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Looks like they are presented in a real venue. Is there anybody watching there offline?

by fatih-erikli 4y ago

ZiiS 4y ago
Yes, maybe not the 2020 crush; but a lot of people.
- belorn 4y ago
  My perspective is that there is more people today than in 2020, based on the welcome talk (it was full with people lining the walls) and just walking around. They have also opened up new rooms for this year. Since there is no registration there isn't any hard numbers to go on.
  - rubenbe 4y ago
    True, it's very busy. Usually they make an estimate of the number of visitors based on the number of connections to the fosdem wifi.
    - midasuni 4y ago
      The main fosdem wifi is ipv6 only. Amazing how many services don’t work on it - Uber was just failing for example. There’s a dual stack one too.
  - pjmlp 4y ago
    For me it looks as busy as it ever was, although my last time there was in 2016.
- glandium 4y ago
  FWIW, last time I was at FOSDEM before today was 10 years ago, and it's as packed as (if not more than) I remember.
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- ghaff 4y ago
  In general, my observation is that events are, with some variation, back to close to pre-COVID levels in spite of lingering travel hesitancy and some company travel expense restrictions--the latter of which probably affects FOSDEM less than expensive conferences.
Felmioytfr 4y ago
Yepp! And it doesn't feel any different than previous. Lots and lots of people
- pantalaimon 4y ago
  The (unofficial) Beer Event was also packed as always.
sqs 4y ago
Yes, I’m at FOSDEM and it is absolutely packed. Like pre-COVID.
Aachen 4y ago
Trying to watch it offline but it's a mistake honestly. First talk I wanted to go for this morning, couldn't find d.energy on the map where the talk was to be held. Turns out it's online only. I don't think there are viewing rooms anywhere (either on a screen or where you can use your own laptop) so good luck with that. Lots of other talks disappointing: project xyz about public transport routing sounds cool, but then you go to the talk and they show a few screenshots like we've never seen a transit app before and don't talk about anything technical. No overcome challenges, no tech stack, no algorithms. Another talk about Linux reliability for safety critical applications talks mainly about their project members and management structure. I'm interested in the project for its content, not its metadata. Finally, just now I left a 15-minute OSM talk 6 minutes early to make the Glidesort talk (the rooms here don't coordinate with each other, you'll have gaps of 30 minutes and then 3 consecutive talks that overlap 5-10 minutes), arrive 1 minute late, and nope not being let in anymore so I missed half the OSM talk for nothing. (The OSM talk was actually interesting, plus I was excited for this Glidesort talk. "Why can't we have neither?") Might as well just look at everything online then, then it's easy to zap to another one if it's not as advertised and never issues with joining a room. Treat it as a day out or networking event, rather than going here if you care about the content here. Afk now, gonna find a room somewhere at fosdem to watch fosdem talks online, as well as a clean toilet at some point... Edit: nvm the talks aren't online yet https://video.fosdem.org/2023/ https://video.fosdem.org/2023/ , so can't watch what I missed earlier. Will have to reserve the hours again another day.
- ghaff 4y ago
  FOSDEM is a networking and socializing event with some presentations on the side. And, yes, trying to attend a specific schedule of presentations in a bunch of different rooms is a recipe for frustration. The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day.
  - capableweb 4y ago
    > The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day. Same here. I pick one talk every day I "have to watch" and spend the entire day in the same room, considering the others talks as happy accidents but the best is the mix of people you meet.
woodruffw 4y ago
Yes, me (and several thousand other people).
midasuni 4y ago
Massive queues at lunch, at least inside the uni. Train over from london yesterday full of people with beards and T-shirts. Feels really inspiring just being around developers, overhearing talk with technical terms in, etc Great to be in person.
- m4rtink 4y ago
  There are tons of nice restaurants in the residential streets around the University campus - we had a very nice ramen in the Menma restaurant nearby for example, but there are many more choices.
  - NeutralForest 4y ago
    There are some good Italian, Korean, Thai and Japanese restaurants which are a 15min bus ride from the uni. All in about a 3km radius.
    - midasuni 4y ago
      City centre not much futher. Lousie is about 20 minutes on the tram
      - NeutralForest 4y ago
        I would know, I live here =)

Looks like they are presented in a real venue. Is there anybody watching there offline?

ZiiS 4y ago

Yes, maybe not the 2020 crush; but a lot of people.

belorn 4y ago
My perspective is that there is more people today than in 2020, based on the welcome talk (it was full with people lining the walls) and just walking around. They have also opened up new rooms for this year. Since there is no registration there isn't any hard numbers to go on.
- rubenbe 4y ago
  True, it's very busy. Usually they make an estimate of the number of visitors based on the number of connections to the fosdem wifi.
  - midasuni 4y ago
    The main fosdem wifi is ipv6 only. Amazing how many services don’t work on it - Uber was just failing for example. There’s a dual stack one too.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  For me it looks as busy as it ever was, although my last time there was in 2016.
glandium 4y ago
FWIW, last time I was at FOSDEM before today was 10 years ago, and it's as packed as (if not more than) I remember.
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ghaff 4y ago
In general, my observation is that events are, with some variation, back to close to pre-COVID levels in spite of lingering travel hesitancy and some company travel expense restrictions--the latter of which probably affects FOSDEM less than expensive conferences.

Felmioytfr 4y ago

Yepp! And it doesn't feel any different than previous. Lots and lots of people

pantalaimon 4y ago
The (unofficial) Beer Event was also packed as always.

sqs 4y ago

Yes, I’m at FOSDEM and it is absolutely packed. Like pre-COVID.

Aachen 4y ago

Trying to watch it offline but it's a mistake honestly. First talk I wanted to go for this morning, couldn't find d.energy on the map where the talk was to be held. Turns out it's online only. I don't think there are viewing rooms anywhere (either on a screen or where you can use your own laptop) so good luck with that. Lots of other talks disappointing: project xyz about public transport routing sounds cool, but then you go to the talk and they show a few screenshots like we've never seen a transit app before and don't talk about anything technical. No overcome challenges, no tech stack, no algorithms. Another talk about Linux reliability for safety critical applications talks mainly about their project members and management structure. I'm interested in the project for its content, not its metadata. Finally, just now I left a 15-minute OSM talk 6 minutes early to make the Glidesort talk (the rooms here don't coordinate with each other, you'll have gaps of 30 minutes and then 3 consecutive talks that overlap 5-10 minutes), arrive 1 minute late, and nope not being let in anymore so I missed half the OSM talk for nothing. (The OSM talk was actually interesting, plus I was excited for this Glidesort talk. "Why can't we have neither?") Might as well just look at everything online then, then it's easy to zap to another one if it's not as advertised and never issues with joining a room. Treat it as a day out or networking event, rather than going here if you care about the content here. Afk now, gonna find a room somewhere at fosdem to watch fosdem talks online, as well as a clean toilet at some point... Edit: nvm the talks aren't online yet https://video.fosdem.org/2023/ https://video.fosdem.org/2023/ , so can't watch what I missed earlier. Will have to reserve the hours again another day.

ghaff 4y ago
FOSDEM is a networking and socializing event with some presentations on the side. And, yes, trying to attend a specific schedule of presentations in a bunch of different rooms is a recipe for frustration. The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day.
- capableweb 4y ago
  > The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day. Same here. I pick one talk every day I "have to watch" and spend the entire day in the same room, considering the others talks as happy accidents but the best is the mix of people you meet.

woodruffw 4y ago

Yes, me (and several thousand other people).

midasuni 4y ago

Massive queues at lunch, at least inside the uni. Train over from london yesterday full of people with beards and T-shirts. Feels really inspiring just being around developers, overhearing talk with technical terms in, etc Great to be in person.

m4rtink 4y ago
There are tons of nice restaurants in the residential streets around the University campus - we had a very nice ramen in the Menma restaurant nearby for example, but there are many more choices.
- NeutralForest 4y ago
  There are some good Italian, Korean, Thai and Japanese restaurants which are a 15min bus ride from the uni. All in about a 3km radius.
  - midasuni 4y ago
    City centre not much futher. Lousie is about 20 minutes on the tram
    - NeutralForest 4y ago
      I would know, I live here =)