{"id":15458,"date":"2024-10-26T20:37:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T03:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaslucas.com\/blog\/?p=15458"},"modified":"2024-11-02T20:23:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T03:23:29","slug":"video-hope-xv-survey-scrutiny-election-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaslucas.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/26\/video-hope-xv-survey-scrutiny-election-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: My HOPE XV talk: Survey and Scrutiny of Election Security (45min)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TL;DR: Here’s my talk as a DRM-free .mp4<\/a> and my corrected English subtitles in .srt<\/a> or .vtt<\/a> format.<\/em> Watch below, and the corrected subtitles are already inside the embed, but you’ll probably need to click the three vertical dots at the video’s bottom right and select “Captions” to turn them on (Chrome) or click the [cc] box at the video’s bottom right to toggle them on (Firefox). The subtitles greatly remediate editing errors and also gaps in my speech where I omitted transitions or didn’t make certain logical connections fully explicit. You’ll want to watch with them on. Don’t forget the recommended resource list<\/a>.<\/em> Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: You might also be interested in my Foreign Policy article from two months ago about G, the global commons for public data collaboration. Gift hyperlink<\/a>; alternate hyperlink<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Oct. 9, the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) staff made every talk from this summer’s HOPE XV conference in New York City available<\/a> via their website. Buy them all on a thumbdrive or download individually. I bought just mine and embedded the DRM-free .MP4<\/a>, meant for sharing, above. It’s also on my youtube<\/a>. HOPE staff said then that sometime soon, they’ll put this year’s presentations on theirs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gave the talk on Friday, July 12 starting at 7 p.m. on the main Marillac Auditorium stage. Sure, there were technical difficulties and I used too many filler words\u2014it was my first time presenting to adults without scripting it all before, and due to life\/journactivism exigiencies, I’d prepared the outline just hours prior, meaning no rehearsals or revisions, especially as I was busy writing the 14-page recommended resource list (PDF<\/a>) that accompanies my presentation, as mentioned in my talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if your goal is to learn from a Survey and Scrutiny of Election Security<\/em>, the video will meet that need, especially if you employ the corrected subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $.99 downloadable from HOPE came with subtitles\u2014English, German, Spanish, French\u2014and the transcript .txt they’re based on. I edited the numerous errors, some at the hands of 2600 (I replaced these), others my own mistakes while speaking [fixed in brackets]. Here’s the corrected transcript<\/a> and the corrected English subtitles (.srt<\/a>; .vtt<\/a>). If anyone wants to translate my corrected version to any language, email me<\/a> and I’ll add your subtitles to this post for others to peruse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of my talk is simply trying to steer you toward the recommended resource list\u2014your homework, so to speak. That document definitely puts election security and activism knowledge in your hands so you can do something awesome with it\u2014which would make a great story to leave in the comments. In my presentation, I also mention uploading the flowchart to my site; I’ll do that at some future date when I have time and can improve it. For my June post and one-minute video promoting this talk, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedded below, the full Biden video<\/a> I showed on stage during my talk (all 41 seconds). HOPE’s after-the-fact editing removed the audience gasp and shortened Biden’s three kisses to two. Following the full Biden video, a few final notes for my presentation overall, in quick bullet points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n