planetary evolution:The Earth has been evolving continuously during more than 4.5 billion year but what has been a constant is the set of basic rules which define the conditions for life. While the latter is continuously adapting to changing circumstances (as extinctions, glaciations, etc.) during the different eras, the underneath mechanisms remain the same; understanding this underlying concepts is fundamental when the aim is to understand sustainability as science provides overall knowledge about the socio-ecological system. In particular we refer to physical law, as when it came to sustainability issues physical flow of energy and matter assume particular importance.
I didn't make this powerpoint, this is from my IB Biology teacher but it's one of the only topics I actually really enjoyed sooo I'm putting it up, ^_^
Here is Vala's presentation that she gave to the Converge Project's 1st Food Sector Modelling Workshop in Bristol UK on November 2nd 2011. More on this project can be found at www.convergeproject.org
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
I didn't make this powerpoint, this is from my IB Biology teacher but it's one of the only topics I actually really enjoyed sooo I'm putting it up, ^_^
Here is Vala's presentation that she gave to the Converge Project's 1st Food Sector Modelling Workshop in Bristol UK on November 2nd 2011. More on this project can be found at www.convergeproject.org
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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Planetary Evolution
• A scientific law is an
evidence-based
generalization that
describes a basic rule about
reality
• For 4.5 billion years the
physical law of nature
have dictated the conditions
of life
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What is a System?
A set of interconnected parts whose behavior
depend on the interaction of those parts
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Eco - System
All the organism living in a particular area, as well as all the
nonliving (abiotic), physical components of the environment with
which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water, rocks and
sunlight
• Life conditions
• Support of
activities
• Absorb what not
needed
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How does it work?
• Sunlight
• Closed loop
• Mutualism
• No waste
• Recycle
• Life fits to function
• Interdependence
• Diversity
• Energy efficient
• Complexity
Preserve it & get inspired
The Earth has been evolving continuously during more than 4.5 billion year but what has been a constant is the set of basic rules which define the conditions for life. While the latter is continuously adapting to changing circumstances (as extinctions, glaciations, etc.) during the different eras, the underneath mechanisms remain the same; understanding this underlying concepts is fundamental when the aim is to understand sustainability as science provides overall knowledge about the socio-ecological system. In particular we refer to physical law, as when it came to sustainability issues physical flow of energy and matter assume particular importance.
The first important concept we need to bear in mind is the so called system thinking: a system is not just the sum of his part, but the bigger outcome (overall system behavior) risen from all the complex interactions between the components and between the components with the surroundings. Every part of the system is important, is meant to have a specific function for the system to work. If one of more parts suffer an alteration, the whole system is likely to be affected. The key mechanisms which define a certain behavior are called system principles. Principles are basic conditions that must be met to allow the system to maintain a certain state or trend. Here a first distinction need to be handled: principle is different from scientific law: even if both describe working conditions, the latter cannot be broken as represent an observed fixed rule to describe phenomena which applies in every circumstance while a principle refers to current situational conditions which explain a certain behavior. To clarify, consider the following example: even if the conditions on Earth have been changing continuously, gravitational mechanisms have always been working the same; the gravitation equation is a scientific law which (should)apply systematically in every context in the known universe (Newton) and it is not possible to be broken down(of course till another law is discovered, see Einstein, Relativity law). Instead we know for example that to keep a garden nice and healthy, every so often water must be provided. Water supply is a basic principle to achieve the desired outcome (nice and healthy garden). But the principle can be broken: we can decide to avoid giving water to the plants, but of course the final outcome will be different as the plants will die.Finally my points in this section are:If we are about to deal with a system (i.e. economic, society, etc.) the rules of the games must be clear and well known.If instead of a garden the system in consideration is the system Earth, are we aware of the principles and rules which allows the planet to be healthy and continue its evolution? And finally are we respecting this principles?
The set of all ecosystems and their interactions make up the BIOSPHERE, which together with LITHOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE AND CRIOSPHERE constitute the system Earth. As first of all ecosystems sustain our own life, we need to know how they work in order to keep them prosperous. Human prosperity is inextricably related to the well being of the ecosystems. Do not forget that, as we leave in the Biosphere, we are part of it. Society is a component of the Biosphere. - Graph
In order to be able to fully enjoy eco-systems services for humanity we need to understand how they works to treasure and preserve them. Secondly, nature serve as inspiration: from the society and business point of view, nature is the most successful organization; its principles must be seen as guidelines, a model which drive actions and business practices.
Energy and matter cannot be created nor destroyed. They just change form. The Earth is a closed system regarding matter, while it is a open system regarding energy: this means that matter can never leave Earth(amount remain constant), while we have a continuous flow of energy from the sun. In order to maintain balance the extra energy irradiated by the sun is dispersed back in the universe as heat. Actually we do not consume energy nor matter, we consume high concentration structure transforming it in less concentrated one. What we consume is exergy, the potential work embedded in a system to be used. Exergy decrease every transformation, every process which involve temperature change.Matter and energy tend to pass from an ordered state to a disordered(from order to chaos). The accumulation of the process is called entropy, which is continuously increasing. That means that if nothing intervene, high molecular structure tend to dissipate to a lower state. Fortunately concerning energy, even with continuous losses the constant solar irradiance balance the system.
When it come to matter the only thing that can recreate structure(order) and combat entropy are plants. So deforestation is not just about climate change, is about life. Without plants human life is not possible, and the system Earth is due to collapse. With no plants on Earth, matter will turn into dust.
Ocean circulation is generated by the differential in water density. The global circulation is called Thermohaline, which refers actual to Temperature (thermo) and salinity(haline). Denser water tends to sink: at the poles where temperatures are lower water tend do sink, displacing deep water which tend to go toward the equator and attracting superficial water(hotter) from the equator to the poles. In addition, when ice is forming it releases salt which is added to the rest of water, making it even more denser and heavy. This is why climate change can dramatically change global conditions.
Wind Global Circulation depend on the compensation of pressure difference between two points. The energy coming from sun irradiance make air rise, producing a flow of air upwards, that in absence of superficial wind cause abundant precipitation(low pressure Area). As the rising air left space, this is filled by cooler air (westerlies) coming from high pressure areas.Global winds combine with local or superficial wind, created by the difference of T between land and ocean due to the slower response to heat which features the latter. Solar radiation make air hot in summer so an inland flow is generated (this is what cause the monsoon . In the winter occurs the opposite
As said Earth is a closed system regarding matter but open about energy flows. Ecosystems in the Biosphere continuously interact with society to provide services. We insert into biosphere waste, matter that was sequestered in the lithosphere over millions of years, and in addition we create foreign chemical compounds which are not broken down in the system, but accumulate in tissues of animals and plants. Finally the most damage is given back to us, when this substances cause cancers and several other diseases.
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Waste and substances that don’t break down in nature.
The study from Johan Rockström, director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre,suggests that three of these boundaries (climate change, biological diversity and nitrogen input to the biosphere) may already have been transgressed. In addition, it emphasizes that the boundaries are strongly connected — crossing one boundary may seriously threaten the ability to stay within safe levels of the others. This should drive decision making in our society.
When driving decision making in our society we should consider what we take from the Earth’s crust; what our activities create; what we introduce into Biosphere; how we take care of human development.