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Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by Answerawake »

majewsky wrote: post #101
Answerawake wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soo hard to get a ticket. I was there for 35c3. Worst part is that since you don't know if you will get a ticket or not and you book hotels/flights only after you nab a ticket, you are paying increased prices vs booking far in advance. Defcon has CCC beat in this area because you know you will get a ticket at Defcon. On the flipside, Defcon 27 last year was a complete mess because there were so many people. It was mo…

> there is no bigger place in all of Germany There are bigger exhibition grounds in Germany (obviously Hannover, probably Köln and Frankfurt, possibly more), but not for this budget. By multiplying attendance numbers and average ticket prices, I estimated the total budget for the last Congress at 2.5 million €. Most of that is going to be spent on the venue and the transit pass included in the admission fee. So witho…

>There are bigger exhibition grounds in Germany (obviously Hannover, probably Köln and Frankfurt, possibly more), but not for this budget.

Oh ok thank you for the clarification. Your description just makes it so much more amazing that they have kept this up for 36 years now. Again, I was deeply thankful for all the amazing work the Angels and the greater Congress leadership did in making 35c3 such an unforgettable event.

I just wish it was a bit easier to get prepared to buy a ticket. It was very difficult and nerve wracking when I was up early to get in line for the ticket. The first sale caused the website to time out and so I thought there is no chance for me to compete with what I assume were automated ticket buyers.

The second sale is where I got lucky and grabbed a ticket as fast as possible. There must be some middle ground between this and having full open admission no? It is impossible to get perfect so I do not fault them for this.

>Besides that, it's an open question if Congress actually wants to grow further. Accomodating more and more attendees from more diverse backgrounds runs the risk of losing your own identity.

Yes absolutely. There is no perfect solution to this. One one hand it would be a joy to introduce the hacker spirit to as big of an audience as possible. It could only lead to a better world. On the other hand, you run into problems that Defcon is experiencing with its 30,000+ attendees.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by iso8859-1 »

Foxboron wrote: post #88

I really enjoyed the talk on Linux kernel memory management from Chris Down that was held during this years Arch Conf. It's well structured, funny, and gives nice insight into how you scale when you can't throw more hardware on the problem. https://media.ccc.de/v/arch-conf-online-2020-6390-linux-memo... Disclaimer: I helped organize the conference.

This is great! Good resource to link people that worry too much about Resident Set (RSS) memory usage...

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by Answerawake »

Foxboron wrote: post #102
Answerawake wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soo hard to get a ticket. I was there for 35c3. Worst part is that since you don't know if you will get a ticket or not and you book hotels/flights only after you nab a ticket, you are paying increased prices vs booking far in advance. Defcon has CCC beat in this area because you know you will get a ticket at Defcon. On the flipside, Defcon 27 last year was a complete mess because there were so many people. It was mo…

>Soo hard to get a ticket. I was there for 35c3. Worst part is that since you don't know if you will get a ticket or not and you book hotels/flights only after you nab a ticket, you are paying increased prices vs booking far in advance. Which is why you join one of the manymany assemblies and get into the voucher rounds. >I just wish it was cheaper to make it to Leipzig from the US but I understand that they are stre…

>Which is why you join one of the manymany assemblies and get into the voucher rounds.

Can you elaborate on this further? I do not know what this means. I was not part of any local assemblies as I am not German, nor do I speak German, and many of the assemblies at 35c3 seemed to be treating me very coldly as they are just local clubs from all over Germany. (Understandable, I do not fault them).

>My only recommendation here is to fly into Berlin and take the hourly train down to Leipzig. It' somewhat cheaper to fly into and the train ride is a nice ride.

yes. I was looking into this, Do you have a recommendation for a good website to explore train timetables and routes? What I have to be careful about is timing because if I need to stay overnight in Berlin then it may increase the cost such that if it wastes a lot of time, then it may not be worth saving the additional plane money(as many flights have stops in some other city on the way to Leipzig anyway).

Thank you for the response!

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by zarkov99 »

jhncls wrote: post #105
theodpHN wrote: post #85

Jeremy Howard's "I Like Notebooks" JupyterCon 2020 Talk Howard makes the case for why even "real" programmers should give notebook environments a chance. In addition to supporting literate programming ("code as literature") and exploratory programming ("code as scientific notebook") in a live coding environment, Howard explains how notebooks can improve documentation, learning and sharing, testing, and deployment. An…

This talk is especially noteworthy as Jeremy apparently got accused very harshly of breaking a code of conduct[0]. [0] https://www.fast.ai/2020/10/28/code-of-conduct/

Jeezus. What is wrong with people? If this woke nonsense is not stopped we are going to chase away all the people who actually create things and be left only with the evil mediocrities that enforce COCs.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by caddemon »

janvdberg wrote: post #9

Not sure if this fits the bill, but: How To Speak by Patrick Winston [1] I watched this 'talk' on 'how to give talks' last week. It was uploaded at the end of 2019 and recorded 2018 (Patrick Winston passed away in 2019) and it is really good. Anyone who gives talks can learn a few things from this. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY

Seconding this, and also wanted to recommend the book "Make it Clear", which contains a lot of PHW's communication advice beyond just talks. https://www.amazon.com/Make-Clear-Speak-Persuade-Inform/dp/0...

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by justinhj »

janvdberg wrote: post #9

Not sure if this fits the bill, but: How To Speak by Patrick Winston [1] I watched this 'talk' on 'how to give talks' last week. It was uploaded at the end of 2019 and recorded 2018 (Patrick Winston passed away in 2019) and it is really good. Anyone who gives talks can learn a few things from this. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY

Wonderful talk and I followed his guidelines in my public speaking this year
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