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* Thomas recommends [https://www.thecyberwire.com/ The CyberWire] | * Thomas recommends [https://www.thecyberwire.com/ The CyberWire] | ||
* Roland mentioned [https://rolandturner.com/2019/09/02/9V1RS_Testing_on_2019-09-01_and_next_steps this] but we didn't get the opportunity to discuss (presumably as an example of [https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/ this]) | * Roland mentioned [https://rolandturner.com/2019/09/02/9V1RS_Testing_on_2019-09-01_and_next_steps this] but we didn't get the opportunity to discuss (presumably as an example of [https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/ this]) |
Revision as of 21:33, 3 December 2020
This is the ProgClub news for the year 2020. Latest news goes on top.
2020-12-03
ProgClub virtual Christmas party
Thanks to everyone who attended the virtual Christmas drinks this evening, lovely to see you all! Some details:
Link:
https://meet.jit.si/ProgClub2020
Advertised start time:
7:30pm
Official end time:
10pm
In attendance:
- Thomas
- Raz
- CK & Alex
- Bozic
- John
Discussion points:
- Who uses IRC? Where do you hang out?
- What operating system on your primary workstation?
- What software do you spend your day in?
- CK asks: What is docker and why do I care?
- Have you programmed anything this year? What languages?
- How to implement a pessimistic lock with a relational database? (Consensus: use a timeout based system)
- Do you still have an RSS aggregator?
- Which news websites do you read?
- Have you used powershell?
- How do you do backups?
- What search engine do you use?
Notes:
- John mentioned Bogans (Royals)
- CK recommends the search engine: https://ecosia.org/
- CK recommends the M1 Mac
- Thomas referred us to Shor's algorithm
- Thomas recommends The CyberWire
- Roland mentioned this but we didn't get the opportunity to discuss (presumably as an example of this)
2020-08-04
No birthday party this year
Due mostly to the COVID-19 situation ProgClub will not be celebrating its birthday this year. Hopefully we can see everyone at the Christmas Party.
2020-03-03
Policy updates
The copyright policy has been updated, particularly to more clearly cover contributions from non-members.
2020-02-29
Let's go 2020!
Can you believe it's the year 2020!? We're totally living in the future now baby!
There has been a little activity at the club lately. We've release v1.0 of our new project administration software svnman. And we're just getting ready to migrate John's bugslist program from his personal project to ProgClub.