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SUMMARY:Blockchain Networks: What are they!?
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nThe core movement behind this technology is looking at issues that are fundamentally human. Our property rights\, agency\, dignity\, the right not to be lied to\, and greater equality and inclusivity for a global community. \nOne of the most significant obstacles to wide-spread blockchain and cryptocurrency use is an accurate understanding of its implications and purpose. \nThis technology is tremendously powerful and it presents an opportunity to radically change our lives for the better; but that requires our collective interest and discernment to ensure it is being harnessed in the best interest of all.\n________________________________________________________________________________\nPlease be respectful. Any behavior that would attack\, threaten\, harass\, intimidate\, defame\, or be otherwise uncivil to anyone in the group is not welcome and will be excused from virtual meetings. \nThe aim of this group is to host conversations and speaking events that unpack and explore the why\, what\, and how of blockchain technology and its many use cases including the most well known\, cryptocurrencies. \nThe Rules of the group:\n1. All questions are valid and welcome\n2. Every participant treats one another with dignity and respect\n3. Honesty – speak your mind\, it is okay (even beneficial) to have differences of opinion or perspective so long as expressed appropriately. \nCooperative goals and learning aim to help:\n– Become familiar with terminology and concepts\n– Learn how to spot and avoid scams\n– Learn a methodical approach for identifying quality projects\n– Learn about the opportunities for passive income using verifiably safe blockchain\ntechnology and learning to assess & understanding risks.\n– Build informed & resilient community members\, businesses\, and non-profits \nNote: Scheduled groups begin timely out of respect for everyone’s time and other commitments. Events with planned topics\, talks\, presentations\, etc… will begin promptly\, so please be on time or early to receive the most information. If you are running behind\, we understand life happens and you are still welcome to join. The only caveat\, or disclaimer if you will\, is that once the event begins it becomes a little harder to notice when someone is trying to enter the room. So\, please be patient while you await approval to enter. It has happened that the alert isn’t noticed for many minutes\, I am sorry for this\, we really want everyone to take part. We ask your understanding that facilitating a group requires having one’s attention on several things simultaneously and we don’t always have a co-host to watch the “door”. \n*We are open to members of the community presenting topics of special interest. Please send direct message to Group Organizer to discuss\, and if approved organize the event.
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/blockchain-networks-what-are-they/
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SUMMARY:Discover Powerops Desktop- Your Free Power BI Sidekick
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\nDetails\n\n\n### Discover Powerops Desktop- Your Free Power BI Sidekick \n#### Description \nJoin me for an insightful session on Powerops\, your new best friend for Power BI! This FREE external desktop tool is packed with features designed to make your Power BI reports and models smarter and more manageable. I’ll give you a tour of how Powerops can help you analyze\, find usage\, compare versions\, and adhere to best practices—all without breaking a sweat. Plus\, I’ll give you a sneak peek at our SaaS version\, featuring version control. \nWho is it for?\nThis session is ideal for Power BI users who want to streamline their reporting and model management. Whether you’re looking to get instant insights\, track usage\, compare versions\, or adhere to best practices\, Powerops has got you covered. \nSession Takeaways:\n1. Analyze Reports and Models: Discover how Powerops provides instant insights into your Power BI reports and models.\n2. Track Usage: See how you can effortlessly track where measures\, columns\, and other elements are used across your reports and models. No more guessing games.\n3. Compare Versions: Learn how to compare different versions of your Power BI reports and models like never before.\n4. Best Practices: Understand how Powerops automatically assesses Microsoft Standard Best Practices for your reports and models. You’ll also see how you can apply fixes directly from the tool\, making self-auditing a breeze.\n5. Glimpse of the SaaS Version: Get a sneak peek at the Powerops SaaS version with its version control feature\, and see how it can further enhance your Power BI management. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\nLakshmi Ponnurasan\n\nProduct Lead at Truviz Inc.\nMeet our data pro and Microsoft Certified Power BI specialist! She’s all about turning raw data into cool\, actionable insights. With her deep knowledge of Power BI’s advanced features\, she’s famous for her creative and innovative reports that really make data pop. \nAs a Product Lead\, she does it all—market research\, testing\, collaborating with teams\, brainstorming new ideas\, helping with marketing\, and creating engaging content. \nShe’s also an engaging speaker and loves sharing her knowledge with the data community on her Medium blog\, offering tips and best practices. Passionate about diversity and inclusion\, she mentors aspiring pros\, especially women\, to help them reach their full potential in the data field. \nWhen she’s not diving into data\, she’s a proud Corgi paw parent who loves outdoor adventures and trying new foods as a dedicated foodie.
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/discover-powerops-desktop-your-free-power-bi-sidekick/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250312T110000
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SUMMARY:Nonlinear continuous predictors in regression models
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nOur March Meetup will be a remote gathering; the Zoom link will be posted the week before the event. \nIt’s easy to build regression models where the continuous predictors have a linear relationship to the outcome variable. However\, sometimes an important variable has a non-linear relationship to some outcome of interest; age is a common example. In situations like these\, neither simple linear regression nor a standard transformation (e.g.\, taking the log of the predictor variable) provides an adequate model. This talk describes several alternative techniques for handling predictors like these\, and illustrates how to implement them in R. \n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\nAbby Kaplan\n\nAbby Kaplan is a data scientist at Salt Lake Community College. Before joining SLCC\, she was an adjunct professor of linguistics at the University of Utah. She received her PhD in linguistics from UC Santa Cruz in 2010.
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/nonlinear-continuous-predictors-in-regression-models/
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SUMMARY:WordPress Helpdesk & Hacking
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\n🚀 Need friendly\, low-stress WordPress support? 🚀 \nJoin our WordPress Helpdesk & Hacking Meetup for hands-on help with WordPress themes\, SEO\, site speed\, WooCommerce\, plugins\, and more! Whether you’re customizing themes\, learning to develop locally\, or curious about using AI with WordPress\, we’ve got you covered. \nThis is a relaxed space to connect\, screen share\, and get answers to your questions. Our live demos make complex topics easy to follow\, so you can leave with real\, practical solutions. \n💡 No questions this time? No worries! Swing by to work on your own projects\, help others\, or just enjoy the creative atmosphere. \n🧑‍💻 All skill levels are welcome! Whether you’re a WordPress newbie or a pro\, there’s a place here for you. \nBring your questions\, projects\, and curiosity—we’ll provide the coffee! ☕ We can’t wait to help you hack WordPress with confidence!
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/wordpress-helpdesk-hacking/
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SUMMARY:Incremental data loading with Azure Databricks by Dustin Vannoy
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nAbstract\nThere has been an increasing push to load data incrementally throughout the day\, sometimes within minutes. For example\, you may replicate data for analytics from an application database using Change Data Feed. Apache Spark and Delta Lake are a great option to do this at a large scale. Using Azure Databricks for this type of processing gives us the power of Apache Spark and Delta Lake\, plus added benefits like auto-loader and Delta Live Tables. In this session\, you will learn best practices for incremental data processing and see several techniques for building these data pipelines using Azure Databricks. \nSpeaker Bio\nDustin Vannoy is a Data Engineering Consultant experienced in solving business problems with analytics and big data solutions. He is passionate about all aspects of data engineering\, especially building data platforms and streaming data pipelines. He currently focuses on building data platforms and pipelines in Apache Spark / Databricks\, Kafka\, Python\, and Scala. He is a co-founder of the Data Engineering San Diego meetup and encourages others to grow their data skills by making tutorials\, mentoring others\, and speaking at events.
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/incremental-data-loading-with-azure-databricks-by-dustin-vannoy/
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SUMMARY:The latest changes at WordPress.com
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\n  \n\nDetails\n\n\nThis meeting has been changed to 3pm if this is a problem for you let me know and I will try to accommodate. \nWordPress.com has gone through a lot of changes in the past year.\nWe will discuss all the services that they provide here for free and for very little costs. It is definitely a great place to start and learn the basics of having a web site.\nI will try to discuss everything that has been changing.\nThe meeting URL will be posted 1 week before the meeting.\nI hope to see you online. \nSince the meeting was hacked on zoom and on google meet we are now doing youtube live streams. \nMeet with me every other Friday at 3pm\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@introducingwordpress
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/the-latest-changes-at-wordpress-com/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250324T180000
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SUMMARY:Americas Agile Coaching Circle
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\nDetails\n\n\nThe Americas Agile Coaching Circle takes place on the 4th Monday of the month at 6pm PST / 9pm EST.
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/americas-agile-coaching-circle-2/
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SUMMARY:NEWLINUX ~ New Linux Users Group for beginners
DESCRIPTION:***Please Use Source Link Below to Confirm Event Details***\nDetails\n\n\nhttps://newlug.sluug.org/next.txt\nThe URL link instructions to this Jitsi meeting are posted at the above home page on the day prior. It is the link called “linked here” on the home page above. You may have to refresh you browser each time you check. \nONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice.\nONLINE session testing will use JITSI remote video meeting software.\nCONNECT INSTRUCTIONS to be posted on the above web page and our mailing lists. Note that your browser cache may need to be refreshed each time you check the above web page for the instructions. \nA Linux Users Group for the newcomers to Linux. \nTopics begin with whatever the newest user needs to know. \nMeetings are free and open to the public. You are invited to attend our meetings. They are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM. The December meetings might be on the third Tuesday. \nWe will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM\, so that you can join early to test your microphone\, screen and video sharing. \nWe have no membership dues or other charges for the meetings. Any room or service fee is paid for by SLUUG. Please join us at our next meeting or event for answers\, fun\, knowledge and networking.
URL:https://sacitcentral.com/event/newlinux-new-linux-users-group-for-beginners/
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