Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 2025-08-04


The meeting was called to order at 19:30 by rgabriel.

In attendance were

        Student keyholders: rgabriel

        Associate keyholders: scj643

        Members: guoj1112, Kshitij

        Guests: '()

Administrivia:

        innaavo: This week's financial fun fact is that we got almost $2000 in donations last funding cycle. Thank you to our donors!
        
        scj643, rgabriel: Nice!
        
Project Reports:

        guoj1112: ARK continues. I worked this afternoon on perfecting some of the CSS and I will submit that soon, and also nmorgan recently submitted a huge monster PR that has ~46 files, although some of this is files that are not supposed to be committed. That will be another priority for the week.
        
        [discussion on where scripts are hosted.]
        
Other:

        Kshitij: What's the difference between other and other other?
        
        scj643: Other is vaguely SIPB-related. Other other is not.
        
        Kshitij: Do you have glasses?
        
        scj643: We have cups in the drawer.
        
        Kshitij: There's this *points at SIPB mug*
        
        rgabriel: There are SOLO cups in one of the cabinets.
        
Other Other:

        rgabriel: This weekend is tax-free weekend in MA. Pay no sales tax!
        
        scj643: Up to a certain amount.
        
        rgabriel: Up to certain conditions, check https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-sales-tax-holiday-frequently-asked-questions
        
        scj643: Proton's TOTP app would leak your key secrets in the support logs.
        
        guoj1112: That's distressing.
        
        scj643: Also internet censorship is happening and is happening quickly.
        
        guoj1112: In the UK
        
        scj643: In the US as well. YouTube is requiring age verification with AI, or a credit card.
        
        [related conversation]
        
        scj643: Also, Steam censorship?
        
        Kshitij: I think it was actually Valve and not the payment processor. They put out a statement.
        
        scj643: Well, they said they have to abide by their payment processor's term.
        
        guoj1112: The fall semester than you think. And node 25 is sooner than you think.
        
        scj643: Also, next version of [insert Apple product] OS is sooner than you think.
        
        Kshitij: So they are going to make it look worse?
        
        scj643: I have the beta. Some of the visuals are improving.
        
        Kshitij: Thoughts on Alpine as a daily driver?
        
        scj643: [Probably not.] I personally use Fedora.
        
        Kshitij: There are a lot of editions.
        
        scj643: Yeah, spins.
        
        Kshitij: I ended up using Arch.
        
        rgabriel: East Campus (the dorm) is sooner than you think. Some people are already moving to it after 2 years of construction.

The meeting was adjourned at 19:48.

        Minutes taken and by rgabriel and innaavo submitted by rgabriel.