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Discussion article for the meetup : Vancouver, Canada: Backyard BBQ WHEN: 07 September 2014 03:30:00PM (-0500) WHERE: 3461 12th Avenue West, Vancouver, Canada I've got access to a house with a big backyard, and I'm hosting a big meetup at my house on Sunday. My address is 3461 12th Ave...

Previous Open Thread You know the drill - If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here. Notes for future OT posters: 1. Please add the 'open_thread' tag. 2. Check if there is an active Open Thread before posting a new one....

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

A month ago, a new type of thread was proposed: a monthly page for meetup reports. The idea is that meetup attendees, or organizers, who wanted to share information about how the meetup went could do so in the comments of this thread. This is so information is dispersed, but...

Discussion article for the meetup : Vancouver Biweekly Sequences Discussion: Politics Is the Mind-killer WHEN: 12 January 2014 03:00:00PM (-0800) WHERE: Benny's Bagels: 2505 W Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6K 2E9 For those not in the know, the Less Wrong sequences are a corpus of essays written by the self-educated...

A friend of mine who may want to Earn to Give for the purposes of effective altruism mused 'The wages of American doctors seem inflated right now. I wonder if it is likely that the American health care system will be fixed by the time I am able to work...

Discussion article for the meetup : Vancouver Open Discussion WHEN: 03 August 2013 02:34:17AM (-0700) WHERE: 2505 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC We're having our usual meetup on Saturday. We're looking to expand the breadth of our meetup, so we'll be fielding suggestions and discussion for new activities to try. Otherwise,...