Note: Here in the US, we are about to "spring ahead" one mooorre time, and the 1pm I'm referring to is an hour earlier than many of you expect.
"It's becoming increasingly unusual to read a report of a new technology or scientific discovery that doesn't breathlessly use the phrase 'it seems like science fiction'. The news cycle is currently dominated by hype about artificial intelligence (a gross mis-characterisation of machine learning algorithms and large language models). A couple of years ago it was breathless hype about cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies-- which turned out to be a financial services bubble ... " -- Charles Stross, November 10th, 2023, "We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus" The Raku Study Group March 10th, 2024 1pm in California, 9pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87052612966?pwd=cExtbzJLVkIyUGVZRGlYWlBBRTg1dz09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/299663054/