Vancouver: June 23, 2015
Attendees
Wes, Jake, Ran, Patrick, Lucas, Kevin, Andrew, Kris
Lucas: Speaks 30 languages. Don’t attach the meaning in Google Translate.
Le/La president. Or going from Vous/Tu, to English, and then back, you’d lose gender/respect/plurality.
Patrick: back in school in cognitive science. software engineer.
Ran:
Jake: UI design, at a mobile application company.
Wes:
Andrew: Recently attended cognitive systems course. Philosophers don’t really cross over the software/CS types in this area.
Lucas: Mathemitize language.
Kevin: Community based photo sharing.
Beth: Shoppers.
Notes/Minutes
Adorbolis Octopus jake: octopus emoji
Working podcast slate merriam webster
Two languages are 2 different experiences, so direct translation doesn’t always work.
Wise as an Owl. In Hindi, owl is the symbol for stupidity.
programming languages not good for concepts, just math.
self-sustaining ideas.
hackathon. rename it to diversify it.
Grilled Cheese festival on Adanac.
Search Engine - Safe for work, Stealthy for work.
Page Rank for correctness. rendering: svg, png. font validator. open source only. sites that don’t link to certain sites, or the inverse.
whisker for cycles
Mac storing MAC addresses (from 2011)
Projects
- Voting app
- Community based hackathon
- Blockparty