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We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Re: We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Post by creditscoresong »

malted wrote: post #21

Hey! I work here. Happy to answer any questions!

Can home-educated teenagers with government issued ID join? Throughout the site, high school student and teenager seem to be used interchangeably. At https://hack.club/high-seas-faq: "Who can participate in High Seas?" "Anyone 18 or under can participate in High Seas![...]" "Why do I have to verify?" "We need to make sure that you’re a high school student.[...]" "What form of ID is accepted?" "A government issued ID (eg. drivers license or passport), or A dated school ID[...]"

Re: We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Post by frankacter »

anscg wrote: post #78
frankacter wrote: post #49

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Couple of questions: 1) I see the mention of highschool throughout, what about younger hackers that are 13+ (7th & 8th grade)? 2) The directory ( https://directory.hackclub.com/ ) is not working for me. Are there existing clubs in Asia? Specifically Taipei, Taiwan.

Hello frankacter, Hong Kong hackclubber here ^-^ there will be a Hack Club Highschool Hackathon hosted in Taipei at March and they'll announce more information on instagram.com/hackit.tw

thanks for the reply, that is an odd instagram you've linked. It was just set up a couple of months ago, has made 0 posts and follows no one. It links to https://hackit.tw and https://counterspell.hackit.tw, neither of which seem to resolve.

I found this Thread post ( https://www.threads.net/@hackit.tw?xmt=AQGzSJCZSi-xlWjNR7_1C... ) which seems to suggest that Counterspell (?) is doing a combined hackathon with GenAI Hackathon sometime in 2025.

I've followed their social, but for "hackers", it certainly feels off.

Re: We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Post by natch »

klibertp wrote: post #69
natch wrote: post #60

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But why does it have to be "for" a certain age? Just ditch ageism.

It's not that simple. Depending on the culture, interacting with people of drastically different ages can be uncomfortable for all involved. If you add the general lack of soft skills among programmers, it's easy to see why someone would prefer a "safer" group that's closer to their age over the more general community.

Let those people have their groups, fine. But there's no rule saying you have to cater to them. There's all kinds of people including people who enjoy going out of their comfort zone and experiencing "danger."

Re: We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Post by zachlatta »

creditscoresong wrote: post #91
malted wrote: post #21

Hey! I work here. Happy to answer any questions!

Can home-educated teenagers with government issued ID join? Throughout the site, high school student and teenager seem to be used interchangeably. At https://hack.club/high-seas-faq : "Who can participate in High Seas?" "Anyone 18 or under can participate in High Seas![...]" "Why do I have to verify?" "We need to make sure that you’re a high school student.[...]" "What form of ID is accepted?" "A government issued ID…

Yes, definitely. We consider anyone ages 13-18 a “high schooler”.

Re: We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Post by odshoifsdhfs »

AdamEXu wrote: post #88
odshoifsdhfs wrote: post #70

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I will dive into the webpage a bit better later on, but at a glance I don't seem to be able to find how to 'help' as an adult. Would love to either organize or help something in my town. I could only find a slack channel to join but no other public info. Was this how you got in touch with them? Or did I miss something?

it's only organized by teenagers who are a part of hack club :) hack clubbers will then reach out to adults in their city for help organizing the event, but most of the work is done by the teenager.

Thanks for the reply. No hack clubs in my area so seems it is a no-go for now.

Re: We are teen hackers from around the world who code together

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Post by hmcq6 »

master-lincoln wrote: post #74
hmcq6 wrote: post #61

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> Kids that attended were not only coders, but musicians and artists as well. Creatives are Creatives. Don't reduce yourself as a programmer purely to a scientist. There is an art in what we do. Edit: if you disagree then tell me why I have a religiously strong opinion on spaces vs tabs

> Edit: if you disagree then tell me why I have a religiously strong opinion on spaces vs tabs Because you did not think this through logically I assume. There is only one answer: indent using tabs, align using spaces. This way the text never looks "broken" on any other machine, and personal preference for how deep indentations should be can be applied. I think people mostly form strong religious opinions because the…

No, the answer is that I should never have to think about whether a coworker uses spaces vs tabs. That's a sign that either your text editor/IDE is misconfigured or that your project needs a tool like Prettier.

Also it was a joke. I just thought using the concept of religion might make people consider the spiritual side of a profession that is otherwise mechanical. But no worries. Jokes are always funniest when you're forced to explain them, right?

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