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Discussion article for the meetup : NYC Rationality Megameetup and Unconference: April 5-6 WHEN: 05 April 2014 12:00:00PM (-0400) WHERE: Highgarden, 851 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Saturday 3:30pm Opening ceremony 4:00pm "Legal Concerns Surrounding Startups" by Dave Carlson 6:30pm Dinner ordering 7:00pm "Goal Factoring Workshop" by Ben Landau-Taylor 9:00pm...

We are rescheduling the megameetup, to accommodate more members of the NYC community, and to be closer to the date of the next CFAR NY workshop. Reposting the description with updated details here: On the weekend of April 5-6, the NYC community will be hosting a megameetup and rationality unconference....

Please see the updated post here: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/jqh/rescheduled_nyc_rationality_megameetup_and/ On the weekend of April 5-6, the NYC community will be hosting a megameetup and rationality unconference. Everyone who can make the trip is strongly encouraged to come. There will be presentations, interesting discussions, and cake. If you think you might come, please...

Because there are a significant number of people attempting polyphasic sleep simultaneously, I figured that it would be high-value to create a Google group / mailing list for those who are trying it and would like emotional support, advice, and encouragement. This is for sharing your experiences, techniques to fall...

LW Boston had a megameetup last week, and it went well. There were a few presentations and an exciting unconference. Here are some materials from the presentations. Direct Detection of Classically Imperceptible Dark Matter through Quantum Decoherence Jess Riedel Slides (PDF): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12316221/Media/Talks/Waterloo_Auxillary_Talk_3.pdf Paper (arXiv): http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3061 Julia Programming Language Leah Hanson...

Hey everybody, Michael "Valentine" Smith is teaching a Meditation workshop in Alamo, CA on May 3-5. The workshop is aimed at rationalist-type folk who know about the benefits of meditation and would like to be meditating more, but all are welcome to join. Val is a curriculum designer at CFAR...

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