Discussion about the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) and its upcoming 20th year event

Open source voice assistant software-maker Mycroft disappointed thousands when it announced Friday it will not be sending its Linux-based smart speaker to any more people who backed the product on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, we talk SCALE 20X, and of course your questions!

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01:30 Ilan & SCALE 2023

• March 9-12 @ Pasadena Convention Center
• Keynote by Arun Gupta
• What's at SCALE for you!
• Discount Code "Noah"

10:45 Tiny Asks - Office Chair recommendation

• Steve's chair hunt
• Herman Miller - Aeron / Embody
• Steelcase
• Ikea Chair
• Stealth Chair

17:30 OatWalker Asks - Non-Techie Matrix Message Decryption Description

• Ratchet Protocol
• OLM and Megolm
• Youtube Link
• Blog Post

20:50 Soft Skills - Jeremy

• Hard to imply meaning via text
• Personality is set, but can be softened
• Sprints 2x/year
• Enneagram Personality Test
• The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World (by David Sax)
• Focus in on yourself

33:15 Podcasting 2.0 - Carey

• Podcasting 2.0 is more than just boosts
• Podcasting 2.0 is being made out in the open
• Change is a process

36:55 Podcasting 2.0 - Charlie

• Someday ANS will get on board with podcasting 2.0

39:48 News Wire

• Tails 5.10

  • Tails

• Plasma 5.27 LTS

  • KDE

• Budgie 10.7

  • Budgie

• Linux 6.2

  • Phoronix

• Libre Kernel 6.2

  • LWN

• Itanium Code Removal

  • Lore Kernel

• Adour 7.3

  • Its Foss

• VaultWarden AGPL3

  • GitHub

• Havoc framework

  • It World Canada

• USB Cereal

  • CNX Software

• Gov & Memory Safe Languages

  • Info Security

42:06 Mycroft

• Mycroft sued by "patent troll"
• Supply Chain disruptions caused a $200 dollar increase in cost
• Kickstarter is not a guarantee
• "Patent troll"
  • is a laywer (no cost to sue)
  • lost 3 times
• Unofficially mycroft team
  • belieives in the mission
  • will try to keep the servers going
  • working on their own time
• The Register
• EFF
• ARS Technica

49:00 Linux Kernel 6.2

• LWN
• 9 to 5 Linux
• Tech Radar
• LKML IU EDU
• SDX Central

50:00 Section 230

• Case going through Supreme Court
• AP News
• ABC News

51:30 Michael Dominick is coming on the show!

• Send in your questions!

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