October 2017 - Announce-RedBrick - lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

28 Oct '17

Hello Brickies, TL;DR - Microsoft, Wednesday LG26 @ 15:30 - HackerClub, Thursday L101 @ 16:00 - Mid-Semester Drinks, Thursday Nubar @ 19:00 - Engineering and Computing Ball - Hacktoberfest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft are back again! Last time Microsoft came in we had a fantastic coding competition, and now they're back to talk to us. What's the talk? They'll be telling us about how they deliver services to their Office Customers on a day to day basis. Come along to LG26 on the first day of November at 15:30. Redbrick, Microsoft and pizza is turning out to be quite the combination. See y'all there! https://www.facebook.com/events/1560927170635953/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hackerclub will be continuing as usual this Thursday, starting at 4pm. Come on down to practive your programming, eat pizza, and chat with us! We'll be working through some less-demanding problems until 5pm, and then we'll step up the difficulty for the brave amongst you! https://www.facebook.com/events/144497879493359 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mid-Semester Drinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's reading week, and that means there's less people around than usual. Some of your friends may have gone home for the week, some may actually be hitting the books, but your friends at Redbrick won't let you down! Redbrick wil host a mid-semester party in the NuBar next Thursday starting at 19:00. Feel free to pop down at any time, it's a great opportunity to get to know other members and the committee! https://www.facebook.com/events/1749574815336991/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ball ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Engineering and Redbrick societies have been working hard over the past few months to bring you one of the top highlights of the year! THE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING BALL It will take place on Thursday, November 16th, in The Bonnington Dublin, on the Swords road. The event will be as follows; - Prosecco Reception - 3 course banquet - Band - DJ Dress code is formal so stay classy 😉 Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/2yLpDNI https://www.facebook.com/events/312772709198090 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hacktoberfest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hacktoberfest is ending this week sadly. So get your pull requests in by the 31st! The annual month-long event to promote contributing to open source projects. If you make 4 pull requests to open source repo you will get a sweet t-shirt from DigitalOcean & Github. All of Redbrick's repos (https://github.com/redbrick) are eligible, so make sure you check it out and contribute! We've tagged some issues with the 'Hacktoberfest' label to get you started. https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dowling (winesnob) Redbrick PRO 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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Week 6 | Demonware | Linux Installfest | Ball Tickets
by Cormac Smartt 22 Oct '17

22 Oct '17

Happy Sunday, folks! As Week 6 rolls around and mid-term exams loom, we've a week of fantastic events to keep your spirits up! TL;DR: - Demonware @ Redbrick - Linux Installfest - E & C Ball Tickets now on sale! - Humans vs Zombies - Hackerclub -------------------------------------------------- Demonware @ Redbrick Monday 23/10/2017 | 5pm | L101 -------------------------------------------------- Demonware provides online gaming services for Activision games, including Call of Duty. Engineers at Demonware will talk about working in the gaming industry and challenges associated with providing online services for one of the worlds largest entertainment franchises. https://www.facebook.com/events/121880845157722/ -------------------------------------------------- Linux Installfest Wednesday 25/10/2017 | 5pm | LG26 -------------------------------------------------- What's this Linux thing all the cool kids are talking about? _Why should you care?_ Come on down to LG26 this Wednesday, where we'll give you the low-down on the world's most widely used operating system! There'll be a quick overview of what Linux is & what is has to offer, followed by a hands-on tutorial where you'll install your very own Linux system, either on a Virtual Machine, or your own laptop. This may sound like an intimidating event, but we're committed to making our talks accessible to everyone! People of all skill levels are more than welcome, and we'll be ensuring everyone's up to speed before we move on to anything new. https://www.facebook.com/events/113047719456696/ -------------------------------------------------- Humans vs. Zombies -------------------------------------------------- Once again, DCU Games Society (Gamessoc) have asked that we remind everyone that their annual Humans Vs. Zombies event begins this Monday! Full details of the event & how to sign up can be found below: https://www.facebook.com/events/288110335029405/ -------------------------------------------------- Engineering & Computing Ball Tickets -------------------------------------------------- Just a quick heads up that tickets for this year's Engineering & Computing ball will be on sale this week! Details and pricing can be found on the event page below: https://www.facebook.com/events/312772709198090/ -------------------------------------------------- Hackerclub Thursday 26/10/2017 | 4pm | L101 -------------------------------------------------- Hackerclub will be continuing as usual this Thursday, starting at 4pm. Come on down to practive your programming, eat pizza, and chat with us! We'll be working through some less-demanding problems until 5pm, and then we'll step up the difficulty for the brave amongst you! https://www.facebook.com/events/144497879493359/ Have a good week everyone! Your friendly neighborhood SysAdmin, ~pints

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Week 5 and a Half | Intro to Git | Common Room | HvZ | PyCon
by winesnob＠redbrick.dcu.ie 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

Hello Brickies, TL;DR - Intro to Git (Today 15:00 @ LG25) - Common Room Locked Today and Tomorrow - HvZ: Sign up before Monday! (Chase people with nerf guns) - PyCon: Subsidised tickets! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro to Git ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A quick reminder that Intro to Git is on today in LG25 @15:00. Stephen Blott will give a talk on the wondrous world of git. https://www.facebook.com/events/148090412473470/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Room ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As all of you know, we have repeatedly highlighted that members must clean up after themselves in the Common Room. Over the past week, the room has been left messy repeatedly. As a result, the Room Committee have elected to close the room for the following 2 days. Further closures and/or loss of access to the room can be expected if this situation does not improve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HvZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The zombies are coming! GamesSoc's zombie-themed chase game, Humans vs Zombies, takes place next week - all week. Humans must fend off the zombies with Nerf guns, rolled-up socks, or their wit. This year, GamesSoc asked us to join them along with Airsoft, Harry Potter, Psychology, Postgrad, Circus to make it better than ever. Sign up before Monday and join the event on Faceboook too. https://www.facebook.com/events/288110335029405 GamesSoc will also have a stand in the Henry Grattan building from 12pm until 2pm on Thursday and Friday if you want to come by and ask some questions, or sign up then. GamesSoc are hosting an info and raffle event in C124 at 6pm on Thursday to explain HvZ. If you are lucky you may even win a nerf gun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PyCon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you may have heard, PyCon will be taking place this Saturday & Sunday in Dublin! As in previous years, Redbrick will be offering subsidised tickets for our members who wish to attend. The first 20 Redbrick members to submit their ticket recipt to committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie will be eligible to be reimbursed €20, half of the cost of a student ticket. This is strictly limited to current students of DCU, and to the first 20 people only. More details of the conference can be found here: https://pyconie17.python.ie/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dowling (winesnob) Redbrick PRO 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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Week 5 | Intro to Git | HackerClub | Ball
by winesnob＠redbrick.dcu.ie 15 Oct '17

15 Oct '17

Hello Brickies, TL;DR - Intro to Git (Wed 15:00 @ LG25) - Hackerclub (Thu 16:00 @ L101) - Ball Tickets on Sale Week 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro to Git ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Git is a word you're going to hear a lot. But what is git? What can it do? How can you use it? Well if you want to learn more, come along to LG25 on Wednesday the 18th of October at 15:00 where Stephen Blott will give a talk on the wondrous world of git. Stephen has given fantastic talks in the past on git and we are thrilled to have him in to introduce people to a very important part of software development. Come on down to LG25 next Wednesday at 15:00 to "git" good at git! https://www.facebook.com/events/148090412473470/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We will step through the basics of competitive programming, helping you understand how you should interpret the question and to understand STDIN and STDOUT. We will have questions of various difficulties, even for beginners, so relax. In case you are hungry we will give you pizza to boost your algorithms by O(n^2)! In the second hour we will run some harder problems, so you can release your inner programming beast. Come to L101 at 16:00 on Thursday for 2 hour session of fun! https://www.facebook.com/events/144497879493359/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineering and Computing Ball ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EngSoc and Redbrick have been working hard over the past few months to bring you one of the top highlights of the year! THE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING BALL It will take place on Thursday, November 16th, in The Bonnington Dublin (Formally the Regency hotel), on the Swords road. The event will be as follows: - Prosecco Reception - 3 course banquet - Band - DJ Dress code is formal so stay classy 😉 Tickets will go on sale on Monday of Week 6 (22nd October) in the Henry Grattan CONCESSION PRICE: 45euro* STANDARD PRICE: 50euro *To avail of concesion price, all you have to do is pay a €10 deposit at either of the societies' stands at sign-ups; EngSoc freshers with coupons can also avail of this price at ticket sales https://www.facebook.com/events/312772709198090 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dowling (winesnob) Redbrick PRO 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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Common Room Update
by winesnob＠redbrick.dcu.ie 11 Oct '17

11 Oct '17

IMPORTANT COMMON ROOM UPDATE In recent weeks the Common Room (N109) has been left in poor condition at the end of each day. The Common Room Committee have received multiple complaints from both general membership and the cleaning staff. As such the current state of the room can not continue. The Common Room Committee and cleaning staff are not responsible for cleaning up after peoples' personal messes. If the issue has not been majorly improved by the end of this week the room shall be locked for an indeterminate amount of days starting from the 16th of October while the room is set back in to working order. We know that this is not a problem caused by all members, however this is the only effective method at our disposal.

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Week 4 Update
by Terry Bolt 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

Hi again, Welcome to part two of this week's announce: where we post things we forgot to announce before! This is an update to the Microsoft Programming Competition: those interested in going have to register at http://tinyurl.com/yaxuj479 so we know how many pizzas to order. -- Terry Bolt Computational Problem Solving and Software Development Redbrick Chair (tbolt) -- *Séanadh Ríomhphoist/Email DisclaimerTá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. Is féidir tuilleadh a léamh anseo. <https://www4.dcu.ie/iss/seanadh-riomhphoist.shtml> <https://www4.dcu.ie/iss/seanadh-riomhphoist.shtml>This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Read more here. <https://www4.dcu.ie/iss/email-disclaimer.shtml> *

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Week 4 | Microsoft Programming Competition | HackerClub | Ball
by voy＠redbrick.dcu.ie 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

Warm Welcomes (again), It has been brought to our attention some of our new users might not have been getting emails, but it should all be solved now. If you know anyone else still having trouble receiving emails, please let us know by emailing admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. TL;DR - Microsoft Programming Competition (Wed @ 15:30 | LG25) - Hackerclub (Thu 16:00 @ L101) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Programming Competition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We will be welcoming Microsoft, who will be running a programming competition. You will have a chance to win some nice prizes, and talk to a few engineers. You don't need to be a wizard in the art of competitive programming to attend. The event is aimed mostly at second years onwards, but first years can challange themselves if they want. Come to LG25 on Wednesday at 15:30 participate. https://www.facebook.com/events/150523242215382 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We will step through the basics of competitive programming, helping you understand how you should interpret the question and to understand STDIN and STDOUT. We will have questions of various difficulties, even for beginners, so relax. In case you are hungry we will give you pizza to boost your algorithms by O(n^2)! In the second hour we will run some harder problems, so you can release your inner programming beast. Come to L101 at 16:00 on Thursday for 2 hour session of fun! https://www.facebook.com/events/144497879493359 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineering and Computing Ball ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In case you forgot, we are running this thing where we eat, dance (hah), and party until we fall asleep in Bonnington Hotel (formerly Regency Hotel), on Thursday the 16th of November. Tickets are €50. https://www.facebook.com/events/312772709198090 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I send it today it would be a good step :P" Wojtek Bednarzak (voy) Redbrick Secretary 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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05 Oct '17

Hey folks, So, we have a few bits and bobs to clear up, hence the special midweek announce! There's been a few changes to the events running today specifically, but along with that we have a few more things we'd like to mention. TL;DR - Downtime Over Weekend - RB Webspace Setup (L114 , Thu @ 15:00) - Competitive Programming Practice (L114, Thu @ 16:00) - Microsoft Programming Competition (LG25, 11th Oct @ 15:00) - Engineering & Computing Ball: we are taking deposits! - FOSDEM: we're going! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Downtime Over Weekend ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redbrick will be going down for maintenance this Sunday, at 1pm, for approximately 2 hours. This is to facilitate updates to our hosts, and a general health check on the network. All services will be affected, and logins will be disabled prior to the shutdown. If you have any questions, please contact admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie (mailto:admins@redbrick.dcu.ie) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webspace Setup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webspace was originally at 16:00 today, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we've had to move it an hour earlier. Webspace is now at 15:00 in L114. Our webmaster will show you how to upload any* file to your website so you can show your friends how awesome you are! https://www.facebook.com/events/152571942006133/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/152571942006133/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Competitive Programming Practice Evening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We wanted Webspace Setup and our Practice evening to run back to back, so when Webspace changed, this in turn had to change. Our practice evening is now at 16:00 (not really evening time) in L114. Come to brush up on your skills, chill with some brickies and of course, indulge in some pizza. https://www.facebook.com/events/1801483303480200 (https://www.facebook.com/events/1801483303480200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Programming Competition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redbrick and Microsoft are teaming up to bring you some competitive programming funsies on October 11th! If you want to be in with the chance of winning some swag you better pop along to LG25 at 15:00, we have prizes for the top three teams, with the top team winning a €100 One4all gift voucher for each member. If that wasn't enough for you, there's even an Xbox One being raffled. Incentives galore. Teams can have between 1 - 3 people, you can use any too/language you want and there's no restrictions in terms of internet. The competition is more geared for second year students and above, but don't let that discourage you if you're a first year! Pop along and see what competitive programming is like! The room is LG25 and the date is Wednesday 11th of October and the time is 15:00, come along and join us for some good old fashioned problem solving, programming, and pizza. https://www.facebook.com/events/150523242215382 (https://www.facebook.com/events/150523242215382) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineering & Computing Ball ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Engineering and Redbrick societies have been working hard over the past few months to bring you one of the top highlights of the year! It will take place on Thursday, November 16th, in The Bonnington Hotel(formerly The Regency Hotel Dublin), on the Swords road. The events runs something like this: Prosecco reception, three course banquet, a band, and finally a DJ. Concession tickets are €45 and the standard tickets are €50. If you want to avail of the concession ticket price and save yourself a fiver (the cost of goujons and chips in NuBar) all you have to do is pay a €10 deposit before the end of the week to any committee member from either Redbrick or EngSoc. https://www.facebook.com/events/312772709198090/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/312772709198090/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOSDEM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In short, FOSDEM is the biggest European meetup of developers, and Redbrick is going. If you like hanging around a big convention talking about open source software with nerds, this is the place for you! FOSDEM will be held in Brussels on the 3rd & 4th or February 2018. Redbrick will be flying out to Belgium on the evening of the 2nd and returning on the evening of the 4th. So far all we can say is that the overall price will be less than €100, that includes flights and accommodation by the way. If you're interested, sign up at the link below, places are limited and it's pretty much first come first served. https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie/fosdem/ (https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie/fosdem/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Should we send out a midweek announce?" James McDermott (mctastic) Redbrick Events Officer 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick (https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick) Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie (https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie) f

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03 Oct '17

Warm greetings, We would like to welcome all new members to DCU's Architecture Society.. umm, I mean Networking Society. Some of you might only be starting in DCU now, so we have a few events this week in which you might be interested in to make your life easier. TL;DR - Setting up your development environment (Wed @ 16:00) - EGM with First Year Rep election (Wed @ 17:00) - RB Webspace setup (Thu @ 16:00) - Competitive Programming Practice (Thu @ 17:00) - Renew if you haven't. - Hacktoberfest is on! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setting Up a Development Enviroment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting off in programmer-land is hard. You hear all the weird words. IDEs, editors, compilers, interpreters, git... But what do they do, and how can they make you more productive? We will go through a basic setup, covering what you should have to get you working on any project in no time. The event will kick off on Wednesday at 16:00 in LG25. https://www.facebook.com/events/627151514340123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EGM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is just a friendly reminder we are holding our Extraordinary General Meeting. We have one position to fill - First Year Representative, responsible for transpiling first year's needs to committee action items. In case that is not interesting enough, there will be pizza, as well as networking with our Associate members afterwards. We will start after the Dev Env talk at 17:00 on Wednesday. https://www.facebook.com/events/757253674461724 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webspace Setup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use this one weird trick to have your files on the web!!!!1 Did you know you have your own webspace on Redbrick? Our webmaster will show you how to upload any* file to your website so you can show your friends how awesome you are. Join us on Thursday at 16:00 in LG25. https://www.facebook.com/events/152571942006133 * T&C apply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Competitive Programming Practice Evening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up for some challenge? Programming Competitions run all year round and are a brilliant way to brush up on your algorithms and improve your technical interview skillz. We will run a practice session, teaching you the way around online judging systems, what STDIN and STDOUT is, as well as few hardball questions for those who feel up to it. Join us on Thursday at 17:00 after the webspace talk in LG25. https://www.facebook.com/events/1801483303480200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Membership Renewal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a friendly ping that you should renew your membership if you haven't already. You can find all relevant information on the website: https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/joining. Please email or send a carrier pigeon to admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie with your username and PayPal transaction ID after making a payment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hacktoberfest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hacktoberfest is on! The annual month-long event to promote contributing to open source projects. If you make 4 pull requests to open source repo you will get a sweet t-shirt from DigitalOcean & Github. All of Redbrick's repos (https://github.com/redbrick) are eligible, so make sure you check it out and contribute! We've tagged some issues with the 'Hacktoberfest' label to get you started. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Should I mention renewals?" Wojtek Bednarzak (voy) Redbrick Secretary 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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