What are some conventions (in the likes of ComicCon) for techies/nerds, computer/data folks? Maybe one that occurs in many cities, like ComicCon

Say you like programming or computers or Linux or data (SQL R Python PowerBI, whatever) or web or game development or even music/video editing? What are some of the conventions other than ComicCon that could be interesting?

Looking for any major events like ComicCon… if there are any

    • whileloop@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes, but I think Defcon is mostly for cybersecurity. I think OP is looking for something a bit more generalized.

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        “Hacking” == learning / sharing how things work. Sometimes to break them. But regardless it’s very relevant to op’s interests.

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          Can confirm that hackers are nerds. The less they need hardware to hack, the scarier they are.

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          1 year ago

          Like learning to keep all of your electronics away from public access.

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      1 year ago

      Blackhat is for industry professionals. Same organziers as DEFCON, but tickets are thousands for companies to purchase.

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    Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

    I’ve been quite a few times and it’s always a blast. You can have the nichest of interests, if it is in any way tech adjacent you’ll find a few like minded people.

    You can listen to great talks or find a place in the “Hack Center” and tinker away with a few thousand people.

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    maybe pick a corporate sponsor/vendor you’d like to see and check out what events they have coming up? you would need to narrow down your scope to something more reasonably limited. siggraph? E3? IEEE?