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--- 2025lctgmeetingchats [2025.09.03 08:47] – Steve Isenberg
+++ 2025lctgmeetingchats [2025.11.13 17:59] (current) – Steve Isenberg
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 To find chats for a given day, for example January 15, 2025, search for datecode 20250115 (2025, month 01, day 15).
+====20251029====
+===Windows Backup and VMs===
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+<code>
+-11-12 10:13:37 From Judy & Mike Alexander to Everyone:
+	I noticed that the cargo plane said ”Antonov”.  Russian?
+-11-12 10:29:45 From Rich M to Everyone:
+	Want to talk about context management? That's basically the job of the ”Retrieval” step of RAG.
+-11-12 10:31:15 From David Duff to Everyone:
+	unicode now, mostly instead of basic ascii
+-11-12 10:37:53 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	Is this like a Noah’s Ark?
+-11-12 10:45:47 From Mitch Wolfe to Everyone:
+	shop.nist.gov : NOTICE: Due to a lapse in government funding, this and most NIST-affiliated websites and services will be unavailable until further notice.
+-11-12 10:47:37 From Mitch Wolfe to Everyone:
+	Could find the peanut butter SRM 2387 on the site...
+-11-12 10:55:33 From David Duff to Everyone:
+	that was interesting.  i visited NIST (then NBS) as a kid (cub scout outing), but i did not know that they had this exact service (store).
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
+====20251029====
+===Windows Backup and VMs===
+<WRAP prewrap>
+<code>
+:12:37 From David Duff to Everyone:
+	https://apple.news/ARPn4yN2MQbiQVykSM1cD4w
+	^ what killed most of napoleon's army.
+:23:44 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	You can get Black Friday deals for MAcrium Reflect Paid edition. I got four licenses last year for $25.00 ea
+:25:48 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	What Robert is confusing with the BIOS is the Bootloader. In Linux, this is GRUB, and Windows has its ownbootloader.These are backed up by any good backup program.
+:29:24 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	MBR and GPT (Legacy and UEFI/EFI Boot) have different partition structures, and place their bootloaders into different locations. So the backup program needs to be told which type of boot is used -- legacy or EFI.
+:05:31 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	Windows 11 changes in 25H2: Free article from AskWoody Newsletter:
+:07:46 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	https://www.askwoody.com/newsletter/free-edition-how-to-prevent-the-forced-use-of-your-files-in-the-cloud/#onedrive
+:16:18 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	In Office 365, it's auto-save which now on,y saves to OneDrive. You can still store versions locally, but it isn't easy. You must use “Save As” each time.
+:33:13 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	What uses or needs are there to have a VM with another OS running on your system?
+:36:33 From Adam Broun to Everyone:
+	PairVPN: had not heard of it before but the website is very light on details.  Maybe look at Wireguard as an alternative: fully open source, audited and widely trusted
+:59:00 From Drew King to Everyone:
+	can windows interfere with a lenovo laptop from charging on one of its usb ports\
+:07:29 From Drew King to Everyone:
+	https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-8/
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
+====20250910====
+===CRISPR, AI, and Patent Law===
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+<code>
+:29:09	Judy & Mike Alexander:	Re the questions raised about the patents and what the researchers knew/when:  Researchers record such things in Notebooks, which are witnessed.  The notebook entries constitute primary evidence.
+:55:40	Judy & Mike Alexander:	”mona Lisa” in watercolor is different from the original.  There are qualities in oil paint that are not reproduced in watercolor.
+:57:10	Carl Lazarus:	It's more than 70 years after the death of Leonardo, so you can't be sued for copyright infringement.
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
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 :34:41 From David Duff to Everyone:
 	the film companion (2025 - netflix) explores and dramatizes the theme of robots as personal companions/assistants.
-:35:27 From David Duff to Everyone:
+	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26584495/
-	[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26584495/]]
 :38:38 From David Duff to Everyone:
 	if you're into a techno-skeptic (aka tech-paranoid) attitude, there are multiple episodes in the black mirror series that explore related topics, also on netflix.