A talk from Fosdem by Andy Piper, on the Fediverse, (Social Web) and how institutions can adopt the #SocialWeb
For those who missed my closing talk at #FOSDEM on the #SocialWebFOSDEM track (which was part of the "After Hours" event), I've recorded a standalone version. Feel free to boost for reach - and also share with civic institutions and community leaders.
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Nextcloud Talk
As big tech is getting more of our data, using our data for making money or training AI or other things. There is a fightback, services such as Nextcloud can be self-hosted or hosted by trusted parties and can offer a whole range of services that can meet your needs.
Why use Big tech, who we can thank for the current chaos in the USA, with attacks on science, the LGBTQ and much more is it not time people really switched to services run by people who respect others.?
Stop giving your money to big tech billionaires. Nextcloud talk is an open source replacement for big tech video conferencing services.
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Public Money, Public Code
This is a campaign, by the fsfe. Any code that is developed, with public funds, should be released under a license that makes it available to everyone.
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Fosdem talk: Radio Astronomy
I attended a few of the talks at FOSDEM 2021 [1]. The talk on Virgo: A Versatile Spectrometer for Radio Astronomy [2] was interesting, as I am developing more of an interest in space science.
I am linking to the talk information page and the recordings of the talks below.
Worth watching, as it is interesting what is currently being undertaken.
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The Hubble Space Telescope: From Cosmological Conflict to Alien Atmospheres
Write up : 7th March 2021
This is a really interesting talk and overview of what the HST has undertaken since launch in 1990.
Some highlights
Gravitational lensing, found galaxies magnified 50x and detection of galaxies 10x fainter.
Precision cosmology & Hubble Constant calculations via several methods
Exoplanet Atmospheres
Exoplanets e.g 57 Pegasi
Exoplanets found from transiting host star
Planetary Atmospheres plus detection of organic molecules
Earth size Exoplanets (Trappist 1b and 1c)
The talk also makes reference to academic papers, which can be easily searched for, so for example
With the last point in the list above, this paper was
De Wit, et al 2016 Nature 537,69 – if you search for this you find
arxiv 1006.01103 which is publication in the above journal 2016Natur 537
The 537 refers to the volume, and 69 is the first page of the article, in this case the article is on pages 69 to 72.
So using the references from the talk you can do further reading.
Well worth watching
Space Telescope Science Institute
Public lectures
The Hubble Space Telescope: From Cosmological Conflict to Alien Atmospheres
Tue 2nd March 2021
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The Milky Way vs. Andromeda: When Galaxies Collide
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At Home (and On Campus) with EFF
January 7, 2021 – 12:00pm to 1:30pm PST
Twitch
Join the EFF for a talk on Privacy
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges have rushed to adopt new practices and new technologies —sometimes creating a serious threat to the civil liberties of students and workers on campus. Join EFF for a live streamed video discussion about how mandated COVID apps can compromise our security and privacy, while undermining trust in the efforts of public health workers.
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