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How to reduce your electricity bill to zero – followup

Tue 18 Jun 2024 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we have a talk about reducing your electricity bill. We’ve previously discussed home automation with[…]

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Generating Documents – followup

Tue 21 May 2024 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month Frank Nicholson took us through Google Slides vs Microsoft PowerPoint. (the planned talk on WYSIWYG[…]

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Email – followup

Tue 16 Apr 2024 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at Email, including a breakdown of an email message, sending with SMTP, routing[…]

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Generative AI – followup

Tue 19 Mar 2024 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at generative AI, including a bit of history, opening the pandoras box, how[…]

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Password – followup

Tue 20 Feb 2024 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at passwords.  Areas covered includes early days, local login, remote login, single sign[…]

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Universal Serial Bus – follow-up

Tue 16 Jan 2024 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. This month we look at the Universal Serial Bus, or USB.  Areas covered include what it is,[…]

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Computing oriented External Seminars January 2024

Fri 29 Dec 2023 Neill Allan Computing

Hi everyone, Many of you may not know that I publish a list of Science and Technology webinars and this is an extraction of those most relevant to Computing. This[…]

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Automating the home with Home Assistant – follow-up

Tue 21 Nov 2023 peter Computing

This is the follow-up post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. In last months meeting we touched on using Home Assistant to host AdGuard … as there were[…]

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AI for everyone library

Wed 15 Nov 2023 peter Computing, Frontpage

The Artificial Intelligence for everyone library is now available https://u3acommunities.org/interest-groups/computing/ai-for-everyone/ Artificial Intelligence forums are also available for both beginners and enthusiasts.

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Why the web is such a mess / DNS, DHCP, trackers and ads – followup

Tue 17 Oct 2023 peter Computing

This is the followup post to the on-line meeting containing the materials used. In this meeting we have a video by Tom Scott and a presentation by Peter Lord, both[…]

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