#london-hacknight

2023-04-04
patcon 15:58:05
If anyone is looking for a starter LLM project to learn about remote and local AI models, then one of the cofounders of GitHub (Nat Friedman) just released a project 4h ago! If you're looking to participate in a project that might go far and has a well-positioned person backing it, this might be a neat one :)
https://github.com/nat/openplayground
patcon 15:59:25
I'm personally really curious how LLMs (large language models) might eventually be used to allow non-technical people to create quite technical things in a civictech hacknight context :)
patcon 17:11:38
📣 📆 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

A *food delivery platform co-operative* called Wings.coop is having a *community dinner and re-launch*, if anyone wants to come (Wings is like Uber Eats, but significantly less shitty for most everyone involved :upside_down_face: )

:date: When? *Thurs, Apr 13* @ 6:30-9pm
🏡 Where? *SPACE4*, Finsbury Park
🙋 RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/def-eat-ing-the-gig-economy-wings-community-dinner-tickets-597700888447
patcon 17:12:46
Added it to https://link.g0v.london/calendar !

(costs to cover meal: £5-10)
2023-04-05
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2023-04-07
patcon 21:19:59
Patrick Connolly
Peter 22:08:18
Tmr is the 55th g0v hackathon in Taiwan! We will livestream the whole event on the YouTube!
2023-04-08
ael 09:31:38
I will share my reflection on the journey of g0v.london at around 14:50 UTC+8 (7:50 am London Time)

My short talk slides WIP
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A0afgO1PcznmPmDD7EzsyKwobx6OhQHx4uuSIAz_A3M/
2023-04-12
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patcon 01:46:07
📣 📆 Event next *Tuesday, Apr 18*! 5:30-9pm

:dart: *Tech and Democracy: A Better Tech Future Summit*
https://alltechishuman.org/tech-democracy-a-better-tech-future-summit-london-18-april
patcon 01:46:16
anyone interested to go?
patcon 01:46:32
requires RSVP, so fill out the google form!
Joseph 02:46:21
ah I would but am away in Cambridge then!
ael 21:32:53
This looks so cool!!! @ruth.wetters @claudiahleung are you interested in this?

https://thegeomob.com/post/april-18th-2023-geomoblon-details
2023-04-13
Joseph 15:52:14
Hooking up GPT with census database pretty interesting! - https://github.com/caesarHQ/textSQL
Amir 21:19:36
signed up
2023-04-14
patcon 06:15:28
Holy eff! 😮
patcon 06:20:19
For those interested in learning to tell complex narratives with non-linear storytelling!

🎯 *Down the Wormhole with Evelyn Wh-ell: non-linear storytelling*
:calendar: When? *Thu, Apr 27* @ 6:30-9:30pm

> Água Viva programme is a series of workshops curated by Collective Cukurcuma dedicated to the writer Clarice Lispector. The programme invites alternative writing methodologies, different languages, imaginary worlds, new words, and lost yet-to-be-discovered stories. Acknowledging the limits of the private libraries’ and English-dominant knowledge structures, we open these online spaces hoping to provide new ingredients for new ways of telling and moving stories. Collective Cukurcuma is looking forward to holding the space with you all, listening to your stories and experimenting collectively within the Água Viva programme that will continue for the next six months in digital and physical spaces
>
https://www.eventbrite.de/e/down-the-wormhole-with-evelyn-wh-ell-non-linear-storytelling-tickets-591271989437
patcon 06:20:57
Guess this feels civic because storytelling feels really important. I've heard it said that every seemingly intractable problem is a complex narrative waiting to be excavated :)

Added to https://link.g0v.london/calendar
patcon 06:22:32
Nice, @amir1jab! Woooo. You signed up too @claudiahleung?
curtis.c.turk 16:56:36
I’m up for this too, seems interesting. Also an excuse to go to the shard aha
patcon 16:56:48
Replied to a thread: 2023-04-07 21:19:59
☝️🏻☝️🏻 One more hour to buy a ticket and show up for today's "Democracy Co-work" at the Demos think-tank.

Join #london-coworking if you want to track stuff like this :)
Joseph 18:58:16
I’m interested! ✋ though I’ve never worked with GPT api before will be cool to see how it works
claudiahleung 20:07:56
signed up but i don’t think i’ll be able to make it 🥲
claudiahleung 20:08:26
Replied to a thread: 2023-04-07 21:19:59
ooo i’ll be there in a bit! see u there?
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2023-04-15
patcon 08:32:28
> 🚀 Join Women in AI UK  in London on Saturday 22nd April for a very special screening of the OpenAI film "Artificial Gamer" at Capital Enterprise!
>  
> The film chronicles the quest by OpenAI to build an AI that can defeat the world's top DOTA 2 players. This film offers a rare glimpse into the future of AI and its potential to transform human-machine interaction. You'll also have the chance to meet some of the engineers and the film's director for a Q&A session.
>  
> Don't miss this incredible opportunity to witness the future of AI in action, network with like-minded individuals and be a part of a community that is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible with AI. See you there!
>  
> SIGN UP BELOW 👇 👇
> ➡️ This is a free event! To learn more and reserve your spot:
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-ai-artificial-gamer-screening-tickets-606714297797
Eventbrite
Join us for an exclusive screening of OpenAi's film of "Artificial Gamer"
patcon 08:32:28
> 🚀 Join Women in AI UK  in London on Saturday 22nd April for a very special screening of the OpenAI film "Artificial Gamer" at Capital Enterprise!
>  
> The film chronicles the quest by OpenAI to build an AI that can defeat the world's top DOTA 2 players. This film offers a rare glimpse into the future of AI and its potential to transform human-machine interaction. You'll also have the chance to meet some of the engineers and the film's director for a Q&A session.
>  
> Don't miss this incredible opportunity to witness the future of AI in action, network with like-minded individuals and be a part of a community that is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible with AI. See you there!
>  
> SIGN UP BELOW 👇 👇
> ➡️ This is a free event! To learn more and reserve your spot:
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-ai-artificial-gamer-screening-tickets-606714297797
2023-04-17
patcon 22:20:37
📣 Upcoming event at UCL

🎯 What? *Colonised by data: The costs of connection*
:date: When? *Thurs, May 4* @ 12:30-1:30pm
:house_with_garden: Where? *UCL Knowledge Lab*, Emerald St, London

RSVP: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2023/may/colonised-data-costs-connection
patcon 22:20:37
📣 Upcoming event at UCL

🎯 What? *Colonised by data: The costs of connection*
:date: When? *Thurs, May 4* @ 12:30-1:30pm
:house_with_garden: Where? *UCL Knowledge Lab*, Emerald St, London

RSVP: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2023/may/colonised-data-costs-connection
IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
Join this event to hear Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejias talk about how 'data colonialism' is reinforcing and producing highly unequal social arrangements whose negative impacts are more acutely felt by the traditional victims of colonialism.
patcon 22:24:13
Another one out of the faculty of engineering, online this time, and led by Liz Varga, the chair of complexity science and part of the faculty of engineering.

🎯 *Digitalisation in Infrastructure: the bigger picture*
:date: When? *Wed, Apr 19* @ 9-9:30am
🏡 Where? online

RSVP: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/civil-environmental-geomatic-engineering/events/2023/apr/spring-stem-digitalisation-infrastructure-bigger-picture
> Liz Varga led the coordination node of *UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities* (https://www.ukcric.com/) and is a co-investigator for the *Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure* (https://dafni.ac.uk/). In the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), Liz is the *chair in Complex Systems*. Liz's area of research expertise is in economic (or linear) infrastructure, which offers vital services to people, society, and the economy. Liz is the director of the Infrastructure Systems Institute, which looks into pressing issues relating to integrated transport, energy, water, waste, and telecommunications systems' resilience, sustainable innovation, and efficiency.
Added to https://link.g0v.london/calendar (if you're interested to be a contributor to the google calendar, pls just ask!)
patcon 22:24:13
Another one out of the faculty of engineering, online this time, and led by Liz Varga, the chair of complexity science and part of the faculty of engineering.

🎯 *Digitalisation in Infrastructure: the bigger picture*
:date: When? *Wed, Apr 19* @ 9-9:30am
🏡 Where? online

RSVP: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/civil-environmental-geomatic-engineering/events/2023/apr/spring-stem-digitalisation-infrastructure-bigger-picture
UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
How is digitalisation affecting infrastructure sectors? This Virtual Lecture will be given by Professor Liz Varga from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, part of the Spring into STEM webinars from UCL Engineering
> Liz Varga led the coordination node of *UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities* (https://www.ukcric.com/) and is a co-investigator for the *Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure* (https://dafni.ac.uk/). In the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), Liz is the *chair in Complex Systems*. Liz's area of research expertise is in economic (or linear) infrastructure, which offers vital services to people, society, and the economy. Liz is the director of the Infrastructure Systems Institute, which looks into pressing issues relating to integrated transport, energy, water, waste, and telecommunications systems' resilience, sustainable innovation, and efficiency.
Added to https://link.g0v.london/calendar (if you're interested to be a contributor to the google calendar, pls just ask!)
patcon 22:24:20
> Liz Varga led the coordination node of *UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities* (https://www.ukcric.com/) and is a co-investigator for the *Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure* (https://dafni.ac.uk/). In the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), Liz is the *chair in Complex Systems*. Liz's area of research expertise is in economic (or linear) infrastructure, which offers vital services to people, society, and the economy. Liz is the director of the Infrastructure Systems Institute, which looks into pressing issues relating to integrated transport, energy, water, waste, and telecommunications systems' resilience, sustainable innovation, and efficiency.
patcon 22:25:31
Added to https://link.g0v.london/calendar (if you're interested to be a contributor to the google calendar, pls just ask!)
patcon 22:32:44
📣 One more! Guest lecture by *Cory Doctorow* coming up in June. I suspect tickets will go fast!

🎯 *Seize The Means of Computation: A Big Tech Disassembly Manual*
:date: When? *Thu, June 1* @ 2-4pm
:house_with_garden: Where? *Cruciform Building*, UCL, London
RSVP: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/computer-science/events/2023/jun/peter-kirstein-lecture-2023-featuring-cory-doctorow

> We're paying way too much attention to making Big Tech better, and not nearly enough attention to making it *smaller*. After all, nobody's perfect - especially a multinational corporation hoping to craft speech rules governing 3 billion people speaking 1,000 languages in 100 countries - and that means that giant services are bound to make colossal mistakes with stupendous consequences.
> [...]
> Interoperability is tech liberation's secret weapon, the key to technological self-determination and a better future. We don't need better Zucks and Musks - we need to abolish them!
patcon 22:32:44
📣 One more! Guest lecture by *Cory Doctorow* coming up in June. I suspect tickets will go fast!

🎯 *Seize The Means of Computation: A Big Tech Disassembly Manual*
:date: When? *Thu, June 1* @ 2-4pm
:house_with_garden: Where? *Cruciform Building*, UCL, London
RSVP: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/computer-science/events/2023/jun/peter-kirstein-lecture-2023-featuring-cory-doctorow

> We're paying way too much attention to making Big Tech better, and not nearly enough attention to making it *smaller*. After all, nobody's perfect - especially a multinational corporation hoping to craft speech rules governing 3 billion people speaking 1,000 languages in 100 countries - and that means that giant services are bound to make colossal mistakes with stupendous consequences.
> [...]
> Interoperability is tech liberation's secret weapon, the key to technological self-determination and a better future. We don't need better Zucks and Musks - we need to abolish them!
UCL Computer Science
Join us for the 4th edition of the annual Peter Kirstein Lecture Series, featuring Science Fiction author, activist, and journalist, Cory Doctorow. The lecture and Q&A will be followed by a reception and book signing.
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2023-04-18
patcon 18:38:48
Nice! Would you be down to pitch at the next hacknight? Lemme know if you need any support to feel up for that :)
patcon 18:39:34
I haven't heard back from submitting the Google form for expressing interest. Has anyone else?
patcon 18:41:04
Was thinking about heading down to a cafe nearby anyhow, just to see if they'd accept ppl at the door :) will prob settle at the Starbucks under the Shard in an hour or so, if anyone wants to come cowork there!
patcon 18:42:58
Starbucks Coffee
020 7407 7364
https://maps.app.goo.gl/a4DxY9ZVk4qwwBbq8
patcon 20:25:10
Eventbrite
A networking event promoting the 'local digital commons’ - the best practice projects helping to ‘fix the plumbing' of local public service.
h/t @edsaperia
patcon 20:25:41
h/t @edsaperia
Amir 23:23:20
@patcon they letting people in without tickets?
2023-04-19
patcon 00:22:27
I suspect I will not make it past Shard security, but I'm taking a chance :)
patcon 01:17:43
📣 💼 JOB ALERT

*Senior Policy Officer – Technology* Programme Delivery (London Assembly)
⏰ Deadline: *Mon, May 8* @ midnight
https://www.london.gov.uk/senior-policy-officer-technology-programme-delivery
Slackbot 01:30:30
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2023-04-21
Martin 00:40:31
Hi everyone! My name is Martin, I’m based in Germany and go to London from time to time (I studied there), so I hope to get a chance to stop by sometime soon. I do research on civic tech communities from an urban development perspective, and I’m looking for people to interview. If any of you are interested in talking to me over Zoom, I’d be happy to share more information. We would talk about what drives you personally to invest your time in civic tech and related projects, and more specifically how you hope your projects will make London or your neighbourhood a better place. Feel free to comment or DM if you’re interested or have any other questions.
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Martin 00:40:31
Hi everyone! My name is Martin, I’m based in Germany and go to London from time to time (I studied there), so I hope to get a chance to stop by sometime soon. I do research on civic tech communities from an urban development perspective, and I’m looking for people to interview. If any of you are interested in talking to me over Zoom, I’d be happy to share more information. We would talk about what drives you personally to invest your time in civic tech and related projects, and more specifically how you hope your projects will make London or your neighbourhood a better place. Feel free to comment or DM if you’re interested or have any other questions.
Dustin Carlino 01:56:37
@dabreegster has joined the channel
Dustin Carlino 02:01:53
Hi! I'm Dustin, and I work on open source transportation software using OpenStreetMap data. I used to attend civic tech hackathons in Seattle; very happy to find something similar here! I also entered the TW presidential hackathon international track a few years back. I'd love to meet y'all and either help out on geo/map-related projects, or try to build out a community to join my projects! I'll try and join the hack next Tuesday
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Dustin Carlino 2023-04-21 02:03:23
If anyone's interested in transforming streets to take back space from cars, that's my world! http://abstreet.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dev/ltn.html?system/gb/london/maps/camden.bin / ltn.abstreet.org is a sample
@jonminchin and I are doing #london-open-lab on trying to match hardware solutions for farmers globally based on their environment data. We have a weekly call on Wednesday at 2 pm London time. Welcome to join next week!
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-21 14:56:11
If I don't have a work meeting, I'll try and join! I don't have much ML / raster imagery background, but maybe there are landuse features in OSM I could help with
@dabreegster Yes, we need someone knowing OSM!
You living in London, @dabreegster?
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-24 00:14:41
@patcon, yep, moved hear about 1.5 years ago
Jonathan Minchin 2023-04-25 19:24:15
Hey @dabreegster great to hear about your work. I'm also in contact with the IAAC university in Barcelona that created the Superblocks project here. I could link you to them, there are a lot of urban geo related projects here to look into.
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-25 20:01:11
Oh cool! I'm definitely interested in what they're doing software/mapping-wise. I'm also in touch with people in Berlin looking to replicate the superblock/LTN idea and come up with quantitative ways to prioritize where they should be placed
Dustin Carlino 02:01:53
Hi! I'm Dustin, and I work on open source transportation software using OpenStreetMap data. I used to attend civic tech hackathons in Seattle; very happy to find something similar here! I also entered the TW presidential hackathon international track a few years back. I'd love to meet y'all and either help out on geo/map-related projects, or try to build out a community to join my projects! I'll try and join the hack next Tuesday
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-21 02:03:23
If anyone's interested in transforming streets to take back space from cars, that's my world! http://abstreet.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dev/ltn.html?system/gb/london/maps/camden.bin / ltn.abstreet.org is a sample
@jonminchin and I are doing #london-open-lab on trying to match hardware solutions for farmers globally based on their environment data. We have a weekly call on Wednesday at 2 pm London time. Welcome to join next week!
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-21 14:56:11
If I don't have a work meeting, I'll try and join! I don't have much ML / raster imagery background, but maybe there are landuse features in OSM I could help with
@dabreegster Yes, we need someone knowing OSM!
You living in London, @dabreegster?
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-24 00:14:41
@patcon, yep, moved hear about 1.5 years ago
Jonathan Minchin 2023-04-25 19:24:15
Hey @dabreegster great to hear about your work. I'm also in contact with the IAAC university in Barcelona that created the Superblocks project here. I could link you to them, there are a lot of urban geo related projects here to look into.
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-25 20:01:11
Oh cool! I'm definitely interested in what they're doing software/mapping-wise. I'm also in touch with people in Berlin looking to replicate the superblock/LTN idea and come up with quantitative ways to prioritize where they should be placed
Dustin Carlino 02:03:23
If anyone's interested in transforming streets to take back space from cars, that's my world! http://abstreet.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dev/ltn.html?system/gb/london/maps/camden.bin / ltn.abstreet.org is a sample
ael 07:41:09
@jonminchin and I are doing #london-open-lab on trying to match hardware solutions for farmers globally based on their environment data. We have a weekly call on Wednesday at 2 pm London time. Welcome to join next week!
Dustin Carlino 14:56:11
If I don't have a work meeting, I'll try and join! I don't have much ML / raster imagery background, but maybe there are landuse features in OSM I could help with
ael 17:58:52
@dabreegster Yes, we need someone knowing OSM!
Ben Dunn Flores 18:52:12
Where is the hacknight on Tuesday?
claudiahleung 2023-04-21 22:23:58
space4!
Oh! Yes! Will update meetup!
Ben Dunn Flores 18:52:12
Where is the hacknight on Tuesday?
claudiahleung 2023-04-21 22:23:58
space4!
Oh! Yes! Will update meetup!
claudiahleung 22:23:58
space4!
2023-04-23
patcon 03:11:16
You living in London, @dabreegster?
patcon 03:13:12
Oh! Yes! Will update meetup!
patcon 03:13:25
Meetup
Come help us chip away at civic challenges! We've got everything you need for a friendly and productive night: an invited speaker to learn from, wonderful co-conspirators t
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-26 00:23:28
I'm too exhausted post-work to join tonight, but hope y'all have fun. I've penciled in Tuesdays, will try harder to join the next
No worries! Hopefully you'll feel less zonked in a future week :)
patcon 03:13:25
Dustin Carlino 2023-04-26 00:23:28
I'm too exhausted post-work to join tonight, but hope y'all have fun. I've penciled in Tuesdays, will try harder to join the next
No worries! Hopefully you'll feel less zonked in a future week :)
2023-04-24
Dustin Carlino 00:14:41
@patcon, yep, moved hear about 1.5 years ago
2023-04-25
Jonathan Minchin 19:24:15
Hey @dabreegster great to hear about your work. I'm also in contact with the IAAC university in Barcelona that created the Superblocks project here. I could link you to them, there are a lot of urban geo related projects here to look into.
Dustin Carlino 20:01:11
Oh cool! I'm definitely interested in what they're doing software/mapping-wise. I'm also in touch with people in Berlin looking to replicate the superblock/LTN idea and come up with quantitative ways to prioritize where they should be placed
2023-04-26
Dustin Carlino 00:23:28
I'm too exhausted post-work to join tonight, but hope y'all have fun. I've penciled in Tuesdays, will try harder to join the next
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patcon 21:29:42
No worries! Hopefully you'll feel less zonked in a future week :)
2023-04-27
Ben Dunn Flores 00:10:36
Thanks for coming last night! If you're interested in renting without a landlord, please check out roostrent.com
Ben Dunn Flores 00:10:36
Thanks for coming last night! If you're interested in renting without a landlord, please check out roostrent.com
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Ben Dunn Flores 19:19:55
Just created a guide to setting up a co-op yourself. If you're interested in renting without a landlord, these are the steps:
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London EAs pay £140m in rent[1]. £56m of that is landlord profit which could be donated effectively. Enough money to save 10,000 lives per year is lying on the table. …
Ben Dunn Flores 19:19:55
Just created a guide to setting up a co-op yourself. If you're interested in renting without a landlord, these are the steps: