events/2023-08-09-hwc-pacific
Homebrew Website Club - Pacific was an IndieWeb meetup on Zoom held on 2023-08-09.
- Archived from: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/2023-08-09-hwc-pacific
Participants
Notes
Open Source Contribution
Anthony has been focusing on making contributions to some IndieWeb Node.js projects
- Metaformats PR
- Node.js Microformats Improvments
- Maintaining a package is a lot of volunteer work
- Not all package maintainers are able to promptly review work
- WM package PRs
- Collaborate on community projects when possible, create something new when necessary
- Want to implement some utility algorithms (like authorship-spec)
Government Surveillance
Pablo decided against letting US Customs to take his picture: A whole ordeal
- https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/13/alasaad-v-duke-eff-aclu-dhs-warrantless-searches/
- https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2020/03/02/can-i-opt-out-of-facial-scans-at-the-airport
- https://www.wired.com/story/opt-out-of-facial-recognition-at-the-airport/
- https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/a-border-officer-told-me-i-couldnt-opt-out-of-the-face-recognition-scan-they-were-wrong
- Video about police surveillance
Misc
Discussed various topics related to gardening, fruits, and local community engagement
- More Tree Talk
- Decline of Red Delicious Apples
- California Compost
- Local development community meeting