On Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 at 6:25 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote:
> Who: PLUG > What: Short topics and general discussion > Where: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-5304, Room 86-01 > When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 7 PM > Why: The pursuit of technology freedom > > Our planned speaker has become unexpectedly ill and won't be able to > make it. Further, our streaming person is also sick and won't be able to > make it. But, to maintain momentum, we'll meet ANYWAY, not be be > thwarted by unaccountable pathogens. Bring your thoughts/subjects and > we'll talk about them. One potential subject is the recent fad of Age > Verification laws and whether they are just a ruse for surveillance > capitalism and the End of Anonymity. Should be fun, see you there! > > Doors open at about 6:30. > > Enter through the Engineering Building. Late arrivals should SMS or call > the number on the sign on the outside door. Someone, probably me, will > run up to let you in. > > > -- > Russell Senior > PLUG Volunteer > [email protected] > Well my OS doesn't implement the API for age verification so you'll probably get an error when I try to walk in the door. As a non-political topic - I've been doing a lot of web development using the Dlang. If anyone wants to see how that works I can show a demo web app written in D and the vibe.d framework. -Ben
