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Alt-Tab speaker applications and BigBlueButton
by Computer Science Club 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Hi CSC, We have two announcements to make in this email. 1. *Alt-Tab speaker applications now open* Join Computer Science Club for Alt-Tab, a lightning tech talk series presented by students. Alt-Tab consists of 10 to 15-minute talks about anything related to tech. We are currently looking for speakers! If you're passionate about a technical topic and interested in public speaking, apply by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/JpEsGTZK9WRbFUw46. Alternatively, you can also email us at … [View More]

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Syscom Recruitment
by Computer Science Club 10 Feb '21

10 Feb '21

Hello CSC, The Systems Committee (syscom) is currently recruiting new members for W2021 and beyond. What is syscom? Syscom is the committee responsible for the operation, maintenance and upgraing of all CSC equipment. Here's a non-exhaustive list of some of the services we provide: * Web hosting * Email hosting * Git hosting * Open source software mirroring * CSC machine access * Roundcube (web UI for email) * The Lounge (web UI for IRC) * ZNC (IRC bouncer) * Mattermost To join syscom, you … [View More]

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Winter 2021 Club Fees will not be collected + Election Results
by Computer Science Club 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Hello CSC, MathSoc has decided not collect fees for the Winter 2021 term. Due to this: * If have already paid for Winter 2021 membership, your membership will be extended by one term. * If your membership is expired for the Winter 2021 term, you can email exec at csclub.uwaterloo.ca to have your membership renewed for the term at no cost. Winter 2021 elections have also concluded. Here are your executives for the term. - President: Kallen Tu (k4tu) - VP: Gordon Le (g2le) - AVP: Nakul … [View More]

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Winter 2021 Fees + Elections + Resume event
by Computer Science Club 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Hello all, Here are are a few updates for the start of the W21 term: Mathsoc has currently not decided on whether club fees will be collected for the Winter 2021 term. Therefore, we will not process renewals and new member signups until MathSoc makes a decision, likely 1-2 weeks into the term. If you are a current CSC member whose account was active last term, you will retain access to CSC systems for all of January. We will send another email once MathSoc has made a decision. ----------… [View More]

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Dr. Richard Stallman's online talk on Friday November 27 (today!) at 3:30pm EST
by Computer Science Club 27 Nov '20

27 Nov '20

Hello programs, Dr. Richard M. Stallman (rms) will be delivering a live presentation today (Friday, November 27, 2020) at 3:30pm, on "Why operating systems and other software should be free". You can watch the livestream using Firefox- or Chromium-based browsers from the following page, at 3:30pm: https://live.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/2020-11-27-rms.html Dr. Stallman led the development of the GNU operating system, founded the Free Software Foundation, and launched the free software … [View More]

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Join CSC and WiCS for Alt-Tab on Nov 19 (today!) at 5 PM ET
by Computer Science Club 19 Nov '20

19 Nov '20

Hello all, Come join the UW Computer Science Club (CSC) and Women in Computer Science (WiCS) on Thursday, November 19th (today) from 5-7PM EST for Alt-Tab! Alt-Tab is a lightning tech talk series presented by students and alumni. This term's Alt-Tab event will comprise of 4 different speakers who will be talking about topics including Ethereum NFT gaming, proof assistants and vanity Tor URLS. There will also be a raffle to win $20 gift cards! This event will be hosted on Zoom, at … [View More]

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Alt-Tab: Call for Speakers! (Applications due November 1st)
by Computer Science Club 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Hello CSC members, Join the Computer Science Club (CSC) and Women in Computer Science (WiCS) on Thursday, November 19th for Alt-Tab, a lightning tech talk series presented by students! Alt-Tab consists of 10 to 15-minute talks about anything related to tech. They can be about cool new features, a fun project you made or really anything that you are excited about! We will be hosting it virtually this term! We are currently looking for speakers! If you’re passionate about a technical … [View More]

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Fall 2020 Election Results
by Computer Science Club 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Hello CSC, Fall 2020 elections have concluded. Here are your executives for the term. - President: Mokai Xu (m92xu) - VP: Anastassia Gaikovaia (agaikova) - AVP: Edwin Yang (e37yang) - Treasurer: Neil Parikh (n3parikh) - Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (mtrberzi) Thanks, Stacy Gaikovaia, CRO

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[ANN] Hosted ZNC (IRC bouncer) for CSC members
by Computer Science Club 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Hello programs, On behalf of the CSC Systems Committee I am pleased to announce the availability of the CSC's own installation of the ZNC IRC bouncer for our members, at <https://znc.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. To learn how to configure and use your CSC ZNC account to connect to IRC networks, please see the 'Client setup' section of the new ZNC page on the CSC wiki at <https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ZNC>. This is the second of several steps we at the CSC Systems Committee are taking … [View More]to bring modern user freedom- and privacy-respecting communication tools to our members. This is now more crucial than ever, as we have all grown our dependence on remote communication tools due to the ongoing global crisis, and as Fall 2020 starts with classes held online. Starting today, CSC members can use their CSC account credentials to log into znc.csclub.uwaterloo.ca to access the CSC-hosted version of the ZNC IRC bouncer [0]. ZNC is free/libre software [1-2] under the Apache 2.0 license, and self-hostable by anyone. The CSC ZNC was set up with the help of the Systems Committee's newest member, Max Erenberg (merenber). Thanks for all your help and work on this, Max! [0]: <https://wiki.znc.in/ZNC> [1]: <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html> [2]: <https://github.com/znc/znc> Upon your first login to CSC ZNC's web interface, it will automatically create an account for you, with the freenode network pre-configured, where you can join our #csc channel along with channels of many other free software projects. As an IRC bouncer, ZNC keeps you connected and logged into the IRC networks you configure it for and the channels you join in, so that when you close your IRC client or turn off your computer you won't miss any of the conversations that took place while you were gone. After configuring your CSC ZNC account, you would then change your IRC client's configuration to connect to the CSC ZNC instead of the IRC networks directly. The CSC-hosted instance of The Lounge [3] announced earlier [4] covers part of a bouncer's use-case while providing a user-friendly web IRC client. Since IRC bouncers most often implement their functionality on top of the IRC protocol, they can be used with any IRC client and not bound to the browser like The Lounge is. [3]: <https://chat.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> [4]: https://mailman.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pipermail/csc-general/2020-July/000837.… We will be updating the "How to IRC" page [5] of the CSC Wiki with information about the newly introduced CSC The Lounge and CSC ZNC services as the easiest and most flexible ways of connecting to IRC respectively for CSC members going forward. [5]: <https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/How_to_IRC> Want to learn more or find more user freedom- and privacy-respecting remote communication tools? See [6] for a large list of free software tools you can use to communicate with your peers and/or loved ones in privacy and freedom. [6]: <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Remote_Communication> Have a question or suggestion? Do not hesitate to write to us at the Systems Committee <syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca>; we look forward to hearing from you! Amin Bandali Systems Committee Computer Science Club University of Waterloo [View Less]

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Fall 2020 Elections and Club Fees
by Computer Science Club 12 Sep '20

12 Sep '20

Hello programs, Due to the closure of campus this term, the Computer Science Club will be holding elections for Fall 2020 virtually. The president, vice-president, treasurer and assistant vice-president (formerly secretary) will be elected, the sysadmin will be ratified. The librarian and office manager will not be appointed, since the office will be closed for the Spring term. If you'd like to run for any of these positions, please email cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Nominations will … [View More]

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