add notes from 2 more talks

Author: Hamish Downer

PyConUK2015/gender.rst

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+Asking About Gender
+===================
+
+@kitation
+
+Title:
+
+- Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Mx, Dr, Other
+- No legal requirement to have a title
+
+Or just have field for full name including title
+
+Pronoun (if/required)
+
+- He/His
+- She/Hers
+- Zie/Zir
+- Xe/Xer
+
+Gender:
+
+- Do you have to ask?
+- ideally free text
+- radio buttons: Male, Female, Non-binary, prefer not to say
+
+Dear Sir/Madam ? Just "Hello"?  Dear Customer?
+
+http://nonbinary.org
+http://nonbinary.co.uk
+
+[email protected]
+askingaboutgender.tumblr.com

PyConUK2015/index.rst

@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ Notes from talks
 
 These are the notes I've taken during the talks.  If the speaker gave a link to the slides or talk notes, the link is included.
 
+(Haven't taken so many notes at this conference as I spent some talks writing my talk ...)
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    data-pipeline
+   landing-comet
+   gender
 
 
 Slides for other talks
@@ -23,11 +27,19 @@ Many slides have been posted at http://pyconuk.net/PostConf
 
 Some people posted links to slide on twitter for talks I didn't go to, so I've collected them here:
 
+* `deep dive into python import hooks`_
 * `technical leadership`_
 * `making python computations faster`_
+* `transducers through python`_ companion blog posts
+* `the silent C in STEM`_
+* `resilient data pipelines with docker and docker-compose`_
 
 And the slides and notes for my talk `OOD Rules`_
 
+.. _`deep dive into python import hooks`: https://kragniz.eu/pyconuk-2015.pdf
 .. _`technical leadership`: http://www.owencampbell.me.uk/docs/pyconuk2015.pdf
 .. _`making python computations faster`: http://www.slideshare.net/Russel_Winder/making-python-computations-fast
 .. _`OOD Rules`: https://github.com/foobacca/ood-rules
+.. _`transducers through python`: http://sixty-north.com/blog/series/understanding-transducers-through-python
+.. _`the silent C in STEM`: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NhsKZOWx--3kAAGnkUvzxxa2-Nwgzpq_9_aXoPEnbYc/edit#slide=id.p62
+.. _`resilient data pipelines with docker and docker-compose`: http://www.slideshare.net/heerensh/pyconuk2015

PyConUK2015/landing-comet.rst

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+Landing on a Comet
+==================
+
+Planetary and Space Sciences at Open University
+Analysis of extra terrestrial samples
+Space flight instrumentation
+
+Had to make a really small mass spectrometer to go on the lander < 500g !
+Aiming to find our what organic materials are present -> what processes occured in comet formation, and did earth water come from comets?
+
+64 m2 of solar panels - 920W at 3AU
+
+Journey took 10 years - flew by several asteroids on the way - in deep sleep for a lot of the journey, nervous about it waking up, but all worked properly
+
+Had to select a landing site, and the lander had to land in November come what may.  Engineers want flat, light, smooth, no boulders.  Scientists wanted interesting (but survival)
+Had been assuming it was potato shaped, lots of flat areas - but the object turned out to be quite different
+so start selection process again!
+
+Landing - gravity is very week - the force on the lander is about the same as a sheet of paper in earth gravity.
+Lots of stuff prepared
+Story - celebrating in front of the camera, while in the back room the live data stream is not so good ... going pear shaped
+Bouncing - got data from different bits of the comet while bouncing over the surface
+Had to replan the instrument usage in 60 hours - no time for testing, as battery running down
+
+active descent system, harpoons and ice screws all failed
+only the "damping mechanism" kept the lander on the comet
+
+re-established contact with lander 13 June 2015.
+RF link works about 160km, but orbiter mostly further away
+now past closest pass to sun, orbiter will come in close again, establish link to lander again
+
+Offer to do talks in schools