Ask HN: Anyone free to meetup in Tokyo on Xmas?

127 points by potatoeater ↗ HN
Hello, I'm a machine learning researcher who's here in Tokyo on exchange. Might anyone be interested to meet up for an interesting conversation over a meal on Christmas?

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Also try the HN Tokyo Slack group.
Oh are there other HN ($place) groups?
I'm curious too. Is there a HN Seoul group?
Or a Taipei group?
I'd second it, should we get started? :)

(Used to run various geek events in Taipei, it has been a while since doing it though, so timely to get back into it!)

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Absolutely. There is one meetup that meets every other week on Sunday, but it'd be good to have something else going.
Ha ha all the digital nomad spots popping up in this thread
+1 on wanting a HN Seoul group. If there isn't one, maybe we can make it
Hey, added my email to my profile. Please shoot me a quick email if you're interested!
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The website to get a Slack invite link (hntokyo.io) seems to be down.

[edit] The domain expired on Dec 9th.

Here's a temporary invite link in case anyone needs one: https://join.slack.com/t/hntokyo/shared_invite/zt-1me56squp-...

Yes! I'm the organizer and we will get the auto-invite domain back online at some point. Life has gotten in the way... Thank you for sharing the link in the meantime. You can also email me and I'll send an invite.

It's a friendly group of nerds and entrepreneurs. We'll do another in-person event as soon as we can! You can sign up on doorkeeper if you want an announcement email when it goes live: https://manage.doorkeeper.jp/groups/hntokyo

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If anyone’s near Lake Saint Louis Missouri (lord help you), feel free to come on over for a machine learning hackathon. I can spin up a tpu pod for you and train a classifier real fast.
Oh man, I wish I hadn’t let my in-laws borrow my car thinking I would have nothing to do. I’m in Columbia and have been solo’ing my machine-learning adventure.
Hit me up sometime! DM’s open on Twitter. Definitely happy to meet up.
If you're in Almaty, Kazakhstan, or somewhere nearby, let's grab a beer sometime: hey@ale.sh
I'll still be in Sao Paulo over the next few days.
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I'm around for a few more days and would love to, send me an email at andreas@heider.io
I am in the same situation. I am also a machine learning researcher who's here in Tokyo on exchange. If you want to meet up and chat tomorrow for Xmas let me know, just send me an email via ming.ang@riken.jp
If someone's in Hamburg and wants to grab a beer, let me know: canolcer@hey.com (doesn't need to be today)
Hey, while I won’t be there for Xmas I will be there for New Year’s Eve. Hit me up on schmidp@schmidp.com if you want to hang out.
Munich. Tomorrow 3 PM. Email in my profile for location. Probably walk in old town since the weather should be great.
Nice. Good vibes. Merry Xmas HN :0
I hope your meal will take place at KFC :)
I believe they have to be booked weeks in advance!
If anybody wants to chat/drink with a fellow hacker in Mumbai around christmas before ai head back to europe I’ll be more than happy - ikerin@gmail.com
Taiwan says hi too! Anyone keen in Taipei or northern Taiwan in general, happy to meet, on Monday, Tuesday (still sorta technically Xmas) or any time next week! gergely@imreh.net
Bangkok, Thailand
I am going to move there in a month, will be glad to meet then.
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As someone who has plans with family this holiday, this thread still makes me happy to see. Been a while since I've seen a meetup thread on the parts of the internet I frequent.
Would have loved to run into you last week, when I took a solo trip across Asia and was feeling very lonely in Tokyo. Hope you find some friends and have a good time!