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    talks: fosdem2020-search-discovery: Finish up outline.
    
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@@ -16,16 +16,38 @@
 #+REVEAL_TITLE_SLIDE_BACKGROUND: ./images/Guix_logo_noname.svg.png
 #+REVEAL_TITLE_SLIDE_BACKGROUND_SIZE: 550px
 
-#+TODO: Talk about guile.
+#+TODO: Talk about guile?
 
-* How do we search?
+* Sharing matters
 
 # https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_next_web/transcript
 
-# TODO: Fill in the quote on linking web data.
-"..."
--- Tim Berners Lee
-"The Next Web" (2009)
+# : The power of the data that other[s] have collected is locked up and we 
need to
+# : get it unlocked so we can tackle those huge problems.
+
+: A lot of the state of knowledge of the human race at the moment is on 
databases,
+: often sitting in their computers, and actually, currently not shared.
+
+-- Tim Berners-Lee
+"The next web" (2009)
+
+#+begin_notes
+In 2009, TBL gave a speech on "The next web".
+
+Sharing matters:
+
+- Transparency and better understanding of the world.
+- Don't waste time.
+- Don't waste effort.
+
+Today we are at the free software conference where everyone understands this 
and
+yet, I would argue, that we are still not that good at sharing.  A lot of time
+and effort goes to waste.
+#+end_notes
+
+* Sharing is nothing without searching
+
+Efficient sharing means equally efficiant discovery.
 
 #+begin_notes
 How do we find the program that we are looking for?
@@ -36,16 +58,20 @@ We don't expect to program them: we expect to run a program 
and get the job done
 
 User experience question: when first confronted with a computer, how do we know
 which program to run? => Tribal knowledge (e.g. VLC is famous because it's 
famous).
-
-Speak for Guix-specific improvements, but also more general research.
 #+end_notes
 
 * Dotfiles, or "Yet another home-made service"
 
 #+TODO: Take data from GitHub, gitlab "dotfiles" repositories
-??? "dotfiles" repositories across GitHub, GitLab...
 
-Average of ??? lines.
+https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=dotfiles&s=stars&type=Repositories
+
+130 K "dotfiles" repositories on GitHub.
+
+# https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=&type=Repositories
+# 49 M users: 1 "dotfiles" every 377 users.
+
+# TODO: Average of ??? lines.
 
 #+begin_notes
 Show of hands: who has spent too much time on their dotfiles?
@@ -89,6 +115,18 @@ Service example: daily backup of my data with rsync+ssh/vpn.
 
 # TODO: More examples?
 
+* Recipe for first-class services
+
+Just use GNU Guix and GNU Shepherd!
+
+- Shepherd services drag Guix dependent packages automatically.
+- Can be installed everywhere.
+
+#+begin_notes
+It's hard to fix it for every distribution.
+Since Guix is universal, it fixes it for everyone.
+#+end_notes
+
 * A flood of packages and services
 
 Nix has some 40,000+ packages.
@@ -100,48 +138,37 @@ Services don't have well known names.
 
 How do we find our way around this mess?
 
-More general problem: search programs / services is hard.
+More general problem: search packages / services is hard.
 #+end_notes
 
-* GNU Guix and GNU Shepherd
-
-- Can be installed everywhere.
-- Shepherd services drag Guix dependent packages automatically.
-
 * Problem 1: File search
 
 SQLite databases from substitute servers.
 
-* Problem 2: Package parameters
+#+begin_notes
+Nix can do this, Guix cannot.
+We need to fix this.
+#+end_notes
+
+* Problem 2: Gentoo "USE flags"
 
 # TODO: Really talk about this?
-"Gentoo USE flags"
 
-Example: FFmpeg compiled with AAC encoding
+# TODO: Better USE flag example.
+Example: FFmpeg compiled with AAC codec
 
 * Problem 3: User interface
 
-- Command line of course...
-- ...But also GUI!
-
 # TODO: Videos?  Demo with Helm?
 
-#+begin_notes
-Live, fuzzy search that "does what you mean."
-Understands if you are looking for a service, file, application.
-#+end_notes
-
-* The Art of Searching
-
-- À-la "web search-engine".
-- Databases: Wikidata
-- Smart search engines: Xapian?
+Accessibility means "good GUI!"
 
 #+begin_notes
-Wikidata is a good way to factor the work between distributions.
+Live, fuzzy search that "does what you mean."
+We can't afford a cumbersome command line.
 #+end_notes
 
-* Community contributions
+* Problem 4: Community data
 
 # Mention Alternative To?
 
@@ -156,14 +183,44 @@ We don't want to include tags in a permanent databases:
 - Evolves over time depending on the latest trends.
 #+end_notes
 
+* The Art of Searching
+
+- Live fuzzy search
+- Scoring system
+- Community data
+- Understands files, "USE flags"
+- Understands "what you mean", e.g. a service, file, application.
+  À-la "web search-engine".
+
+* Implementation
+
+- Databases: Wikidata?
+- Smart search engines: Xapian?
+
+#+begin_notes
+Wikidata is a good way to factor the work between distributions.
+
+Show https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171477?wprov=srpw1_0
+?
+#+end_notes
+
 * Current work
 
+NLNet fund: New Generation Internet
+
+- https://nlnet.nl/project/GUIX/ (misleading description)
+- https://www.ngi.eu/.
+
 For Guix:
 
-- File index
+- First class services
+- File search
+- USE flags support
 - GUI
-- Smarter search
-- User services
-- Community contribution integration
+- Smart search
+  (including community data)
+
+* Follow up
 
-# TODO: Mention NLNet?
+- https://guix.gnu.org
+- https://ambrevar.xyz