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FSHM Weekly-09/06/2024 Hands-on Session in Shell-Scripting

FSHM Weekly-09/06/2024 Hands-on Session in Shell-Scripting

Blog of shell scripting session at Maitri

FSHM Weekly-26/05/2024 Silicon Valley: A Humorous Peek into the Center of Silicon Innovation.

FSHM Weekly-26/05/2024 Silicon Valley: A Humorous Peek into the Center of Silicon Innovation.

Last week, we hosted a movie screening in our space where we showed the first three episodes of the 2014 series Silicon Valley. As the episodes began, the room filled with laughter and smiles of recognition from the audience, many of whom work in technology fields. As the series progressed,

முப்பரிமாண அச்சாக்கம் (3D printing)

முப்பரிமாண அச்சாக்கம் (3D printing)

நான் ஒரு முப்பரிமான அச்சுப்பொறி(3D printer) செய்தேன். ஒரு தொழில்நுட்ப அனுபவப்பகிர்வு. முப்பரிமாண அச்சாக்கம்(3D printing) உற்பத்தி சகாப்தத்தின்

Review about Documentaries “The Social Dilemma” and “The Great Hack”

Review about Documentaries “The Social Dilemma” and “The Great Hack”

The Social Dilemma documentary examines how social media's design nurtures addiction to maximize profit, and its ability to manipulate people's views, emotions, and behaviour and spread conspiracy theories and disinformation. The film features interviews with many former employees of social media companies, along with academic researchers.

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Life, Labour, Tech. - 3

Most of our friends, family, loved ones, etc... let alone leave us - who works and keep hands dirty in the field of information, computation and mathematics – are still ignorant about the influence that technology creates in every day life. In the last post... Life, Labour, Tech - 1 of

Life, Labour, Tech. - 2

Life, Labour, Tech. - 2

Why Cloning is a faulty culture ? Any one in Info Tech, Computing Science, and Electronics know well that copying is not theft. While the copying mentioned in such culture is about the content and has a wider rational assumption of people to remix, improve, edit and re-share it with same

Life, Labour, Tech. - 1

Life, Labour, Tech. - 1

Reality through the eyes of Mass Media & Behaviour Psychology Understanding the Reality Information & Communications Technology have been both the cause and effect of several short term influential disruption that has the capacity to cross cut every individual in human species. Also they have heavily disrupted the existing progressive

Comments on IT Ministry banning 59 apps

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Comments on IT Ministry banning 59 apps

IT Ministry ordered the blocking of 59 apps, RTIs have been filed, the validity of the order as per Sec 69 of the IT Act has been questioned.Why only these 59 apps, why not all apps that are harmful for the privacy of the users. What happens if people use them?

Python - Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions

Python - Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions

Learn how to use Regular Expressions with the Python programming language.

FSHM Weekly - 19/1/20

FSHM Weekly - 19/1/20

FSHM – Technical Session 2020-3 We had previous sessions on the need for decentralised, federated network tools, their implications, and working. Last week, we conducted a hands-on technical session on flashing your router with custom FOSS firmware. As a follow-up event, this week, we held an introductory session on building disaster-resilient

FSHM Weekly - 12/1/20

FSHM Weekly - 12/1/20

We have been witnessing Internet shutdown in our country in recent times. It is also of utmost importance to have Communication tools that can withstand natural disasters. To create awareness and to educate people on building their tools to aid us in these dire situations, we have been conducting sessions

Experimental Learning - Introduction to Electronics

Experimental Learning - Introduction to Electronics

We conducted an experimental learning session for kids during the past three weeks on Basic Electronics and Programming. Six students from Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2(Pondicherry University Campus) has participated in this session. Emphasis was given for understanding the fundamentals of Electronics. Five sessions have been conducted over the past

What is the Basis of Free Software & Open Hardware Movement?

What is the Basis of Free Software & Open Hardware Movement?

It is all about starting to Think Like a Commoner and in-fact becoming a commoner by enriching, strengthening and protecting the Commons. In case of this movement, it is very specific to Digital Commons.

Philosophical Fortnight Meetup at Pondicherry University (6/3/2019)

Philosophical Fortnight Meetup at Pondicherry University (6/3/2019)

The third public gathering of the year 2019 was a real philosophical outreach of free software after consecutive technical and awareness sessions.

Book Review: Entertaining Electronics

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Book Review: Entertaining Electronics

Our protagonist: The Electron, enters the scene. The Author introduces Electronics with our Protagonist. He also presents his buddies protons and other "ons" such as neutrons, photons, even gravitons.

BSNL Adware injecting malicious advertisements to its users

BSNL Adware injecting malicious advertisements to its users

BSNL, India's most used ISP has been the victim of an adware injection attack, where all its users are being affected adversely.

PU - Protect your #RightToMeme

PU - Protect your #RightToMeme

Memes might soon become extinct. Join us at the public discussion on 29/1/19 (Tuesday) at 4PM in the DDE (distance education) lawn near the shopping complex.

FSMI National Camp 2018 - Event Report

FSMI National Camp 2018 - Event Report

Free Software Movement of India Free Software Hardware Movement (FSHM) is not a member of FSMI, thus, is represented by the geographical parent organization Free Software Foundation Tamilnadu (FSFTN). Schedule Day Session Speaker 1 Digital Monopolies Prabhir 1 Platform Cooperativism Kiran Chandra 2 FSMI Legal Framework Prashanth 2 Building a