[kwlug-disc] GNU Parallel presentation... with homework!

[Chris Frey]

I should be able to commit to those things too.  I believe I've
already watched the videos, but I could do with a refresh. :-)

- Chris


On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 01:11:04PM -0500, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> We have (tentative?) confirmation from Ole Tange the GNU Parallel
> developer to present in February. 
> 
> We did not get anywhere as far as we wanted in Andrew's tutorial,
> which was not Andrew's fault. So we want to make sure that at least a
> subset of our audience is familiar with the GNU Parallel basics. 
> 
> My goal is to have at least five (and preferably 10) people who are
> willing to commit to being prepared for the presentation. I
> arbitrarily define this to mean:
> 
> - Watching the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaiGYxkSuQ&list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1
> - Trying at least three invocations of GNU parallel on their own
>   computers
> - Will attend the February meeting either virtually or in-person.
> 
> If you are willing to commit to this (and will keep that commitment)
> please let me know either on the list or offline.
> 
> The goal here is to increase the likelihood that Ole will have an
> informed audience for his talk so that he will feel the experience was
> worthwhile for him. I want all of our presenters to have worthwhile
> experiences, but (a) Ole has requested that we be prepared, and (b) he
> will be presenting to us from many timezones away, so it is a big ask
> for him to speak.
> 
> - Paul
> 
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 05:13:13PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> > Holidays are somewhat over, time to start sending emails again. :)
> > 
> > First thanks Chris for reaching out to the author. Bring developers of
> > projects to our region, whether virtually or in-person, is awesome!
> > 
> > FYI I am scheduled to do a Parallel per-presentation on 2023-01-08
> > * https://kwlug.org/node/1360
> > * https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_tutorial.html
> > 
> > Hopefully this will get enough of us up to speed on parallel, to get the
> > most out of a more technical presentation.
> > 
> > I will mostly go through the tutorial, and review anything that I had a hard
> > time with. I have also not used parallels before, so this will also be a
> > relatively fresh eyed walk through.
> > 
> > If nothing else, this will be a scheduled time to do the tutorial while you
> > listen to me! :)
> > 
> > 
> > All the best and Happy New Year,
> > 
> > Andrew
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 2023-12-17 13:57, Chris Frey wrote:
> > > If you use Debian or a derivative, GNU parallel comes already packaged:
> > > 
> > > 	apt-get install parallel
> > > 
> > > - Chris
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 05:18:52PM +0000, Mikalai Birukou wrote:
> > > > Looking at the video. Install in video does "wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/...
> > > > ". Is there an sftp access point, and/or may be hashes to check,
> > > > delivered via channel that protects from "rust in pipes"?
> > > > 
> > > > Not a nitpick. Not a nitpick.
> > > > 
> > > > On 2023-12-12 14:33, Chris Frey wrote:
> > > > > So I've been in contact with the author of the command line tool
> > > > > GNU Parallel, to give a remote presentation about it to KWLUG.
> > > > > 
> > > > > He has responded that he is available in Jan, but he would like
> > > > > to give an advanced presentation, which assumes that everyone
> > > > > has already watched the following videos, and played with the tool
> > > > > a bit first, and tried the examples:
> > > > > 
> > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaiGYxkSuQ&list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is a slight departure from our usual style, but I think it's
> > > > > worth it to get an advanced presentation from the author of the tool
> > > > > directly.
> > > > > 
> > > > > But before committing, what does the community say?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > - Chris
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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