Impromptu LEX DO Oct 3, 2020 weekend [was LEX Horse & Bourbon DO XVI April 10-12]
May 8, 2020, 7:19 pm
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May 8, 2020, 7:27 pm
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On the last Horse & Bourbon DO, after everyone was talking about Bulleit, I took myself out there and had a great individual tour (and saw some signatures on the barrel from our group). It was so much better than the touristic bourbon places with their big tasting rooms and organized tours by appointment. A few weeks after returning home, my local wine store was featuring Bulleit as the latest cult small distillery.
May 8, 2020, 8:57 pm
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Agreed. I wonder if the distilleries are eligible.
Looking forlornly at my liquor cabinet. My favorites are shrinking: 'Forgiven' by Wild Turkey and 'Stave + Barrel' by Glenns Creek. https://glennscreekdistillery.com/
These pair magnificently with my latest shipment of Cubans.
Looking forlornly at my liquor cabinet. My favorites are shrinking: 'Forgiven' by Wild Turkey and 'Stave + Barrel' by Glenns Creek. https://glennscreekdistillery.com/
These pair magnificently with my latest shipment of Cubans.
May 9, 2020, 1:11 pm
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Feel Like Zooming?
Last night a few FT'ers from the Alaska DO gang got together on Zoom. Although the retirement of one of the organizers prompted this meeting and the attendance was limited, we all had a great time. I suggest we Zoom together for no specific reason other than to talk to old friends. We can call this the LEX Half-done DO.
May 9, 2020, 2:47 pm
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Last night a few FT'ers from the Alaska DO gang got together on Zoom. Although the retirement of one of the organizers prompted this meeting and the attendance was limited, we all had a great time. I suggest we Zoom together for no specific reason other than to talk to old friends. We can call this the LEX Half-done DO.
May 9, 2020, 2:50 pm
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I hope you are talking about cigars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GdrJQCrfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GdrJQCrfw
May 9, 2020, 3:01 pm
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May 9, 2020, 3:20 pm
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While some companies have banned it, my employer (3000+ employees) still uses it exclusively for meetings while we're all sheltering from home, and personally I'm doing 4-5 virtual happy hours plus 2-3 online chat/gaming sessions every week with it. I don't think it increases my exposure to malware, and it's pretty trivial to prevent random meeting crashing by griefers by putting a password on the meeting. But of course everyone has to evaluate things for themselves and decide what they feel comfortable with, so YMMV.
May 9, 2020, 3:32 pm
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IMO they definitely had deficiencies and privacy issues (in terms of how they used your personal info), but IMO "full of security holes and routing everything through China" is reductive and oversimplifying.
While some companies have banned it, my employer (3000+ employees) still uses it exclusively for meetings while we're all sheltering from home, and personally I'm doing 4-5 virtual happy hours plus 2-3 online chat/gaming sessions every week with it. I don't think it increases my exposure to malware, and it's pretty trivial to prevent random meeting crashing by griefers by putting a password on the meeting. But of course everyone has to evaluate things for themselves and decide what they feel comfortable with, so YMMV.
While some companies have banned it, my employer (3000+ employees) still uses it exclusively for meetings while we're all sheltering from home, and personally I'm doing 4-5 virtual happy hours plus 2-3 online chat/gaming sessions every week with it. I don't think it increases my exposure to malware, and it's pretty trivial to prevent random meeting crashing by griefers by putting a password on the meeting. But of course everyone has to evaluate things for themselves and decide what they feel comfortable with, so YMMV.
“The video conferencing provider has admitted that some non-China users had their calls routed through China.In a statement late Friday, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan admitted to mistakenly routing calls via China.
"In our urgency to come to the aid of people around the world during this unprecedented pandemic, we added server capacity and deployed it quickly — starting in China, where the outbreak began," Yuan said. "In that process, we failed to fully implement our usual geo-fencing best practices. As a result, it is possible certain meetings were allowed to connect to systems in China, where they should not have been able to connect."
So “everything” for some users.
Not too impressed with China these days.
And I think passwords are now required, no?
May 9, 2020, 4:01 pm
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I'm up for a LEX Half-done DO, lol.
I get emails from Crank & Boom for their ice cream and they ship now. Expensive, but one of these days I may break down, just for the sake of splurging. Not to mention, not spending travel dollars right now so there's that.
I get emails from Crank & Boom for their ice cream and they ship now. Expensive, but one of these days I may break down, just for the sake of splurging. Not to mention, not spending travel dollars right now so there's that.
May 9, 2020, 4:18 pm
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This is what I read last month.
“The video conferencing provider has admitted that some non-China users had their calls routed through China.In a statement late Friday, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan admitted to mistakenly routing calls via China.
"In our urgency to come to the aid of people around the world during this unprecedented pandemic, we added server capacity and deployed it quickly — starting in China, where the outbreak began," Yuan said. "In that process, we failed to fully implement our usual geo-fencing best practices. As a result, it is possible certain meetings were allowed to connect to systems in China, where they should not have been able to connect."
So “everything” for some users.
Not too impressed with China these days.
And I think passwords are now required, no?
“The video conferencing provider has admitted that some non-China users had their calls routed through China.In a statement late Friday, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan admitted to mistakenly routing calls via China.
"In our urgency to come to the aid of people around the world during this unprecedented pandemic, we added server capacity and deployed it quickly — starting in China, where the outbreak began," Yuan said. "In that process, we failed to fully implement our usual geo-fencing best practices. As a result, it is possible certain meetings were allowed to connect to systems in China, where they should not have been able to connect."
So “everything” for some users.
Not too impressed with China these days.
And I think passwords are now required, no?
Most of my meetings definitely do not have passwords, although one of them (monthly HOA meeting) does. However these were all created in March, maybe newly-created meetings require a password?
Anyway I understand the concerns and if people choose not to use it I respect that choice.
May 9, 2020, 6:20 pm
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We could try What's Ap Video teleconferencing. Ever since they had the security problem a few years ago, they upped their security and the video version is encrypted. I've used both Zoom and What's Ap and the What's Ap video seems more stabile and seems to have a sharper image.
Last edited by cocobird; May 9, 2020 at 6:26 pm
May 9, 2020, 6:41 pm
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I'm required to use zoom by my employer, although I have a separate personal account (linked to my personal email) for happy hours, etc.