u3a.social update
Overview In February 2025, I started presented my talk Is it time to move to the Fediverse ? to on-line […]
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Home networking
In this talk, we look at home networking. We’ll cover broadband, Wi-Fi, standards, speeds, firewalls, in-bound connections plus some additional
Real Time Bidding (how targeted ads work)
In this talk we look at the Real Time Bidding (RTB) system – this is the mechanism that provides targeted
Home electricity – 1 year update
A year or so ago I presented How to reduce your electricity bill to zero talk (initially over on u3acommunities.org
Installing GNU/Linux
In this talk we look at why you might want to migrate from Windows to Linux, a demo of actually
Local Generative AI
In this talk, we discuss some of the options and issues about running your own Generative AI at home. As
IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
This talk takes a look at what an IPv4 address is, the problem of running out of IPv4 addresses and
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Getting RSS feeds into your Fediverse account
Here are some ideas to get RSS feeds into your Fediverse account. Sites that provide RSS Many sites already provide
Is it time to move to the Fediverse ?
Regular social media has been a source of concern for many years, with specific concerns around data gathering, profiling and
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Home Automation Protocols
This short talk briefly covers home automation protocols. First presented at U3ACommunities Computing Forum, a free on-line platform. Sign up