And, on a related note: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/04/why-i-use-safari-instead-of-firefox/ On 31 August 2016 at 14:08, Winston Kodogo wrote: > Yeah, but me, I prefer banging my head repeatedly against a brick wall > while chewing broken glass to using this troff thing. In this case, the > new-fangled stuff is just better, at least for normal people who just want > to get stuff done. > > On 31 August 2016 at 12:51, Skip Tavakkolian > wrote: > >> some here still prefer hammer/chisel/stone to new-fangled >> quill/ink/parchment >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:22 PM Chris McGee >> wrote: >> >>> Sure, >>> >>> I'm looking for plan9 user/enthusiast appropriate medium. Any >>> suggestions? >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Eduardo Alvarez >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Are you keeping your progess public? It would be very educational to >>> read. >>> > >>> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Chris McGee >>> wrote: >>> >> I am about a quarter of the way to a similar setup. >>> >> >>> >> My goal is to have a specialty for each of the Pi's (sensors, >>> controller, >>> >> terminal, router) without preventing them from doing general tasks. >>> I'm >>> >> hoping to eventually connect up some Pi zeros as leaf nodes for just >>> >> sensor/control and plumb through 9P via UART pins. >>> >> >>> >> Chris >>> >> >>> >> On Aug 30, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Skip Tavakkolian < >>> skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> It is straightforward and easy: >>> >> >>> >> https://plus.google.com/+SkipTavakkolian/posts/Fb846KhBMM6 >>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM Eduardo Alvarez < >>> astrochelonian@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I mostly lurk around here, as I'm greener than green when it comes to >>> >>> plan 9. At some point in time, a friend and I were discussing setting >>> >>> up a small-sized computing cluster for small scale distributed >>> >>> computations. I was keen on the idea of using inexpensive hardware >>> (we >>> >>> even joked about using a truckloads of Raspberry Pis), and plan 9 >>> >>> seemed like an excellent candidate for the infrastructure. The >>> biggest >>> >>> challenge was porting software to Plan 9. Sadly, the idea never took >>> >>> off. It would be a fun experiment. >>> >>> >>> >>> Eduardo Alvarez >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Jules Merit >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing >>> >>>> beautiful >>> >>>> code that has already been done. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Push a little button, get .hot .chocolate. >>> >>>> -- Russ Cox Cable von Shane >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Aug 30, 2016 10:03 AM, "Skip Tavakkolian" >>> >>>> >>> >>>> wrote: >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM). I'm >>> >>>>> sorry I >>> >>>>> missed that meetup. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seattle >>> area. >>> >>>>> There seems to be renewed interest (or perhaps it's my wishful >>> >>>>> thinking). >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:27 AM michaelian ennis >>> >>>>> wrote: >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian >>> >>>>>> wrote: >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> as a 9fan, I can say, not dead yet. In fact the population of >>> 9fans >>> >>>>>>> in >>> >>>>>>> my neighborhood has doubled. >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> And for the county it has at least tripled. I heard at least one >>> >>>>>> other >>> >>>>>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week. :) >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Ian >>> > >>> >>> >>> >