Hello Everyone,
Sorry for the delayed newsletter.
To begin with, unfortunately the planned talk from Leng Lee (the COO of
Codecademy) has had to be cancelled.
However, this week, we still have an amazing talk lined up. Jon Skeet
(from Google, biggest contributor to Stack Overflow answers, ever) will
be coming yet again! This time to do a more tech-oriented talk.
And of course we have our usual Learn to Code and Geek Night events!
Google's Jon Skeet - Humanity: Epic Fail
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/google_talk/>
Date: Wednesday Week 4 - 12 February 2014 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event
<https://facebook.com/events/1445493415682020/>Place: Lecture Theatre A
- Dept. of Computer Science
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Google
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/google/> Sponsor Event
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/sponsor_event/> Talk
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/>
Jon Skeet will be joining us again to talk to the society this term,
this time on a bit of a more technical topic, with plenty of calendar
trivia.
*Abstract:*
When it comes down to it, all our data is just made of 1s and 0s. But
data in the real world is obviously much more complex than that, so we
impose extra meaning on top of it. We take it for granted that we can
represent numbers, text and date/time information in our programs...
indeed, these are three of the core building blocks which are used in
just about every data model imaginable.
So how is it that it's all so broken? Why is Stack Overflow full of
questions about arithmetic being 'broken' because of using float or
double? Is there any hope for things ever getting better?
In this talk, I'll give some examples of what's wrong with the world,
allocate blame to just about everyone involved, and give a few
suggestions to avoid getting burned. In all of this I'll be ably
assisted by my friend, Tony the Pony.
Learn to Code: Session 4
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/learn_to_code_4/>
Date: Saturday Week 4 - 15 February 2014 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event
<https://facebook.com/events/514437502003648/>Place: Room 379 - Dept. of
Computer Science
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_379/>Tags: Learn to Code
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/>
*Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!*
About Learn to Code
During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops
and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming
using Python <http://www.python.org/>. These events are good if you have
zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have
started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome
people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers
the better!
These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>.
You can find out more information about this series of events over
at ox.compsoc.net/learn <http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/>
We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in
this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/>
...and a group for those who would like to
volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/>
Geek Night 4 (Members Only)
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/geek_night_4/>
Date: Saturday Week 4 - 15 February 2014 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event
<https://facebook.com/events/1436611899909111/>Place: Undergraduate
Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science
<https://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Geek
Night <https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>
Note: Starting this term, Geek Night is a *MEMBERS ONLY* event.
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Kind Regards,
Sam
Sam Lanning
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>
