Wow, I'm glad I have so many better hobbies than this.. This seems like a sad state of affairs to me.
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My Year in San Francisco’s $2M Secret Society Startup
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#82Why not just join Scientology? Seems like it scratches may of the same itches.
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#83Very interesting. Im only halfway through so this is a pre-comment:
Anyone interested in this sort of immersive experience needs to watch The Game with Michael Douglass. Skip the trailer and its spoilers. Just watch it. It's like this but better. Preempted the appearance of such things you might say.
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#84It's sounds like a well-produced LARP. Like Escape Room.[1] It wasn't really a society. It was a startup pretending to be one. With today's high real estate costs, it's hard to do anything like this in the physical world. People no longer rent storefronts as clubhouses, or set up social organizations which own their own buildings. Hacker Dojo morphed from a hacker space to a commercial co-working startup for that rea…
Hacker Dojo morphed from a hacker space to a commercial co-working startup for that reason. This is false. Hacker Dojo is a non-profit, and many members and those on the board are passionate about its future. The Dojo has the best rates in the Bay Area ($100 for non-work hours and $195 for 24/7 vs. $300 avg for SF/SV). There is a maker-space with a laser cutter on the way, and an electronics area that Woz only wishes…
Wait, what happened to the Laser Cutter that was there, that Carlos was training people on?
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hacker Dojo morphed from a hacker space to a commercial co-working startup for that reason. This is false. Hacker Dojo is a non-profit, and many members and those on the board are passionate about its future. The Dojo has the best rates in the Bay Area ($100 for non-work hours and $195 for 24/7 vs. $300 avg for SF/SV). There is a maker-space with a laser cutter on the way, and an electronics area that Woz only wishes…
Wait, what happened to the Laser Cutter that was there, that Carlos was training people on?
Yea! And where's Carlos? I want to go surfing or maybe have a beer w/ that guy. Carlos, I hope you're there for my first Burning Man experience.
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#86It's sounds like a well-produced LARP. Like Escape Room.[1] It wasn't really a society. It was a startup pretending to be one. With today's high real estate costs, it's hard to do anything like this in the physical world. People no longer rent storefronts as clubhouses, or set up social organizations which own their own buildings. Hacker Dojo morphed from a hacker space to a commercial co-working startup for that rea…
It very much was a real society.
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#87Mr penumbras 24 hour bookstore
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#88Ahoy! I just stumbled on this. I was the Director of Technology for this set of local bizareness for its last two years. I won't say "I'm happy to answer any questions" because I may avoid some. If you want to ask, maybe hit me up, Especially the tech, especially if you got to play and have a good idea of what we were doing. Also! I think I'm signed up to give a talk in May at ADG. If you're interested in this sort o…
How did you put that time on your resume? The article indicates that it was not wanted...which seems odd/possibly illegal.
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#89> One member wrote later that “I was stunned, flabbergasted, to learn that a significant number of people don’t even bother taking that step. A friend sits you down, asks of you absolute discretion, and then gives you a mysterious card that, if activated, literally opens a door to a new world of adventure, and you DON’T EVEN USE IT? C’mon, people: Be better.” Maybe they could smell it was a lame transmedia project th…
I wonder if people forget that there are plenty of legitimately secret societies like the sort you described (in just about any sufficiently large city in the world). They're called criminal enterprises. With few exceptions, I don't think most people on HN would enjoy being part of them. However I can certainly think of a few pleasant ones that reminisce the cryptic business card. Then I read on a bit further and realized we were just talking about a game.
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#90So, it's like normal social interactions in something that look like a club or a non-profit but done by a private company that watch you all the time ?
That sounds to me like something for people that lack actual interesting social groups...