<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">I agree. The dramatic increase of puns recently is somewhat troubling. Some even say it may escalate into a pundemic....</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Samsung device running Android (basically Linux in drag)</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jeff Smith <crankyoldbugger@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 2020-03-14 11:44 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] pandemic lockdown </div><div><br></div></div>I’m going to put in a filter against these Jason puns... they’re getting worse.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 14, 2020, at 11:31, Jason Eckert <jason.eckert@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ditto here. That way I can say that "I'm Slacking off on March Break" ;-)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 11:26 AM Jeff Smith <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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!<br>
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> On Mar 14, 2020, at 09:30, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I understand that many of us are enthusiastic about discussing these<br>
> issues. I understand that in addition to being free software people we<br>
> are also nerdy people who associate socially, and are not interested<br>
> in strictly free-software topics. So I have been trying to think of <br>
> ways to support the community while permitting those us with anxiety<br>
> issues to have one list where we don't have to freak out.<br>
> <br>
> - If you are into Slack, there is a secret KWTechs group where all the<br>
> cool tech people hang out. They are having a grand old time freaking<br>
> each other out on their #covid19 channel. <br>
> <br>
> Despite being a loser I have infiltrated the group, and can ask for<br>
> invites if you would like to join. The criteria is that you have to<br>
> be local (I am guessing that means Waterloo Region), you have to be<br>
> involved with tech in some way (being in KWLUG probably counts) and<br>
> you need to send me your email. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> - If there is sufficient demand I can create another KWLUG mailing<br>
> list (kwlug-social?). Then if you want to talk about coronaviruses<br>
> or socialism you can do so there. I am not thrilled about splitting<br>
> the community up in this way (where will I ask my stupid offtopic<br>
> questions about ISA video cards) but I am open to doing this, if<br>
> only temporarily.<br>
> <br>
> - Somebody else could offer a group that those who are interested<br>
> could join. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> If you have other ideas then I am open to them. <br>
> <br>
> - Paul<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 09:57:12PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> May I request that we NOT do the play-by-play on this list? <br>
>> We can go literally anywhere else on the Internet and have our<br>
>> anxieties provoked.<br>
>> <br>
>> - Paul<br>
>> <br>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 09:38:00PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:50 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 1:18 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>>> No graphs, but I extracted the following number over the days (worldwide<br>
>>>>> total)<br>
>>>>> <br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Actually there is a graph, bottom right.<br>
>>>> Look at the yellow graph, which is cases outside China.<br>
>>>> Really picking up exponentially.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> That yellow graph ticked up considerably over 24 hours, exponentially.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> And are my snapshots from it:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> 2020-03-12 21:45 *128,343* cases, 4,720 deaths<br>
>>> 2020-03-13 12:45 137,387 cases, 5,088 deaths<br>
>>> 2020-03-13 19:30 142,557 cases, 5,359 deaths<br>
>>> 2020-03-13 20:45 144,833 cases, 5,398 deaths<br>
>>> 2020-03-13 21:30 *145,003* cases, 5,401 deaths<br>
>>> <br>
>>> That is total for the whole world.<br>
>>> -- <br>
>>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br>
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