Nerd Baiter – How to attract the socially inept but extremely adorable & hawt. Cast a wide net and good a whole bunch, target the one you crush the most, and what your life will be like once you've nabbed him!
The document discusses how many men blame women when rejected instead of taking responsibility to improve themselves. It argues that studying seduction techniques is no substitute for actually practicing and gaining experience talking to women. To improve, men need to get experience approaching women without anger or frustration, and learn from both successes and failures, rather than making excuses.
This document discusses gender discrimination in geek culture and what libraries can do to help address the issue. It notes that as geek culture has become more mainstream, there has been backlash against new fans who are female. It provides examples of harassment and gatekeeping experienced by women in gaming communities. The document argues that libraries can help by creating inclusive spaces for all fans to explore interests like gaming and comics without fear of discrimination. Libraries already support these activities through collections, events and advocacy against censorship. Overall, the document calls for the geek community to embrace new fans of all backgrounds as interest in geek culture continues to grow more popular.
The article describes a black man's experience with racial profiling by white women. As the author, Brent Staples, walked behind a well-dressed white woman late at night, she began to speed up and cast worried glances back at him. She broke into a run when he was walking down the same street, fearful of the black man behind her despite him having no intention to harm her. Staples realized he was being racially profiled and would take precautions like being less threatening in his movements and appearance, especially at night, to avoid frightening white women with his presence as a black man.
Brent Staples wrote an essay called "Just Walk on By" where he discusses his experiences as a tall black man and how others perceive and react to his appearance in public spaces. He describes instances where he was mistaken for a burglar or criminal. To avoid frightening people, especially late at night, Staples now whistles classical music to signal that he is harmless when walking alone. His goal is to alter how others see him based on assumptions, and show them his true cultured self.
Shepard starts his documentary by listing his rules for his account of living on minimum wage, including not using much research. On his first night in Charleston, South Carolina, he stays at Crisis Ministries shelter, which provides beds and meals. He finds temporary labor agencies pitiful as they exploit workers. Shepard thinks it would be easier to have a friend along rather than go through the experience alone. The chapter ends on a negative attitude as Shepard faces the challenges of being in an unfamiliar city without support.
This is a series of blocked wireframes for Story Street, a mobile app that helps you navigate the city through the stories you love. It was done as part of a project with Irene Pereyra at Harbour.Space University, in collaboration with Michel Lopez, a fellow MA Interaction Design student
A family goes out to celebrate a birthday at a restaurant. The son starts choking and coughing up blood, so they rush him to the hospital. Unbeknownst to them, the doctors and patients have turned into zombies. The son wakes up alone and finds the hospital overrun with the undead eating people. He escapes and discovers the whole country has been infected. Unable to find his family, he is eventually rescued by a group in a van.
The document discusses how many men blame women when rejected instead of taking responsibility to improve themselves. It argues that studying seduction techniques is no substitute for actually practicing and gaining experience talking to women. To improve, men need to get experience approaching women without anger or frustration, and learn from both successes and failures, rather than making excuses.
This document discusses gender discrimination in geek culture and what libraries can do to help address the issue. It notes that as geek culture has become more mainstream, there has been backlash against new fans who are female. It provides examples of harassment and gatekeeping experienced by women in gaming communities. The document argues that libraries can help by creating inclusive spaces for all fans to explore interests like gaming and comics without fear of discrimination. Libraries already support these activities through collections, events and advocacy against censorship. Overall, the document calls for the geek community to embrace new fans of all backgrounds as interest in geek culture continues to grow more popular.
The article describes a black man's experience with racial profiling by white women. As the author, Brent Staples, walked behind a well-dressed white woman late at night, she began to speed up and cast worried glances back at him. She broke into a run when he was walking down the same street, fearful of the black man behind her despite him having no intention to harm her. Staples realized he was being racially profiled and would take precautions like being less threatening in his movements and appearance, especially at night, to avoid frightening white women with his presence as a black man.
Brent Staples wrote an essay called "Just Walk on By" where he discusses his experiences as a tall black man and how others perceive and react to his appearance in public spaces. He describes instances where he was mistaken for a burglar or criminal. To avoid frightening people, especially late at night, Staples now whistles classical music to signal that he is harmless when walking alone. His goal is to alter how others see him based on assumptions, and show them his true cultured self.
Shepard starts his documentary by listing his rules for his account of living on minimum wage, including not using much research. On his first night in Charleston, South Carolina, he stays at Crisis Ministries shelter, which provides beds and meals. He finds temporary labor agencies pitiful as they exploit workers. Shepard thinks it would be easier to have a friend along rather than go through the experience alone. The chapter ends on a negative attitude as Shepard faces the challenges of being in an unfamiliar city without support.
This is a series of blocked wireframes for Story Street, a mobile app that helps you navigate the city through the stories you love. It was done as part of a project with Irene Pereyra at Harbour.Space University, in collaboration with Michel Lopez, a fellow MA Interaction Design student
A family goes out to celebrate a birthday at a restaurant. The son starts choking and coughing up blood, so they rush him to the hospital. Unbeknownst to them, the doctors and patients have turned into zombies. The son wakes up alone and finds the hospital overrun with the undead eating people. He escapes and discovers the whole country has been infected. Unable to find his family, he is eventually rescued by a group in a van.
1) The document provides instructions for creating a basic Google Site with customizations like adding a logo to the header, adding a copyright statement to the footer, and changing the background colors.
2) Key steps include going to sites.google.com and clicking "Create" to set up a blank template, then customizing site elements like the header, footer, search, and colors.
3) Minor formatting and content additions are made to personalize the site.
This document discusses a new business opportunity partnering with entrepreneurs to deliver skincare solutions and income potential. It highlights the founders' experience creating a successful acne treatment brand. The business model leverages social networks for selling clinically-proven anti-aging products developed by dermatologists. It has low startup costs and focuses on residual income by sharing products and building a team. The document promotes the business as a way for people from various backgrounds to start their own profitable skincare company.
The document provides instructions for creating a flyer in Microsoft Publisher using a pre-set template. The flyer should advertise an open day and include graphics from the internet, drawn shapes, and one piece of clipart. Students are asked to print the flyer and include in a Word report details on the graphics sources along with screenshots of spell checking the flyer and other documents.
The document provides examples of successful individuals and companies who achieved success through perseverance and connecting with others. It discusses how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple through their collaboration. Similarly, Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google through partnering on a research project. The document advocates finding connections through social networking and websites like Cluehut to achieve dreams.
A Google document provides a simplified word processor for creating documents without advanced features like those found in desktop publishing (DTP) software, keeping the interface less confusing. While Google documents contains templates for common documents like letters and resumes, the templates may use American conventions and formatting. The document compares starting a document in Google Drive versus Word and asks the reader to compare their experiences with each platform.
This dissertation examines whether awareness of pre-market risks can improve entrepreneurial success rates by encouraging early risk management planning. The study uses discriminant analysis of SEC Form S-1 filings to separate successful and unsuccessful firms based on when they planned for different risks. Surprisingly, many firms resisted the study due to sensitivity around risk disclosure. While entrepreneurs recognize risk planning's importance, other priorities like exploiting opportunities take precedence. The results suggest guidelines for early-stage risk handling but provide little evidence that SEC underwriting improves success rates. Firms staying private may foster more creativity than those going public. Entrepreneurs should consider these implications for financing and company development.
The document discusses changes made to numbers in a spreadsheet model, including the number of students attending each year and the price of coaches. These changes impacted the total students, number of staff needed, coaches needed, and all associated costs. In one version, the cost per student was reduced, and in another the cost per student went up by 36 pence.
The document discusses plans to create an "open fund" startup incubator in Greece to address issues with the local startup ecosystem. It notes brainpower and community exist, but funding and advisory support are lacking. The open fund will select top startup teams, provide mentoring and resources over 4 months, and invest 25-35k Euros for 15% equity in each. The goal is to help Greek startups succeed globally by putting all necessary pieces together in one program.
The document provides a list of suggested tweet topics and cautions about oversharing on Twitter, including:
- Tweet about pets, kids, social life, vacations, or causes but avoid bragging or bathroom details
- Keep tweets positive by discussing passions and providing traffic updates
- Humorous tweets were included but the document warns to think before posting, though drunk tweets can be entertaining
This document provides tips for tweens on internet safety, responsible online behavior, and dealing with potential threats. It advises tweens to be careful what private information they share online, to think before posting anything that could hurt others, and to tell a trusted adult if they feel unsafe or experience cyberbullying. Tweens are encouraged to avoid interacting with or accepting gifts from unknown individuals online and to report any inappropriate messages or requests to an adult.
This document provides 20 tips for getting a crush's attention, targeted towards different types of guys. The tips include engaging in class, supporting him in extracurriculars, having conversations outside of school, getting involved in shared interests like sports, taking initiative on group projects, learning about his hobbies and interests, sharing inside jokes, playing games together both online and in person, challenging him respectfully, bonding over shared music tastes, and promoting things that are important to him. The overall message is to find common interests and support him while also showing your own talents and personality.
Writing For Humans: 10 Tips to Defeat Robot Overlords of CopyBloomerang
Sheena Greer presented 10 tips for defeating robot overlords of copywriting:
1. Know your audience and understand their perspectives through empathy mapping.
2. Focus your writing on your donors by addressing them directly and making them the hero.
3. Get emotional and use authentic emotional language rather than just facts and logic.
4. Keep your writing plain, simple, and short using few characters and short sentences.
5. Have a single most important thing (SMIT) to focus on and don't try to cover too many points.
6. Be clear about the specific action you want readers to take in response to your writing.
7. Make numbers and statistics meaningful by personalizing them
The Reasons Why I Am A Humongous Geek And NerdNathan Young
The folks from SingleHop reached out to me for Geekness Day on July 13th. They sent me six questions for me to answer about why I am a geek, enjoy my answers!
21 Life Lessons From Saturday Morning CartoonsNathan Young
You watched Saturday morning cartoons as a kid, you might still watch cartoons today as an adult. But did you know that Saturday morning cartoons have life lessons that you should follow? Enjoy my latest presentation called 21 Life Lessons From Saturday Morning Cartoons!
The document provides tips on how to raise one's popularity and level of awesomeness such as playing games like zombies or aliens, listening to and performing popular music, reading the same books as popular classmates, being good at video games and computers, and having many loyal friends. It also notes that having an afro can make some of the tips unnecessary for being considered awesome. The overall message is that to be truly awesome requires being popular, funny, cool, and competitive.
Flirting for Geeks / Sexual Survival for Geeks SxSW 2011violet blue
This document provides tips for flirting with geeky or nerdy people. It discusses that geeky people can make knowledgeable and skilled lovers. It then lists seven reasons to date a geek, including that they are passionate about their interests, knowledgeable about sex, enjoy conversations, and take good care of their appearance. The document then provides specific tips for flirting with geeky people, such as finding common interests to discuss and suggesting group activities to build comfort and rapport before explicitly asking someone out on a date.
This document outlines six diabolical ways to create an online platform:
1. Establish a website using a host like HostGator and a platform like Wordpress.
2. Communicate through a newsletter hosted on Aweber.
3. Gain local media exposure by pitching local stories and writing articles.
4. Share expertise through webinars and by creating products and helpful content.
5. Build relationships and get recommendations through reciprocity.
6. Attract an audience by selflessly helping others through free content and resources.
The document appears to be a fictional profile and journal entries of a character named Bloodbath who attends Edgeview school. Bloodbath brags about bullying and stealing from other students. In journal entries, he describes stealing gifts on Christmas and planning to set off explosives on New Year's Eve. His New Year's resolutions involve increasing bullying behaviors.
This document provides a lesson on cyber citizenship and safety online for third grade students. It discusses how the internet can be considered a community and ways to communicate online. It also emphasizes the importance of protecting one's identity and personal information when online. Several scenarios are presented that require students to identify safe practices, such as not giving out private information to strangers or websites and telling a trusted adult if feeling uncomfortable. Rules for internet use are outlined, including not talking to strangers, asking for help from adults, being polite, and avoiding sharing personal details.
Designing Games for "the 43-year-old woman"Chris Trottier
The document discusses designing games for the average social gamer, identified as a 43-year-old woman. It outlines 10 "deal-breakers" and 11 "turn-ons" for this type of gamer based on the author's experience. The deal-breakers include things like rigid timing, strangers, and 3D camera navigation. The turn-ons include real-world value, helping with self-expression, reflecting real social networks, and providing satisfying core actions and simple pleasures. The author advocates designing games that are charming, beautiful, relaxing and rewarding rather than challenging in order to better engage accidental gamers.
Chris Trottier "Designing Games for the 43 year old Woman"Game Diversity
This presentation was done by (and is owned by) Chris Trottier, Zynga. It is being uploaded to continue / further the discussion of diversity and inclusion within the video game industry.
1) The document provides instructions for creating a basic Google Site with customizations like adding a logo to the header, adding a copyright statement to the footer, and changing the background colors.
2) Key steps include going to sites.google.com and clicking "Create" to set up a blank template, then customizing site elements like the header, footer, search, and colors.
3) Minor formatting and content additions are made to personalize the site.
This document discusses a new business opportunity partnering with entrepreneurs to deliver skincare solutions and income potential. It highlights the founders' experience creating a successful acne treatment brand. The business model leverages social networks for selling clinically-proven anti-aging products developed by dermatologists. It has low startup costs and focuses on residual income by sharing products and building a team. The document promotes the business as a way for people from various backgrounds to start their own profitable skincare company.
The document provides instructions for creating a flyer in Microsoft Publisher using a pre-set template. The flyer should advertise an open day and include graphics from the internet, drawn shapes, and one piece of clipart. Students are asked to print the flyer and include in a Word report details on the graphics sources along with screenshots of spell checking the flyer and other documents.
The document provides examples of successful individuals and companies who achieved success through perseverance and connecting with others. It discusses how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple through their collaboration. Similarly, Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google through partnering on a research project. The document advocates finding connections through social networking and websites like Cluehut to achieve dreams.
A Google document provides a simplified word processor for creating documents without advanced features like those found in desktop publishing (DTP) software, keeping the interface less confusing. While Google documents contains templates for common documents like letters and resumes, the templates may use American conventions and formatting. The document compares starting a document in Google Drive versus Word and asks the reader to compare their experiences with each platform.
This dissertation examines whether awareness of pre-market risks can improve entrepreneurial success rates by encouraging early risk management planning. The study uses discriminant analysis of SEC Form S-1 filings to separate successful and unsuccessful firms based on when they planned for different risks. Surprisingly, many firms resisted the study due to sensitivity around risk disclosure. While entrepreneurs recognize risk planning's importance, other priorities like exploiting opportunities take precedence. The results suggest guidelines for early-stage risk handling but provide little evidence that SEC underwriting improves success rates. Firms staying private may foster more creativity than those going public. Entrepreneurs should consider these implications for financing and company development.
The document discusses changes made to numbers in a spreadsheet model, including the number of students attending each year and the price of coaches. These changes impacted the total students, number of staff needed, coaches needed, and all associated costs. In one version, the cost per student was reduced, and in another the cost per student went up by 36 pence.
The document discusses plans to create an "open fund" startup incubator in Greece to address issues with the local startup ecosystem. It notes brainpower and community exist, but funding and advisory support are lacking. The open fund will select top startup teams, provide mentoring and resources over 4 months, and invest 25-35k Euros for 15% equity in each. The goal is to help Greek startups succeed globally by putting all necessary pieces together in one program.
The document provides a list of suggested tweet topics and cautions about oversharing on Twitter, including:
- Tweet about pets, kids, social life, vacations, or causes but avoid bragging or bathroom details
- Keep tweets positive by discussing passions and providing traffic updates
- Humorous tweets were included but the document warns to think before posting, though drunk tweets can be entertaining
This document provides tips for tweens on internet safety, responsible online behavior, and dealing with potential threats. It advises tweens to be careful what private information they share online, to think before posting anything that could hurt others, and to tell a trusted adult if they feel unsafe or experience cyberbullying. Tweens are encouraged to avoid interacting with or accepting gifts from unknown individuals online and to report any inappropriate messages or requests to an adult.
This document provides 20 tips for getting a crush's attention, targeted towards different types of guys. The tips include engaging in class, supporting him in extracurriculars, having conversations outside of school, getting involved in shared interests like sports, taking initiative on group projects, learning about his hobbies and interests, sharing inside jokes, playing games together both online and in person, challenging him respectfully, bonding over shared music tastes, and promoting things that are important to him. The overall message is to find common interests and support him while also showing your own talents and personality.
Writing For Humans: 10 Tips to Defeat Robot Overlords of CopyBloomerang
Sheena Greer presented 10 tips for defeating robot overlords of copywriting:
1. Know your audience and understand their perspectives through empathy mapping.
2. Focus your writing on your donors by addressing them directly and making them the hero.
3. Get emotional and use authentic emotional language rather than just facts and logic.
4. Keep your writing plain, simple, and short using few characters and short sentences.
5. Have a single most important thing (SMIT) to focus on and don't try to cover too many points.
6. Be clear about the specific action you want readers to take in response to your writing.
7. Make numbers and statistics meaningful by personalizing them
The Reasons Why I Am A Humongous Geek And NerdNathan Young
The folks from SingleHop reached out to me for Geekness Day on July 13th. They sent me six questions for me to answer about why I am a geek, enjoy my answers!
21 Life Lessons From Saturday Morning CartoonsNathan Young
You watched Saturday morning cartoons as a kid, you might still watch cartoons today as an adult. But did you know that Saturday morning cartoons have life lessons that you should follow? Enjoy my latest presentation called 21 Life Lessons From Saturday Morning Cartoons!
The document provides tips on how to raise one's popularity and level of awesomeness such as playing games like zombies or aliens, listening to and performing popular music, reading the same books as popular classmates, being good at video games and computers, and having many loyal friends. It also notes that having an afro can make some of the tips unnecessary for being considered awesome. The overall message is that to be truly awesome requires being popular, funny, cool, and competitive.
Flirting for Geeks / Sexual Survival for Geeks SxSW 2011violet blue
This document provides tips for flirting with geeky or nerdy people. It discusses that geeky people can make knowledgeable and skilled lovers. It then lists seven reasons to date a geek, including that they are passionate about their interests, knowledgeable about sex, enjoy conversations, and take good care of their appearance. The document then provides specific tips for flirting with geeky people, such as finding common interests to discuss and suggesting group activities to build comfort and rapport before explicitly asking someone out on a date.
This document outlines six diabolical ways to create an online platform:
1. Establish a website using a host like HostGator and a platform like Wordpress.
2. Communicate through a newsletter hosted on Aweber.
3. Gain local media exposure by pitching local stories and writing articles.
4. Share expertise through webinars and by creating products and helpful content.
5. Build relationships and get recommendations through reciprocity.
6. Attract an audience by selflessly helping others through free content and resources.
The document appears to be a fictional profile and journal entries of a character named Bloodbath who attends Edgeview school. Bloodbath brags about bullying and stealing from other students. In journal entries, he describes stealing gifts on Christmas and planning to set off explosives on New Year's Eve. His New Year's resolutions involve increasing bullying behaviors.
This document provides a lesson on cyber citizenship and safety online for third grade students. It discusses how the internet can be considered a community and ways to communicate online. It also emphasizes the importance of protecting one's identity and personal information when online. Several scenarios are presented that require students to identify safe practices, such as not giving out private information to strangers or websites and telling a trusted adult if feeling uncomfortable. Rules for internet use are outlined, including not talking to strangers, asking for help from adults, being polite, and avoiding sharing personal details.
Designing Games for "the 43-year-old woman"Chris Trottier
The document discusses designing games for the average social gamer, identified as a 43-year-old woman. It outlines 10 "deal-breakers" and 11 "turn-ons" for this type of gamer based on the author's experience. The deal-breakers include things like rigid timing, strangers, and 3D camera navigation. The turn-ons include real-world value, helping with self-expression, reflecting real social networks, and providing satisfying core actions and simple pleasures. The author advocates designing games that are charming, beautiful, relaxing and rewarding rather than challenging in order to better engage accidental gamers.
Chris Trottier "Designing Games for the 43 year old Woman"Game Diversity
This presentation was done by (and is owned by) Chris Trottier, Zynga. It is being uploaded to continue / further the discussion of diversity and inclusion within the video game industry.
This document provides humorous and satirical advice about using various forms of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and online profiles in general. It suggests strategies such as posting excessive amounts, using other people's accounts without permission, harassing celebrities for attention, and using hyperbolic or misleading advertising tactics. The tone is comedic and exaggerated throughout to parody how some may inappropriately or excessively use social media.
Create Interesting And Fun Facebook StatusesJanine Gregor
Ever want to make your Facebook statuses stand out? Have you wanted to engage more Facebook conversation amongst your Facebook fans? Here are some ideas to \’kick-start\’ your Facebook profile status.
A 50-50 mixture of antifreeze and water provides effective freeze and boilover protection for vehicles. The mixture offers freeze protection down to -34 degrees F and boilover protection up to 265 degrees F. A higher concentration such as 70% antifreeze to 30% water provides even better protection to -84 degrees F and 275 degrees F. Antifreeze should be changed yearly or as recommended to maintain rust and corrosion protection and remove built-up particles. Green antifreeze can be used in any vehicle, while specialty coolants require compatibility with older vehicle systems.
Alexis Ohanian Inman Real Estate Connect Conference KeynoteAlexis Ohanian
Reddit.com has become one of the World Wide Web’s most striking examples of democracy in action. Reddit fashions itself a platform for “social news,” where the readers themselves control the front page by voting stories up above and down below the fold. Alexis is a world-renowned speaker and as spoken at many high-level conferences including a recent appearance at TED. On July 13th, 2010, at Connect SF, Alexis will be sharing his vast expertise about social networking and online marketing.
This document provides tips to help military kids stay safe online. It discusses how to safely use chat rooms, instant messaging, webcams, and emails. The main tips are to only interact with known friends and family online, get parent permission before sharing private info or downloading anything, and tell a trusted adult if anything makes you feel uncomfortable. The goal is to educate kids on having fun online while taking basic precautions to avoid potential online threats.
OpenID AuthZEN Interop Read Out - AuthorizationDavid Brossard
During Identiverse 2024 and EIC 2024, members of the OpenID AuthZEN WG got together and demoed their authorization endpoints conforming to the AuthZEN API
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).