Charles Southerland
proidiot.bsky.social
Charles Southerland
@proidiot.bsky.social
Like most of our world, computers don't have to suck, but we must choose improvement.

Formal Methods, F(L)OSS, math memes, general nerdiness.
Is there such a thing as perfect, unbreakable cryptography? Come to the Austin Formal Methods Meetup on October 22nd as we discuss Shannon Security! meetu.ps/e/P0zDg/btrm...
Austin Formal Methods Meetup - October 2025 - Shannon Security at Diogenes!, Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**OCTOBER 2025 UPDATE** Is there such a thing as perfect, unbreakable encryption? For our October 2025 meetup, we will be discussing Shannon Security! While Modern Cryptogr
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October 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Tomorrow night, Austin Formal Methods User Group will be discussing Paxos! meetu.ps/e/P0zD4/btrm...
Austin Formal Methods Meetup - September 2025, Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**UPDATE: September 2025** How do systems like Kubernetes and blockchains stay in sync? This Wednesday we’re exploring Paxos — the legendary consensus algorithm at the hear
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September 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Next Wednesday at the Austin Formal Methods User Group, we'll be discussing Weakest Precondition, the technique that first got me into Formal Methods. Hope to see you there! www.meetup.com/austin-forma...
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This month: Lambda Calculus! Join the Austin Formal Methods User Group at Capital Factory on July 23rd as we begin our journey towards Curry-Howard! www.meetup.com/austin-forma...
Austin Formal Methods Meetup - July 2025, Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**UPDATE: JULY 2025** Lambda Calculus! What is it? Why do we care? What does it have to do with Turing machines? This month, we return to our usual spot on the 16th floor o
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July 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Had a great week at NASA Formal Methods, already looking forward to next year!
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Bring your laptop to Diogenes on Wednesday June 25th! The Austin Formal Methods User Group will begin our journey into the world of seL4 with the Microkit tutorial. More details: www.meetup.com/austin-forma...
June 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Join us this Wednesday for the Austin Formal Methods User Group when we will be diving into Temporal Logic! meetu.ps/e/P0z36/btrm...
May 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A great few days at the ACL2 Workshop!
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In preparation for the ACL2 Workshop in May, next Wednesday the Austin Formal Methods User Group will be discussing ACL2. Hope to see you there! meetu.ps/e/P0z2w/btrm...
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Reposted by Charles Southerland
Hello Austin Gophers! The ATX Go Meetup is THIS WEDNESDAY (April 9th). The meetup includes lightning talks, pizza, beverages, and general discussion. Have a neat idea? A quick talk related to Go? Something to show-and-tell? Running into a weird bug? Swing on by:
ATX Golang Meetup - April 2025, Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**UPDATE: APRIL 2025** For our April 2025 meetup, we'll be having lightning talks! Have a topic that you'd like to share which wouldn't fill an entire meeting? Stuck on som
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April 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
April 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Last night at the Austin Formal Methods User Group, we had two presentations on Boolean Satisfiability and some great discussions in Q & A! Looking forward to our April meeting, where we plan to ramp up on ACL2
March 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Ever wondered what's so hard about NP-Complete? Come to the Austin Formal Methods Meetup next Wednesday at Capital Factory to discuss Boolean Satisfiability and SAT Solvers! www.meetup.com/austin-forma...
Austin Formal Methods Meetup - March 2025, Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**MARCH 2025** For the March 2025 meetup, we'll be discussing the Boolean Satisfiability problem (a.k.a. SAT), and we'll have a demo of using a SAT Solver. We'll look at so
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March 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
NASA has an event with checking out at Austin Central Library #sxsw
March 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Always a good time at the Capital Factory Startup Crawl! #SXSW
March 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A little bit of exploring on the first day of #sxsw
March 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We had a great showing at the Austin Formal Methods Meetup last night! Already looking forward to the content we've got lined up for the next few months!
February 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We're finally back! Austin Formal Methods Meetup on Wed Feb 26th at Capital Factory! More details: meetu.ps/e/NRzwT/btrm...
Austin Formal Methods Meetup - February 2025, Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**SPECIAL NOTE FOR FEBRUARY 2025** The Austin Formal Methods User Group is excited to be having our first meeting in several years, and our first presentation-style meeting
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February 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Had a great last few days at #popl ! Learned a lot over this past week, and look forward to the many new topics to research when I get home
January 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Learned a lot at Certified Programs and Proofs yesterday, ready for Principles of Programming Languages to begin! #popl
January 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Had a great time and learned a lot today at the WebAssembly Workshop! #popl
January 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
It sounds like great things are happening in the world of Dafny! Plus there are already interesting hallway track discussions on Isabelle, Rocq, Rust, etc. and we've just started #popl
January 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Much colder and snowy than what I'm used to these days, but I'm looking forward to #POPL!
January 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hello BlueSky! I mostly wanted to reserve my usual handle, but in the mean time feel free to recommend folks to follow from the #FormalMethods world
December 4, 2024 at 6:55 PM