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That's the problem - in the US there's an abundance of surplus electronics equipment at low prices. In Europe there isn't, and it's priced too high.
I.e. the problem is not the market venue, it's the amount of available stuff.
Related events in other cities? To start: * US Boston / New England area -- MIT Swapfest, http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit/
This looks really cool! Might do a few hours travel to join. I did not know about c-base either. Are there similar associations throughout Europe? I'd love to join one — seems to have a very cool hacker-y spirit :)
Generally you can find some sort of space in nearly every city.
https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hackerspaces
https://web.archive.org/web/20250214091402/https://wiki.hack... (mirror as the wiki is slow to load right now).
> find pre-owned equipment and getting frustrated That's the problem - in the US there's an abundance of surplus electronics equipment at low prices. In Europe there isn't, and it's priced too high. I.e. the problem is not the market venue, it's the amount of available stuff.
This looks really cool! Might do a few hours travel to join. I did not know about c-base either. Are there similar associations throughout Europe? I'd love to join one — seems to have a very cool hacker-y spirit :)
Yes! There are several others even in Berlin, some of which are much more welcoming than c-base. Generally you can find some sort of space in nearly every city. https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hackerspaces https://web.archive.org/web/20250214091402/https://wiki.hack... (mirror as the wiki is slow to load right now).
I'm definitely gonna attend. See you there!
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It’s mainly to figure out how many people are coming! We have limited space at c-base and I want to be respectful of their fire code!
That makes sense. Where I live the large flea markets always have 1 or 2 local cops, and maybe a fireman to handle any emergency.
This looks really cool! Might do a few hours travel to join. I did not know about c-base either. Are there similar associations throughout Europe? I'd love to join one — seems to have a very cool hacker-y spirit :)
Yes! There are several others even in Berlin, some of which are much more welcoming than c-base. Generally you can find some sort of space in nearly every city. https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hackerspaces https://web.archive.org/web/20250214091402/https://wiki.hack... (mirror as the wiki is slow to load right now).