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>Treasure hunters, we have an update! Unfortunately, some of our signs have been removed or stolen, but don’t worry—the hunt is still on!
Amuses me. I like to imagine it's black hat treasure hunters trying to hamstring the competition, but I know it's probably the cleaning staff.
Do the Java talks in the video recordings have audio? The mic in the room isn‘t working (and I find the room too warm), so I have given up. But maybe they are recording a separate audio track using a smartphone or so for later post-processing, so the videos will be good?
Looking at the news, >Treasure hunters, we have an update! Unfortunately, some of our signs have been removed or stolen, but don’t worry—the hunt is still on! Amuses me. I like to imagine it's black hat treasure hunters trying to hamstring the competition, but I know it's probably the cleaning staff.
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Aspects of FOSDEM are really great but there are way too many people and trying to move from room to room is pretty much impossible for the most part. Last couple I went to, I pretty much camped out at a Devroom that interested me and that was much better. Also CfgMgmtCamp in Ghent which is right after FOSDEM holds less interest for me than it used to as that space has changed a lot. I feel somewhat badly being negat…
what are your favorite events? :)
I have liked FOSDEM in the past. But, as I say, it's gotten pretty big and crowded and some other events in Europe that have been timed to coincide with it aren't of as much interest to me these days.
Its the 25th anniversary of this volunteer organized event. Potentially Europe's largest open source festival. I feel so darn privileged to attend it in person on the ULB campus. For those who are curious about what powers streaming from FOSDEM, here are some docs on those [FOSDEM boxes]( https://github.com/FOSDEM/video-hardware )
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Kubecon is probably bigger these days but it's much more corporate and expensive.
Yeah! Been to Kubecon EU twice, I think you're right. Valencia and Amsterdam. Way too expensive, corporate and marketing(ish) in my view. I couldn't have gone without employer's support. It's not the same crowd one would meet at these events though.
Its the 25th anniversary of this volunteer organized event. Potentially Europe's largest open source festival. I feel so darn privileged to attend it in person on the ULB campus. For those who are curious about what powers streaming from FOSDEM, here are some docs on those [FOSDEM boxes]( https://github.com/FOSDEM/video-hardware )
It might be too big. I'm there right now, and the queues are so long that it's put me off from watching a lot of the talks.
The fact that you can't catch talks unless you camp in the room is a consequence.
I don't think it's too big, just uncurated and not very accessible. Everyone is there to talk to their own circles.
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It might be too big. I'm there right now, and the queues are so long that it's put me off from watching a lot of the talks.
Tbh fosdem has long felt like an event that runs on autopilot because it mostly serves as a regular meeting point for the same cliques of people every year. They are not in a rush to change anything. The fact that you can't catch talks unless you camp in the room is a consequence. I don't think it's too big, just uncurated and not very accessible. Everyone is there to talk to their own circles.
Its the 25th anniversary of this volunteer organized event. Potentially Europe's largest open source festival. I feel so darn privileged to attend it in person on the ULB campus. For those who are curious about what powers streaming from FOSDEM, here are some docs on those [FOSDEM boxes]( https://github.com/FOSDEM/video-hardware )
It might be too big. I'm there right now, and the queues are so long that it's put me off from watching a lot of the talks.
The queue for the Belgian Fries truck is always longest;-)
Do the Java talks in the video recordings have audio? The mic in the room isn‘t working (and I find the room too warm), so I have given up. But maybe they are recording a separate audio track using a smartphone or so for later post-processing, so the videos will be good?