On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 06:25:43AM -0700, Gary wrote:
AFAIK the next meeting is at the same Bel Air we have been using.
This is correct! "Mob coding" according to Tim. I think we need to put a concrete outline on it with specific problems and solutions.
I'm still playing around with morse code and maybe I'll look into trying out a chorded keyboard or maybe a keyer.
Do you have a ham radio?
The svg webpage was pretty cool. Although I think Sen was being a little deceptive when he said it didn't use any javascript. There was certainly a lot of other code. I was looking at it upside down. It will be nice when we can all see things like that right side up at Bel Air.
It did not have Javascript
We did have a fairly private location at Kupros and my happy hour grilled cheese sandwich and macaroni salad was really good.
I had the macaroni and cheese. It was pretty good. This time, my beer was a little lower alcohol!
The brief discussion of Sputnik and germanium semiconductors really took me back. I worked in semiconductor fabraication on silicon for about 15 years. I studied it in school. I hadn't thought about the alternative materials for quite some time. Sacramento may still have a small GaAs fab. I haven't looked for awhile.
SolidIGM is in Rancho
I had some questions about AI and everyone seemed familiar with a book on the subject and someone called it the "bible". Could someone remind me of the author and title. I'd like to pursue reading it.
Peter Norvig. "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach"
Thanks Brian for hosting.
YOu are welcome!