Just learned about H.O.P.E. which stands for "Hackers On Planet Earth", which is ironic because their events have never left the USA since '94 when they started.
Look, the org is centered in the US, no? And has global aspirations? So why yuck their yum?
It happens in NYC and I know people who come internationally for HOPE. And even if they didn't, are US based attendees also not on planet earth?
The things people try and fet angry about...
Since HN in general likes to complain about names (OpenAI? more like ClosedAI AMIRITE??) I thought this was on topic.
I’m trying to help you see why people can detect irony in the situation.
I certainly was not angry about it.
Please don’t respond to me further.
(“Tekla” did indeed go ahead and triple down. That’s troll behaviour.)
Furthermore, it's not restricted, plenty of people attend from all over. NYC has some of the cheapest airfares of all international flights, so while it's undeniably more expensive than a domestic flight, it's the least-worst option in most cases.
Showing that something can easily be interpreted in a non-ironic way does not, in any way, disprove that a thing can also be interpreted in an ironic way.