Meetup : Austin, TX—Quack’s
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The next meetup is July 9th, 2016 at 1:30PM at Quack’s 43rd Street Bakery (don’t worry, they’ve also got coffee). We’ll likely be inside, to the right. I might have a sign with the LW blog header printed on it. I hope to see you there!
If you have any questions or want to get my phone number to make sure you find us, please send me a private message. I’ll notice and respond to those much more quickly than I’ll notice comments on this meetup announcement.
We have a Google Group here that we use for announcements (like our weekly group dinner in a private residence), as well as a Facebook Group.
Just out of curiosity, do many people show up to these? I’m curious about coming. Also, Eliezer himself does not live here, does he?
This depends pretty heavily on the season, because we have a lot of grad students who get research postings elsewhere over the summer. Typical attendance over the summer has been in the 2-4 range, and typical attendance during the school year is in the 4-8 range. I know I’ll be around on the 8th, and there are ~3 others that I suspect might attend.
We’d love to have you come!
Nope; he lives in Berkeley.
Thanks for the info. I actually did not see that the latest meeting was today or I would have tried to come, although actually I was at work. Do these often happen during the weekdays, or are they also on weekends? At this point however I’m mostly coming along to listen to others and become more versed in the Methods of Rationality. I mean to eventually sift through as much content on LW as possible, as well as read Rationality: From AI to Zombies (As soon as I finish another book series that I do not want to interrupt). Something like today’s meeting actually would have been great as I could listen and comment on these mini-talks without making one of my own. Is there some sort of email notification or something that notifies of Austin meetings?
The meetups at Caffe Medici are every Saturday at 1:30 pm. We have a group meal on Wednesday evenings, with details announced (and food orders coordinated) on the list.
The list has day-of announcements of the Wednesday group dinners, and discussions of any of the irregular things that we do. For example, we might go see The Martian together tomorrow. When there’s an established plan for the meetup, I’ve started announcing those by email but that’s inconsistent.
Oh shit, I hadn’t even noticed that it was past Midnight at the time LOL. I could still make it if I want.. I may show up.