Re: Discount at little store next to hotel front desk
On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 10:43:10AM +0530, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Just to inform you that the guy who owns the little store next to the > hotel front desk asked us to let everyone know that he is offering a 15% > discount on products in his store to conference attendees. The guy who owns the little store next to the hotel front desk cornered me in an elevator, was very invasive asking me about personal information pretending to make small chat, and gave me a very unpleasant fake-friendship forced-marketing ride. I was tempted to report him to hotel staff. I'll be most happy if I don't have to see his face ever again. Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Card Games
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 10:01:03PM +0530, Utkarsh Gupta wrote: > I plan to host card games night (unusual set of cards ;)) every night after > 11 PM, probably in my room. Worst case, we’ll have to move to hacklab if we > have more people interested. Either way, if you’re interested, show up. My > room number is a mystery. If you’re realllyy interested, I’m sure > you’ll find a way to dig it up. Give how other room-hosted events have gone in previous days, please consider that rooms are reasonably soundproofed but not against noise coming from the corridors. If you are attracting a crowd at your floor and they've been having fun, they're likely to be merrily loud on their way back to the elevator, with a high chance of waking up everyone in every room along their way. Noisy hacklab would be a way of hosting late events without risking this problem. Otherwise, while moving to/from the room please do make an effort to visualize the tired sleeping people behind each door. Enrico who has lost almost a full day of conference tring to recover from a missed night sleep -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Cheese and wine dinner
On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 03:08:44PM +0530, Abhijith PA wrote: > Cheese and wine will be held at "Ilaveezhapoonchira", the lawn > opposite to talk room "Kuthiran" on the ground floor at 07:30 > PM. Cool! As someone not used to the evening outdoors in this area: would you recommend mosquito repellent, or would that be a useless precaution? Thank you for organising all this! Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: e-Conference visa information
On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 03:09:15PM +, Stefano Rivera wrote: > I had an accommodation bursary, so I said my accommodation was organised > by DebConf. Then it asks for the details of the tour operator, and I'm really not sure what to put there > Our recommended answers are here: > https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/visas/#completing-the-econference-visa-form ...which unfortunately doesn't include this one Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
e-Conference visa information
Hello, I'm trying to fill the e-Conference visa application. At the page about conference details, there are several fields where I need your input for the right answers. I'll list here the questions, you may want to put the answers also on https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/visas/#conference-visa or mail them to attendees: * Have you booked any room in Hotel/Resort etc. through any Tour Operator? (Yes/No) What's the answer for DebConf-provided accomodation? * Name/subject of the conference * Start date * End date * Venue of conference * Address * State * District * Pincode Details of organizer of conference: * Name of organizer * Address * Phone no * Email id * Expected Port of Exit from India (is this where I start my trip home, i.e. Kochi, or is this the airport from which I take the flight that leaves India, for example DEL if my flight schedule home has a connection in Delhi?  Reference: (what are reference names?) * Reference Name in India * Address * State * District * Phone * Reference Name in $COUNTRY_OF_RESIDENCE * Address * Phone Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Vaccinations
On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 02:11:02PM +0530, Akshay S Dinesh wrote: > I'm a medical practitioner from India. [...] > https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635693/ might be a useful > reference for those who like to know the nuances to be considered. Thank you so much for your very clear and useful reply! I've updated the wiki page at https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23/Faq#Are_there_recommended_vaccinations.3F with a small extract and a link to your mail, and I hope the extract does it justice Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Vaccinations
On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 10:21:30AM -0300, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote: > > * Diphtheria, HepA, HepB, Typhoid fever, Tuberculosis, Polio, Tetanus. > >Many of these are standard coverage, or standard coverage when > >traveling > > > > * During monsoon and post-monsoon times (may to september), increased > >risks of Meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, and Malaria > > Here in Brazil we take the first shots of them during the childhood and > booster shots after 40 years. > > I'm not sure how it works in Italy. Don't you have? I would imagine that you got shots for some of those, and not for *all* of those. The standard childhood package in Italy in my generation had Diphtheria, Polio and Tetanus, and later generations may have had more comprehensive firmware updates. By personal intiative some more things from the list above over the years. I currently have no coverage for Typhoid fever and Tuberculosis, and I'm thinking that while I try to understand if they're a good idea or not for DebConf, I might as well go and get them. Meningitis and Japanese encephalitis I also do not have, and they're trickier to get, so I'd like to understand how important they are. Vaccines for malaria are still under development, and I understand malaria chemoprophylaxis is rather heavy, so I'd avoid it if it's not needed. Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Vaccinations
On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 06:25:05PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: > > What would be reasonable recommendations for a stress-free stay at the > conference and conference-organised local trips? > > Some of those are covered in https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23/Faq Ok, I edited the wiki page with the information that I have, and the result definitely needs editing. Too many things are listed that are likely not relevant for the conference, and the list as it is would only cause unneeded alarm. I neither have the local information nor the medial expertise needed to judge which of those can be taken out and in what conditions. I assume some may be relevant if one wants to explore the local street food scene, and some may be relevant if one wants to explore the countryside (what about the day trip options?). Some may be relevant for some parts of India but not Kerala, or for some parts of Kerala, but not Kochi. This is the kind of thing it pays to know early, as it may take time to arrange the right schedule of shots with one's local health care, if needed. Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Vaccinations
Hello, I'm trying to work out in due time what vaccinations I might need for better enjoyment of my time in Kochi. The official Italian travel guidelines[1] have several recommendations. Summarizing and translating: * Diphtheria, HepA, HepB, Typhoid fever, Tuberculosis, Polio, Tetanus. Many of these are standard coverage, or standard coverage when traveling * During monsoon and post-monsoon times (may to september), increased risks of Meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, and Malaria I'm having a hard time getting an appointment with someone in the local health care who can advise about specifics for my travel, and it's likely that the local team knows better anyway. What would be reasonable recommendations for a stress-free stay at the conference and conference-organised local trips? What would be extra recommendations in case one wanted to stay one extra week after the conference to get to know the area better? Thanks, Enrico [1] https://www.viaggiaresicuri.it/find-country/country/IND "Situazione sanitaria" / "Avvertenze" -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Flying out via Skopje
Hello, I'm looking for ferry alternatives for my trip back home, and I see there's a reasonably priced flight to Bologna from Skopje. Question: how hard is it to reach Skopje? Would it be a good idea to attempt traveling for there? Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Bus Durrës-Prizren - any recommendation?
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 08:27:35PM +, Martin wrote: > Between ferry (8:45) and bus (14:00) there is hopefully enough time to > see https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/307287831 > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheatre_of_Durrës) *and* have a > breakfast :-) ...which reminds me, if anyone's planning to be on the ferry tomorrow evening (leaving Bari on 2022-07-14 at 22:00), drop me an email and we can meet up :) Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Bus Durrës-Prizren - any recommendation?
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 05:54:19PM +0200, Andrej Shadura wrote: > >From what I read, the Arditi Tours bus doesn’t stop at the coach station, > >but at a special stop by a hotel at this location: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9853018358#map=15/41.3130/19.4773 > > As I’m yet to take this bus, I’ve not personally been there, this location > was given to me by Enkelena. However, checking Google StreetView reveals a > bunch of Arditi Tours buses parked at this location, so I suspect it should > be the correct one. Uh thanks! I was struggling to find the right departure place on the map given the amount of "Rrota e Kuqe" placenames in that area :) Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Train via Italy (was: Driving from France to Prizren: visa requirements)
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 06:00:13PM +, Martin wrote: > I'm not sure, if the Austrain Nightjet works in July. It is the same to > Bologna as to Roma, from Munich, NJ 295. I do not mean the Austrian NightJet, I mean EC81 or EC87 from Deutsche Bahn, which start in München and end in Bologna Centrale. I just checked and Deutsche Bahn is selling tickets on that train for July. Being a DB train you can get it with a BahnCard discount, and you can get it as part of a DB ticket from Berlin to Bologna with one change in München, with DB ReiseZentrum happy to help you out in case for some reason you can't make the connection. Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
Re: Driving from France to Prizren: visa requirements
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 07:19:30PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Seems the train from Munich to Rome does not run in July 2022, according > to notice at https://www.nightjet.com/en/ (appearing only after > selecting departure and destination). > > An option seems to be night train Munich -> Zagreb, then trains via > Belgrade and Skopje to Pristina, and finally a bus to Prizren. Other options worth looking into: * Train from Munich to Bologna (managed by Deutsche Bahn, so one can book from Germany straight to Bologna with guaranteed connections) followed by: * Train from Bologna to Bari (there are frequent direct connections) (less ferry, more train) or * Train from Bologna to Ancona, then ferry from Ancona to Durres (less train, more ferry) Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Trancing Out with DJ DPL: Music Suggestions
On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 12:33:39PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > * Tracks contained within Debian. So like parts of sound tracks from > games that are good electronic dance I *love* this idea, though I can only think of the the ri-li soundtrack because it is still occasionally earworming me even though I haven't played it in years! Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini
