Tinkerers – Torbay
This is a new group, formed out of the Stem group at Paignton library, it is aimed at adult tinkerers, project builders etc and hopes to bring like-minded people together.
We enjoy experimentation, Tinkering etc.
So far we have a website and a discord group, please get in touch as Discord is invite only at present.
Tags
#STEM,#Torbay,#Hacking,#Tinkerers,#Hardware,#Software,#Firmware,'Science,#Tech,#Art.#Maths,#Engineering
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Emacs Conf 2023
EmacsConf 2023 December 2nd and 3rd 2020 | Online Conference
The conference is from ~9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST (US/Eastern) / ~8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST (US/Central) / ~7:00 AM - 3:00 PM MST (US/Mountain) / ~6:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST (US/Pacific) / ~2:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTC / ~3:00 PM - 11:00 PM CET (Europe/Paris) / ~4:00 PM - 12:00 AM EET (Europe/Athens) / ~7:30 PM - 3:30 AM IST (Asia/Kolkata) / ~10:00 PM - 6:00 AM +08 (Asia/Singapore) / ~11:00 PM - 7:00 AM JST (Asia/Tokyo).
Tags
#conference,#emacs,#2023,#editor,#software,#gnu,#fsf,
#freesoftware
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Code Club 25/11/2023 Write up
We had a busy session today. As you can see from the photo, we did more work on the netbooks.
![code club november 2023](https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/blog-media/-/raw/master/ccnov.jpg)
We were also doing more Scratch and some HTML / CSS.
I have added more links below to try and reflect our current set of activities.
I was also helping another attendee with electronics, even though I think what he wants to do is a little complex for the resources available and requires more engineering and or electronics knowledge.
As well as the above, Helen from the STEM group was working on getting the line following robot working and also getting the Lego WeDo working, so we now have a small Lego robot that can detect obstacles, as well as a basic Lego Windmill, which we can look at this during the next STEM group meeting on the 9th December.
Next Code Club
The next code club is on 2/12/2023
Tags
#CodeClub,#Python,#Web,#Hardware,#Software,#Electronics,
#STEM
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Free BSD
![bsd beastie](https://www.freebsd.org/images/beastie.png)
FreeBSD 14.0 is due for release very soon, you can find out more from here. The home page will show 13 as legacy and 14 as production once release is completed.
I will update the ventoy usb stick with the latest version in due course.
Tags
#Software,#OperatingSystem,#FreeBSD
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SeaGL 2023
![seagl](https://seagl.org/img/logo.svg)
This years, SeaGL conference takes place November 3rd & 4th, 2023
Links
Tags
#Software,#Conference,#Seattle,#SeaGL
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Finding alternative to software
Most people know about the most common tools and programs that are available, if you are looking for a free and open source alternative there are many options, this can be hard to find if you are not sure exactly what a piece of software is called.
The site Alternative to has a comprehensive set of resources to suggest alternatives to common tools, applications and software. Well worth checking out.
Tags
#Software,#Alternative,#FLOSS
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I love free software day
February 14th is also I love free software day. This is a celebration led by the Free Software Foundation Europe, and a really good opportunity to celebrate and promote free software.
![I love fs](https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/8a/90/6da6e380bd372a8d3e229a006feb.png)
Links
Tags
#FreeSoftware,#fsfe,#Software,#Freedom
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Virtual Astronomy software talks
This looks interesting, posted to fed by Michael Zingale @zingale@mastodon.online
More info can be found here. This is why I am on fedi, there are more science people.
Tags
#Astronomy,#Science,#Talks,#Software,#Virtual
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FOSDEM 2023
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
Brussels / 4 & 5 February 2023
Tags
#Software,#Developer,#OpenSource,#Conference,#FOSDEM,
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EmacsConf 2022
![Emacs logo](https://emacsconf.org/i/emacsconf-logo1-256.png)
EmacsConf 2022
- Dates: December 3 and 4, 2022 (Sat-Sun)
- Location : Online
- Website : Emacs Conf 2022
Tags
#Conference,#Emacs,#Software,#Online,#EmacsConf
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