Australian Rationalist in America

4 shokwave 19 November 2012 02:56AM

Hi LessWrong! I'm a LWer from Melbourne, Australia, and I'm taking a 3 month road trip (with a friend) through parts of the United States. I figure I'd enjoy hanging out with some fellow rationalists while I'm over here! 

I attended the May Rationality minicamp in San Francisco (and made some friends who I'm hoping to meet up with again), but I've also heard good things about the LessWrong groups all over the United States. I'd like to meet some of the awesome people involved in these communities!

We've been planning this trip for a while now and have accommodation pretty much everywhere except for the second half of San Francisco. 

Itinerary

  • 17th-21st Nov - Los Angeles, CA
  • 21st-28th Nov - San Francisco, CA
  • 28th Nov-1st Dec - Las Vegas, NV
  • 2nd-3rd Dec - Flagstaff, AZ
  • 3rd-7th Dec - Phoenix, AZ
  • 7th-9th Dec - Santa Fe, NM
  • 9th-10th Dec - El Paso, TX
  • 10th-13th Dec - San Antonio, TX
  • 13th-21st Dec - Austin, TX
  • 21st-26th Dec - Dallas, TX
  • 26th-29th Dec - San Antonio, TX
  • 29th Dec-2nd Jan - New York City, NY
  • 2nd-3rd Jan - San Antonio, TX
  • 3rd-6th Jan - Houston, TX
  • 6th-9th Jan - New Orleans, LA
  • 9th-12th Jan - Memphis, TN
  • 12th-15th Jan - Nashville, TN
  • 15th-18th Jan - Atlanta, GA
  • 18th-22nd Jan - Miami, FL
  • 22nd-26th Jan - Orlando, FL
  • 26th Jan-1st Feb - Washington DC
  • 1st-4th Feb - Philadelphia, PA
  • 4th-6th Feb - New York City, NY
  • 6th-9th Feb - Mount Snow, VT
  • 9th-13th Feb - Boston, MA
  • 13th-15th Feb - New York City, NY
  • 15th-26th Feb - Columbus, OH

If you're in one of these locations when I am, contact me! Either ahead of time or at short notice is fine. I'll be checking meetup posts and mailing lists for events that I can make it to as well, but if you happen to know of an event or meetup happening that fits the schedule, feel free to let me know in the comments.

Message or call me on 4242 394 657, email me at shokwave.sf@gmail.com - or you can leave a toplevel comment on this post, or message my LW account directly. Looking forward to meeting any and all of you!

 

Melbourne Social Meetup CHANGE OF VENUE, 20/4/12, 7:00PM

1 shokwave 20 April 2012 03:14AM

Please be aware that tonight's social meet up, previously to be hosted at Ben's house, has changed venue to Trike Apps - 55 Walsh St, West Melbourne. (This is because, unfortunately, Ben is sick.)

Meetup : Melbourne social meetup

0 shokwave 12 April 2012 04:06PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Melbourne social meetup

WHEN: 20 April 2012 07:00:00PM (+1000)

WHERE: 55 Walsh St, West Melbourne, 3003

EDIT - The meet up has been moved to the Trike Apps office - 55 Walsh St, West Melbourne, 3003. Ben has requested this due to being ill. The time is unchanged.

Melbourne's next social meetup is on Friday, 20th April. We are meeting at the Trike Apps office, 55 Walsh St, West Melbourne. Alternatively, I can give you the address - you can call me at 0432 862 932, or email me at shokwave.sf@gmail.com, or inbox me by clicking on my name. Some form of take-away will be organised for dinner and there will be snacks available. BYO drinks. General catching up and chatting, followed by Resistance and Mafia. We all look forward to seeing you there!

Discussion article for the meetup : Melbourne social meetup

April Fools - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter

18 shokwave 02 April 2012 02:47AM

This was an april fools joke.

 

This is a new thread to discuss Eliezer Yudkowsky’s my chapter of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and anything related to it. This thread is intended for discussing the fake April Fools chapter, which is now published. I suggest refraining from reading comments here until you read chapter 82. After you've read chapter 82, I suggest all discussion of this chapter to be kept here, with links to comments in the previous thread.

Meetup : Melbourne social meetup

1 shokwave 11 March 2012 11:02PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Melbourne social meetup

WHEN: 16 March 2012 07:00:00PM (+1100)

WHERE: see mailing list; Carlton, VIC

Melbourne's next social meetup is on the 16th of March - as usual, at Ben's house. See the mailing list for the address - or you can call or text 0432 862 932 for the address. Alternatively, you can email shokwave.sf@gmail.com or even message User:shokwave on LessWrong.

Some form of takeaway - probably Indian - will be organised on the night. There will be snacks available. Some of them might even be healthy! BYO drinks.

The mafia games seem to have been the highlight of recent social events, so we're going to try starting those earlier in the night and running more of them.

Please comment if you're planning on attending. We wholeheartedly welcome newcomers!

Discussion article for the meetup : Melbourne social meetup

Meetup : Melbourne social meetup

0 shokwave 08 February 2012 11:03AM

Discussion article for the meetup : Melbourne social meetup

WHEN: 17 February 2012 06:30:00PM (+1100)

WHERE: see mailing list; Carlton, VIC

Melbourne's next social meetup is on Friday, 17th February. Continuing the tradition, we'll meet at Ben's house - see the mailing list for location details, or I can give you the address - you can call me at 0432 862 932, or email me at shokwave.sf@gmail.com, or inbox me by clicking on my name.

Some form of take-away will be organised for dinner and there will be snacks available. BYO drinks.

We'll be moving away from long board games; bring short ones or suggestions if you have any. There will be at least one game of Mafia!

It will help attendance numbers to comment, saying you'll be attending. We look forward to seeing you there!

Discussion article for the meetup : Melbourne social meetup