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@tef I was going to link the schedule item and then entirely failed to do that: https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/294-synaesthesia
@tef 7pm-ish apparently. Hopefully I’ll have had a chance to set any of that stuff up by Saturday evening or it’s going to be some guys playing video games on a stage like some sort of deranged live Twitch recording.
@tef all the volunteer shifts for basically *all* the things are completely filled. We’re down to roles that require training and a few shifts on Wednesday and Monday when most people aren’t even on site. Genuinely blown away by it and I was *expecting* them to go fast. Wildly underestimated it when I said we’d hit 70% full by next Thursday.
Once again blown away by EMF attendee’s insatiable appetite for doing things. And to think I was worried nobody would sign up for shifts.
@Thayer protip: take the crappy rechargeable batteries out, replace them with a pair of half decent AAs, leave the charger at home. A set of AAs will last you all weekend.
OH: “Please can I have my DECT number linked with my orga account”
“Sure, what’s the number?”
“DECT”
Love when a low grade troll is set up years in advance without even knowing it.
@gsuberland everytime I pulled out my iPhone to look up a number to type into my super dumb DECT phone last time I felt slightly weird. This year I’ll actually get one of the stickers info have done for us with a list of important numbers on and slap it on the back.
One of my neighbours is loudly playing Coldplay which is a thing I feel I should be allowed to demand an instant eviction for from the building managers.
@jonathanhogg should the EMF volunteer lead who’s been getting a steady steam of emails since 2024 from people asking if they can help have predicted this problem and said to one or two of them “yes, absolutely, please join the volunteer team”? Possibly. I didn’t do that though, so here we are with a note on the 2028 improvements list to do that next time.
@jonathanhogg regrettably true, and until the end of today I’ve got a real job as well. My strategy for resolving this going to bed at 2am and lots of caffeine.
> If, as suspected, you're reading this in the future a week away from opening, I'm sorry, and share your pain.
This is a comment I just found while working out how something works at 1:30am, a week away from opening. (It was fine, it was too perfect to leave locked away)
Idly opened The Orange Site. Witnessed somebody saying what a great idea building gigawatts of gas turbine power plants to power AI data centres is. At least spending too much time on that website has ceased to be an issue over the last year or so I guess.
@Thayer good luck. Over the years info have dealt with jet engines, injured animals, batteries that look like they’re about to explode, power outages, and *so many* lost sunglasses. And this year they’re back with a core team of more than 1.5 people.
@dee @installations@social.emfcamp.org if I didn’t already have a todo list the length of my arm I’d be all over this! If anyone wants a free idea, massively multiplayer twin stick shooter with as many players as possible fighting it out across the screen.
@alisonw apparently the stage team heard that the acoustics sound amazing underwater. We tried telling them it’s going to be difficult switching scuba tanks between sets but they wouldn’t listen.
@gsuberland there’s rumblings of a box or something in the lounge.
@fastness on the one side, there isn’t much time left. On the other though, that would be bad ass.
I found a 1TB SATA SSD today and somehow it’s worth twice what it was when I bought it 5 years ago. Flash storage isn’t meant to be an appreciating asset lads.
@fesshole god forbid people have hobbies. Better to just go to the pub and get pissed every night.
@feijoa @mdione the secret to a well functioning wireless network is wires. Get some wired access points and put run ethernet/fibre to the places you want them. I like Unifi kit because it’s rock solid but really anything will be fine so long as you wire it. Mesh networks are generally snake oil which is deeply annoying to troubleshoot.
@Thayer @Psychiatrix SIP is fine for playing with the phones. DECT is more reliable but I doubt missing the odd internal call will matter at all.
@simonbtemple @info put it on the schedule as a meet up. https://www.emfcamp.org/attendee-content