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Programmers sought for tropical hackathon

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Re: Programmers sought for tropical hackathon

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Post by Jd »

Very impressed that this went from a one page cookie-cutter site, to a HN post, to 4K sign-ups, to a BBC article. Hopefully it is the start of something big -- if executed on well it could be very appealing.

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Post by powerslave12r »

I would actually watch a reality show covering this. Watching them code, blaming each other over breaking builds, accusing each other of IP theft and so on.

Another interesting thing to think about is how patents come into the picture. Are they allowed to re-invent the wheel in their own world?

If they 'invent' an ipad-like device or another otherwise patented idea in "the real world," would it make people think about the absurdity of patents?

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Post by walterheck »

powerslave12r wrote: post #4

I would actually watch a reality show covering this. Watching them code, blaming each other over breaking builds, accusing each other of IP theft and so on. Another interesting thing to think about is how patents come into the picture. Are they allowed to re-invent the wheel in their own world? If they 'invent' an ipad-like device or another otherwise patented idea in "the real world," would it make people think abou…

We have someone interested in doing a documentary already, but I hope it will be in a more serious fashion ;)

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Post by walterheck »

olalonde wrote: post #8

I seriously hope for them they can manage to get air conditioning there. I can't get any serious work done without my AC and I currently live in a "humid subtropical climate" according to Wikipedia.

There will most likely be airco yeah, although I personally choose to not use it for environmental reasons. Here in Kuala Lumpur it's usually 30+ Celsius and 90%+ humidity, you get used to it :)
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