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I'm at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35C3][Chaos Communication Congress]] (C3) organized by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Computer_Club][Chaos
Computer Club (CCC)]]. It's their 35th iteration of the Congress, so it
is 35C3. And it is my first Congress.

#+CAPTION: Opening Ceremony
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[[tsfile:2018-12-27T11.02.10 35C3 Opening -- publicvoit.jpg][2018-12-27T11.02.10 35C3 Opening -- publicvoit.jpg]]

It's a huge community event. Really huge. There are roughly 16.000
people. Very interesting, weird, polite, caring, colorful individuals.

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There is expensive and very rare hardware everywhere and everybody
seems to behave so that nothing needs to be secured or guarded to
prevent theft. What an amazing crowd to be in.

#+CAPTION: Endlich mal normale Leute
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[[tsfile:2018-12-27T20.46.18 35C3 - Einhorn mit Endlich mal normale Leute -- publicvoit fun sign ekalbum.jpg][2018-12-27T20.46.18 35C3 - Einhorn mit Endlich mal normale Leute -- publicvoit fun sign ekalbum.jpg]]

The organization is really good. When thousands of people came to the
entrance to get their wristband, the queue was processed very fast so
that there was no significant delay at all. There is an [[https://35c3.c3nav.de/][indoor
navigation]] (including an app), a schedule app (unfortunately without a
search feature), ultra high-speed internet with a working WiFi, and so
forth.

#+CAPTION: The Emacs Assembly
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[[tsfile:2018-12-28T12.16.32 35C3 - the Emacs assembly -- publicvoit.jpg][2018-12-28T12.16.32 35C3 - the Emacs assembly -- publicvoit.jpg]]

The distances are large so that a scooter is recommended. Some people
even use bicycles.

The previous years, I only have watched [[https://media.ccc.de/c/35c3][the really good video
recordings of the main talks]]. I studied the main talks upfront and
came up a plan.

On site, the situation was quite different from my expectations. There
are not only the main talks but also approximately twenty additional
slots from the [[https://events.ccc.de/congress/2018/wiki/index.php/Static:Self-organized_Sessions][Self-organized Sessions]]. Hundreds of assemblies and
small community groups offer many things to see, experience, talk
about.

Therefore, I ditched my plan and concentrated on the stuff which is
not being recorded instead of sitting in the main talks.

#+CAPTION: Art all over the place
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[[tsfile:2018-12-28T14.34.48 35C3 - person looking at blue lit chairs -- publicvoit specialL.jpg][2018-12-28T14.34.48 35C3 - person looking at blue lit chairs -- publicvoit specialL.jpg]]

I joined a "How to be Loud" workshop to improve my breathing technique
when I do give workshops. I learned about [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LessWrong][the LessWrong community]],
joined their discussions. Some guys talked about their activism to
make public transport systems free to use. A talk about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Balashova][Galina
Balashova]] turned my attention to the beautiful space architecture of
the Russians.

#+CAPTION: 35C3 Mate - the drink of the geeks
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[[tsfile:2018-12-27T12.18.30 35C3 Mate -- publicvoit.jpg][2018-12-27T12.18.30 35C3 Mate -- publicvoit.jpg]]

I'm looking forward for the next days to come and afterwards to
watching [[https://media.ccc.de/c/35c3][the videos of the recorded talks]].

If you want to meet me, contact me through mastodon or join [[id:2018-12-28-35C3-orgmode-demo-announcement][my talk on
Emacs Org mode]] on 2018-12-29 at 22:30 in [[https://35c3.c3nav.de/l/c:0:451.36:454.39/][Komona Thunderdome]].