The CCC often enough steps in when german officials show blatant lack of computer illiteracy and is somewhat-engrained on german politics now, which is amazing. Whenever I'd think "Is there noone who can do anything against this?" they do.
Just the lobby want.
Hey solarkraft, also spamming this to you i guess, if you want to join up with a few fellow first timers join my quickly set up mailinglist if you like :D
I'll hopefully make it next year, unfortunately things didn't work out this time. There's always a few talks that send me on deep dives to find out more and I really like the variety. I'll be watching live like I do every year since I found it.
This will also be my first year visiting CCC and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll be traveling alone so if anyone wants to join up, maybe also a first-timer, I'd love to!
If you'd like to meet someone new, call me on DECT 5169 once you're there. (If you don't have a DECT phone, ask an angel if you can use theirs.) I'm not a first-timer though. This will be my sixth or seventh congress.
If you happen to be around on the 26th ("day 0") you can go check out the venue in the afternoon/evening. Wristband exchange usually opens at some point in the evening of day 0 (last year it was open until midnight-ish). Nice way to avoid the day 1 queues and explore. Some of the bars inside will probaby be open. (On day 0 they don't check wristbands so you can just go in.)
First timer also. Will bring my Panasonic KX-TGA110FX to check if it works. They don't list that exact model in the compatibility list, so it may not work. Reserved an extension 8995 for me.
I'll see if i can get a DECT to bring as well. For now I've set up a small mailinglist for all the first timers and people who'd like to join a small group:
Hey at this point im basically spamming but if you like you can join this small mailing list for us first timers and friends of first timers who want to join up:
Hey on the off chance i didn't get the right one on mastodon here's a small mailinglist for the 35CCC Firsttimers and friends i've set up, join if you like!
This one is correctly hooked into the schedule database so changes should be reflected fast. Also should have recording links, at least had them last year.
All talks will have real time sub titles and some even have live voice translations. And you do Not have to speak German to attend, there will be enough interesting people with whom you can converse.
No live subtitles this year: "This year, we'll focus on providing high-quality subtitle tracks for the released videos in a timely fashion. In particular, we will not provide any live subtitles for talks." (Subtitle Angel description @ https://engelsystem.de/35c3/angeltypes?action=about)
But subtitling work will be done during congress so I imagine they'll be released very quickly.
As someone who scored 22% on a multiple choice German test that he had actually studied for (if briefly), I can tell you that German is absolutely not required. There will be a few talks in German and the live translations aren't great, but there is more content in English than you can consume in four days.
(The joke is on me after I found a German girlfriend (not at congress), my German is now almost good enough to appreciate a talk in German.)
This is my very first time at the conference, I'm really excited. Don't want to miss the best stuff. Does anyone has some recommendations or want to hang around there?
Don't visit the talks unless there is some topic you're dying for, talk to the people outside the presentations and at the workshops instead, as well as the different surrounding venues. There is a lovely hacking CTF competition going on and I assume as usual there will be a large open space where people will show off their hacker project or hackerspaces. You can see all the talks afterwards online on YouTube instead.
I enjoy the talks. There is a lot to see and I make sure to see it, but the talks can be very entertaining and/or motivating. Asking questions online is harder compared to in the room, and you can usually also meet the speaker in person if you want to.
I see where you're coming from, but I don't agree with the statement "don't bother with the talks while you're there". Especially for someone who goes the first time, let them find what has value for them.
Some congress-goers see tons of talks, some see none. I wouldn't stress too much about it; do what you feel like, but be sure not to miss out on the non-talk-stuff, because that's an equally big part. For me the "best stuff" is meeting people, and an easy way to do that is to check out the assemblies/projects going on. For more about that see the wiki, which is the main source of info (apart from the Fahrplan) and is always being updated: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2018/wiki/Main_Page
#35c3 on hackint.org is the main IRC channel. Easy way to get answers. @c3infodesk on Twitter is worth following.
This year your wristband is also a public transport ticket valid in the city of Leipzig (zone 110). At night a special tram runs between Congress and the central station (Hauptbahnhof), so no need to worry about getting back.
The alcohol on offer inside is not very exciting, if you care about that. There is however a big supermarket (or hypermarket, rather) nearby, Globus, along with some restaurants/fast food places. No problem bringing in drinks/food from elsewhere to Congress. No security check whatsoever (pointing it out because while this is "obvious" to CCC people it might not be obvious to everyone).
> This presentation will start off with a simple problem (how do you clear memory that holds sensitive content). It explores numerous possible solutions, and presents real live facts and figures. bugs in common applications will be shown.
Compiler optimizations are getting too tricky, and I'm not sure when memset-like functions are just optimized away.
CCC is great event, but the last years has more to do politics, surveillance, gender issues, etc.. than deep-tech content. And Leipzig blah, bring it back to Berlin, please :)
Anyways I look forward to hear Peter Sewell this year, probably his talk* from few years ago is one of my favorite CCC talks overall.
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edit: I'll arrive at the 27th early morning so if anyone else also wants to join up, the more the merrier!
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If you enjoy meeting people, I recommend attending whiskyleaks :)
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2018/wiki/index.php/Session:W...
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-events/2018-Decem...
Bonus if they can provide a link to the video later.
Best I found so far: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gaast.gigg...
Congress – 35C3 https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/congress-35c3/id941205524?l=...
I think I used this one last year, was pretty good.
https://media.ccc.de/c/34c3
Also streams
https://streaming.media.ccc.de/
But subtitling work will be done during congress so I imagine they'll be released very quickly.
(The joke is on me after I found a German girlfriend (not at congress), my German is now almost good enough to appreciate a talk in German.)
I see where you're coming from, but I don't agree with the statement "don't bother with the talks while you're there". Especially for someone who goes the first time, let them find what has value for them.
https://evolvis.org/mailman/listinfo/ccc35-virgins-discuss
#35c3 on hackint.org is the main IRC channel. Easy way to get answers. @c3infodesk on Twitter is worth following.
This year your wristband is also a public transport ticket valid in the city of Leipzig (zone 110). At night a special tram runs between Congress and the central station (Hauptbahnhof), so no need to worry about getting back.
The alcohol on offer inside is not very exciting, if you care about that. There is however a big supermarket (or hypermarket, rather) nearby, Globus, along with some restaurants/fast food places. No problem bringing in drinks/food from elsewhere to Congress. No security check whatsoever (pointing it out because while this is "obvious" to CCC people it might not be obvious to everyone).
The venue is big: https://35c3.c3nav.de/ is helpful for navigation.
Every year, no matter what I do, I feel I missed out on lots of things and that it ended too quickly. Just explore and enjoy!
> This presentation will start off with a simple problem (how do you clear memory that holds sensitive content). It explores numerous possible solutions, and presents real live facts and figures. bugs in common applications will be shown.
Compiler optimizations are getting too tricky, and I'm not sure when memset-like functions are just optimized away.
https://github.com/rurban/safeclib/commits/smoke
Anyways I look forward to hear Peter Sewell this year, probably his talk* from few years ago is one of my favorite CCC talks overall.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBIHPLFmcgA
This year he seems to be continuing with the theme: Taming the Chaos: Can we build systems that actually work? [1]
[1] https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2018/Fahrplan/events...