Retired software engineer and giving time to @u3acommunities.org, #HomeAssistant projects and #Festival volunteering.
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#Toob referal - https://rewards.toob.co.uk/VARrDV
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Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
> Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
#BigTech #OpenAccess #OpenSource #innovation #collaboration #AI #LLM #B4RN #Rhizomatica #MAJI
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Last year's average monthly electricity cost was £1.04, including electric car charging and hot water. So export solar as much as I can, charge house battery over night with cheap electricity and automate everything. Make money over summer that covers most of the winter costs.
#octopusenergy #octopusintelligent #solar #battery #myenergi #homeassistant
Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
After seeing Mike Berners-Lee ( https://bsky.app/profile/mikebernerslee.bsky.social ) at the also festival, I bought and just finished his book "A climate of truth". Kinda of depressing and hopeful at the same time 🙂
One of my focuses at the moment is social media in u3a, so I'll be pushing the "truth in media" message a bit that way.
Mike - you need to be on the fediverse !
#climateoftruth #mikebernerslee #u3a
#fediverse #climatecrisis #polycrisis
Hoping to present the idea of the #ferdiverse to the #u3a council soon as they formulate their next 5 years strategy.
Whilst good timing, I expect a lot of pushback from #facebook fans. Still, you've got to try right ?
Real time bidding (how targeted ads work)
🗓️ Start: 19 August 2025 3:00 pm
⏳ End: 19 August 2025 5:00 pm
This month we look at the Real Time Bidding (RTB) system – this is the mechanism that provides targeted ads to your web pages and devices. We’ll cover the basic mechanism, what data is held, how do they know it’s you, main companies involved, pros & cons and what can be done.
Plenty of time is reserved for discussions.
Joining details will be emailed to subscribers nearer the time. If you aren’t a member, it’s free to join here https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/.
https://u3acommunities.org/event/real-time-bidding-how-targeted-ads-work/
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