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2024lctgmeetingchats [2024.04.03 09:17] – Steve Isenberg2024lctgmeetingchats [2024.04.24 08:57] – Steve Isenberg
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 These are a record of the chats that were passed during meetings in 2024.  They have been edited to a small extent.\\  These are a record of the chats that were passed during meetings in 2024.  They have been edited to a small extent.\\ 
 To find chats for a given day, for example January 10, 2024, search for datecode 20240110 (2024, month 01, day 10). To find chats for a given day, for example January 10, 2024, search for datecode 20240110 (2024, month 01, day 10).
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 +====20240424====
 +===Planning meeting===
 +<WRAP prewrap>
 +<code>
 +10:14:41 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + Altruism:  Private Support of Science and Education.
 +10:15:44 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + On Quantum Tech, there are a few YouTube videos from Sabine Hossenfelder on various aspects of that.
 +10:24:32 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + Shelf Life of Vaccines and Covid Tests.
 +10:25:13 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + “Push to DISTANT future."
 +10:40:28 From Bill Quinn to Everyone:
 + We have only an email address for Donald Cooke
 +10:43:08 From TedK to Everyone:
 + Thermoplastic polymers are extruded from a printer dubbed the “Factory of the Future 1.0," said Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures & Composite Center, where both of the current printers are located. It combines robotics operations with new sensors, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence, Dagher said.
 +10:54:42 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + There are probably copious predictions about AGI.
 +10:59:26 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + John R. Pierce (V.P. of Bell Labs) wrote a great book, “Signals: The Telephone and Beyond.”
 +11:09:24 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + ADT Alarms (American District Telegraph).
 +11:24:40 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + Related to aging hardware,  one can continue with older Macintosh hardware with Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP) which allows older machines to run newer versions of MacOS.
 +11:30:33 From Steve's displays to Everyone:
 + Jerry: for video work, you need Intel i7 processor, 16GB or more RAM, and a fast video processor.
 +11:35:46 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + Angels on the head of a pin was in the MIT Museum Tour video.
 +11:36:09 From Peter Albin to Everyone:
 + thx Barry,I forgot!
 +11:36:25 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + Reacted to "thx Barry,I forgot!" with 👍
 +11:40:30 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
 + Synology DiskStation and other species of NAS (Network Attached Storage).
 +11:44:28 From Larry W. to Everyone:
 + In the discussion of buying a new PC, storage is so cheap that you should just buy 1 of 2 TB. Right now you can buy 1 TB SSD for $50.
 +11:50:48 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
 + Contact us: LCTG@toku.us
 +
 +</code>
 +</WRAP>
 +[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
  
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 10:02:55 From Bob Primak to Everyone: 10:02:55 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
  That airs tonight on PBS-2.  That airs tonight on PBS-2.
-10:04:55 From Barry Kort to Everyone: 
- Reacted to "That airs tonight on..." with 👍 
 10:05:37 From Bob Primak to Everyone: 10:05:37 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
  Great American Eclipse  Great American Eclipse
  Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.  Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
- PREMIERES: 4/3/24 + PREMIERES: 4/3/24 8pm
-10:07:10 From Bob Primak to Everyone: +
- 8:00 PM +
-10:10:28 From Barry Kort to Everyone: +
- Reacted to "Great American Eclip..." with 👍+
 10:12:04 From John Rudy to Everyone: 10:12:04 From John Rudy to Everyone:
- See Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.  Chapter 6 i the eclipse+ See Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.  Chapter 6 is the eclipse
 10:19:28 From Barry Kort to Everyone: 10:19:28 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
  In the Lewis & Clark Expedition, they relied on a predicted eclipse that would occur when they were in the Montana Territory to calibrate their clock and fix their exact position on that day, thus improving the reliability of their map making along the journey.  In the Lewis & Clark Expedition, they relied on a predicted eclipse that would occur when they were in the Montana Territory to calibrate their clock and fix their exact position on that day, thus improving the reliability of their map making along the journey.
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  But the stars would come out during totality, like they do at night  But the stars would come out during totality, like they do at night
 11:19:56 From John Rudy to Everyone: 11:19:56 From John Rudy to Everyone:
- Anecdotally, I just heard there was a spike in births 9 months after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.  Might the same be true with eclpses.   Or is this bogus?  Probably+ Anecdotally, I just heard there was a spike in births 9 months after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.  Might the same be true with eclipses.   Or is this bogus?  Probably
 11:21:01 From Bob Primak to Everyone: 11:21:01 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
  A nova, not comet, will be present possibly during this eclipse.  A nova, not comet, will be present possibly during this eclipse.
2024lctgmeetingchats.txt · Last modified: 2024.07.04 07:48 by Steve Isenberg