| jrwren | lwn.net has penguicon listed as happening in Ann Arbor. | 16:45 |
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| jrwren | wow, and they are doing Mask Mandate. thats surprising too. | 16:47 |
| * jrwren is surprised | 16:47 | |
| Scary_Guy | At this stage? I mean it's not a horrible idea for a gathering of large people. | 16:53 |
| greg-g | I still feel weird going to plays or amusement parks without them. I'll admit I'm not wearing one, but I still think to myself "I wonder how much spread is happening here today?" | 16:54 |
| wolfger | Yeah, the mask mandate feels out of place. Especially since I think the CDC dropped the recommendation just recently? But con decided on masks before then. | 17:19 |
| wolfger | and when there was a fuss about it they threw up a pole, and more people indicated they wouldn't come without a mask mandate than wouldn't come because of a mask mandate. | 17:20 |
| wolfger | so... yay capitalism? | 17:20 |
| wolfger | s/pole/poll | 17:20 |
| jrwren | great use of polling the community. I'm not against, jsut surprised. | 17:25 |
| greg-g | even with those poll numbers I'm curious what the actual usage will be :) | 18:44 |
| jrwren | actual usage? do you mean mandate enforcement? | 18:45 |
| Scary_Guy | A bunch of chin diapers | 18:45 |
| jrwren | lol, yup | 18:45 |
| Scary_Guy | I haven't gone to Penguicon in years. Most cons are just a moneygrab these days. | 18:46 |
| Scary_Guy | Wish I could afford Blackhat though. | 18:46 |
| Scary_Guy | As if they'd even let me in | 18:47 |
| jrwren | penguicon was always just a giant party AFAICT. | 19:29 |
| jrwren | I went to one, moderated a panel at a nother, crashed another, ~20yrs ago. My take away is: giant party. | 19:30 |
| greg-g | that's basically my memory as well :) | 19:38 |
| greg-g | I remember climbing across balconies to get into a hotel room that was locked (but we were supposed to have access to) but $conf_organizer was otherwise occupied (ahem) in their hotel room with a group of folks (ahem) | 19:39 |
| greg-g | it was epic in who was there that year: Randall Monroe (didn't talk to), Mako, nixternal, Jono, and a bunch of us from the LoCo. | 19:42 |
| jrwren | oh! i think i remember that year. I might have crashed that one too. | 19:51 |
| greg-g | I remember riding in the back/storage area in some mid-sized SUV at the white castle drive-thru :) | 19:56 |
| greg-g | again, party | 19:57 |
| Scary_Guy | Well if anyone knows Stu who ran the "Geeks with Guns" range and DJed the after party a few times he's a good friend of mine. | 23:19 |
| Scary_Guy | FWIR they didn't actually pay him, it was all volunteer work. I can understand the range I guess but he's a professional DJ who does weddings and actual events. Cut the man a paycheck! | 23:21 |
| Scary_Guy | again, moneygrab | 23:21 |
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