The earpieces are usually #Lidl or #Aldi.
The #Tesco people usually don't have earpieces. But they might have had some distinctive green laptop bags that might have given them away. (-:
https://twelfthmagpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Tesco-colleague-1200x675.jpg
One of the disadvantages of being a local for BSDCan is the transit in this city. I carrying photography gear each way and end up too tired at the end of the day to stay around much. Used to be one bus from a short walk from home to right in front of DesMarais. Now it's two trips and a longish walk each way.
I am considering biting the bullet and paying for some parking next year although I am in favour of transit.
One of the cool things about bsdcan.org was talking quantum physics with an attendee. Loved it. (I was a mathy physicsy student long long ago...) The intersection of physics with computing is absolutely fascinating. "Entropy is just the Universe's way of telling us to buy more disk space."
It was amusing to hear about this article!
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/37kyu1lyd7p0/
United States joins UK, Canada, Netherlands and other countries with exhibitors like Apple, Netflix, OPNsense and NetApp at BSDCan 2026 from 17-18 June at the University of Ottawa to accelerate open source technology, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and secure computing.
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-Migrating-from-VMWare.html
*whistles innocently*
In the Kirk McKusick talk extended error message I'm glad they kept in mind embedded
Michael Dexter
JdeBP
Diane Bruce
Dianora (Diane Bruce)
oxy ::openbsd:: ::freebsd:: ::runbsd:: 
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