WannaCry - FREE SOFTWARE is the way forward
    The world is still in shock from the recent WannaCry attack. Though experts claim the situation is under control, they don’t rule out the possibilities of more such attacks in coming days. As per the reports, WannaCry ransomware affected approximately 230,000 computers in 150 countries bringing regular operation to a...
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    12 May 2017
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    Regional camp at Hassan 2017 - GLUEFRECA-2K17 and GEON ENRIFS-2k17
    That was a successful completion of the Hassan Regional camp,The GLUEFRECA-2K17(software track) and GEON ENRIFS-2k17(hardware track) Thanks for FSMK for providing such awesome speakers and having coordinated for the whole camp!! Thanks for Ram and Navneethan for being speakers for the camp and Tanvi and Gunjan for volunteering. Here’s the...
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    21 Apr 2017
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    From Karshapanas to Crypto- A Brief History of Money
    Developments such as demonetisation and crypto-currencies have led people to scratch their heads about the nature of money - and its relation to the economy. This talk traces the history and the logic of money from ancient times (like the Mauryan ‘karshapanas’) to the modern crypto-currencies (such as Bitcoin). Speaker...
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    Starts on 23 Apr 2017
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    FSMK has migrated to Matrix
    TL;DR: We now use Matrix as the primary IM platform. Download Riot and join #fsmk-discuss:matrix.org ASAP! Over the past few years, we have had various discussions on suitable messaging platforms for FSMK. Accordingly, we have made multiple attempts to migrate to platforms that are secure and fully free. Our last...
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    13 Apr 2017
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    Why Localization
    This originally originated as an exercise during the monthly meeting on March 12th, 2017. @ssrameez held a blogging workshop where the people present there were divided into groups and were asked to write a blog post wither using any of the topics provided or using any topic of their own...
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    12 Apr 2017
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    Arduino Workshop at BMSIT&M
    Greetings! The Free Software Club (BMSIT&M) is having a hands-on session on Arduino conducted by Anup Pravin. This is going to be a two day workshop. Day one, 7th April, Friday, will cover topics like Freedom Hardware, Adruino coding basics, understanding actuators and sensors using motors. Day two, 21st April,...
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    Starts on 07 Apr 2017
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