update status page with diagnostic information

Author: mmcky

lectures/status.md

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 (status:machine-details)=
 
-These lectures are built on `linux` instances through `github actions`  and `amazon web services (aws)` to
-enable access to a `gpu`. These lectures are built on a [p3.2xlarge](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/p3/)
-that has access to `8 vcpu's`, a `V100 NVIDIA Tesla GPU`, and `61 Gb` of memory.
+These lectures are built on `linux` instances through `github actions`. 
+
+These lectures are using the following python version
+
+```{code-cell} ipython
+!python --version
+```
+
+and the following package versions
+
+```{code-cell} ipython
+:tags: [hide-output]
+!conda list
+```