everyone. On 2021-05-11 12:11 p.m., Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Hi Trevor, I'm Alex, the president of GTALUG. I have your video ready, but I didn't know your email so I couldn't let you know. Please take a look if it's ok to publish

Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations

2021-05-11 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hi Trevor, I'm Alex, the president of GTALUG. I have your video ready, but I didn't know your email so I couldn't let you know. Please take a look if it's ok to publish it -- https://youtu.be/NDcjgCbDyJ8 You can reach me at a...@flamy.ca Alex. On 2021-05-11 10:26 a.m., Trevor Woerner via

[GTALUG] Video of Evan's talk from the last meeting

2021-04-15 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, The recording of the talk -- I've ditched my Linux desktops for Windows sorta with Evan Leibovitch Is available here -- https://youtu.be/HfranDwTZOU Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

[GTALUG] The state of Mozilla with Mike Hoye; Dec 2020 meeting video.

2021-04-14 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, The video of December 2020 talk, The state of Mozilla with Mike Hoye, is now available here -- https://youtu.be/un4K0uK6sJk Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] The FOSS world's most famous incel is back...

2021-03-24 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Evan, Reading the replies to your post I feel disappointed that we have so many reactionaries in our midst. I support this idea. I'm going to cc email to the board and see if we can vote on board list or call a meeting. In the meantime It is also possible to sign the petition as

Re: [GTALUG] question about To: and Cc: in GTALUG posts

2021-03-05 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello William, I think there's an issue with someone trying to span using an old mailman list. So some of the messages might not be delivered until the issue is fully resolved. I'm in contact with linode about this. Alex. On 2021-03-05 2:32 p.m., William Park via talk wrote: Hi, My

Re: [GTALUG] Is there a meeting tomorrow?

2021-01-11 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Sorry, yes. We have speaker confirmed. I'll post the event. On 2021-01-11 12:28 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: I haven't seen an announcement. The front page of the website is still announcing last month's meeting. That may be because we can no longer change the website. This list

[GTALUG] Meeting tonight

2020-09-08 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Sorry everyone, I forgot about the meeting. Jitsi server is now working the meeting room is here -- https://jitsi.flamy.ca/GTALUG --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tomorrow

2020-06-16 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Rouben, Yes. I shut down the server when not in use. Alex. On 2020-06-16 6:00 p.m., Rouben via talk wrote: Is it me, or is https://jitsi.flamy.ca/ down at the moment? Rouben On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 16:57 mailto:h...@gtalug.org>> wrote: #

Re: [GTALUG] YouTube Page

2020-06-16 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Ansar, I'm Alex, I'm working with the videos. Short answer is  -- We're not meeting in person right now and it's been a lot harder to get speakers for full talks, so it is unlikely in the near future. The slightly longer answer is -- we still have one video in the pipleline waiting to

[GTALUG] Video of our September 2019 meeting

2020-04-26 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, Here's the video of our September 2019 meeting. Fear and Loathing and Mailing Lists with Evan Leibovitch -- https://youtu.be/xa-U9n9LH6g Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Planning April Meeting

2020-04-02 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
up with open-source solutions. I'll create an event in the next few days for our regular date & time -- Tuesday, April 14, 7:30pm. Alex. On 2020-03-25 8:25 p.m., Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Hello Everyone, We're thinking of doing April meeting online, we're thinking of having a Q W

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-27 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I may be able to connect a sip trunk to a jitsi server and make it work the same way zoom works. https://github.com/jitsi/jigasi Can anyone recommend a prepaid sip provider with a phone number in Toronto? Alex. On 2020-03-26 8:46 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: That sounds like a

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Znoteer, Do you have a rough estimate how much CPU bigbluebutton was using during the conference and for how many people? So far I've been inclining to spin up a VM with 4-8 dedicated CPUs that should give some extra headroom for our average meeting size, and have Zoom as a backup. My

[GTALUG] Planning April Meeting

2020-03-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, We're thinking of doing April meeting online, we're thinking of having a Q Which of the teleconference software do you find the most comfortable to work with? * Zoom * Hangouts * Jitsi * Something completely different * Let's just skip a meeting Please reply to this

[GTALUG] Video of our march meeting

2020-03-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Here's the video of our March meeting. Ham Radio with a side of Linux with Alan Heighway -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzE3nnzs9PM Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at 07:30 PM

2020-02-27 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Zachariah, Yes, we are planning to record the meeting. It will be posted to our youtube channel -- https://www.youtube.com/c/GtalugOrg Alex. On 2020-02-27 12:17 p.m., Zachariah Gibbens via talk wrote: Any chance someone could record the presentation or at least share the slides. I'm unable

[GTALUG] Call for proposals for April 14, 2020

2020-02-24 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, We don't yet anything planned for Tuesday April 14, 2020 and we are looking for proposals for 15, 30 and 45 minute presentations. If you have something in mind, please send us an email at speak...@gtalug.org Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe

[GTALUG] Feb 2017 meeting video -- Linux and UN Refugee Agency with Evan Leibovitch

2020-02-12 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, After much technical difficulties I managed to get Evan's talk from February 2017 edited and posted on our youtube channel. Here is the video of the meeting -- https://youtu.be/co7EDPkFRpI Meeting details -- https://gtalug.org/meeting/2017-02/ Thank you Evan for giving

Re: [GTALUG] Miracast

2020-02-12 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Yes. I agree. I much prefer using HDMI cables as I'm able to capture the slides -- and it is much easier to synchronize slides and camera feed in this way. Maybe we can bring a usb key and a raspberry pi as a backup option, but that entails bringing yet another thing to the meeting. We

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Friday, February 14 at 07:30 PM

2020-02-01 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
This is wrong. Sorry made a mistake -- I was looking at the January calendar thinking it was February. The correct date is Tuesday, February 11. I'll fix the date everywhere and re-send the announcement. On 2020-01-31 6:50 p.m., Ivan Avery Frey via talk wrote: The meeting on Friday is an

[GTALUG] November 2019 video (taskwarrior)

2020-01-28 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, The recording of A dive into Taskwarrior Ecosystem with Tomas Babej from our November 2019 meeting is now available here -- https://youtu.be/tijnc65soEI Meeting page for this event -- https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-11/ Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

[GTALUG] January 2020 meeting videos

2020-01-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, Here are the videos from our January meeting * What I've learned about Ultra HD with D. Hugh Redelmeier -- https://youtu.be/i-eXS-1wdzI * Chris' intro to Kubernetes -- https://youtu.be/F7z8AZjS28U * ZEO Bedside 2020 with Seneca Cunningham -- https://youtu.be/NIMRI3wr1Yc *

[GTALUG] Call for proposals for January 2020 lightning talks

2019-11-19 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, We're planning to have lightning talks at our January 14, 2020 meeting. If you would like to give a lightning talk, please email speak...@gtalug.org. I've put up an event page on gettogether -- https://gettogether.community/events/3158/lightning-talks/ and I will post it on

Re: [GTALUG] Pycon Canada 2019

2019-10-29 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Oh wait. No. I was wrong about this. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Pycon Canada 2019

2019-10-29 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey o1bigtenor, humor off This, however, violates our code of conduct. https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/ Be respectful We work together to resolve conflict. We assume good intentions and do our best to act in an empathetic fashion. We don't allow

[GTALUG] Pycon Canada 2019

2019-10-28 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, I'm helping to organize Pycon Canada this year and tickets are now available. The conference is happening on November 16-17 at Carlu, with sprints on November 18-19 at Mozilla office. This year we're having a separate ML/Data Science track. http://pycon.ca Alex. --- Post

[GTALUG] October 2019 Meeting Video

2019-10-15 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Here are the videos from our October 2019 meeting -- The state of Mozilla with Mike Hoye. The talk is split up in two videos: presentation and Q Here is the playlist of both videos -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkvDnIGbv4w=PLUgE6dqIXiEtGpatcxP_rLdsbqwiuW3Cz Or

Re: [GTALUG] getting Firefox to exploit GPU

2019-10-04 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
elmeier via talk wrote: | From: Alex Volkov via talk | I want to try this out on my GPU. Is there an easy way to benchmark | performance in firefox? An excellent question. I don't know anything about that. I'm sure that there are lots of benchmarks "out there". - many will str

Re: [GTALUG] getting Firefox to exploit GPU

2019-10-04 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Hugh, I want to try this out on my GPU. Is there an easy way to benchmark performance in firefox? Alex. On 2019-10-04 12:26 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: By default, on Linux, Firefox does not use the GPU for rendering web pages. You can enable this by a setting in

Re: [GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

2019-10-03 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
performance look in the logs. Alex. On 2019-10-02 8:55 p.m., Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: On 2019-07-20 2:47 p.m., Alex Volkov via talk wrote: I'm looking to buy used Nvidia GeForce GXT 1060 to run some ML tutorials. Did this work out for you? I find myself in the market for a CUDA

[GTALUG] August 2019 meeting videos

2019-09-22 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, Here are the videos from our August 2019 lightning talks as a playlist -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUgE6dqIXiEuYoN9o1Jf0Zb2WLqKYHiHY Here are individual lightning talks: Art of Open Source with Dan Tapper -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS43PZm7pGo

Re: [GTALUG] "Atom Pi"

2019-09-16 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
/dupont-connector-for-5a). Full disclaimer -- I'm not an electrical engineer. Alex. On 2019-09-16 2:16 p.m., Alex Volkov via talk wrote: It is so weird to have a home server board that doesn't have sata ports, one of the older cubieturck boards is better equipped for this task because it has

Re: [GTALUG] "Atom Pi"

2019-09-16 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
It is so weird to have a home server board that doesn't have sata ports, one of the older cubieturck boards is better equipped for this task because it has gigabit ethernet and a sata port, though throughput is limited to 40MB/s. As for Hugh's note for the connector -- it looks like a

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30pm

2019-08-28 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Kevin, As far as I'm aware of the presentation, bulk list management, in this case -- are people signed up to receive a newsletter. The presentation is on different approaches on how to send out email messages while dealing with the issues mentioned. Perhaps we should update talk

Re: [GTALUG] your desktop too boring?

2019-08-19 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Hugh, Just a quick note while wearing a moderator hat on this mailing list. You may not be aware of it, but 'Rice it' is a pejorative term, please avoid using it here. See -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner Thank you, Alex. On 2019-08-19 7:14 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via

Re: [GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

2019-08-07 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
be less than $200. Alex. On 2019-08-07 9:54 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: xerofoify via talk | On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 4:23 PM Alex Volkov via talk wrote: | I don't know how much your intending to do with that GPU or otherwise. He said he wants to do human (himself

Re: [GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

2019-08-07 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Nick, See my replies below On 2019-08-06 8:09 p.m., xerofoify via talk wrote: On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 4:23 PM Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Yes. Unfortunately I went though the debugging process before I got to the paragraph. On the upside I think I got a lightning talk out

Re: [GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

2019-08-06 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Yes. Unfortunately I went though the debugging process before I got to the paragraph. On the upside I think I got a lightning talk out of it, that I'll try to present at the next meeting. Alex. On 2019-08-05 11:12 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Alex Volkov via talk | I

[GTALUG] June 2019 meeting video

2019-07-24 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, The video of June talk, MyRocks 101 with Peter Sylvester, is now available here -- https://youtu.be/uJ3hctg0b-c Alex. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] July 2019 meeting videos

2019-07-22 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, Here are the videos from our July 2019 lightning talks as a playlist -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUgE6dqIXiEvuJAvXnyKu-9MOJ_BFf5vQ Here's individual lightning talk video urls: OpenStreetMap: what it is, why we care with Jarek Piórkowski --

Re: [GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

2019-07-22 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Hugh, Thank you for your reply, see my comments below. On 2019-07-22 9:30 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Alex Volkov via talk | I'm looking to buy used Nvidia GeForce GXT 1060 to run some ML | tutorials. The advantage of nvidia over AMD is wider support. CUDA

[GTALUG] Running Dell branded Nvidia gtx 1060 in non-dell system

2019-07-20 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey everyone, I'm looking to buy used Nvidia GeForce GXT 1060 to run some ML tutorials. I got a good deal on Dell OEM one. Are there any pitfalls in running one in a non-dell system? More specifically nothing even close to that i.e amd fx CPU and AMD 970 chipset. Alex. -- Sent from my

[GTALUG] pre-talk survey

2019-07-09 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Jill Cates will do short talk on ethics and AI today. Could you fill out this short survey before the talk? https://bit.ly/2XqoKD8 Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] war story: fixing an LCD TV

2019-05-31 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I've seen some screens with 'Made in Mexico' label. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/11/30/166180397/why-mexico-is-the-worlds-biggest-exporter-of-flat-screen-tvs According to this article from 2012 Mexico is the largest exporter of flat screen TVs. Alex. On 2019-05-31 10:19 a.m.,

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

2019-05-17 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Evan, If you are doing a lot of multimedia editing NUC form factor might not be the best as the CPU may run into cooling issues and thermal throttle under load. About a year ago I've built this Ryzen 5-based system on which I run the latest Debian and I'm pretty happy with it.

[GTALUG] Debian BSP presentation video

2019-05-01 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, anarcat's presentation on Debian Packaging 101 at the Toronto BSP is now available on youtube -- https://youtu.be/O83rIRRJysA Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] April 2019 meeting video

2019-04-19 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, April 2019 meeting video -- Linux Unhatched Learning Circles at Toronto Public Library with Larysa Essex Is available here -- https://youtu.be/lvZ3gCzrXak Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] Toronto BSP on Saturday, April 27

2019-04-16 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello GTALUGers! Debian Bug Squashing party is happening in Toronto on Saturday, April 27 at 9am the Mozilla Toronto office. More details on this event are here -- https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/04/ca/Toronto If you would like to participate please email me to (alex at flamy.ca) and I

Re: [GTALUG] March 2019 meeting video

2019-03-27 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdO16ER-GE=PLUgE6dqIXiEuAJFyGOpYYaztfuj81nOS7 See if it works from our twitter page -- https://twitter.com/gtalug/status/1110990193060802560 Alex. On 2019-03-27 7:05 p.m., Znoteer via talk wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 03:38:44PM -0400, Alex Volkov via

[GTALUG] March 2019 meeting video

2019-03-27 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, March 2019 meeting video -- FPGAs for Fun, Acceleration, and Profit! with Chris Tyler Is here: Main talk -- https://youtu.be/VAdO16ER-GE Q -- https://youtu.be/aUsF1C-6w8Y Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG

2019-03-14 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Karen, We are going to review all moderation decision at Monday board meeting. Please forward us all the emails you receive from members forcing their case to bo...@gtalug.org. Alex. On 2019-03-14 12:40 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:  Can someone explain the rules about private

Re: [GTALUG] Gender discrimination

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Malgosia, Dave, I can give you a lecture about systemic inequalities and gender bias... In fact, based on the reactions on the mailing list today it seems to be an urgent issue we need discuss at one of our meetings. Here is our Code of Conduct if anyone needs a reference on how to behave

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Evan, please don't do this. This thread is beyond hope. On 2019-03-13 5:18 p.m., Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: Just posted Monday: https://www.lpi.org/blog/2019/03/11/will-robot-eat-your-job While putting the link here may appear self serving, at least it's an attempt to bring this thread

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
precedent, there are no freedom of speech implications here. If you want to discuss moderation decision, please email bo...@gtalug.org You've been put into moderation queue for the talk mailing list. Alex. On 2019-03-13 3:49 p.m., o1bigtenor wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 2:13 PM Alex Volkov via

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
to perpetuate this unacceptable behaviour will result in bans. Here is our Code of Conduct if anyone needs a reference on how to behave appropriately --https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/ On 2019-03-13 3:01 p.m., Christopher Browne via talk wrote: On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 11:53, Alex Volkov

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Okay Ted, This violates several rules of our code of conduct including discrimination based on gender and gender identity and you are banned from this list. I also removed Gary from the list because of repeatedly ignoring my warnings that the discussion about Boeing outsourcing is over.

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Okay everyone, I believe this discussion is moved way off-topic and I don't think anyone would change anyone else mind at this point. So we should leave it at that. Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I'm also going to chime in and say this point is pretty ignorant implying that the only vocational work is worthwhile. You say you have some understanding of science, programming, linux and AI, but have you done anything that's been used by other people? Have your received any feedback on

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-12 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
There's an excellent Reply All episode about exactly this -- where a journalist dives deep into figuring out how one of these scams work and who is behind it. https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/long-distance On 2019-03-12 10:51 p.m., Howard Gibson via talk wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2019

[GTALUG] Pain points in debian release process.

2019-03-11 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, I've stumbled upon this article describing all the issues that make the process of bugfixes and package releases cumbersome in Debian. https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2019-03-10-debian-winding-down/ I've always been interested in contributing to Debian, but just learning

Re: [GTALUG] Spamhaus block

2019-02-21 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I think this might be it. You can't set reverse DNS records yourself, so you will need to contact your service provider and ask them to change the record for IP 54.39.185.225 from ip-54-39-185.eu to your mail server dns name. Alex. On 2019-02-21 2:43 p.m., Marc Lijour wrote: I thought I

Re: [GTALUG] Spamhaus block

2019-02-21 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Do you have reverse DNS records set up -- this is pretty much a requirement for running any mail server these days. This mailing list kept getting blocked by Spamhaus when we used IPv6 address to send out mail. I have no idea what was wrong with that, but the minute I turned off IPv6

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung monitor power supply

2019-02-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I met Graham at last year's Toronto Makerfest, I even made a short video on our channel -- https://youtu.be/auGHwemeeUk On 2019-02-13 9:45 a.m., Stewart Russell via talk wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2019, 09:28 James Knott via talk wrote: I thought they moved up to

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung monitor power supply

2019-02-13 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Giles, I have a spare 12V power supply with barell connector for my external hard drive I can lent it to you. If you want to adopt your existing 19v power supply you can get a DC-to-DC buck converter with regulator that takes anything above 12V and converts it to 5v-12v. I think they cost

[GTALUG] Today's meeting

2019-02-12 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey everyone, Ryerson is closed today due to severe weather. https://www.ryerson.ca/facilities-management-development/service-requests/alerts/2019/02/campus-closed-as-of1pm-today-due-to-severe-weather/ The meeting is likely to be cancelled. Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

[GTALUG] Richard Stallman is coming to Toronto

2019-02-05 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, Richard Stallman is giving a talk at YorkU on Thursday, if anyone wants to go. /Senate Chambers, North Ross Building, Room N940, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada/ /Feb 07, 2019/ from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20190207-toronto Alex.

[GTALUG] Pine Book Pro

2019-01-30 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, It looks like Pine64 are releasing Pinebook Pro, a laptop that I'm actually willing to pay money for and then use. https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093=43850#pid43850 Specs: * 14" 1080p IPS LCD panel * 64/128GB of eMMC storage* * Black magnesium alloy body *

[GTALUG] January 2019 meeting videos

2019-01-11 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Everyone, Here's the videos from our January 2019 meeting as a playlist -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUgE6dqIXiEtCFbd16_EtwiykD-aD4JAL (sorry I may have typed January 2018 in a few places) Here's each lightning talk video as a separate url: * Alpine Linux with

Re: [GTALUG] laptop repair in GTA/Markham?

2019-01-09 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
If keyboard is a regular button, is it possible that the keyboard is shorted out along with power button and that's why laptop does't start. It's is not actually dead? On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 13:44 Tim Tisdall via talk wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 13:04, Don Tai via talk wrote: > > Switching

Re: [GTALUG] December 2018 meeting video

2018-12-19 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Sorry I put wrong title in the subject. It's December 2018 video. Alex. On 2018-12-17 7:40 p.m., Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Hello everyone, December 2018 meeting, Getting to know VDO with Aaren de Jong is available on youtube. https://youtu.be/5UfdX3pEemw Cheers, Alex. --- Talk

[GTALUG] December 2017 meeting video

2018-12-17 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, December 2018 meeting, Getting to know VDO with Aaren de Jong is available on youtube. https://youtu.be/5UfdX3pEemw Cheers, Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Results of Elections

2018-10-27 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Gordon, This message was stuck in the announce queue from 2017. I recently discovered that we've had 156 messages waiting in the announce queue (of which almost all was spam), so I let this one through. Sorry for the confusion. Alex. On 10/26/18 22:46, Gordon Chillcott via talk

[GTALUG] October talk with Mike Hoye

2018-10-15 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, You can now watch the recording of our October 2018 talk -- The state of Mozilla (fall 2018) with Mike Hoye. Presentation -- https://youtu.be/5N92lfQwskw Q -- https://youtu.be/P3ipFvD8wt4 Meeting page for the video -- https://gtalug.org/meeting/2018-10/ Thanks, Alex.

Re: [GTALUG] Old vs new logo on Mastodon

2018-09-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hi Seneca, I updated the logo on Mastodon and Twitter, I was unable to update it on gtalug wiki, I think we're going to do that at our next executive meeting. Alex. On 2018-09-25 9:35 a.m., Seneca Cunningham via talk wrote: Hi all, I got stuck on the IPv6ternet for a bit this morning, and

[GTALUG] September talk with Marcel Gagne is on youtube

2018-09-24 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, You can now watch the recording of our September 2018 meeting -- How Open Source Destroyed the Past, Created the Present, and Will One Day, Save the Future with Marcel Gagne. Presentation -- https://youtu.be/llHkWbVHpR0 Q -- https://youtu.be/nyKg0L_xld0 The video is also

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

2018-09-05 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I don't think just pointing to a very long page with mailing list with no other explanation is very helpful. Olbigtenor, if you have a problem with particular package, you can go to https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ look for that package you're having the problem with and see a discussion related

Re: [GTALUG] Which Distro is Best for Running a ZFS-on-Linux Fileserver.

2018-08-24 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Amos, Why not FreeBSD? This is one of the first projects to get ZFS ported, in my experience it's the closest thing to general-purpose linux distro in BSD land that you can get. All the GNU tools are available for FreeBSD and shell commands aren't that arcane. If you're only going to

[GTALUG] August talk is available on youtube

2018-08-21 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, The talk Beyond and Behind Maker Festival with Eric Boyd is available on youtube. It's in two parts: Main talk and Q and can be found here -- https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLUgE6dqIXiEsDT3DzqwXMtqndPTuMQe7D I've also had a chance to visit Toronto Makerfest

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

2018-08-17 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
I know Mozilla office use to host Ubuntu release parties but I haven't hear anything about debian here. I'm a debian user by the way, if we need *mass* to organize something. Alex. On 2018-08-17 05:32 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior via

Re: [GTALUG] Messages are bouncing

2018-07-26 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
:23 -0400 Alex Volkov via talk wrote: We also have a web interface for mailman, so you can check if you're messages are showing up there, since the default mailing list settings is not to receive your own emails. https://gtalug.org/pipermail/talk/ On 2018-07-25 11:53 AM, James Knott via talk

Re: [GTALUG] Messages are bouncing

2018-07-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
We also have a web interface for mailman, so you can check if you're messages are showing up there, since the default mailing list settings is not to receive your own emails. https://gtalug.org/pipermail/talk/ On 2018-07-25 11:53 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: Let me know if you don't

Re: [GTALUG] Messages are bouncing

2018-07-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Lennart, That's spamhaus blacklisting us occasionally, your email service and about five other people (including myself) use spamhaus as a spam filtering service. For some reason the messages coming from an IPv6 address to an IPv6 address have much higher chance of getting blacklisted.

Re: [GTALUG] Specific question about mailing list management

2018-07-25 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hi Alvin, gtalug mailing list periodically gets blacklisted by smamhaus on our IPv6 address, then I have to go to their website and de-list us, which takes a minute or two, but lately this started happening every other week or so, and it's been pretty annoying. Alex. On 2018-07-25 09:48

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a tool to transform table relationships

2018-07-20 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
: On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 at 13:42, Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Hey Everyone, I'm looking for a tool to transform (possibly migrate) data from one postgres db to another. I have two postgres databases -- old (not normalized) has all the data and new (normalized with some major schema changes) has

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a tool to transform table relationships

2018-07-20 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Yes, now as I've done a bit more research just doing SQL with dblink might be the way to go. The thing I don't like is SQL for text transformation can be pretty awkward. On 2018-07-20 03:35 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Alex Volkov via talk | I'm looking for a tool

[GTALUG] looking for a tool to transform table relationships

2018-07-20 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, I'm looking for a tool to transform (possibly migrate) data from one postgres db to another. I have two postgres databases -- old (not normalized) has all the data and new (normalized with some major schema changes) has no data. The new db has more tables and table

[GTALUG] Presentation Followup -- API triggers for Gitlab CI

2018-07-18 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, I have a followup for a talk I gave on Gitlab CI back in June. I was asked a question on whether it's possible to trigger a CI job with an API call, and in fact it is. There's an option available in Community Edition in Gitlab; it's located in Project Settings -> CI/CD ->

[GTALUG] Internet Bots with Don Tai talk is on youtube.

2018-07-17 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello everyone, You can now watch our July 2018 meeting -- Internet Bots with Don Tai. https://youtu.be/lk5BpbGRyG8 Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] Meeting location has changed

2018-07-10 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
The meeting has been moved to the lecture theatre. (The door on the right from room 203). -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.--- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] pgloaded with Myles Braithwaite talk is on youtube

2018-06-22 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, You can now watch pgloader lightning talk with Myles Braithwaite from our June 2018 meeting. https://youtu.be/Sdh_ufBzWMw I apologize for the video quality, I'll make some changes to ambient lighting for the next meeting. Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Making the case for CASE with Myles Braithwaite talk is on youtube

2018-06-22 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
-ugUhDjwwk David Thornton @northdot9 https://wiki.quadratic.net On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:48 AM Alex Volkov via talk, <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote: Hey Everyone, You can now watch Making the case for CASE with Myles Braithwaite from our June 2018 meeting. https://youtu.be/io

[GTALUG] Making the case for CASE with Myles Braithwaite talk is on youtube

2018-06-21 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Everyone, You can now watch Making the case for CASE with Myles Braithwaite from our June 2018 meeting. https://youtu.be/iobPQqqOgrs Alex. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

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