Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

(calpaterson.com)

87 points | by calpaterson 2 hours ago

21 comments

  • sqbic 7 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!

  • toivo 29 minutes ago
    Would be interesting to join but have to get bit more karma :)
    • darkwater 18 minutes ago
      I think you will have enough after your message ;)
    • olegp 26 minutes ago
      We're not too strict about that, please join!
    • eric_khun 17 minutes ago
      let me help
  • BonerWiener 13 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...

    • RicoElectrico 0 minutes ago
      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.
    • icy 9 minutes ago
      It initially begun as an email thread, but we settled on WhatsApp owing to, well, most people having WhatsApp.
  • punnerud 3 minutes 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)

  • calpaterson 1 hour 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

    • weli 41 minutes ago
      Please! Would love HN meetup in Berlin.
      • earthnail 1 minute 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).
      • bossyTeacher 22 minutes ago
        Make it happen, don't wait for someone else to do the work on your behalf :)
    • rrr_oh_man 43 minutes ago
      Excellent initiative, Cal! Thanks for organising
    • svlasov 44 minutes ago
      Too bad this requires using WhatsUp.
      • olegp 22 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.
  • getpokedagain 1 minute ago
    Anyone north east pa USA?
  • asimpletune 20 minutes ago
    Would anyone be interested in meeting up in Rome? My contact's on my profile and I'm happy to organize.
    • zedr 16 minutes ago
      Perhaps we could host it jointly in Milan and Rome?
  • slerb 43 minutes ago
    I'd love to join, sadly I'm mainly lurking around here so I don't have the required karma.
    • notpushkin 28 minutes ago
      Tell a bit more about yourself and maybe somebody would invite you as a +1?
  • king_crimson 22 minutes ago
    Anyone who’d be interested in a meetup in Cologne?
  • ramon156 28 minutes ago
    Any Meetups in NL? Im far from the Randstad, would've loved to host one otherwise
    • tosti 8 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 15 minutes ago
    Long shot, but if there is anybody reading this from Salzburg, lmk if you want to meet up!
  • notpushkin 22 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.
  • c7b 5 minutes ago
    +1 for Vienna
  • rrr_oh_man 44 minutes ago
    That is amazing. Back in Helsinki soon. <3
  • Arshad-Talpur 37 minutes ago
    Is there any meetup in Paris?
  • icy 39 minutes ago
    Thanks for reminding me to attend this. I'll try to join the next one!
  • soderfoo 47 minutes ago
    Nice. Does anyone know if a Stockholm group exists?
    • JackDanMeier 19 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.

  • block_dagger 39 minutes ago
    64 karma requirement? Pfft. I’d go to a 1k min karma meetup tho ;)
  • jrflowers 19 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

  • jdw64 45 minutes ago
    Ah, if only I were from Helsinki, I would have signed up.
  • trilogic 10 minutes ago
    It was interesting until I saw:

    >To join, fill out the Google Form.

    Bro gtfoh