Re: [PLUG] [plug-announce] Tue Mar 14 - PLUG North - "Remedial Math for Programmers" by Walt Mankowski (7pm EDT online)

[Walt Mankowski via plug-announce via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that PLUG North is TONIGHT at 7 PM EDT. We sometimes
have folks in the meetings from out of the country. If you're one of
them, keep in mind that the US moved our close to summer time last
Sunday. The meeting will start at 2300 UTC, which is an hour earlier
your time than it's been for the past few months.

I'll be practicing my talk called "Remedial Math for
Programmers". Details are below, but rest assure there's some fitting
content for Pi Day!

Walt

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:06:54AM -0500, Walt Mankowski via plug-announce via plug wrote:
> PLUG North will be meeting on Tuesday, March 14, beginning at 7pm EDT
> (2300 UTC). The US is switching to daylight saving time this
> weekend. If you're planning to attend the meeting from outside the US,
> keep in mind that we'll be starting an hour earlier than usual this
> month! The meeting will be online. Details are at the bottom of the
> email.
> 
> This month, PLUG welcomes back Walt Mankowski. Walt will be giving a talk
> entitled "Remedial Math for Programmers", which he's practicing for
> the upcoming CPOSC conference on April 1.
> 
>   Have you ever struggled through a programming interview because you
>   couldn't remember some math you learned in high school? Do you want
>   to understand some of the math behind video games and machine
>   learning? Want to brush up your math skills before taking some
>   online computer classes? Then this is the talk for you! We'll take a
>   whirlwind tour through the most important math concepts in computer
>   science. We'll review:
> 
>   * Exponents and logarithms, and why understanding them is so
>     important to writing fast code
> 
>   * The modulus operator and what it's good for
> 
>   * Practical applications of sines and cosines
> 
> I originally gave a version of this talk at FOSSCON and at PLUG in
> 2019. Back then I had a full hour, but CPOSC talks are only 30
> minutes. I've had to chop the final section, which was basically "this
> is the one big concept you need to understand about linear algebra".
> Oh well.
> 
> We'll be using Jitsi Meet, a free and open source videoconferencing
> platform, for the meeting. The meeting will start at 7 PM. The talk
> will start sometime around 7:15, or whenever we're all set. Q&A and
> general banter will follow the talk.
> 
> You can access the meeting online at
> 
> https://meet.jit.si/PLUGNorthMarch2023
> 
> Jitsi Meet also has apps for iOS and Android. If you decide to
> use one of those apps, use meeting code "PLUGNorthMarch2023".
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