Timeline for Impact of politics on the availability of video conference software for mathematics online conferences
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| Jul 27, 2020 at 0:02 | comment | added | David Roberts Mod | I should note that in our teaching this past semester, we had to supply two copies of zoom links for students: one for the majority, and a special one for students in China. If conference organisers only give a zoom.us url including a hashed password, then I believe this won't work in China (and one cannot join manually using the meeting ID because the plaintext password is lacking). | |
| Jul 26, 2020 at 9:34 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | I wonder whether this question would be received better if the most common software used for mathematics online conferences worldwide would be unavailable in the US due to sanctions by the EU, China and Russia in response to President Trumps' withdrawal of the Paris agreement, his breach of the Iran nuclear deal, his decision to quit the WHO, and so on. | |
| Jul 26, 2020 at 9:20 | history | edited | Stefan KohlMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Made the title somewhat better match the contents.
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| Jul 24, 2020 at 7:01 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | Indeed. And on that journey, perhaps new questions will come to you. Gerhard "Answers Aren't Everything You Know" Paseman, 2020.07.24. | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 6:58 | comment | added | David Roberts Mod | @GerhardPaseman "Scientific exchange and interaction does not have to be video based; there may be alternatives that do not require a realtime protocol" sure. I'll write a letter that goes by ship half way around the world to arrive weeks or months after the seminar that everyone else in the north-west of the world watched live and had their questions answered. /s | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 6:57 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | I'm suggesting that you rethink about what the current needs really are. Gerhard "See Constraints In Different Lighting" Paseman, 2020.07.23. | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 6:46 | comment | added | S. Carnahan Mod | @GerhardPaseman Are you suggesting, with your middle name, that there were research environments that could be found 300 years ago that would be a reasonable fit for our current needs? | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 6:34 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 24, 2020 at 5:21 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | This would be more appropriate for Academia stackexchange, as the issues you have raised pertain to a variety of fields of science. Also, the main thrust of your post is an objection to the "nonuniversality" of Zoom, and does not ask a proper question. I recommend asking a question related to the title of your post. Scientific exchange and interaction does not have to be video based; there may be alternatives that do not require a realtime protocol. Gerhard "Imagine Three Hundred Years Ago" Paseman, 2020.07.23. | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 4:16 | history | asked | Marc Besson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |