seszett comments on FOSDEM 2027 will take place on 30 & 31 January 2027 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪

[–] seszett@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

But Fosdem is free and Brussels is a cheap city, so I don't see why people would have to "be able to pay to show up"?

In my experience there are very wide differences in audience between sessions, and I mostly see people with beards and ThinkPads, for my part.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 hours ago (3 children)

Not everybody lives in Brussels?

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[–] seszett@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Well of course, but it's probably one of the easiest cities to reach for the most people, given its location. It's not like it was in Perth or Irkutsk, Brussels is not per se an expensive place to reach, and most visitors are probably just from France, Benelux or Germany.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

Easy doesn't mean cheap. And not everybody can take of work to visit. I know I can't.

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[–] seszett@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I know but... Fosdem is still one the cheapest conferences to attend all things considered, and on a weekend so most people don't need to take time off, so I just don't get your comment about having money. It's clearly not targeted at rich people is what I mean, and not attended especially by people who can afford a mac. But some sessions are probably more attractive to a certain type of attendee than others.

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