@herdingdata I was chatting to a kid who had their 18th birthday on the Sunday who posited that maybe one day EMF would go away not because it had died but because the whole world would already be that and it would no longer be needed. I think I’m a little too jaded to truly believe that but I would be so happy if that happened.
@andrew @moraghickman extremely strong agree, it really tied everything together. It’ll be remaining as my desktop wallpaper for some time to come.
@pikesley I’m currently on the way home, despite several coffees, a bottle of Mate, and a Coke Zero today I’m fighting off falling asleep so I don’t miss my station.
@sophiegarrett EMF is the best workout I get. A week of walking 10k a day, healthy food, and then a rigorous upper body workout taking down kilometres of fencing.
If you are the person who abandoned a tent full of crap at EMF: We are going to find you.
You have enraged a group of people who enjoy puzzles and suddenly have a lot of free time.
Run.
@andrew there seems to be something in my eye. Beautifully summarised why we do this ridiculous thing.
I once saw someone post on Twitter about a tiny camping festival for nerds, impulse bought tickets from the back of a car, and found my people in doing so.
12 years later it has escalated wildly, and I got share it with my son, who wasn’t even born in 2012. He was in tears last night, because he too has found his people, and is distraught that it will be over so soon, and it’s two years until the next one.
@jonathanhogg I had an explore of the site last night, you’ve done an amazing job with the installations! Everywhere I look there’s another delightful surprise with a little plaque next to it.
“The average festival has 4 million addressable leds” factoid is actually just statistical error.
Average festival has 1000 addressable leds. #emf2024, who lives in a field in Ledbury has over 18 quintillion addressable leds is and outlier and should not have been counted.
I’ve spent the last four hours (was meant to be two) out in the real world. Do not recommend, will be returning to EMF imminently. #emfcamp
Our cozy little 200 person construction worker cosplay camping trip has been rudely invaded by several thousand people who seem to think there’s some kind of festival on. Quite rude really.
@gsuberland I’ll try to catch you, mostly been hiding in HQ this evening trying to get stuff done.
@gsuberland oh, was that you with the stack of orange boxes. I'd have said hello if I realised.
“I don’t want to call when I’m on the train because I’ll have no privacy” says the woman talking loudly into a phone behind me in the waiting room. Volume is turned up loud enough I can hear both sides of the conversation.
Train to EMF leaves in under twelve hours, so I guess I’ve put off packing for as long as possible now.
Me, in the normal world: "Ugh, why wouldn't you say think you? It's just basic good manners."
Me, when using a ticketing system: "Ugh, why did you say thank you? Now I have to close the thread again."
How is it I’m always drowning in USB memory sticks until the moment I need one?
@Edent you may be able to persuade one of the workshop villages to run an, ahem, Experimental Video Streaming Test. Stages are all fully occupied at that point.
Today in the name of getting things done I committed code which comes with a three paragraph apology to the next person who encounters it.
I look forward to receiving an apology from my past self in two year’s time.
I am now on holiday from my job developing embedded Linux systems for 2.5 weeks, so of course I'm celebrating that by developing an embedded Linux system in the early hours of the morning.