Re: DLang quarterly EU?
On 16 August 2017 at 00:02, Atila Neves via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 16:37:02 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: >> >> On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 11:32:53 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: >>> >>> On 5/7/17 12:57, Seb wrote: +1 - maybe its worth considering to make it for two days (=one weekend) >>> >>> >>> That can work. It would be two or three days vacation depending on flight >>> schedules. >>> ... >>> Not to mention a cool way to see new cities if it moves around. >> >> >> Yes, that was the intention on both counts. There's no point to flying >> somewhere just for the day. Especially since there will doubtless be Micro >> BeerConfs in the evening ;-) >> >> Andrei suggested that Bucharest be the first city we hold this in. Sounds >> like a great plan to me. > > > We should probably organise this! > > Atila Yes, who is willing to host? Iain.
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On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 16:37:02 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 11:32:53 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: On 5/7/17 12:57, Seb wrote: +1 - maybe its worth considering to make it for two days (=one weekend) That can work. It would be two or three days vacation depending on flight schedules. ... Not to mention a cool way to see new cities if it moves around. Yes, that was the intention on both counts. There's no point to flying somewhere just for the day. Especially since there will doubtless be Micro BeerConfs in the evening ;-) Andrei suggested that Bucharest be the first city we hold this in. Sounds like a great plan to me. We should probably organise this! Atila
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On 5/7/17 6:01 PM, John Colvin wrote: On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: I was speaking to Atila earlier about the things we like about DConf. Sitting around talking to a bunch of computer scientists is fantastic, and not something people generally get to do in their chosen careers as a programmer. EU nations are quite close together. Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? Great idea. I'm in. :( So jealous... Two 10 hours flights for a weekend doesn't sound appealing enough. Maybe I'll show up if it's held somewhere on my bucket list ;) -Steve
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On 2017-05-07 07:41, Walter Bright wrote: Dang, I wish I could participate in that! I guess there could be a separate one for the United States. -- /Jacob Carlborg
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On 2017-05-07 01:53, Ethan Watson wrote: I was speaking to Atila earlier about the things we like about DConf. Sitting around talking to a bunch of computer scientists is fantastic, and not something people generally get to do in their chosen careers as a programmer. EU nations are quite close together. Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? +1. -- /Jacob Carlborg
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On Monday, 8 May 2017 at 20:45:57 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote: Can we get a cool acronym / name for this thing? Helps when talking with people about it. ;-) DBeers? That's a diamond name ;-)
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On Monday, 8 May 2017 at 21:02:22 UTC, Moritz Maxeiner wrote: On Monday, 8 May 2017 at 20:45:57 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote: Can we get a cool acronym / name for this thing? Helps when talking with people about it. ;-) Deuconf? how about we get it first to work for everybody. win-deu-conf
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On Monday, 8 May 2017 at 20:45:57 UTC, Johan Engelen wrote: Can we get a cool acronym / name for this thing? Helps when talking with people about it. ;-) Deuconf?
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On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? Can we get a cool acronym / name for this thing? Helps when talking with people about it. ;-) cheers, Johan
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On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: I was speaking to Atila earlier about the things we like about DConf. Sitting around talking to a bunch of computer scientists is fantastic, and not something people generally get to do in their chosen careers as a programmer. EU nations are quite close together. Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? Great idea. I'm in.
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On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? I'd definitely be interested as well. —David
Re: DLang quarterly EU?
On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: I was speaking to Atila earlier about the things we like about DConf. Sitting around talking to a bunch of computer scientists is fantastic, and not something people generally get to do in their chosen careers as a programmer. EU nations are quite close together. Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? Superb!
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On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 16:37:02 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 11:32:53 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: On 5/7/17 12:57, Seb wrote: +1 - maybe its worth considering to make it for two days (=one weekend) That can work. It would be two or three days vacation depending on flight schedules. ... Not to mention a cool way to see new cities if it moves around. Yes, that was the intention on both counts. There's no point to flying somewhere just for the day. Especially since there will doubtless be Micro BeerConfs in the evening ;-) Andrei suggested that Bucharest be the first city we hold this in. Sounds like a great plan to me. Count me in!
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On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 11:32:53 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: On 5/7/17 12:57, Seb wrote: +1 - maybe its worth considering to make it for two days (=one weekend) That can work. It would be two or three days vacation depending on flight schedules. ... Not to mention a cool way to see new cities if it moves around. Yes, that was the intention on both counts. There's no point to flying somewhere just for the day. Especially since there will doubtless be Micro BeerConfs in the evening ;-) Andrei suggested that Bucharest be the first city we hold this in. Sounds like a great plan to me.
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On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: ... Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? ... Anyone else think this is a great idea? +1 ! -Johan
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On 5/7/17 12:57, Seb wrote: On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 06:58:51 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: On 5/7/17 07:41, Walter Bright wrote: Dang, I wish I could participate in that! Well, technically you could, but it involves a set of rather grueling flights. Depending on the day it's held I might be able to attend once a year. If it's on the weekend, I can make a long weekend out of it. +1 - maybe its worth considering to make it for two days (=one weekend), s.t. the flight is not longer than the meetup? That can work. It would be two or three days vacation depending on flight schedules. It is certainly workable. And it would be a lot of fun to get together to discuss D and hack on projects. Not to mention a cool way to see new cities if it moves around. :) -- Adam Wilson IRC: LightBender import quiet.dlang.dev;
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On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 06:58:51 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: On 5/7/17 07:41, Walter Bright wrote: Dang, I wish I could participate in that! Well, technically you could, but it involves a set of rather grueling flights. Depending on the day it's held I might be able to attend once a year. If it's on the weekend, I can make a long weekend out of it. +1 - maybe its worth considering to make it for two days (=one weekend), s.t. the flight is not longer than the meetup?
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On Sunday, 7 May 2017 at 06:58:51 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote: On 5/7/17 07:41, Walter Bright wrote: Dang, I wish I could participate in that! Well, technically you could, but it involves a set of rather grueling flights. Depending on the day it's held I might be able to attend once a year. If it's on the weekend, I can make a long weekend out of it. It's a long haul for me, but I'd also be willing to hop over once a year beyond DConf. Good excuse for a vacation.
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On 5/7/17 07:41, Walter Bright wrote: Dang, I wish I could participate in that! Well, technically you could, but it involves a set of rather grueling flights. Depending on the day it's held I might be able to attend once a year. If it's on the weekend, I can make a long weekend out of it. -- Adam Wilson IRC: LightBender import quiet.dlang.dev;
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Dang, I wish I could participate in that!
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On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 23:53:45 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote: I was speaking to Atila earlier about the things we like about DConf. Sitting around talking to a bunch of computer scientists is fantastic, and not something people generally get to do in their chosen careers as a programmer. EU nations are quite close together. Rather than a city meet up monthly, what about a continental meet up quarterly? This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? Yes, it's a great idea. You can count on me. Regards, Kai
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On 7 May 2017 at 09:53, Ethan Watson via Digitalmars-d < digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > I was speaking to Atila earlier about the things we like about DConf. > Sitting around talking to a bunch of computer scientists is fantastic, and > not something people generally get to do in their chosen careers as a > programmer. > > EU nations are quite close together. Rather than a city meet up monthly, > what about a continental meet up quarterly? > > This is quite feasible in Europe, since everything is quite close > together. I'm keen. Atila is keen. Anyone else think this is a great idea? > +1! ;)
