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Re: Another Meeting?
by Jonathan Godbout 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

I personally cannot use Jitsi, it's not working on my chromebook... So, Alex, want to try to troubleshoot Hangouts? On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 2:47 PM Arthur Smyles <atsmyles(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Last time I used it, it installed a web server that was always on. I will > never use that malware again! > > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security… > > Arthur > On 10/20/20 2:38 PM, Jonathan Godbout wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, what is the risk of Zoom? > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 2:38 PM Jeff Read <bitwize(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ah. Then I will not be attending. The risk is too great, sorry. >> >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 2:27 PM Alex Plotnick <shrike(a)netaxs.com> wrote: >> >>> At Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:19:38 -0600, Jeff Read said: >>> >>> > Have we decided on a way to meet? >>> >>> As Jonathan said, we had, but I would like (with apologies) to propose >>> a last-minute change to Zoom, since I can not get screen sharing to work >>> with Google Meet, and my whole talk is based around an interactive demo. >>> Proposed info below. >>> >>> Topic: Boston Lisp Meeting >>> Time: Oct 20, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) >>> >>> Join Zoom Meeting >>> >>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88352005095?pwd=ci93c3pTbG1xdkFKYlJ1V05kZlFhdz09 >>> >>> Meeting ID: 883 5200 5095 >>> Passcode: 821935 >>> One tap mobile >>> +13462487799,,88352005095# US (Houston) >>> +14086380968,,88352005095# US (San Jose) >>> >>> Dial by your location >>> +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) >>> +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) >>> +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) >>> +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) >>> +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) >>> +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) >>> +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) >>> Meeting ID: 883 5200 5095 >>> Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpeOkLBmH >>> >>> >

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Another Meeting?
by Jonathan Godbout 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

Holy cow I've been busy! Are people interested in having a meeting? Can anyone give a talk? I'd much rather have a talk to start things off. I'd be willing to give a lightning talk about cl-protobufs. We can use Zoom instead of hangouts if people are more comfortable with it that, though I have no experience with it.

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Re: Another Meeting?
by Jonathan Godbout 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

I updated boston-lisp: https://common-lisp.net/project/boston-lisp/ On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 2:58 PM Arthur Smyles <atsmyles(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Thank you for the introduction Rahul! > > Besides the meetup page, we are on YouTube @ > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv33UlfX5S4PKxozGwUY_pA > > We will be posting to YouTube bi-weekly: A new talk on the second Tuesday > of the month, and a previous talk on the second Tuesday after. > > and you can find the rest of our sites here: http://lisp.nyc/connect > > If anybody from your group would like to give a past talk that the NYC > Lisp community has missed, I'd be happy to host it. > > Arthur > arthur(a)lispnyc.org > > On 10/12/20 12:50 PM, Rahul Jain wrote: > > (Adding Arthur Smyles to the thread since he is the current organizer of > LispNYC.) > > For whatever it's worth, we are using Jitsi for LispNYC, both > presentations and social hang-outs. The presentations are also being > simulcast to YouTube. (If you'd like to drop by our talk tomorrow, the > details are at https://www.meetup.com/LispNYC/events/270506803/ > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.meetup.com/LispNYC/events/27050680…>) > > > It might also be worth considering combining the groups (or separating on > a different axis other than geographical while we are all interacting > virtually). Might also be worth having an ongoing US-East virtual Lisp > group that meets every couple months post-pandemic. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 7:30 PM Alex Plotnick <shrike(a)netaxs.com> wrote: > >> At Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:04:37 -0600, Jonathan Godbout said: >> >> > Are people interested in having a meeting? >> >> Yes, definitely! >> >> > Can anyone give a talk? >> >> I can, though it wouldn't strictly be about Lisp. My employer (osohq.com) >> has been developing a logic programming language (i.e., a Prolog dialect) >> focused on authorization problems, and I think both the language and its >> implementation might be of interest. We've written an embeddable >> interpreter >> in Rust that communicates via FFI to a host or application language >> such as (currently) Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Java, or Rust. It has >> some features inspired by Common Lisp (e.g., multiple dispatch), >> but mostly it's a logic language with unification & backtracking. >> Its distinguishing feature is its ability to write rules over objects >> and types from the host language; e.g., whatever models an application >> uses natively. We think this is useful in certain complex authorization >> contexts, and perhaps more broadly. >> >> I would in particular love to get feedback from a Lisp crowd on the >> language design, syntax, etc. We tried to give it an updated feel, >> but still be recognizably Prolog, and just a little Lispy. Lisp >> folks tend to have pretty high standards and strong opinions on >> all kinds of languages, so it'd be great to hear what people think. >> >> > I'd be willing to give a lightning talk about cl-protobufs. >> >> +1 >> >> > We can use Zoom instead of hangouts... >> >> +1 from me on reliability and ease of use, though I totally understand >> issues people may have with it. Jitsi's probably fine, though I have >> not ever used it. >> >> -- Alex >> >> >> >

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