Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

(calpaterson.com)

82 points | by calpaterson 2 hours ago ago

38 comments

  • sqbic 5 minutes ago

    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!

  • punnerud a minute ago

    What a great idea! Anyone that want to join up in Oslo? 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)

  • toivo 27 minutes ago

    Would be interesting to join but have to get bit more karma :)

    • darkwater 16 minutes ago

      I think you will have enough after your message ;)

    • olegp 23 minutes ago

      We're not too strict about that, please join!

    • eric_khun 15 minutes ago

      let me help

  • BonerWiener 11 minutes 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...

    • icy 7 minutes ago

      It initially begun as an email thread, but we settled on WhatsApp owing to, well, most people having WhatsApp.

  • calpaterson 2 hours ago

    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

    • rrr_oh_man 41 minutes ago

      Excellent initiative, Cal! Thanks for organising

    • weli 38 minutes ago

      Please! Would love HN meetup in Berlin.

      • bossyTeacher 19 minutes ago

        Make it happen, don't wait for someone else to do the work on your behalf :)

    • svlasov 42 minutes ago

      Too bad this requires using WhatsUp.

      • olegp 20 minutes ago

        WhatsApp isn't really required. If you submit the form, we will email about about the date and location of the next event.

  • asimpletune 18 minutes ago

    Would anyone be interested in meeting up in Rome? My contact's on my profile and I'm happy to organize.

    • zedr 14 minutes ago

      Perhaps we could host it jointly in Milan and Rome?

  • slerb 41 minutes ago

    I'd love to join, sadly I'm mainly lurking around here so I don't have the required karma.

    • notpushkin 26 minutes ago

      Tell a bit more about yourself and maybe somebody would invite you as a +1?

  • king_crimson 20 minutes ago

    Anyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?

  • c7b 3 minutes ago

    +1 for Vienna

  • ramon156 26 minutes ago

    Any Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise

    • tosti 6 minutes ago

      I'd rather not go there. Too crowded, too busy, too much violence. I wouldn't mind a city, though. Is Zwolle an option?

  • knuckleheads 13 minutes ago

    Long shot, but if there is anybody reading this from Salzburg, lmk if you want to meet up!

  • notpushkin 20 minutes ago

    This is very cool. I’ve lived in Tallinn for a while so definitely would attend if it was ~5-ish years ago.

  • rrr_oh_man 42 minutes ago

    That is amazing. Back in Helsinki soon. <3

  • Arshad-Talpur 35 minutes ago

    Is there any meetup in Paris?

  • icy 36 minutes ago

    Thanks for reminding me to attend this. I'll try to join the next one!

  • soderfoo an hour ago

    Nice. Does anyone know if a Stockholm group exists?

    • JackDanMeier 17 minutes ago

      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.

  • jrflowers 17 minutes 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

  • block_dagger 36 minutes ago

    64 karma requirement? Pfft. I’d go to a 1k min karma meetup tho ;)

  • jdw64 43 minutes ago

    Ah, if only I were from Helsinki, I would have signed up.

  • trilogic 8 minutes ago

    It was interesting until I saw:

    >To join, fill out the Google Form.

    Bro gtfoh