Attending online talks

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Widespread lockdown seems to have increased the number of talks I can make it to. For instance, this week I listened to sessions on my employer's finances and an introduction to Emacs Lisp, next week I have an artificial intelligence symposium, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, and the following week Charles Schwab offer their occasional Navigating Today's US Market webcast so there is quite a range of topics finding its way into my calendar. Forcing remote attendance is helpful: for example, so many of the British Computer Society events occur in or near London, which is useless for me; this year I can finally attend that annual AI symposium. Having the speaker system on my desk makes for comfortable listening.