Lightning Talks (Sunday)

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A rapid set of five‑minute reports hits concrete details: an art installation with 39 bells whose motor control is modeled in Python and tuned by SciPy constrained optimization, audio monitoring using a C extension, FFTs and cross‑correlation that has run for 12 years, live demos of spreadsheet tricks (conditional formatting, IMPORTRANGE, Python in Excel), a sneaker‑net vs NBN transfer that measures ~319 Mbps effective, and sharp cautionary tales about metaprogramming and engineering tradeoffs.

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1. 0:00Welcome
2. 0:44Dynamic bell installations
3. 6:26Commit messages in chaos
4. 11:00Emergency service volunteering
5. 16:38Diverse fantasy authors
6. 20:55Spreadsheet magic
7. 26:13Cursed animal facts
8. 31:49Metaprogramming pitfalls
9. 36:47Quine programming
10. 42:31Post-conference meetups
11. 46:26Sneaker net vs NBN
12. 50:01Monetizing websites
13. 55:04FOI requests
14. 1:00:03Closing

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