I am going to learn some rudimentary rust, so that I can hopefully write some simple programs.
I have installed the rust programming language compiler, according to the man page, to compile a program source to an executable on a GNU/Linux system I need.
rustc -o hello hello.rs
However, for really simple programs
rustc hello.rs
works fine.
Which is very similar to how you would compile in c.
So following the age-old tradition of creating a program to display hello world.
:~/Development/rust/helloworld$ ls
hello.rs
:~/Development/rust/helloworld$ rustc hello.rs
:~/Development/rust/helloworld$ ls
hello hello.rs
:~/Development/rust/helloworld$ ./hello
Hello, world!
:~/Development/rust/helloworld$
The manual then jumps in to using cargo, as this is better for managing larger projects, so this also needs to be installed
sudo apt install cargo
We can also check what versions we are running
rustc --version
rustc 1.75.0 (82e1608df 2023-12-21) (built from a source tarball)
cargo --version
cargo 1.75.0
$
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Ditch summit session 2
So attended my first session at the 2024 Ditch summit, video discussion on How to ACE Student AI Literacy in Schools with Holly Clark.
The videos of the sessions will be up until the 10th January.
Once you register you have access to the pre recoded sessions, This session was a discussion between Matt Miller (host) and Holly Clark
Some excellent points raised, including how to critique information generated, ideas on how to differentiate if an image is AI generated, The signs an article may be AI generated. Being able to evaluate if an article is Ai generated is also important when undertaking research for essays or reading the news for example.
The above skills are taught by school anyway when it comes to research skills, so we are applying and adapting critical thinking skills to evaluating AI.
As this is evolving technology, it was also suggested the learning journey is shared by the teachers and students ( I would guess teaching assistants should really be part of this process too ). However, teachers need to understand AI so that they can provide students with a safe environment to explore AI, the possibilities and risks associated with AI.
I found the discussion very useful and will try and share some of my notes with teachers if I can.
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Ditch summit session 1
So attended my first session at the 2024 Ditch summit, video discussion on Inquiry based learning with Trevor Mackenzie. This was fascinating and looked at how we can get students to ask questions and develop curiosity as part of their learning, and how this approach can be adapted across different age groups. The videos of the sessions will be up until the 10th January.
Once you register you have access to the pre recoded sessions, This session was a discussion between Matt Miller (host) and Trevor Mackenzie.
This format is great, as it seems to avoid many of the issues with live sessions which can be hampered with technical issues, that have a real knock effect post conferences if there is no access to the material presented.
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Carbon 14 diamond battery
This is interesting, another post to the Fediverse, this is about a UK research in to Carbon 14 diamond batteries.
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0ad on Linuxmint 22
The free software ancient warfare strategy game, 0ad [1], is no longer included as a package on Linuxmint22 [2]. It can now be installed via snap. You can find instructions on Snapcraft [3]
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Restart project
The Restart Project aims to tackle the climate emergency by making electronics work for people, for the planet, and for longer.
It looks like there is not much happening in South Devon, which is typical, there was Torbay Climate action, who were running repair events for clothes etc, but could not find the expertise for electronics items.
This is a worldwide movement, you can find a list of meetups here
In Torbay, there is a potential venue at either the STEAM café or the community shed (what was Hyperspace).
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There are alternative solutions, if you have a computer older than 2018 then you don't need to buy new hardware, and have options such as installing LinuxMint, Ubuntu or something similar.
Working hardware can still help you carry out the tasks you need to, depending on your use needs, which will determine which operating system you install.
I will write more later, in the meantime there is a restart project post tomorrow that could be useful too.
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Kinetic Sand
At the STEAM Café and discovery centre in Paignton, they have a unit that can use an Xbox Kinect unit to scan a surface and map this on a screen. To use this, the café wants to use Kinetic sand rather than play sand.
The idea is that the sand is in the try at the bottom and users can contour the sand, building, hills, valleys, mountains etc, which can be scanned and displayed on the built-in screen. The Unit also has some other games and activities built in that are designed to be interactive.
As we need something like 200kg of this sand, it works out expensive. As with most things, it can be made, so I have been looking at one solution to this.
However, this recipe uses material that is based on food, so could go mouldy over time, there is a silicone oil based version of this which we are looking in to.
I undertook another ddg search for kinetic sand and silicone oil and found this which appears to be using olive oil, which I don't think is silicone based anyway.
I will ask about this on Science forums once I have some ideas and or links to evidence prior research to asking.
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Ditch Summit 2024
Ditch Summit 2024: A free online conference for educators
Dec. 16 to Jan. 10.
* 100 on-demand video presentations
* Great, interesting, inspiring sessions
* Engaging, relatable presenters
* Certificates of completion for PD credit
* Downloadable PDF notes
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What is Space-Time?
So back to some Physics videos, what is space-time?: This video does a really nice job of explaining this in a way that is understandable, but not so simple it loses any meaning.
I have included links to wondorium below, as well as links to the usual discussion forums.
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