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Helsinki Hacker News Meetup
- calpaterson 2mo agoWe'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
- svlasov 2mo agoToo bad this requires using WhatsUp.
- olegp 2mo agoWhatsApp isn't really required. If you submit the form, we will email about about the date and location of the next event.
- rrr_oh_man 2mo agoExcellent initiative, Cal! Thanks for organising
- calpaterson 2mo agoMost welcome
- weli 2mo agoPlease! Would love HN meetup in Berlin.
- bossyTeacher 2mo agoMake it happen, don't wait for someone else to do the work on your behalf :)
- earthnail 2mo ago+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).
- Towaway69 2mo agoJust sent out an email thread to those that have emails in Berlin!
- kamyarg 2mo agoInterested in Berlin also. Happy to help co-organize also. Email in profile.
- Towaway69 2mo agoI've put my email in my profile, if you want to join the email thread, then send me an email :+1: If anyone else wants to join the email thread for a Berlin HN meetup, ping me an email - no google nor whatsapp required ;)
- techsystems 2mo agoAnyone Eindhoven?
- skrebbel 2mo agoI’d be interested! My email is in my HN profile, let’s set something up! Like, worst case scenario we just start with the two of us.
- suslik 2mo agoWould love to join something like this in Brussels
- enricozb 2mo agoReplying in case anyone is in Amsterdam :)
- artisinal 2mo agoWould love to organise a meet in Ineleț
- soderfoo 2mo agoNice. Does anyone know if a Stockholm group exists?
- JackDanMeier 2mo agoNot 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.
- walagran 2mo agoHN Fika! Lmk if you set it up
- mingusrude 2mo agoI'd be interested too.
- soderfoo 2mo agoPlease do.
- jdw64 2mo agoAh, if only I were from Helsinki, I would have signed up.
- xxs 2mo agoTallinn - then take ferry
- rrr_oh_man 2mo agoThat is amazing. Back in Helsinki soon. <3
- Archit3ch 2mo agoSame!
- slerb 2mo agoI'd love to join, sadly I'm mainly lurking around here so I don't have the required karma.
- notpushkin 2mo agoTell a bit more about yourself and maybe somebody would invite you as a +1?
- block_dagger 2mo ago64 karma requirement? Pfft. I’d go to a 1k min karma meetup tho ;)
- ifdefdebug 2mo agoYou mean 1024 right?
- Metacelsus 2mo agorelevant: https://xkcd.com/1000/ https://xkcd.com/1000/
- voxelghost 2mo agoYou mean 1337 right? You are almost there, just need 20 more.
- xxs 2mo agosounds about right, people with 64 with just drink the (supposedly) free beer and not talk until much later.
- Retr0id 2mo ago1k? pfft, I'd go to a 10k karma meetup
- valvar 2mo agoPersonally, I’d only meet with those in the triple digits of karma.
- rrr_oh_man 2mo agoI refuse to join any meetup where some like me meets the karma requirements.
- icy 2mo agoThanks for reminding me to attend this. I'll try to join the next one!
- Arshad-Talpur 2mo agoIs there any meetup in Paris?
- toivo 2mo agoWould be interesting to join but have to get bit more karma :)
- olegp 2mo agoWe're not too strict about that, please join!
- darkwater 2mo agoI think you will have enough after your message ;)
- eric_khun 2mo agolet me help
- patricjansson 2mo agoMission accomplished Toivo karma: 84
- ramon156 2mo agoAny Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise
- tosti 2mo agoI'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 ^^'
- TrueGeek 2mo agoIf you're near the Maastricht / Aachen area: https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/ https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/
- techsystems 2mo agoEindhoven?
- notpushkin 2mo agoThis is very cool. I’ve lived in Tallinn for a while so definitely would attend if it was ~5-ish years ago.
- king_crimson 2mo agoAnyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?
- olegp 2mo agoThere 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 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754269
- DomB 2mo ago+1
- king_crimson 2mo agoFeel free to contact me via the mail in my bio (also in german)
- gpugreg 2mo agoSure! But where?
- king_crimson 2mo agoWherever, can be also in a Brauhaus :) Updated my bio with an email, feel free to contact me (also in german)
- yitchelle 2mo agoI am in if it one is running. email in bio if you want to reach out to coordinate.
- asimpletune 2mo agoWould anyone be interested in meeting up in Rome? My contact's on my profile and I'm happy to organize.
- zedr 2mo agoPerhaps we could host it jointly in Milan and Rome?
- jrflowers 2mo ago> 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
- earthnail 2mo agoThen they made a proper effort to get there. Fair game IMHO.
- knuckleheads 2mo agoLong shot, but if there is anybody reading this from Salzburg, lmk if you want to meet up!
- BonerWiener 2mo ago> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination I would've gladly joined if you hadn't decided on a service owned by Meta...
- RicoElectrico 2mo agoI 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.
- Hamuko 2mo agoAs 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.
- calpaterson 2mo agoThere is a conscientious objector to every communication system. As was said above: WhatsApp had the fewest.
- opan 2mo ago
- trilogic 2mo agoIt was interesting until I saw: >To join, fill out the Google Form. Bro gtfoh
- opan 2mo agoWhat would you suggest instead for others hosting events like this?
- sqbic 2mo agoNice 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!
- stevekemp 2mo agoI guess it's the luck of the draw, but unfortunately Sunday's are no good for me. The curse of parenting :) But it's still a great idea, and I wish you all happy meetups. Would be nice if this inspired other groups to form too.
- calpaterson 2mo agoWe also meet in the evenings sometimes, so I would join now and figure it out later.
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- wissio 2mo agoIronically, a karma threshold will rule out most Finns
- punnerud 2mo agoWhat 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 https://forms.gle/2pDEkQTYihQ4txK29 (Copy pasted the form. Why change a winning team)
- e12e 2mo agoUnfortunately it's a little far to go for coffee from Tromsø.
- getpokedagain 2mo agoAnyone north east pa USA?
- nabeards 2mo agoAs in North East, PA, the town in Erie County?
- getpokedagain 2mo agoNah. Other side of the state :D
- nabeards 2mo agoAh, bummer haha
- ionwake 2mo agotheres 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.
- huksley 2mo agoVery cool, excited to join as well - lets talk there is opportunity to have a space for this up to 20-30 ppl
- dlojudice 2mo agogreat idea! pls, hnmeetup.com/[place] anyone?
- notpushkin 2mo agohttps://meet.hn/ https://meet.hn/ is tangential but not quite for meetups, just discovering who lives nearby. Could be a good starting point though!
- 71153750 2mo agoI’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!
- calpaterson 2mo agoYou were added :) See you in person
- 71153750 2mo agoThank you HN for the karma on the above comment, I've since kindly been added to the group. No more helpful get 71153750 into the meetup karma needed. I will endeavour to comment more and post to earn it!
- qifzer 2mo agoHacker News London meets up on a semi-regular basis. They have recently moved from Meetup to Luma: https://luma.com/calendar/cal-plFkEeW4fsaL5Nx https://luma.com/calendar/cal-plFkEeW4fsaL5Nx
- tommica 2mo agoMan, if I still lived in Finland, I'd absolutely want to go! Seems like a fantastic idea!
- Hugsbox 2mo agoMakes 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!
- matheusmoreira 2mo agoIs there a list of these by country?
- calpaterson 2mo agoThere is https://meet.hn/ https://meet.hn/, which is a good way to bootstrap (and indeed, how I bootstrapped this meetup)
- matheusmoreira 2mo agoHey I'm already on the site! Used to have the link with my city on my profile. How does one bootstrap a meet from this? Just explore the map around my location and try to get in contact with people somehow?
- calpaterson 2mo agoYou pray that people either have their contact details in their HN profile or that they attached some social networks to their meet.hn post. Then you trawl through your set of qualified leads :)
- mchinen 2mo agoAny interest in a Lisbon meetup?
- mchinen 2mo agoI'd love tips for maintaining a good meetup. I tend to like the smaller meetups that are focused. But they often degrade in quality as they scale. A failure mode I hit several times was group circles with a louder or opinionated person eventually entering and taking the focus of the group. For large meetups that's not an issue I suppose. Break-out groups did work, but it needs some planning.
- olegp 2mo agoThis might be useful: https://www.techtrib.es/guide https://www.techtrib.es/guide
- hnacobsxph 2mo agoThis is what I keep telling people
- melvinroest 2mo agoAnyone want to organize one in Amsterdam with me? I live near the area, would be fun :)
- deanc 2mo agoHi. Long-term HN user based in Helsinki. I'd join but don't really want to share my phone number with a large group of people. Can you not find another way to co-ordinate?
- Hamuko 2mo agoDoesn't WhatsApp have usernames these days?
- asimovDev 2mo agoThere should be an email sent out whenever a meet is organized. WhatsApp group is mostly for choosing the most suitable date and a place , it’s not mandatory for participation
- stronglikedan 2mo agoYou don't have a throwaway Google Voice number? I use one for dating apps. Very convenient and worry free.
- deanc 2mo agoThis is a conversation about a HN meetup in Europe. Google voice is not available on the free tier to Europeans. It requires google workspace.
- embedding-shape 2mo agoSomeone correct me if I'm wrong (I've never used it myself), but Google Voice doesn't seem to be available in Finland at all so probably not? > Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. telephone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspace customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with a US phone number anyway, I'd probably be more embarrassed about using a US phone number then letting people in a HN meetup group see my real phone number.
- mixnix 2mo agoIs there one for Warsaw?
- VCFundedGenYer 2mo agoNot going, but just adding commentary - Having a karma requirement for a physical meetup is a poor choice. People will come out physically if they truly care, gatekeeping it with internet points is a bad idea, especially if you turn people away.
- calpaterson 2mo agoHaving it be an open invitation meetup would attract a very different cohort and would have a very different character. Feel free to start that meetup - I might give it a try. But I wouldn't be interested in spending my personal time organising it
- Maxion 2mo agoSpecifically only interested in this because of the karma limit.
- nxtbl 2mo ago> We use a WhatsApp group for co-ordination. The time and location of the meetup is announced there. That's a hard no. You really, really should use Signal instead.
- outime 2mo agoI suppose organizers choose the easiest way to contact people rather than relying on one of the least-used messaging apps that people won't install just to attend a meetup. Edit: It doesn't even seem to be strictly required https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181030
- nxtbl 2mo agoThey could easily use both, if necessary. Or link them and more via a Matrix server - but that would require a bit more work to do.
- amberjack 2mo agoI live in Helsinki so this seems fun. Commenters everywhere are a pretty strongly (self-)selected bunch so seems like a good way to get a strong selection effect without arduous requirements. Does anyone have previous experience with this kind of a setup?
- Melatonic 2mo agoI see a bunch of people interested in Los Angeles on https://meet.hn/ https://meet.hn/
- excalibur 2mo agoImagine hosting a meetup in Chicago and getting raided by ICE
- joshdavham 2mo agoAny meetups in Vancouver, Canada?
- tamimio 2mo agoOr Ontario?
- workfromspace 2mo agoDo we have enough people in Tallinn, Estonia to organize one here as well? :)
- divan 2mo agoThere seems to be 2 locations created for Tallinn on meet.hn: https://meet.hn/city/59.4372155,24.7453688/Tallinn https://meet.hn/city/59.4372155,24.7453688/Tallinn (7 people) https://meet.hn/city/59.4372420,24.7572693/Tallinn https://meet.hn/city/59.4372420,24.7572693/Tallinn (1 person)
- workfromspace 2mo agoI think I caused this (that 1 person is me) and I think its a bug, because; When I tried to register, I searched for 'Tallinn, Estonia' and there is only one location shows up from autocomplete. However, the coordinates of that only Tallinn location is not the samame as previous 7 people. So my guess is that at some point, ,the map/coordinate vendor's coordinates for Tallinn, Estonia have changed recently. And anyone trying to r egistetr for Tallinn will be registered with the new coordinates.
- ValentineC 2mo agoAnyone interested in a meetup in Singapore?
- kekqqq 2mo agoAnyone from Prague who would like to meet other active HN users?
- healthDev 2mo agoIdga game dev events are cool, but this could be more coding focused so definetly interested lacking points, but sent the form anyways
- xtracto 2mo agoGreat! I just spent the past 4 days in Helsinki for vacation (writing this from Silja ferry to Copenhage). Really lovely city , Allas pool Sauna is really a "something else" experience for a Mexican, and a friend of mine who lives there mentioned the vibrant startup community you guys have there. I read a bit more about it and visited Oodi library, which apparently has some great perks for startupers. Im envious of the startup atmosphere you got there, particularly the more "socialized" less cutthroat d*k waving sense of it .
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- Renewal8936 2mo agoGreat time to be an exchange student in Helsinki ;)