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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 exists »

frankacter wrote: post #49
malted wrote: post #21

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

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.

For 2), there is a much more comprehensive map at the top of https://toolbox.hackclub.com/ that you can look at

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

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Post by lvturner »

Saigonautica wrote: post #50
lvturner wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are those that are keeping their color but suffering from rapidly receding lines allowed to join too? I'm sure someone will chime in to say there are plenty of these "clubs" but honestly, I grew up in a small town with no real "hacker" peers then have gotten so bogged down with work (and worked in areas without HUGE cultures like this) that I'm now starting to feel quite disconnected. I just want to make silly things…

Perhaps there is one in your area: https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hacker_Spaces I'm in Asia so no luck, but on the bright side, tools are quite affordable here.

Also in Asia, I know of a few smaller ones, but they come and go - and with space at a premium I’ve not found them that useful.

I think it’s more about the community than the physical space though (to a point)

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

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Post by MarcScott »

I recently supervised a Hackclub Counterspell event at our office. I was there only in the capacity of being an adult in the room, for health and safety and safeguarding reasons.

The entire event had been organised by a single teenager, with mini workshops, hack time and a global show and tell.

Kids that attended were not only coders, but musicians and artists as well.

The whole event was amazing, with more pizza than I thought it possible to eat.

The kids produced some genuinely interesting games, learned some new skills, and had a great time socially.

I fully intend to support more events in the future.

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

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Post by bow_ »

Bit of an aside, I found this bit from https://hackclub.com/clubs/ interesting:

> in the Hack Club Slack (Discord-style online groupchat), you'll find a group of 27,253+ fabulous ...

See, in my head Slack comes first before Discord. It was released, after all, 2 years prior. My mental shortcut for Discord is that it's like Slack but for games so it has better audio support. But here it's the other way around.

It's ok ~ perhaps the on-ramp path is Discord -> Slack -> IRC :).

Seriously though, this is really impressive. Not just flashy UIs, they actually have an intro to Assembly: https://github.com/hackclub/some-assembly-required

Kudos to these teenagers.

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

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MarcScott wrote: post #55

I recently supervised a Hackclub Counterspell event at our office. I was there only in the capacity of being an adult in the room, for health and safety and safeguarding reasons. The entire event had been organised by a single teenager, with mini workshops, hack time and a global show and tell. Kids that attended were not only coders, but musicians and artists as well. The whole event was amazing, with more pizza tha…

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