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I went to a hackathon in another country and was worried about explaining that name to the border guard. To my relief, the topic didn't come up.
by eesmith 4mo ago
I went to a hackathon in another country and was worried about explaining that name to the border guard. To my relief, the topic didn't come up.
- VortexLain 4mo agoYou could have told the guard you're going to a competitive programming contest.
- eesmith 4mo agoIt was a non-competitive hackathon - different groups working on related project s get together to promote inter-group relationships.
- trumpdong 4mo agoProgramming conference
- eesmith 4mo agoSure. I had something like that planned. But that doesn't change the title of the event.
- trumpdong 4mo agoThe title might be XYZ Hackathon but the word Hackathon isn't really meaningful outside of that scene, so if asked what it is, you'd say a computer programming conference or something like that. When I tell people about Revision, I don't say "demoparty", I say "computer art festival", because that's not subculture jargon.