<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa885b3c0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have another activity this Saturday.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Meanwhile, my parsley has a lot of ripe seeds. If you like, I can arrange to bring some another time.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This is an Italian flat leave variety that has self-seeded for many years. </div><div><br></div>
</div><div id="ydp95176da6yahoo_quoted_9778413367" class="ydp95176da6yahoo_quoted">
<div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
<div>
On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 11:12:09 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I apologise for being late last month, getting to Jitsi Meet:<br>For the record, I joined at 9pm. Will do better.<br><br><br>We're on again for CABAL in Family Moen's nice and very spacious backyard<br>with home cooking -- despite the Delta variant -- and the only new change<br>is, re: vaccination proof, have altered "Assume I may check" to <br>"I will check."<br><br>And I will check.<br><br>For August, I'm doing a perennial favourite: homemade from scratch <br>pizza. Also traditional garlic bread with homemade sourdough, and we'll<br>see what else. Good things.<br><br><br><br>Rick & Deirdre's house<br>1105 Altschul Ave. @ Gordon Ave.<br>W. Menlo Park<br>(lost? call me: 650-283-7902)<br><br><br>You must:<br><br>o Be COVID-19 vaccinated, plus enough time for ramped-up immunity.<br>o Feel safe to be here, in company.<br>o Attend at your own risk.<br><br>Bring your CDC card: I will check.<br><br><br>_or_ attend online, on Jitsi Meet: <br><a href="http://meet.jit.si/CABAL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://meet.jit.si/CABAL</a><br><br>To attend remotely, you'll need:<br><br><br>o Computer w/supported Web browser. Jitsi Meet's supported list is at<br> <a href="https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers</a><br><br> mic w/ speakers/headphones. Headphones/earbuds<br> are recommended because they avert audio feeback loops.<br><br>o or a specialised Jitsi Meet client program:<br><br> o Jitsi Meet Client (28MB APK) for Android 5.0+, via F-Droid:<br> <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/</a><br><br> o Jitsi Meet Client for Android, via Google Play Store<br> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet</a><br><br> o Jitsi Meet Client for iOS, via Apple iTunes Store<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905</a><br><br> o Jitsi Meet Electron desktop client (86MB binary: Linux x86_64, MacOS,<br> MS-Windows), <a href="https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases</a><br> (Recommendation for headphones/earbuds still applies.)<br><br><br><br><br>DELTA BULLETIN:<br><br>Yes, we do follow pandemic news. A recent tool that should be of<br>interest: microCOVID Project, <a href="https://www.microcovid.org/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.microcovid.org/ </a><br><br>One microCOVID is a bespoke unit denoting one-in-a-million chance of<br>getting COVID-19 (meaning, infection, which does not necessarily mean<br>being ill). The tool permits, using data for one's county, calculating<br>the incremental risk for particular sorts of activity -- and also uses<br>the concept of "risk budget", the cumulative level of COVID risk each<br>person decides is acceptable to run in life. You tell it the sort of<br>scenario, e.g., for CABAL, I tried:<br><br>Scenario: Outdoor hangout with multiple people<br>My vax: Double dose Moderna<br>Nearby people usually within 5 metres: 6<br>How close are those nearby people, on average: normal socialising<br>Duration: 180 mins<br>Other people vaxed? Yes<br>Their risk profile: Has 1 close contact whose risk profile I don't know.<br>Environment: outdoor<br>Masks: none<br>Talking volume: normal<br><br>Result: moderate risk, 20% of my weekly risk budget (assuming I have a<br>standard caution budget permitting 1% chance of COVID illness per year,<br>working out to 200 microCOVIDs per week. Risk for this events: ~40<br>microCOVIDs.<br><br>And, speaking for my family, we're totally fine with that.<br><br>I think the tool's a brilliant way to get your mind straight. It shows<br>you the math, the assumptions, and the data modeling.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br></div>
</div>
</div></body></html>