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     * Setup at the Clive Davis Gallery:
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       * Andrés and Omar disassembled the cart system from ITP (in Downtown Brooklyn) and brought it all back to the studio in East Williamsburg:
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 ==== Small system improvements ====
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     * Slightly updated the [[guides:gpu|GPU guide]] to reflect this
   * [[https://mmm.s-ol.nu|s-ol bekic]] added support for [[https://git.s-ol.nu/forks/folk/-/tree/printer-config/|paginating long programs]] so they print on multiple pages! (as well as A4 support) [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk/issues/58|we've wanted this for a while]]
+  * s-ol made a lot of [[https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk-live-build/pull/4|improvements to the live USB setup.folk config file]], so you can set hostname and configure a printer
+    * Omar added persistence of calibration and printed programs, and fixed file permissions for git pull, so the live USB is totally usable as a long-term system now!
   * Omar did a cleanup of the repo, removing the pi/ and play/ folder (preparing for opening the repo more to the public)
     * Inlined hardware interface code into the virtual-programs -- should make it much easier to read since all GPU stuff is in one file, all AprilTag stuff is in one file, all camera stuff is in one file, etc
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 It was in decent shape in December, so work on 3D calibration this month has involved a lot of small/polish tasks:
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     * Replaces global mutex-protected priority queue; should be faster and better at natural load balancing across CPUs/threads, also lets us lock things to threads more cleanly
     * Also [[http://15418.courses.cs.cmu.edu/spring2017/lecture/progperf1/slide_019|these slides about how to deal with dependencies, scheduling in general]]
+  * Added trace page (like the log we have in mainline Folk) for debugging specific leak or elision issues (why is this statement still around? why didn't this statement go through?)
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 In terms of functionality, it's surprisingly almost caught up to mainline Folk -- the real issues are around performance and correctness :-)
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     * A lot of playing around with Folk programs / talking to [[https://lord.io|Robert]] about reactivity and spreadsheets and text editing. Andrés put a program on their hat, allowing them to look at things on the table and label them "Hello".
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-  * [[https://mmm.s-ol.nu/|s-ol]] set up a new Folk system in Milan, bringing the total to 22 systems:
+  * [[https://mmm.s-ol.nu/|s-ol]] [[https://merveilles.town/@s_ol/112461205136786159|set up a new Folk system]] at his lab in Milan:
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   * [[https://www.forresto.com|Forrest O.]] has been organizing their Folk table -- it's looking really nice:
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   * We want to do a larger event as 3D calibration and/or the new evaluator and/or a new program count milestone come in. Watch this space
   * Merge 3D calibration into main and start porting decorations/apps to use it natively
-  * More work on the parallel evaluator...
+  * Performance and correctness push on the parallel evaluator...
-  * More work on RFID
+  * Try to get RFID caught up
   * Do another projector gadget iteration
-  * Open up the repo?
+  * CNC + 3D calibration?
+  * Open up the repo? Docs for that?
+  * s-ol working on international keyboard support; need to review and merge
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