Hello and welcome to Back to Pathways to Progress. I'm your fill-in host for the evening, Juan Diego, Lisa Savage sends her regards. She couldn't make it tonight. But I am back, of course, with a wonderful city councilor, Roberto Rodriguez, Victoria Pelletillo. Guys, how's it been? It's been a little bit, but we're back. How goes it? Yeah, it feels like a short break from the last show, but in the world of council, it feels like we're kind of at a pivot point after maybe like a quiet period and about to take on a lot of work. But it's going well. Excited to be back here and really got to see Tori once again. Yeah, our last meeting was really short too. It was like, was it an hour? It was like maybe 45 minutes. It was really quick. And so that I think was maybe the last short meeting that we're gonna have because now we're getting into the budget and now we're getting to very, very dense long meetings. So it was nice to have like a quick 45 minute one, a couple agenda items. And now, yeah, we're certainly gonna get back into this one of things in spring. Yeah, no, I mean, you guys, before the show we're talking about, you've got a lot coming up. And actually for anyone wanting to stream the city council meetings, you can actually stream them. PMCwatch.com, they're on channel five. You can watch them all in their entirety. So you can see every moment. If you're not sick of them yet, you can watch even more of them. No, whatever would be sick of the two of you. No, no, no.  So what can the people of Portland expect is happening in the city council? Yeah, so like in the like very immediate future and Monday evening, we're gonna have a workshop where we're giving guidance to the city manager of on the budget of what tax increase we feel is appropriate. So, you know, that's given on a percentage. And you know, you're considering a wide range, right? Like if you look into inflation, you can think of like upwards of like seven, 8% increases to match what's happened with inflation. And then when you think about sustainability and how it affects people's finances and you know, how it trickles down to the cost of living, you know, you wanna also not be thoughtless about it. So we'll see what range we all land on. To me, you know, the guidance of the tax increase is one thing, but you know, what's included in the budget is what's important, right? So we've already spoken of what our goals are as a council, right? So we wanna make sure that we're addressing housing that public services for homeless folks and climate change are like the top priorities that we've identified. So when I look at the budget and if we have to consider like cuts or you know, like reductions in spending, you know, we need to look at things and programs that are advancing those specific goals and then everything else really, we need to have a discussion about because that tax increase needs to be, you know, we can't, you know, we can't go bankrupt in this city. We can't kick people out or force people out because the cost of living is uncontrollable. But at the same time, we have a responsibility to provide services. So again, what's included in that budget is what's important to me and that's gonna be a big discussion on Monday night. I think that's the biggest thing. There's a lot more going on but maybe Tori wants to talk about the budget piece. Yeah, the budget part is hard. This is our second time now doing it. So it's a little bit more familiar than it was last year.  But we also want to make sure that we're aligning ourselves with our goals. And I always thought it was interesting that we do our goal setting prior to the budget because we'll do our goal setting, we're getting really excited here, there's all the stuff we wanna do and then come time for the budget conversation. It's a little bit like, okay, so let's revisit what we can actually do and what we can afford. But yeah, I wanna make sure like Roberto said that we're staying in line with our goals of housing, with our goals of climate, with our goals of racial equity and with our goals of social services and ensuring that we are providing as many resources for Portland as we can. So it's like, definitely a balancing act and I really encourage everyone to come to those meetings and even the workshop, public comment is not taken at workshops but it's still a great way for us to be able to ask questions in a very informal format. And it's a process and I think it's really important for people to follow along so that when there is time for public comment that they're prepared to share with us what they think. Yeah, and to the point about taxes, as you said, a lot of people, they were concerned about, is my property tax going to go down? How much am I paying? One question Portlanders might be asking is what would my tax dollars be going to? What are these new programs that you guys are hoping to get into this new budget? So there's a few things that we are like obligated to include in this budget that passed on referendum last November. So there are some costs associated with implementing the Clean Elections Act and there are also some costs associated with the rental ordinance that passed. So those things we already know have to be part of it. I think that outside of that, we really just have an increased demand on the public health services department. So we know that last year there was a huge increase in spending there. We anticipate that there'll be an equal demand there. There are vacancies in many departments so there are still new assessments of how much staffing is needed. And I think there'll be some requests from departments to increase capacity. So there'll be some requests to have more staffing, I believe, in permitting and licensing department. That's one area that we feel is lacking in terms of what we can do to facilitate new development, right, of housing. And if the process of getting permitting and license is kind of stopping the floodgate, allowing capacity there or building capacity that should help. So that's just one thought of what we might be looking at. There's also going to be, I understand, a conversation about the Baron Center. You know, the Baron Center is a skill nursing facility that's run by the city of Portland. It is almost unheard of at this day and age of a municipality that runs a facility like that. That's a really antiquated system. So it's not to say that we shouldn't be doing it, but the reason municipalities don't do it is because it's super expensive. It's a difficult operation to run, especially in the healthcare environment today. And so we're going to have a discussion about the structure of that, or going to say of that department and how does it impact our budget and certainly how does it advance our goals. That's a really, actually, we can go, I don't want to get too deep into the weeds of that, but a couple of weeks ago I got to tour the main med emergency department to learn more about the challenges that they're facing because of the lack of skill nursing beds and short stay beds in facilities throughout the region and the main. So the hospital is unable to discharge patients out of there into these facilities that is where they really are more, the care that they need is really where they're going to best be able to get it. So these patients often end up staying in the hallway at main med or just taking up rooms that are not, again, the best or more conducive to their health. So the way that the Barron Center interacts with that I think is a big conversation that affects the entirety of the system that we're trying to influence. So again, I think that's going to be a big piece of the conversation as well. And yeah, I think those are the bigger highlights, but there, I guess another part of, I'm talking a lot, huh? Another part. There's a lot of attention. Last episode was Victoria, now it's, now it's Roberto, that's right. I won't say this much, Monday. And another part to answer your question about what's going to be added, I don't think that this is a year where we're really adding a lot of new programming. I don't think that that's, even if we did, there isn't enough capacity of staff to run things very well. So to add new programming without necessarily assuring that things are going to run smoothly is irresponsible and not good spending. So as we look at the budget, I wouldn't, I want people to know that this is a year of us being really thoughtful about, and the council started to have a conversation about what are core services in this city? And what is it that we absolutely need and are legally obligated to provide? Plus what is it, legacy spending is what I refer to it. Things that we've done because we've always done them, but they're not necessarily advancing our goals of improving conditions for homeless people, advancing climate change policies, or creating housing opportunities. So those legacy programs are the ones that I think we need to have a discussion about, do we want to continue to spend here? And is that what taxpayers are expecting their tax increases to advance? Or do they agree on the goals that the council has stated? Again, a deep conversation that the council should embrace on Monday. Do you have anything to add on to that too, Justina? That was great. I don't know that I have a lot of, just nodding along. Yeah, the only thing that I'll say is, I think we all have, this is the time where I think on the council it's really interesting because I think we all are trying to move in the same direction of advancing our goals, but we have different ways of getting there. And so this will be, I think an interesting conversation about seeing where the balancing act is. And then also reminding me, because we were, we talk about this all the time, but yeah, the city is significantly understaffed. I think like at the state of the city, there was something like over 200 vacancies. I'm not sure how many there are now, but that's really challenging as well, because I feel like we're working a little bit at a deficit. We have all of these things that we're really excited to implement, but if we don't have staff to really advance a lot of the things that we wanna do, it's gonna be challenging for us. So I'm excited to see where we land and making sure that we're keeping in mind the goals that we have and the goals that we really solidified in December and doing what we can to move those forward. Yeah, no, that's awesome. And then on top of that, city manager sewage is coming to a head.  So there's a hiring committee that has been really kind of like overseeing the work primarily, right? Now all of us have been able to like dive into different aspects of the work, but we are, so they were in charge of hiring the search firm that helped us with the search, putting together the job description, the posting, getting feedback and ultimately putting it out there. So that posting was out. We had the candidates that applied and now we have like the top 12 resumes and cover letters that have been given to us along with the recording of their interviews for us to review. And over the next month, we're gonna have an opportunity to have one-on-one interviews, the councilor as well, with who we decide are our top three candidates. And they'll be coming in town. They'll have a tour of the city. So I think there's a conversation that'll be happening shortly about, you know, what that tour should be, right? Like when a candidate comes into fall and what are the key parts of the city that we wanna make sure that they are, you know, presented. And I think we'll do some sort of loop around the city and try to hit on some of the major aspects of it. You gotta make sure to bring him here. Yeah, he hasn't seen it. I really can't wait to take him to Parkside to my neighborhood. It's like, I feel like. Absolutely. I mean, I think that there's, I've already heard so many ideas. My first suggestion when we were at the hiring committee, I should say just make sure that he goes to the homeless services center. You know, like that's gotta be one of the official stops. And he's gotta stop by all the public health services offices and literally get off the van and walk it and see the tour, you know, firsthand. And then maybe, maybe if there's time, we'll stop for like lobster roll or something. But you know, let's stick to the priorities of like, if you want this job, you know, these are the people and the work that we are prioritizing. These are the staff members that we wanna listen to. And these are the programs and the services that we think are most critical right now. And, you know, I think that would be really telling of what a candidate thinks when they see that aspect of Portland or when they see the city from the operational side of it, you know? So anyway, so that's really exciting. I'm just as a side note in, you know, we're also hiring a police chief. The superintendent, Serge, is happening parallel to this. We're not necessarily involved in that, but clearly we're partners. So we have a say in that. And on my personal life, the organization that I work, that I've been doing interim executive director work with the community, we just hired a new director. So I'll be finally stepping down from there. So anyways, there are all these hires that are happening, you know, all over the place. And I've been really spending a lot of time thinking, and other than that, we've also had staff hires. So just been thinking really strategically about what that candidate assessment process looks like or what the interview process looks like. What questions should be asked and how to assess a candidate. And also how do I assess an organization as they're pivoting in a transition, right? Like I've been in an interim role or total pivoting community. Now we're pivoting into a long term. We've had an interim city manager and now we're pivoting into a long term commitment. And, you know, we have an interim superintendent, interim police. So this entire city is really in this transitional period. And we, I believe, should be looking towards stability over the next several years. And so these hires, these decisions that we're making, these budgets, we all need to think of them as this big organization, this big operational thing that's happening. And how all these moving pieces, can we line them up? So we get key people to advance the goals that we've all ran on these agendas to advance, right? The key is just equity, racial equity, social equity, and injustice, and put the right people in the key positions to advance them. And I think it's a, I'm immensely lucky to be here in this position at this time. And I think the city is prime for like to pivot into a new direction. And it doesn't have to be a different direction, but certainly something new. So Victoria, I want to ask you from what I just heard from him, new police chief.  What would you want to see in a police chief to head up Portland? That's a tough question for me to answer. I actually did have, I was supposed to meet with them. I think we all were, or maybe meet with the search committee, I think at one point. It hasn't happened for me yet, but I mean, I don't know, I think it's, we have to really take a look at policing and the institution of policing. And I think it's really important that if we are moving forward with the path of like keeping the police institution here in Portland, that we are having really transparent conversations about the history of policing in this country and not really saying like Portland is exempt from the things that have been happening all over the country or acting like, you know, Portland doesn't have the same racial issues that other places have because we very much do. And so, you know, I hope that if we are going to move forward with keeping this institution within the city that whoever is hired is open to having those conversations and really understanding the role and the power dynamic that they have and the history of the institution and how much damage has continued to be done to marginalized communities from this institution and coming into it ready and open to have that discussion. You know what I mean? As I'm listening to you and I'm picturing like literally having an interview with the candidate and like sliding over the press release from the Portland Police Department from last month and just asking them to read it and react.  And that to me, that's like the most basic kind of like bar that I need them to be at. And it speaks exactly to what Tori was saying. Yeah, I think we do that a lot here in Portland of being like we're not like other cities and in certain ways we are different than other cities. But with the racial issues, it's an insult to say that we're not like that, especially, you know, given some of our more recent events. And so I really think that whoever is going to be hired just has to be willing to have that conversation and has to be willing to look at how policing has been done and think about ways that they could do it differently. So we'll see. Well, no, because, you know, it's one thing about messaging. It's another thing, you need someone to come in and enact the right policies that are fair, that are just, that are equitable. And also, you know, create training and policies that will educate police officers and will train them accordingly to the issues that Black and Brown and Hispanic people have been facing. Yeah, no, I think that's, you know. But you mentioned something about racial equity. City of Portland is going down that road as are most organizations and governments today. Talk a little bit about, you know, what the plan is there. So there's a new hire, a new position that was filled of a racial equity and justice director. And that's a position that was funded through last year's budget. And it's a result of one of the recommendations from the Racial Equity Steering Committee that was in place after they were in place from 2020 through 2021. So their final report had that recommendation. So that was, like I said, that was put through the budget last year. There was a bit of like uncertainty at one point about when the hire was actually gonna take place even after it had been funded. But it kind of got advanced, somewhat fast-tracked a couple of months ago and a new person was hired and announced and it was a press release sent out by the city a couple of weeks ago. So we have them coming on. And I think it's gonna be exciting to see how that department kind of shapes itself and the role that they play in assisting both the city manager and staff and the council in addressing or assessing equitable outcomes of our decision-making. I think that for me, at the end of the day, like your outcomes is what determines whether you are very much like Ibram Kendi says.  If you can measure the outcomes and not find inequities, then you can start to say that you're an anti-racist organization. But if your outcomes is what measures. So in this city, you can just walk out the door and you can tell that there's inequity. So we can tell that the policies and the ordinances in the city are by no means anti-racist because we're creating inequities. And again, inequities that could be measured through racial distinguishing factors in demographics. So to me, what that department is gonna help us do is advance policies that have outcomes that don't produce inequities. Yeah, what I'm really hopeful for, well, not hopeful for it because it's done. So at our inauguration, I sponsored a resolution to create a racial equity committee that will support this department and will support this new hire. So now that this person has been hired, I'm not sure like how long it will take for us to solidify a committee of counselors that will support that work. But I'm really excited for that. And I think that that's another exciting part of us being on the council of just getting to experience this is the city's first ever, what I think of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion manager that they have ever had. And so I'm really looking forward to this individual and this department being able to advance a lot of the work that was done by the racial equity steering committee in 2020. And also just being able to say, we're in a city that is rapidly diversifying, we're in a city that speaks seven major languages. I think it's really important for people to feel comfortable that there is someone at City Hall that is advancing racial equity and is advancing the interests of marginalized individuals here. So I think it's really cool and I look forward to meeting this new person, welcoming them to Maine and to Portland and just really creating a good working relationship with them so that we can support their work. Yeah, no. I mean, and you've said it in the past, we're a small town that became a big town and we have all these big town problems. And that of course is gonna weigh into the people that we hire to create policies to advise us. Superintendent, you were on the school board. What would you like to see in a possible superintendent or candidate at least?  Like you don't want somebody to use this as a career stepping stone because transition at the superintendent or transition in the leadership position of any organization is really detrimental to advancing big strategic goals, right? So if we really care about continuing to advance equity in public schools, we want to have a leader that's committed to being here in the long term. So that's one of the key factors. As far as like their ideology, so to speak, or what they come with, I think today the vast majority of candidates that are going to be applying for superintendent positions understand that advancing equity, it's particularly if you apply to a place like Portland, it's part of what the ask is. So for us, I think we just need to identify those that agree on what equity even means, right? Like Portland Public Schools actually has a policy that defines equity for the purposes of decision-making for the school board. And that policy took over a year to develop and it included input from everyone in the community, outside of the schools too, again so that we can have a guiding document. So when you're looking at candidates and you look at your policy that defines equity, you should be able to identify whether that candidate agrees with your view of it as you fit it into your strategic plan. To me, you know, as far as you mentioned the size of the district, the proportion of the district, this is the largest school district in the state of Maine. It is the most diverse. There are over 60 languages spoken in the homes of our students, so ELL students are a huge portion of our schools enrollment. And so I think that we need a superintendent that comes with a background that understands that environment, right? That maybe comes from a school district that also has a strong diversity in language spoken. And also what is their philosophy into second language education? You know, I'm a second language speaker, right? I remember in my generation, it was like you used to be like, you know, speaking Spanish, you used to be like embarrassed of it. Like you used to be pressured to like learn English and it's like that colonizer mentality where you're like, you know, forget your heritage. And now we wanna support the development of English language acquisition. Wow, embracing your native language because your home language and culture is literally what we've been claiming all along is brings the value to our community. So here we are telling you like, forget that and learn English, no. So we, as we think of our cultivation and assimilation and how our students interact with our school district, you know, we need a superintendent to understand how that plays and that philosophy fills into our system. To me, those are key things.   He said, let me just say this, you know, like, he was a Peter Pan immigrant. You know what that is? Those are kids that from Cuba whose parents were just sending them out of the country during the Castro regime because they needed them out of there. So he and his little brother went over to Spain and they were there on their own until their parents eventually left Cuba and then they reunited in the States, eventually grew up, you know, as an immigrant family in non-English speakers, eventually coming up and look at him, man. He ended up being the superintendent of a school district and the largest school district in the state of Maine and being incredibly successful. You know, like that story, that content, that experience, that love to get a candidate, you know, through the door that brings that with them and then ask him, how do you see equity in education? How do you see policy? And have that, I just love the opportunity to have a conversation with someone like that.  He understood coming from only knowing one language and the struggles of trying to learn English and the system in place. Would it be helpful at all to, and I'm not saying, you know, solely about Pupil, but would it be helpful to look for someone who is Hispanic or is black and brown or who, indigenous even, or who comes from a background that understands, you know, what you've been talking about? Man, I'll tell you this. I am, I'll tell you, okay, I'll tell you my personal opinion after I say what I'm gonna say. I'm gonna tell you a story. I was, when superintendent Botana and I, when I was chair, we were reaching out to HBCUs throughout the country because we wanted to connect our students with pathways towards HBCUs. And that's something that had not happened before in those schools. And so we invited some folks over from Clark University and I forgot what the other school was over in Georgia as well. And we, they toured the schools, they met the students, it was really great. And then that evening, Javier and I took them out to dinner. So we were out here at one of the local restaurants near Monument Square and we were having a great time. And these two gentlemen, these two black gentlemen were just blown away. They said, we knew we were coming to Maine to meet the chair and the superintendent of the school district.   Like that, and that immediately translates to our students having more opportunities for post-secondary success. So that value, nothing but like you can replace it. Like that's something that our experiences brought to the table. So yes, I think that there's value there. But look at what we have to endure. And look, I always want to like give the opportunity but I wanna be really fair. Like I'm asking you to step into an arena that you're going to be exposed to racism. Like blatantly, like just blatantly like racist people.  You know what I mean? I fundamentally think that, and this is gonna sound really weird given the work that I've done. I fundamentally think that we need to focus on our own communities. And that while this is a diverse community, it ain't my community, like I don't live in community with Puerto Ricans and Portland. And when I talk about my community, that's who I think about. Now, when I talk about the community in which I can inhibit and that I have to like, my kids goes to school in and that I work and that I employ people at, then I think more broadly. And when I think about my public service, I think very broadly. But when I think about, if I'm a candidate for a superintendent, I'd want them to like, brother, there's an opening over there at the HBCU. Bobby, there's an opening at the University of Puerto Rico, like go out there, you know? So that's the complexity which I approach it. And that's the way I'm not gonna answer your question. All right, well, we'd love to keep talking, but sadly, we are almost out of time. Guys, thank you so much for coming on. Next month, we hope to have Lisa back. You were great. So say, you're the new fill in if she can't make it, so. Oh, it's all done. No, but no, guys, thank you again, for sharing your thoughts and all this, informing the people of Portland, what's going on in our city council. People love transparency and having you guys on like this and talking about that, I think is really awesome. Do you guys ever get people coming up and going, hey, I saw you on pathways, I love you? I did get an email from someone that said I saw you and I didn't vote for you, because I didn't like you, but I watched your episode and I like you and keep doing what you're doing. Look at that. So I'm just saying this show is changing people's opinion. That's what we love to hear here. What are they doing? Yeah, no, yeah, no. And of course, guys, as I said, you can stream city council meetings on PMC, PMCwatch.com, and you can stream all these episodes, all these shows on PMCwatch.com. Go back to the back catalog, check out the other episodes, see how we progressed over the years. And the podcast, Spotify and Apple podcasts, of course, were on those two, but guys, thank you so much for being on. And guys, once again, of course, you can watch all the episodes of Pathways to Progress, including shows in our back catalog at PMCwatch.com. You can of course stream on PMCwatch.com and watch on channel five. You can listen, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Pathways to Progress. But guys, thank you so much for watching and we'll see you next time. Thanks.


Can you actually use a raspberry pi as a desktop replacement? I actually tried this I actually lived in a raspberry pi as my home computer for about a month So you guys know a few months ago I actually moved into a new office my my studio here that I typically record in and I only had one home computer at The time my workstation my desktop tower. I moved it to this office meaning I didn't have a home computer I actually went without a home computer for a little over three months because Just prices of computer parts were outrageous. It was hard to find graphics cards So I went three months without any home computer and for the first two months of that. I just was fine with it I just wanted to completely unplug while I was at home. I was experimenting with that idea I actually haven't had a TV in years and then not having a computer It was actually kind of nice But then at the same time sometimes I did need to actually do work at home It would have been nice to at least have the option to occasionally Log into a computer and do I don't know show notes for the next day You know in preparation for videos and things like that. So after about two months. I decided to do an experiment I've got raspberry pies. I've got some older raspberry pi 3s And I also have a raspberry pi 4 which the raspberry pi 4 is a couple of years old at this point It's not new but when it came out It was a major upgrade for raspberry pies and the fact that it had eight gigs of RAM and with eight gigs of RAM I thought you know what it might be able to serve as a proper desktop computer So I experimented with the idea. I went ahead and installed manjaro Raspberry pi arm addition on that thing and it it kind of worked certainly the raspberry pi 4 Kind of worked certainly better than the old raspberry pi 3 I actually have a pi 3 and a pi 4 both of them. They look very similar This is from Kana kit it comes with a case if I took the top off You can actually see the board actually the board is underneath but yet uh, what does he heat sink there? You also have a fan you can install if you want to actually did install the fan and the pi 4 I've actually got the pi 4 plugged in over here I'm going to show you a little bit of that in just a second But all you need to do for those of you that are unfamiliar with these things these things run off a SD card, right? And what you need to do is just flash an image to a SD card and if you buy the Kana kit Pies they actually come with a USB stick here You actually can undo this and this little USB stick has a slot for a SD card to slide in there so put the SD card in the USB stick and then put the USB stick in your computer and Flash the image with something like etcher on Linux or Rufus on Windows And what you do is you flash that that image to the SD card plug the SD card into your raspberry pi and then run through the installation of Whatever raspberry pi Linux distribution you want obviously manjaro is the one I'm using manjaro has a really nice arm addition Debian has arm additions arch Linux has arm additions actually the Kana kit The SD cards that they come with are already flashed with a distribution called noobs Which is based on Debian arm now years ago with the raspberry pi model 3 I actually did play around with the idea of could it be a desktop replacement the problem with the pi 3 It was a major upgrade from the pi 1 and the pi 2 But the pi 3 still only came with 1 gig of RAM 1 gig of RAM is tough Especially if you're gonna do anything with a web browser web browsers are slow heavy bloated They they require a ton of RAM one gig around is just not enough and that was years ago for the pi 3 The web and modern web browsers are so much more bloated than they were even five years ago A pi 3 would never work and to be honest the pi 4 kind of doesn't work either I ran into the issue with the pi 4 when I launched something like Firefox or a cute browser It would take I don't know 30 seconds to a minute to open up not a huge problem again It's not going to be great, but was it usable yet? I can wait a minute for my web browser to open up the very first time, but how do web pages render? They're a little slow. They're not horribly slow. I mean, it's not to the point where it's just painful It's okay.  You just forget about that I wouldn't even do 720p, but if you're doing something like watching a YouTube video for 80p, that's okay That's doable. It's still not a great experience, but just surfing the web. Yeah, you'll be fine Now because the pi 4 has 8 gigs of RAM it is usable, but there's still one bottleneck We need to talk about and that's the the CPUs and these things. It's not a great CPU So when you run an update, it takes forever when you install software It takes forever and I actually installed some software this morning on the pi 4 in preparation for this video I wanted to just update the system to make sure I had the latest and greatest packages installed So the pi 4 I got a new home computer about two weeks ago So that pi 4 hasn't been updated and at least two weeks because I unplugged it, right? So it's probably been two maybe three weeks since the last manjaro arm update on that So I ran through an update it needed to update about a hundred and twenty hundred and thirty packages Which typically on arch Linux or manjaro or arco any arch based system, you know a hundred and twenty packages What do you think five minutes probably less to do that update? It took me 45 minutes To do that update of a hundred and twenty packages on that raspberry pi 4. That's not unusual either That's how long it takes pretty much any time you do updates because the CPU is slow It takes a while to to build things and do things. It's it's not a powerful machine by any means Now let me switch over to my raspberry pi 4 desktop I installed manjaro arm with the XFCE desktop but I installed Qtile and my Qtile configs on top of it Because you guys know I like tiling window managers Qtile was in manjaro arms repositories So here is manjaro arm the XFCE edition. It is your standard XFCE desktop environment I actually didn't do too much in XFCE because I quickly installed the Qtile window manager inside this So actually let me log out and show you the desktop. I actually lived in for about a month So how do I log out here? I forget how to use XFCE sometimes. There's the log out button So now that I'm in the log in manager What I'm going to do is I'm going to go up here and choose Qtile instead of XFCE and then let me go ahead and log in So this is my Qtile desktop This is the Qtile window manager and the reason I went with Qtile instead of Xmone ad is I don't think I think I had some Problems getting Xmone ad or Xmone ad can trip or Xmobar some of those Haskell stuff I it wasn't really packaged for the arm edition of manjaro But Qtile was in the repositories and I quite like Qtile Qtile It's basically a an exact clone of Xmone ad almost it's written in Python So since it was in the repositories I installed Qtile Then I went and grabbed my Qtile configs from my dot files repository on my git lab And then I installed the ST terminal because I have my own build of ST And I installed my shell color scripts program You can see I get a random shell color script every time I open the ST terminal So all of that works and of course the main thing I need for work as far as you know Any kind of show notes any kind of scripting I do typically I do everything in Emax So I launch Emax here. You see that actually launches pretty quick now The Emax daemon is running in the background. So this is a Emax client But you can see that actually launches rather quickly if I wanted to just edit some out I don't know the bash RC just to open something here You know it takes a couple of seconds to open that but it's fine It's certainly usable. You do notice a little bit of input lag sometimes when you're typing Blazing fast, you know, but again the raspberry pi the limitations really the CPU is kind of the limitation on the pie But it is certainly usable I really have no complaints as far as working in the terminal and working in inside Emax now We're some of my complaints Really start would be let me open up Firefox. Did I install Firefox? I think I installed both Firefox and Qt browser Let's see how long it takes for Firefox to load on the raspberry pi and We're waiting We're still waiting And we're still waiting.  Let's see how long this page takes to render Because this is the annoying part if pages typically take forever to load On my regular computer on my desktop, you know, this would have already loaded, but we're still waiting We're still waiting Yeah, I would say, you know, it probably is gonna take yeah here it comes Yeah, that's probably five six times slower to load a page than what it would be on my regular computer now Is that painful? It's annoying, but it's not painful It's not painful if this is your only desktop computer if you had to use the raspberry pi 4 as a desktop again It's perfectly usable again rendering webpages is slow for high definition video. Just forget about it We should talk about gaming the raspberry pi 4 is perfect for gaming if you're doing retro gaming I'm talking about old school, you know 8 bit 16 bit gaming from like the Atari days or the original Nintendo or even the super Nintendo things like that because the raspberry pi 4 it's weak compared to modern computers But compared to those old school consoles the raspberry pi 4 is blazing fast It'll play all those retro games just fine. Will it play anything modern as far as gaming? Absolutely not You're not gonna launch steam. You're not gonna get call of duty to work.  You're not just some of the free and open source games that are out there super tucks I'm sure probably wouldn't work zero ad forget about it. No chance as Demanding as that game is so the pi 4 would be fine for retro gaming But anything any game made in the last I don't know 15 20 years. I would just completely ditch that idea That's not gonna work So does the raspberry pi 4 serve as a suitable desktop replacement? Kind of it depends. It's very limited. You can actually do some basic computing It certainly is better than not having a computer at all. Will you have some pain points? Will there be some frustrations? Sure But again, it's for an emergency situation like I had where you know I didn't have a computer for a couple of months This thing actually did serve a real purpose and I was glad I had it now before I go I need to think a few special people. I need to thank the producers of this episode Of course, I'm talking about absy Gabe James Mitchell Paul Scott with a commie Ellen Chuck Kurt David Dylan Gregory Heiko Mike hurry on Alexander peace arch and fedora polytech raver red prophet Steven and Willie these guys They're my highest tiered patrons over on patreon without these guys this episode about Using the raspberry pi 4 as a desktop replacement This show wouldn't have been possible shows also brought you by each and every one of these ladies and gentlemen as well All these names you're seeing on the screen. These are all my supporters over on patreon because the distro tube channel I don't have any corporate sponsors. I'm sponsored by you guys the community If you like my work and want to support me look for distro tube over on patreon. All right guys peace I'm so glad to have a real computer again


Hello and welcome to the session. Let us understand the following question which says the run scored in a cricket match by 11 players is as follows. 6, 15, 120, 50, 180, 10, 15, 8. And the median of this data are the three same. Now let us write the solution. First arranging the given scores in ascending order so we get 6, 8, 10, 15 plus we have to find mean. Therefore, mean is equal to divided by number of players which is equal to 6 plus 8 plus 10 plus 10, 15 plus 11. So divided by 11 which is equal to 9 by 11 which is equal to 39. Therefore, 239. Now we have to find the mode. Here we can see that the most occurring score is mode is equal to now finding the median. The median is the middle value of the observation. So here we can see the middle value of the observation is 15 because there are 11. So the sixth score will be the median. This is the sixth score which is 15. Hence we can write median is equal to 15. Therefore, we can see that mean is equal to 39, mode is equal to 15 and median is equal to 15 which is our required answer. But they all are not same. So no, answer this question right and have a nice day.


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We are recording folks, so this is the first big cap webinar of 2020 and of all time really in MIC, so it is Tuesday, February 25th, 2020. We're going to talk about the fallacies of big cap trading. The stuff that people think keeps them from trading big caps. So let's jump right into it. Number one, this can be worded two ways really. The first is I'm a small cap trader and I'm still losing. So learning to trade big caps wouldn't do me any good. If I can't trade small caps, I can't trade big caps. Or another way of saying that is I'm a small cap trader and I'm still losing. Maybe I should go trade big caps, both of which are so, oh, it's just the worst. It's the worst way of thinking. It is the absolute worst way of thinking because, and I know Sam can attest to this because I use the same exact process that MIC teaches every single trader. I use the same process in trading big caps as I did in small caps. The difference is I don't wake up at 4 a.m. anymore to get the locates.  Like I... Bro, Sam wakes up at like 11 a.m. market time, comes into the little group, and he goes, what's up guys? Just shorted some lift. I'm up to there already. How are you guys? In my robe. Yeah, it was a robe, yeah.  Dude, I haven't gotten in a while. Dude, that's what it is.  No, no, that's not how you should think. It's not how you should think. The process of trading small caps is the same as trading big caps. They're just bigger ranges. You deal with a bigger price range, so you have to... Dude, you can't... A small cap, it will... You're short and small. Let me say, for example, this is the example here. So, we were to draw it out. You can draw? Oh, sick. Like, this is the setup. That's mega slow. Whoa. Dude, I would have shorted right there, yep. I would have shorted that top. Here's the point with this, is that, let's say in small caps, pre-market high is a really mental level to stop out if you're short. In longs love to buy that, a lot of chat rooms will alert that. They're like, pre-market, break out, let's get it. And so, in small caps, it breaks by three cents. What do you do? Me? No, not too much. It breaks by 10 cents. You're like, okay, I'll stop out. But if it breaks by 10 cents in a large cap, that is the... I mean, I've watched... I've seen Sam go, I'm gonna stop out at 42 if it breaks. It goes to 42.50 stups, and he's like, no, it shouldn't have stopped out. I'm still in. I'm like, what? But it's because you have to withstand a larger price range. You have to be able to handle a larger price range. So small cap trading doesn't really just transpose right into big cap trading. There's some things you have to change, and the main things you have to change have to deal with the range of the stock, the ability, and where it can go. No, you do not need a bigger account. ATR is a good metric to be aware of. Yes, yes, I agree, Brian. I watch ATR on stocks. That's usually how I pick my strike prices when I play options, is I will look at one ATR away from where we're... Let's say we're trading at 40, and the ATR is two bucks. So I'm probably gonna pick a strike price. It's like 42. And so if there's interest in that level, in that price level, then maybe I go with that strike price. But it's always best to try to stay as close to any money as you can. I do use sometimes RSI, but I don't like... It's only if I'm in the position, and then I'm trying to either cover or whatever the case is, or sometimes entering, and then I'm trying to see whether... Just what it says, if it's overbought, oversold, if I'm looking to cover, and I see that it's oversold, and I'm like, shit, it probably is a good time to cover some, at least. Well, that's what I love. That's what I love. Same for entries. Let me just dictate. I know this would be something that people get to see here, and I'm gonna show you guys something a little different. So here is something I absolutely love. Let's say this is your chart, right? And right here... First balance right there? Yeah, right. And then this is your RSI right here. So you've got RSI. It gets really overbought up here, and it comes back down. It comes to oversold here, and it starts to pop, and then we cycle back to overbought there, and we come down here. But then let's say we start to go into this consolidation range, like this, and we're not really doing anything, and we're the RSI's climbing like this. So if the RSI's climbing, then when it goes and pops a little bit, I'm not really concerned, because the RSI is almost overbought. With that little pop right there, it's gonna put it into overbought. So that means that there's gonna be more selling up here, and that means this balance is less likely to work, because there's just too much buying met with supply, and so then that's when you get it, and it ends up looking like that. That's the last little relief bounce.   They're all psychological. Big caps, RSI works. You gotta know how to use it, but it works. It's an additional confirmation to your trade. It works. I use it every day of my life. It has kept me out of trouble so many times, and given me additional. RSI's really good. Given me additional confidence that it's gonna work out. All right, guys, have a good evening. All right, guys. See you later, buddy. See you, Joe. Thank you so much for watching our video. If you want to see more of our videos, please subscribe to our YouTube channel by clicking the button here. We do our best to post a new video every single day. If you have any questions about MIC or any general trading questions, please text Tosh using the number here. Also, stay up to date by watching some of our most recent videos right over here.


FNN. The Tiger. Financial News Network. Update. Hi everyone, Basel Chapman here on this Monday, the 22nd of August, 8.22.22, I like that. I don't like the fact that the Dow's down 425 at $32,280. We've been warning for the last week or so that we're probably in a very choppy place and that the Dow should test the 200-period exponential moving average that went above and that if you look historically, in other words, if you look back in the year, you'll see that the Dow has gone over this 200-period moving average before that in March and April and then turned down sharply and now it's come back and it's trying to go above it. If you look at the S&P, it's exactly the same thing. The S&P is down 64. At 41.64, it went to 43.25, so the Dow is at a peak F. The S&P, I can get rid of that now because it's made a confirmation that it's at a peak F. Chapman, we have in the Dady chart. That says be careful, you can pull back sharp. It's now under the 200-period exponential moving average. 41.40 is going to be the next area of support. Looking at the QQQ and DX100 trading down almost 6 at 316. We're just above the 200-period moving average made a peak G. I'm calling that a G now. It's making itself much clearer. We thought it would be. Well, there it is. Now we're pulling back quite sharply, so the 316 level is important. I would say 312 is the next very important area of support on a very short-term basis. Looking at the IWM, it was actually acting quite nicely before it made a doji candle peak F, top of 201.99 is now at 191.68, down 297. Yep, here as well it's a peak F. We're looking at the gold contract. Gold contract is down 17 at 1745, made a doji candle peak D in the Chapman wave under the 200-period moving average, couldn't get above it. Well, what went above it is that the inverse, the mirror image of the dollar moving up of 33 ticks at 108.41. Legbeats got the left side target of 109.29. That was the high of the 19th of, I think was the 19th of July. Let's see if it's going to get there. What does it do when it gets there? We're looking at the crude oil. This particular crude oil is down sharpies under the 200-period moving average down 486. And if you're looking at the TLT, that's bonds. Bonds are down 42 at 112.61. Yeals are moving higher. I'll be back for the Tiger technicians' hour and check out my opening of the 80 News data. Hope to see you in a few minutes. Have a great day.