Open thread, 14-20 July 2014

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LessWrong meetup question:

Are there any meetups that allow for Skyped in guests? It seems to me setting up a way for guests to Skype or otherwise pop in from long distance would be very useful, especially those who cannot find or start up a meetup otherwise.

We've done this a couple of times in Melbourne. It works as a way to say hi, but not so much as a way to participate more generally.

5Viliam_Bur12y

There were some purely virtual meetups, but there are technical problems when connecting too many people. Like, ten or more. You could just go ahead and announce your own virtual meetup. Create a public google document where participants can write their names, and set a limit to, say, maximum seven participants per meetup. (If someone realizes they will not be able to come, they should remove their name from the list, to allow other people to join.) If you want, you could make it a recurring event, e.g. once in a week.

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