[12:50] <thafreak> drkokandy: ugh...i neglected to check back here! I was there for a while too
[12:50] <thafreak> I had to leave by 9:30, barely made it home before midnight...
[12:57] <dzho> drkokandy: yeah, sorry for missing the opportunity to meet
[12:58] <dzho> I think we were all expecting the raffle draw to run sooner and more visibly so there was a sense of waiting around for just one more minute
[12:59] <dzho> which sort of dragged out into the 90 minutes thafreak is talking about, which we managed to fill with discussion of various sorts but pushed out thoughts like "hmm, we should maybe check IRC"
[12:59] <dzho> and by "we ... all" I mean me, mostly, and that I got that sense from thafreak 
[15:00] <drkokandy> yeah I had no idea what they were doing with that so just found some folks to chat with
[15:01]  * dzho nods
[15:01] <dzho> drkokandy: anything particularly interesting to you that cropped up in those discussions?
[15:01] <drkokandy> it would have been nice to meet up, it's too bad we weren't able to do that. for next year we should do like a meetup
[15:01] <drkokandy> hmm
[15:01]  * dzho hasn't been able to make it every year
[15:01] <dzho> but yeah
[15:02] <drkokandy> we were just chatting about interesting sessions, what people are involved in, etc
[15:03]  * dzho nods
[15:04] <drkokandy> what about you guys?
[15:05] <dzho> the most intense thing was meeting a guy who I think I've met at a previous OLF who is super into ham stuff, so we sort of subjected thafreak to various aspects of that.
[15:05] <drkokandy> oh gotcha XD
[15:06] <dzho> there is clearly overlap with free software interests there so it was fair game, but like I say, it can get really intense so at one point I sort of started feeling bad for thafreak and was feeling it a little on my own behalf.
[15:06] <drkokandy> yeah Ham is very specialized
[15:08] <dzho> it tends to overlap in a couple of areas, including: digital transmission modes, packet networks, Internet backhaul to connect repeater networks, disaster recovery and monitoring, firmware, and the various programs that work through, control, configure, or otherwise manage data going into and out of radios ....
[15:12] <drkokandy> yeah but even knowing that I imagine most of the conversation would have gone over my head too :)
[15:14] <thafreak> Yes, apparently I need to be a ham before next year
[15:15] <thafreak> Yeah, it was mostly over my head too...
[15:16] <thafreak> But I do still remember compiling kernels in college, and digging through all the available modules and reading their help info
[15:16] <thafreak> And remember looking through all the ham radio ones
[15:16] <thafreak> So at least I was well aware of the ability to transmit data via ham :)
[15:17] <drkokandy> we had a presentation on something like that at the Akron LUG once
[15:18] <thafreak> Next year, I will try and wear a big sign or something...so people who were supposed to meet me will at least be able to see me from across the room
[15:18] <thafreak> drkokandy: you're in Akron?
[15:18] <drkokandy> i'm like an hour outside Akron
[15:18] <drkokandy> closer to where Unit193 is
[15:19] <drkokandy> but when I used to have Thursdays free I tried to make it over for ALUG
[15:19] <thafreak> Ah, still...if you've gone to ALUG...
[15:19] <thafreak> I've gone to a few...
[15:19] <drkokandy> oh so maybe I saw you and didn't realize lol
[15:20] <thafreak> it's possible...I haven't been to one since the BASH maintainer came to speak though
[15:20] <drkokandy> i haven't had Thursdays free for like a year though, so I haven't been in awhile
[15:22] <thafreak> Yeah, I didn't either...but then they were free again, but I typically just don't feel super social on weeknights
[15:23] <thafreak> And the meetup site never has any details about the meetings...so unless it's something special (like when the bash maintainer came) I don't have any context to get me interested enough to overcome my laziness
[15:23] <thafreak> But now I'm back  to being busy Thursdays lol...
[15:25] <drkokandy> yeah I can relate to that
[15:25] <drkokandy> it seems like they have been adding the subject like the day of the meeting
[15:25] <drkokandy> this one looks like it was probably a good talk https://www.meetup.com/Akron-Linux-Users-Group/events/239894490/
[15:26] <jenni> [ Formal ALUG Meeting - Akron Linux Users Group (Akron, OH) | Meetup ] - https://bit.ly/2ykAaAo
[15:42] <thafreak> Oh yeah,I kind of wanted to go to that one
[15:42] <thafreak> Oh, haha, looks like i even RSVP'd
[15:43] <thafreak> But I didn't actually make it
[16:17] <dzho> oh, they're organizing ALUG via meetup.com?
[16:18] <dzho> maybe this has come up before, here, and maybe I've linked it already here, but just in case not: ftp://linuxmafia.com/kb/Essays/meetup.html
[16:18] <dzho> lol ftp
[16:18] <dzho> http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Essays/meetup.html
[16:18] <jenni> [ Meetup: The Good, the Bad, and the Policy ] - https://bit.ly/2yj7PKZ
[16:33] <thafreak> I don't think I've seen a linuxmafia page since I used to visit the site often to look up info on the "fake raid" stuff...
[16:33] <thafreak> I think that was the site that had all that info at least
[16:34] <thafreak> like linux 2.4 era
[17:01] <drkokandy> I mean, he's right about the meetup stuff but it's easier to keep track of than poorly formatted mailing list emails, so I kind of get why some LUG groups use Meetup
[17:02] <drkokandy> I mean like here's the Canton group's official website: http://www.cantonlinux.org/
[17:02] <jenni> [ Canton Linux Enthusiasts | Free and Open Source Software users in northeastern Ohio ] - http://www.cantonlinux.org
[17:03] <drkokandy> so you'd think they died off in February, but no, they are going strong
[17:03] <drkokandy> it's just all in the mailing lists and meetups :-/
[17:04] <drkokandy> https://www.meetup.com/Canton-Linux-Enthusiasts/
[17:04] <jenni> [ Canton GNU/Linux Enthusiasts (Canton, OH) | Meetup ] - https://bit.ly/2fE7pU1