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Trinity Term Week 4 Newsletter
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STEM Social, Cocktail Making Night and TikTok!
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Warmest Welcome, Computer Aficionado,
My calendar reliably informs me that it's Fourth Week, so it's time for yet another weekly newsletter! We've got two exciting events coming up this week... and a new social media
account?
If you were lucky enough to nab a ticket in time, we have our cocktail making night at the Alchemist coming up tonight! A reminder is below.
If you missed out on the cocktail making night, fear not! Tickets have gone live for our STEM social at the Varsity Club this Friday! As of the time of writing, tickets are still
available, so if you fancy a night of drinks and scintillating conversation, look below for the event link!
And to round it all off, we now have a TikTok account! Follow us at
@ox.compsoc.net for some fun CompSoc videos — we already have two up, with more on the way!
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- Declan, CompSoc Secretary
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Fun Computing Fact:
If I say the word 'semaphore', what comes to mind? A neat little concurrency primitive? Well, today's fun fact concerns the rather older type of semaphore — the
ones where moving physical parts are used as long-distance visual signals. If you think that's a horribly antiquated technology with no use in the modern world besides railways... well, you'd be right, but that didn't stop the Internet Engineering Task Force
from writing
RFC 4824 in 2007. Otherwise known as the Semaphore Flag Signalling System, RFC 4824 describes a proposed method to transmit Internet Protocol (IP) packets over semaphore. Somehow, I'm not sure it'll catch on...
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Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets,
free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up!
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Varsity Club Social with PhysSoc — Tickets LIVE!
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Feeling ground down by studying and looking for a break? Or perhaps you’re just bored? It’s time to take a step back and indulge in a night of drinks and chatter at our STEM
social! Hosted jointly by Oxford University Physics Society and yours truly, come along and meet some fellow STEM students from across the university while taking advantage of some free drinks on us!
We'll have two drinks tokens available on entry for those who come and tickets are free, so if you're interested, make sure to sign up now with the link below!
When: 8pm, Friday 17th May
Where: The Varsity Club
9 High St, Oxford OX1 4DB
Sign up here:
https://fixr.co/event/cocktail-making-at-the-alchemist-tickets-412289916
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Were you lucky enough to get a ticket to our cocktail making night at the Alchemist? If so, get ready to join us tonight for a vibrant cocktail making masterclass! You'll craft
your very own magical cocktail and have the chance to meet fellow Computer Science enthusiasts! With a venue known for its funky, sophisticated cocktails, this event isn't to be missed!
When:
7pm, Tuesday 14th May
(a ticket is required)
Where: The Alchemist, Westgate
Shopping Centre Westgate, Bonn Square, Oxford OX1 1TR
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Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society
we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host
of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS.
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