Nice one! As a seasoned industry veteran, I've been wanting to have something like this, and while there are many evening tech meetups going on around here, your schedule is much more suitable for the otherwise busy life! *starts karma mining to qualify*
Filled the form and included my email with the HN user ID just in case you'd be willing to deliver the meeting details that way when they've been decided.
The phone number is not associated with WhatsApp (never had it, and won't), but it works with Signal in case it would be more viable option for meetup info comms than email. Who knows, perhaps even a shadow group already exists there, or has potential to get established?
Thank you for arranging such gatherings, hoping to meet up soon!
I’m a student at Hive here in Helsinki and would love to attend. Lurking on HN for years but not nearly enough Karma. I’ve bookmarked the form for later however I’ll try my luck anyway with the form now. Very cool to know there is an HN meet up here!
I am not from the area but the deliberations about which messaging platform is kosher are an enormous time waste for every bottom-up organization, especially FOSS projects or hacker spaces.
As a Finn, I've definitely had to say the phrase "No, I don't have WhatsApp" more times than I care to count. That being said, I imagine a FOSS project or hacker space to be more cognisant of WhatsApp's ownership than a car dealership trying to sell me a used car via video call. I got rid of my WhatsApp precisely because Meta started tweaking the terms of service.
Makes me wonder if there's any meetups in my neck of the woods in good ole Nova Scotia. I kind of doubt it, but it would be wicked. Hope you guys have a great time!
There was one 14 years ago. I even gave a talk there once. Maybe some of the original organizers or attendees who commented on this post would be interested in rebooting it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754269
theres def atleast one OG guy id love to buy a coffee/beer for there, no idea if he goes to HN meets tho, would love to attend at when Im next over there in any case.
> To keep the group focused on posters (and not just readers!) anyone can join so long as:
> they have a non-greenname account
> they have 64 karma or more
Is the karma checked at the door or is it at the time of submission? Seems like somebody could be at 12 and then post “actually I believe the general consensus on gravity is wrong” in the right thread the night before and roll in with 89 points
Nice one! As a seasoned industry veteran, I've been wanting to have something like this, and while there are many evening tech meetups going on around here, your schedule is much more suitable for the otherwise busy life! *starts karma mining to qualify*
Filled the form and included my email with the HN user ID just in case you'd be willing to deliver the meeting details that way when they've been decided.
The phone number is not associated with WhatsApp (never had it, and won't), but it works with Signal in case it would be more viable option for meetup info comms than email. Who knows, perhaps even a shadow group already exists there, or has potential to get established?
Thank you for arranging such gatherings, hoping to meet up soon!
I’m a student at Hive here in Helsinki and would love to attend. Lurking on HN for years but not nearly enough Karma. I’ve bookmarked the form for later however I’ll try my luck anyway with the form now. Very cool to know there is an HN meet up here!
Would be interesting to join but have to get bit more karma :)
I think you will have enough after your message ;)
Mission accomplished Toivo karma: 84
We're not too strict about that, please join!
let me help
We've been organising this for a while (a year? more?). It's quite relaxed - just a coffee morning every month or two.
I'm sure there are other HN local meetups who could post in this thread - please do if you have a local meetup
Please! Would love HN meetup in Berlin.
+1 for Berlin. Moving there in two weeks. Pls email me; my email is in my profile (your profile doesn’t show an email at the time of writing).
Make it happen, don't wait for someone else to do the work on your behalf :)
Excellent initiative, Cal! Thanks for organising
Too bad this requires using WhatsUp.
WhatsApp isn't really required. If you submit the form, we will email about about the date and location of the next event.
Any interest in a Lisbon meetup?
> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination
I would've gladly joined if you hadn't decided on a service owned by Meta...
It initially begun as an email thread, but we settled on WhatsApp owing to, well, most people having WhatsApp.
Surely e-mail is even more widely used?
I am not from the area but the deliberations about which messaging platform is kosher are an enormous time waste for every bottom-up organization, especially FOSS projects or hacker spaces.
As a Finn, I've definitely had to say the phrase "No, I don't have WhatsApp" more times than I care to count. That being said, I imagine a FOSS project or hacker space to be more cognisant of WhatsApp's ownership than a car dealership trying to sell me a used car via video call. I got rid of my WhatsApp precisely because Meta started tweaking the terms of service.
There is a conscientious objector to every communication system. As was said above: WhatsApp had the fewest.
They'll enjoy their time without you just fine.
Ironically, a karma threshold will rule out most Finns
Damn right:D
Makes me wonder if there's any meetups in my neck of the woods in good ole Nova Scotia. I kind of doubt it, but it would be wicked. Hope you guys have a great time!
I'd love to join, sadly I'm mainly lurking around here so I don't have the required karma.
Tell a bit more about yourself and maybe somebody would invite you as a +1?
What a great idea! Anyone that want to join up in Oslo / Norway?
I can use the work office, have more then enough coffee, tea etc. with space to around 150 people.
https://forms.gle/2pDEkQTYihQ4txK29
(Copy pasted the form. Why change a winning team)
Would anyone be interested in meeting up in Rome? My contact's on my profile and I'm happy to organize.
Perhaps we could host it jointly in Milan and Rome?
Hacker News London meets up on a semi-regular basis. They have recently moved from Meetup to Luma:
https://luma.com/calendar/cal-plFkEeW4fsaL5Nx
Is there a list of these by country?
Anyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?
There was one 14 years ago. I even gave a talk there once. Maybe some of the original organizers or attendees who commented on this post would be interested in rebooting it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754269
Sure! But where?
+1
Any Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise
I'd rather not go there. Too crowded, too busy, too much violence. I wouldn't mind a city, though. Is Zwolle an option?
Edit: just saw your profile, sorry never mind ^^'
Man, if I still lived in Finland, I'd absolutely want to go! Seems like a fantastic idea!
Very cool, excited to join as well - lets talk there is opportunity to have a space for this up to 20-30 ppl
theres def atleast one OG guy id love to buy a coffee/beer for there, no idea if he goes to HN meets tho, would love to attend at when Im next over there in any case.
This is very cool. I’ve lived in Tallinn for a while so definitely would attend if it was ~5-ish years ago.
Long shot, but if there is anybody reading this from Salzburg, lmk if you want to meet up!
Nice. Does anyone know if a Stockholm group exists?
Not as far as I know. We can surely start one tho. I wouldn't mind just setting a spot and time, and then those who can just show or don't.
I can make a post about it promoting it.
That is amazing. Back in Helsinki soon. <3
Is there any meetup in Paris?
Thanks for reminding me to attend this. I'll try to join the next one!
great idea! pls, hnmeetup.com/[place] anyone?
https://meet.hn/ is tangential but not quite for meetups, just discovering who lives nearby. Could be a good starting point though!
Anyone north east pa USA?
> To keep the group focused on posters (and not just readers!) anyone can join so long as:
> they have a non-greenname account
> they have 64 karma or more
Is the karma checked at the door or is it at the time of submission? Seems like somebody could be at 12 and then post “actually I believe the general consensus on gravity is wrong” in the right thread the night before and roll in with 89 points
Then they made a proper effort to get there. Fair game IMHO.
64 karma requirement? Pfft. I’d go to a 1k min karma meetup tho ;)
I refuse to join any meetup where some like me meets the karma requirements.
You mean 1024 right?
You mean 1337 right? You are almost there, just need 20 more.
sounds about right, people with 64 with just drink the (supposedly) free beer and not talk until much later.
relevant: https://xkcd.com/1000/
1k? pfft, I'd go to a 10k karma meetup
Ah, if only I were from Helsinki, I would have signed up.
Tallinn - then take ferry
It was interesting until I saw:
>To join, fill out the Google Form.
Bro gtfoh