An ag(e)ing hacker - posts tagged as "e"

Languages and complexity, Part I: why I love Anki

2024-01-02T19:47:00Z

August 2024 update: lack of endorsement This article used to endorse the services of a certain Russian language teacher and mention her by name, with permission. That person has now expressed the intention of making her course recordings “expire” trough some time limit which will make them unusable after a set date; the stated intent is motivating procrastinating students who hesitate too long before starting their study in earnest. Independently from the technical nature of their implementation and from whether the restrictions are possible to circumvent, anti-features are unacceptable and insulting. The teacher in question, now referred to here as ... [Read more]

A personal reflection on the GNU Hackers' Meeting 2022

2022-10-11T00:30:00Z

According to the definition on the web site (https://www.gnu.org/ghm/2022/) “The GNU Hackers’ Meetings or ‘GHMs’ are a venue to discuss technical topics related to GNU and free software”. And GHMs are in fact events structured as conferences with talks and presentation slides and all; very technical indeed, the way we like them and the way they should be. But if we take the time for attending every year since 2007 or so, and organising, it is mostly for the fun of spending time with our GNU friends in a relaxed environment. After many years in which most GNU Hackers’ Meetings ... [Read more]

GNU Hackers' Meeting 2022: Call for presentations, even remote

2022-09-12T18:05:00Z

The GNU Hackers’ Meetings or or “GHMs” are a friendly and informal venue to discuss technical topics related to GNU (https://www.gnu.org) and free software (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html); anybody is welcome to register and attend. The GNU Hackers’ Meeting 2022 will take place on October 1st and October 2st in İzmir, Turkey; see the event home page at . We decided to help students who wish to attend by contributing 50€ out of their 60€ attendance fee (required by the hotel for use of the conference room, coffee and snacks) so that students will need to only pay 10€, upon presenting proof of ... [Read more]

The GNU Hackers' Meeting 2022 is less than one month away

2022-09-04T20:21:00Z

The GNU Hackers’ Meetings are a venue to discuss technical topics related to GNU and free software. GNU Hackers’ Meetings have been taking place since 2007: you may want to look at the pages documenting most past editions (https://www.gnu.org/ghm/previous.html) which in many cases also include presentation slides and video recordings. The event atmosphere is always friendly and informal. Anybody is welcome to register and attend, including newcomers. The next GNU Hackers’ Meeting will take place in İzmir, Turkey on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October 2022. We updated the GHM 2022 web page (https://www.gnu.org/ghm/2022) with information about the venue, accommodation ... [Read more]

GNU Hackers' Meeting 2022 proposal: İzmir, Turkey

2022-06-10T01:55:00Z

The GNU Hackers Meetings (https://www.gnu.org/ghm) are a friendly and informal venue to discuss technical issues concerning GNU (https://www.gnu.org) and free software (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). The time we proposed for GHM 2022 is approaching but unfortunately we only received three replies expressing interest. If we are to hold the event then we need more participants; at this stage a simple informal expression of interest is enough. The event is planned for an extended weekend (with talks from Friday to Saturday) in October 2022 in İzmir, Turkey. For the time being all the infamous entry barriers or restrictions are lifted in Turkey, with the ... [Read more]

Hackers getting married

2022-05-16T22:00:00Z

On May 14th E. and I got married, here in Zürich. I do not normally share very personal information here; but people who knew me before January 2021 will remember me before and since that time. How she changed me for the better. E. is my joy. [Hugging photo] E. and I hugging under the cloister next to the Stadthaus. Photo by Gloria Bressan (http://www.byphotoz.com). For the occasion we invited our friends and relatives, most of whom live as émigrés in one country or another, like us. We had several of our old-time friends from the GNU Project, and some ... [Read more]

Opernhaus Zürich does not deserve you

2022-02-19T15:00:00Z

Yesterday evening, February 18, E. and I went to the Zürich opera to see Mozart’s Don Giovanni produced by Sebastian Baumgarten(1): . We were looking forward to a well-deserved happy night out to celebrate how Switzerland had started to look less like a police state. “Freedom day” was supposed to begin at midnight on the 17th—Except, we discovered, at Opernhaus Zürich: there the gratuitous obtuse oppression continues and the house requires you to keep wearing the stupid face masks if you attend. This surprise ruined my mood and completely destroyed the experience for me. Opernhaus Zürich is a venue I ... [Read more]