#GSOC

[kitkatcodes]

How to dip your 🦶 into Open Source

Contributing to Open Source projects can be a valuable experience for beginner programmers. It can help you learn new skills, build your portfolio, make connections, make a difference, and gain recognition for your work.

But... how do I start? Well here's an option to get you started ☟

Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) is an online mentorship program that matches beginner contributors to open source software development with mentors from open source projects ❋

GSoC takes place every year mid January with registration to be a contributor usually opening around mid March. Unfortunately for this year (2023) the application deadline is tomorrow シ (April 4)

However! There are so many open source projects available this year so I highly encourage you to try to apply even if its past April 4 you might get lucky 🍀

The key to getting accepted by an org is to interact with their developer community and keep in contact with the orgs mentors. This is why I believe even if they application period has ended if you join the orgs online communication app and involve yourself in the community and keep sharing your skills and expertise with them you will still have a good chance of being able to join!

Best of luck! (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

(even if it doesn't work out this year there will always be the next and the next and the next... I recommend checking out the archive for how the previous years went to better prepare yourself to jump on this opportunity next year!!)

[tokkosoap]

Artfight!!

First time entering art fight(always wanted to but I didnt understand how it worked till recently)!! Gonna be attacking so many fellow x men fans🙏🙏(feel free to send me your profile links)

my profile ->

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[realjema]

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[ciaomichaella]

My friend Marty & his wife went to Canada & sent me pics from the #GSOC It solidified “attend a GSOC” on my bucket list. I have so many outfit options to pick from too! Super proud of the way @teamniklasedin played this past week - they were undefeated up until the final 👏 So happy to see 🐐 @niklasedin back w/ the team although Kevin Martin did say in his latest podcast that Nik’s in a lot of pain 🥺 Funny how Team Edin was not on anyone’s list for the GSOC picks to make playoffs on Inside Curling the previous week but both Kevin Martin & Warren Hansen had Edin to make the final the following week. Even if Nik wasn’t confirmed to play, Oskar, Rasmus & Crippa have proven themselves capable of playing & winning w/o Nik. . . I’m bummed that my #Icevengers didn’t win Team of the Year in the Swedish sports gala - they lost to a table tennis duo who won 2021 Worlds & 2022 European Championships in their discipline. Bruh Worlds & Olympic gold in the same year seems more impressive to me… but maybe Team Edin really aren’t that known or popular in Sweden. Table tennis seams like a more niche sport to me than #curling but that’s partly my bias since I curl & actively look for curling streams & content. I admit, it’s my bias to want to see Team Edin win everything. Glad they are still on top of the Pinty’s Cup leaderboard after reaching the finals yesterday. Here’s to continued success & winning not just another Worlds gold for my birthday but winning more GSOC titles & claiming that Pinty’s Cup at the end of the season 👊💪 . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #NiklasEdin #Bionik #GOAT #comeback #OskarEriksson #RasmusWranå #ChristofferSundgren #worldsbestlead #TeamEdin #CurlingMachine #Sweden #EdinForTheWin #athlete #olympian #sports #wintersports #olympicchampion #olympicgoldmedalist #worldchampion #europeanchampion #mcm #mancrushmonday #HardlineNation #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . 📸 Marty Blomgren https://www.instagram.com/p/CngUJF9LU7d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fa-cat]

Fujisawa wins Co-op Canadian Open to become first GSOC champion from Asia

History was made at the Co-op Canadian Open as Japan’s Team Satsuki Fujisawa became the first Asian-based club to capture a Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title.

Fujisawa fended off five-time Grand Slam champion Kerri Einarson 5-3 during the women’s final Sunday at Encana Arena.

The foursome of Fujisawa, third Chinami Yoshida, second Yumi Suzuki and lead Yurika Yoshida earned $33,000 from the prize purse plus 12 Pinty’s Cup points.

“It was one of our big goals in curling,” Chinami Yoshida said with a smile. “We won two Olympic medals and one world championship medal but we hadn’t advanced to the Grand Slam final. We took maybe seven years but we did it today, so it feels so amazing.”

Calgary’s J.D. Lind has coached them since they made the jump out of juniors a decade ago — “when they were very much just raw talent and developing,” he said — and has seen them climb every step from winning silver at the world championship to bronze and silver medals at the Olympics and now a Grand Slam title.

“This was always something that you dream of doing,” Lind said. “To think that we finally won a Grand Slam, it’s an amazing accomplishment, it’s really tough to do.

“I think when you are a Japanese team and nobody has ever done it before, it’s really difficult to be the first. Even if you know you’re good enough, to be the first is always very difficult because you never fully believe it until it happens. Hopefully, now that we’ve done it we’ll see even more Pacific-Asia teams excel at the Slams.”

Team Fujisawa was on fire all week finishing with a perfect 6-0 win-loss record and shooting 91 per cent as a unit during the final.

“The Grand Slams tournaments are one of the highest competitions in the world, so that’s why it feels so weird that we’re champions right now,” Chinami Yoshida said.

She added: “For all of the Japanese curlers, it’s kind of a dream to be a champion of the Grand Slams but right now, it’s not just a dream, it’s a goal. I hope that not just us but maybe every Japanese team coming to the Grand Slams can compete at this amazing competition together.”

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[usafphantom2]

Stealth bombers land precision strike against Houthi militia

Nov. 22, 2024

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A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber conducts a touch and go maneuver after a Bomber Task Force mission at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, Sept. 6, 2024. Bomber missions enhance readiness to respond to any potential crisis or challenge in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Hetlage)

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BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --

On Oct. 16, B-2 Spirit long-range bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, conducted precision strikes against five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

The use of the B-2s showcased the U.S.'s global strike capabilities and ability to take action against these targets anytime, anywhere.

“As the warfighting component to U.S. Strategic Command, our Airmen and aircraft are ready to respond anytime, anywhere,” said Maj. Gen. Jason R. Armagost, 8th Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center (J-GSOC) commander.

Every B-2 mission is a total force mission, and the air strike conducted on October 16 was no exception. The 509th Bomb Wing, 131st BW, and the J-GSOC played a significant role during the strikes.

At Whiteman AFB, Total Force Airmen comprising Air National Guard and active-duty Airmen worked side-by-side in all facets of operations, maintenance, planning, logistics and support to put the world’s only stealth bombers in the air and bring them home safely.

"This mission was the result of hard work, long hours, and dedication by many across the installation,” said Col. Keith J. Butler, 509th BW commander. “Once again Team Whiteman answered the nation's call with precision, professionalism and outstanding performance.”

Meanwhile in the J-GSOC, planners went to work to develop courses of action incorporating all aspects of the long-range strike mission, including a vast array of support and intelligence requirements and coordination across six combatant commands. According to J-GSOC planners, CONUS-based strike operations like this are among the most complex in the air-planning repertoire, requiring precise command and control, airlift, aerial refueling, logistics and airspace deconfliction, all while maintaining strict operational security across multiple organizations."

“I couldn’t be more proud of the dedication, professionalism and hard work the men and women of the Joint-Global Strike Operations Center displayed to support strike operations on October 16,” said Armagost. “Whether we are called upon to conduct indefinite strategic deterrence operations or execute decisive global strikes, the J-GSOC will remain agile and ready.”

The active-duty and Guard partnership is integral to a combined ability to deliver credible deterrence to adversaries, and global strike capability in support of national objectives.

In addition to loading and launching aircraft and tactical planning and execution by 131st maintenance and operations Airmen at Whiteman AFB, at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Station in St. Louis, the 157th Air Operations Group provided worldwide support to the development and delivery of multi-domain effects for the operation, as the 257th Combat Operations Flight leveraged its global strike capabilities to ensure lethal and survivable implementation of presidential directed operations.

“This was a team effort in all aspects of the mission and our Missouri Guard Airmen contributed every step of the way,” said Col. Jared Kennish, 131st BW commander. “The total force relationships the 131st BW has built with our active-duty counterparts proved decisive for a successful mission."

The strike demonstrated the B-2's combined capability of long range, large payload, low-observability, and advanced precision weapons, proving that it is one of the most advanced airframes in the world.

"We continue to stay ready and on October 16th we showed the world a peek of what Team Whiteman can do," Butler expounded to the members of Whiteman AFB. “Team Whiteman is an elite, highly disciplined team, consisting of Active Duty, Guard, Reserve, civilians and contractors working in unison to deliver global strike… anytime, anywhere.”

@Whiteman.AF.Mil

[essential-randomness]

Starting now: last stream of the month

...and announcement for the first stream of the new one:

As you can see, we haven't set up a February schedule (yet), but one thing is sure: next Thursday, we'll be using our February @bobaboard slot for a "Google Summer of Code" application exercise!

What is Google Summer of Code?

An annual program where Google gives newcomers to open source development a stipend to work on a project while being closely mentored by the hosting organization.

Is BobaBoard Applying to GSOC?

Probably not! We've been mulling on it for a couple years, but don't yet feel ready for it. We're still within the deadline though :)

So what will you be doing on stream?

Even without applying, the teams feel that the "defining a project ideas list" exercise is a great task to take a swing at! Rather than doing this in a private meeting, we're going to attempt doing it publicly on stream!

See you:

on Thursday February 1st at 3PM PST (for BobaBoard)

Right now for RobinBoob!

[ithaerielbrenagh]

OOC: Of thoughts, reflections, and news.

Right then, we'll keep it short and sweet.

Back in 2019, I ended my tenure as a teacher due to mainly poor treatment, lack of a proper wage, and extremely poor management in my district.

December of that year, I ended up picking up a security gig, Graveyard hours, which I never expected to last.

I'm now what, about 4 years and change in at the same job. I've gone from patrol, to GSOC, to Supervisor. Truth is it's still miserable, but it pays the bills.

Doesn't really leave a whole lot of time for anything. But I digress, the point is to keep this short.

In those four years or so, I've lost family, both blood and those I work with. That's life, it's a bitter dram, but we drink it none the less.

That ought to suffice for the reflection, now onto news.

Time permitting, there is a chance I will like as not, convert this page over to something along the line of telling the story of a DnD campaign I'm currently in. If I end up doing this it'll be, in character, and likely in first person.

That's about it. Think of it as therapeutic writing to just allow myself to disassociate from all the crap in the world.

If you like it great, if not meh.

Hoping your all doing well.

-Ith

[marcholasmoth]

OSRR: 3697

leo's momma has been really sick for a long time, and this morning she finally succumbed to it.

my heart is with him and his family as they deal with an unimaginable loss.

work was fine today. busy. annoying. but fine.

i did end up working an extra hour today to wait for coverage for the gsoc, but then i was able to go with joel to applebees for dinner. we stopped so i could get gas afterwards too.

we're in bed now. i want cuddles but i do not.

also i just want to sit with leo. just quietly existing in the same space. i want him to know my love and comfort for him are real. i just love them both so much.

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[godshitmozilla]

september bucket list:

make a comp sci project that solves a problem and use a decent tech stack for the codebase.

participate in 2-3 hackathons and submit a project.

complete webdev course before 5 sept.

eat healthy in lunch and dinner (make smoothies for lunch and chillas for dinner).

extra:

explore gsoc open source repositories and/or raise issue and/or request to solve an issue.

make a project using openai's api keys.

That's all baby gurl, please don't waste the time you don't have 💋!

Let's code n get internship💫!

[ciaomichaella]

My Swedes had 2 playoff games yesterday & won both of them to book their spot in the #GSOC final!!! They won the QF over Team Dropkin 6-2 and ran Team Gushue out of rocks in the SF for the 8-5 win 🙌 *flailing arms & legs* I will FINALLY get to see @teamniklasedin in a featured game. When the Edin v Gushue A qualifier game didn’t get featured I knew my #Icevengers had to get to the final before I could see front-end stones thrown. Still wary that I won’t get to see #worldsbestlead @cr1ppa ‘s rocks since broadcasts tend to go on commercial break & not show lead stones. I need my Swedes to win this GSOC & protect their lead in the Pinty’s Cup leaderboard 🙏🤞 They’re going to win the Pinty’s Cup at the end of the season *I’m manifesting it* . . Commentators and media sure have been amazed at 🐐 @niklasedin ‘s #comeback calling him a medical marvel & the brace he wears magical. His modified slide out of the hack is a clear indication that he is not 100% & he himself have said repeatedly that he still has months of recovery left before his knee is fully bendy again, but you wouldn’t know just by looking at the scores, stats, or Nik himself once he’s out of the hack or skipping in the house. Check out Jonathan Brazeau’s latest recap of yesterday’s game on SN: https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/einarson-reaches-sixth-straight-grand-slam-final-at-co-op-canadian-open/ . . Lycka till 🐐 @niklasedin @oggelit @rasmuswrana @cr1ppa Rooting for you to win another GSOC title in a few hours. LFG! . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #NiklasEdin #GOAT #Bionik #OskarEriksson #RasmusWranå #ChristofferSundgren #TeamEdin #Swedish #EdinForTheWin #Sweden #athlete #olympian #OlympicChampion #olympicgoldmedalist #worldchampion #europeanchampion #curling #HardlineNation #GreatestOfAllTime #simplythebest #bestintheworld #bestbackendinhistory #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . 📸 GSOC https://www.instagram.com/p/CncXx2aJId4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jcmarchi]

4 ways to advance your global security operations center - CyberTalk

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4 ways to advance your global security operations center - CyberTalk

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

If your organization maintains a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), ensure that you’re not heavily reliant on legacy systems and processes. In this article, find out about how to strategically advance your operations, enabling you to effectively prevent threats and drive more sustainable business outcomes.

What is a global security operations center?

In the early days of computing, a Security Operations Center (SOC) functioned as a physical ‘command center’ for security analysts. SOCs were comprised of rooms where staff sat shoulder-to-shoulder, looking at screens showing details from dozens of different security tools.

Large organizations with multiple Security Operations Centers (SOCs) began to consolidate them into Regional Security Operations Centers (RSOC) or a Global Security Operations Center, leading to faster remediation, reduced risk and a stronger cyber security posture overall.

In terms of function, a global security operations center monitors security, addresses threats before they become disruptive issues, responds to incidents, and liaise with stakeholders.

What are the benefits of a global security operations center?

A global security operations center allows an organization to contend with diverse security threats at-scale. Specific benefits include continuous monitoring, centralized visibility, increased efficiency and reduced costs. A global security operations center can also oversee and coordinate regional SOCs, network operations centers (NOCs) and operational teams.

What makes a good global security operations center?

For any global security operations center, access to timely and relevant threat intelligence is critical. GSOC staff need to remain updated on emerging cyber and physical security threats, as to stay ahead of potential risks.

Highly trained staff who can collaborate effectively with all stakeholders are also invaluable assets for a global security operations center.

Top-tier GSOCs have built-in redundancies of all kinds; from communication to data backups.

All GSOCs need to ensure that their organization adheres to industry regulations and compliance standards.

4 ways to advance your global security operations center

1. Ensure that the cyber security strategy aligns with business objectives. GSOCs need to know what the business aims to achieve, and must understand the corresponding threats and vulnerabilities that could hamper progress. Risk assessments should include both cyber security and business stakeholders, who can assist with the identification of resources that require protection.

Security policies and standards should also meet customer expectations. To gain insight around this, cyber security leaders may wish to join business planning meetings. Attendance can also assist with awareness around any upcoming business changes and implementation of appropriate, corresponding security measures.

2. Global security operations centers should shift towards the zero trust model. Zero trust is designed to reduce cyber security risk by eliminating implicit trust within an organization’s IT infrastructure. It states that a user should only have access and permissions required to fulfill their role.

Implementation of zero trust can be tough, especially if an organization has numerous interconnected and distributed systems. Organizations can simplify zero trust implementation through vendor-based solutions.

Tools like Quantum SASE Private Access allow teams to quickly connect users, sites, clouds and resources with a zero trust network access policy. In under an hour, security teams can apply least privilege to any enterprise resource.

Security gateways also enable organizations to create network segmentation. With detailed visibility into users, groups, applications, machines and connection types, gateways allow security professionals to easily set and enforce a ‘least privileged’ access policy.

3. Advance your global security operations center by mapping to industry standards and detection frameworks. Explore the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Standards like NIST and ISO27001 can also assist with identifying and reconciling gaps in an organization’s existing security systems.

4. Consider deploying a tool like Horizon SOC, which allows organizations to utilize the exact same tools that are used by Check Point Security Research, a leading provider of cyber threat intelligence globally.

Horizon SOC offers 99.9% precision across network, cloud, endpoint, mobile and IoT. Easily deployed as a unified cloud-based platform, it has powerful AI-based features designed to increase security operations efficiency.

Further thoughts

Strategic updates to global security operations centers not only enhance cyber security, they also enrich overarching business resilience – an increasingly common point of discussion among C-level stakeholders and the board.

By implementing the suggestions outlined above, organizations will maximize their opportunities for business longevity and continued business success.

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