[kwlug-disc] pandemic lockdown

[Jason Eckert]

Ditto here. That way I can say that "I'm Slacking off on March Break" ;-)

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 11:26 AM Jeff Smith <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I’ve always wanted to investigate Slack... this might be my chance..
> please get me hooked up to the local tech group , please and thank you!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 14, 2020, at 09:30, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > I understand that many of us are enthusiastic about discussing these
> > issues. I understand that in addition to being free software people we
> > are also nerdy people who associate socially, and are not interested
> > in strictly free-software topics. So I have been trying to think of
> > ways to support the community while permitting those us with anxiety
> > issues to have one list where we don't have to freak out.
> >
> > - If you are into Slack, there is a secret KWTechs group where all the
> >  cool tech people hang out. They are having a grand old time freaking
> >  each other out on their #covid19 channel.
> >
> >  Despite being a loser I have infiltrated the group, and can ask for
> >  invites if you would like to join. The criteria is that you have to
> >  be local (I am guessing that means Waterloo Region), you have to be
> >  involved with tech in some way (being in KWLUG probably counts) and
> >  you need to send me your email.
> >
> >
> > - If there is sufficient demand I can create another KWLUG mailing
> >  list (kwlug-social?). Then if you want to talk about coronaviruses
> >  or socialism you can do so there. I am not thrilled about splitting
> >  the community up in this way (where will I ask my stupid offtopic
> >  questions about ISA video cards) but I am open to doing this, if
> >  only temporarily.
> >
> > - Somebody else could offer a group that those who are interested
> >  could join.
> >
> >
> > If you have other ideas then I am open to them.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 09:57:12PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
> wrote:
> >>
> >> May I request that we NOT do the play-by-play on this list?
> >> We can go literally anywhere else on the Internet and have our
> >> anxieties provoked.
> >>
> >> - Paul
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 09:38:00PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:50 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 1:18 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> No graphs, but I extracted the following number over the days
> (worldwide
> >>>>> total)
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Actually there is a graph, bottom right.
> >>>> Look at the yellow graph, which is cases outside China.
> >>>> Really picking up exponentially.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> That yellow graph ticked up considerably over 24 hours, exponentially.
> >>>
> >>> And are my snapshots from it:
> >>>
> >>> 2020-03-12 21:45 *128,343* cases, 4,720 deaths
> >>> 2020-03-13 12:45 137,387 cases, 5,088 deaths
> >>> 2020-03-13 19:30 142,557 cases, 5,359 deaths
> >>> 2020-03-13 20:45 144,833 cases, 5,398 deaths
> >>> 2020-03-13 21:30 *145,003* cases, 5,401 deaths
> >>>
> >>> That is total for the whole world.
> >>> --
> >>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> >>
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