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East SIG Report September 2019

Neil Muller The September meeting opened with George Skarbek conducting his usual Q&A segment.   Q: I received an email from Google Map Timelines in early September titled “Your August in Review”. The email stated “You received this email because… Continue Reading…

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Member Tips and Tricks

Each month we’ll publish tips and tricks from members that could help you use your computer more effectively. If you have any tips and tricks you think are particularly useful, please send them to editorpc@melbpc.org.au. This month’s submission comes from… Continue Reading…

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Time Machine: FreeBSD

Peter Kostouros Every month we delve into the PC Update archive to take a look at what computing was like in the past…this month, a review of FreeBSD from February 2000. Until recently my home workstation was host to several… Continue Reading…

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Book Reviews

Weapons of Math Destruction – Cathy O’Neil Tim McQueen Melb PC purchased a copy of Weapons of Math Destruction after the recommendation by Michael Brand who spoke on The Data Science Revolution – A User’s Guide at the May monthly… Continue Reading…

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Software Literacy Begins With Learning To Code

Dick Maybach, Brookdale Computer Users Group, NJ If you’re reading this, you probably work with computers almost every day, and you probably also find yourself repeating some tasks many times, not because you enjoy them but because they have to… Continue Reading…

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October Monthly Meeting

The October Monthly Meeting will be held Wednesday October 2 at 7pm Guest Topic: Data Collection, Computing and Climate Modelling Our October guest speaker is Lynette Bettio, a Senior Climatologist at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. She will talk to… Continue Reading…

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Editorial October 2019

Hugh Macdonald Welcome to the October 2019 edition of PC Update. Firstly thank you to everyone who has provided feedback on last month’s issue. On the whole it’s been very positive. You’ll notice some further changes to the PDF version… Continue Reading…

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Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro wants to take your laptop’s job

Andrew Maxwell, University of Southern Queensland What a week it has been in the Apple core. In recent days the tech giant has released a litany of products, including new phones, watches, tablets, and more. The big-ticket items are clearly… Continue Reading…

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Video Production Group Report September 2019

Frank started his talk by giving us some background on his background in the Video Industry. Frank’s wife Jean trained in the art of Movie making and Editing in 1980. She created her own Company “Catlin’s Video Events” offering Corporate… Continue Reading…

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