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Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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I'm also based in Sweden. I would recommend you attend to any meetup.com you are interested in. The organizers are usually scouting. If you talk to people and discuss the presentation (many don't) you'll get fika invites instead of asking for them!

Sounds very good. I’ve been impressed by how many interesting and IT-related Meetup events there are in Stockholm.

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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We can assume you don't get enough sleep like the rest of us. What are you using then, soda?

My guess would be Mountain Dew or similar

Nope, just water and tea, often herbal. Those are really the only two things I drink with any regular frequency, not counting the milk in my morning cereal.

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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My guess would be Mountain Dew or similar

Nope, just water and tea, often herbal. Those are really the only two things I drink with any regular frequency, not counting the milk in my morning cereal.

You must get plenty of sleep then. Good for you!

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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I'd say about half the people in the Netherlands drink their coffee "gewoon" ("just")! Add too much milk and it's officially "verkeerd" (wrong). As in, coffee machines in petrol stations have a "koffie verkeerd" button, presumably for foreign truckers from far off lands where they spoil their delicious hot beverage with... (blegh) milk.

Speaking of spoiling delicious beverages with milk, have you heard what the English do to their tea?

If you have tea that strong you are going to want to temper it with some milk.

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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Chocolate of course has theobromine, similar to caffeine with similar effects. Cheese? Any idea why that might be similar?

Maybe the common thing that is irritating him is the milk products in Cheese, Coffee and Chocolate.

I have felt that certain dairy products do trigger the migraine. However, milk itself doesn't cause it. I also drink milked-tea regularly without any headaches/migraines.

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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post #46

I'm also based in Sweden. I would recommend you attend to any meetup.com you are interested in. The organizers are usually scouting. If you talk to people and discuss the presentation (many don't) you'll get fika invites instead of asking for them!

Sounds very good. I’ve been impressed by how many interesting and IT-related Meetup events there are in Stockholm.

If you are interested in Ops you should consider the Docker meetups. I hear they are very good.

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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Sounds very good. I’ve been impressed by how many interesting and IT-related Meetup events there are in Stockholm.

If you are interested in Ops you should consider the Docker meetups. I hear they are very good.

Cool! I should try to make it there some day. Feel free to ping me if you find any other interesting meetups :) (See my profile for contact info.)

Re: Ask HN: ”Coffee date” etiquette

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Or a mormon?

I'd consider that a valid excuse. Barely.

Living in the Morridor, very barely, willingness to adapt their faiths dietary rules to other traditions to is very strongly correlated with willing to work on a diverse team without preaching.

Willingness to "Do coffee", even if they order a soda or hot cocoa, is a great test of this. Similarly how adverse are they to a meetup at a brewpub or somewhere similar.

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