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OK, so who is who in the pics? I'm the wide purple gal.

OK we're here. Where y'alls at?

We're about 10m from Yerba Buena so we may be a bit late. WAIT FOR US.

Meetup thread.

Okay! Any objections to meeting at 6:30pm? (It would have to be outside the Moscone as I don't have a badge.)

I hope your vacation is fruitful and you feel better soon. Take care of yourself.

Amber India (go up past Yerba Buena towards the Jewish museum, it's in the square made by 3rd and 4th and Mission and Market) - great buffet. Also there's a cream puff store - Beard Papa's - next to Amber that is AMAZING and you must try it but be aware that you will get powdered sugar all over yourself.

I'm trying to develop a sense of style. Because I am a fattie (stfu, I'm reclaiming it) I've been hiding in all-black, and when I have "dressed up" it's been poorly-done and just embarrassing for all concerned. I like to think I'm slowly improving, though I am considering hiring a personal stylist for an hour or two to help me go through my closet, throw out stuff that clearly isn't working but I don't know it, and make me a list of "how to get dressed" algorithms I can blindly follow. Also help me buy some jeans; jeans are . That said, I will never be able to paint my own nails, or be the kind of woman who gets manicures. I spend too much time typing to be able to deal with that shit.

TP, I understand that you're annoyed, but I don't think posting private communications is the best way to handle it. Also it comes off a bit like you're "and another thing"-ing an argument that should be over, and I know you're better than that.

Hey Fizzbang, are you with Riot (or wear Riot Games t-shirts)? If so, think I ran into you outside RSA last month, when I was with my boss and in my "just a random short fat woman, totally not subbes" uniform. You were wearing an utilikilt and maybe smoking? I'll be in town Thursday with shammack (I work out of NextSpace sometimes) and available after 5ish; maybe later if my boss wants to take shammack and I for a few drinks. Our only other limit is that we have to make the last ferry at 9:35. Let's do this.

This episode confirmed Sean's place at the top of the Thumbs Testosterone leaderboard. so manly

That's no robot, that's spiderdog.

I'm sorry to hear that, tegan. Is there anything we can do as disembodied internet persons? Maybe we could forge a doctor's note for you...

The tracks weren't that well separated - it was at the DNA Lounge, which if you've not been there, is basically a bar/concert venue. Track 1 used the whole downstairs, and Track 2 was in a much smaller room upstairs. They could have moved VB upstairs, perhaps, but the room wouldn't have held everyone and that wouldn't have solved the issue that her talk - "sex + drugs," which one of my co-workers said she'd given before at a different con - wasn't in any way related to infosec and seemed too sexualizing for a security con. Free speech sex-positive third wave feminism woo, I want to support her right to give whatever talk she wants... and yet I don't think it would have been healthy for the con.

:eng101: That's because video games is the correct spelling.

Yeah, I was there. Turns out I was actually in the restaurant, on the other side of the room, while Ian (BSidesSF organiser) and Valerie (from the Ada Initiative) were discussing the talk - but I was too busy figuring out rpy2 to eavesdrop. I'm not on the BSides mailing list though, so I'd be interested to hear what went on there. Most of the drama occurred online or via twitter, not at the venue itself, because the talk was cancelled at the last minute and nothing had really been announced about it beforehand - plus we're all more comfortable on Twitter than in our shoes. This was my second week in the dang industry and it just up and WHAPs me in the head with intersectionality and a chance to be all RAR FEMINIST and I'm all "D-do I say something? S-should my first big act in this industry be writing a blog post calling everyone out for behaving like schoolboys and giving InfoSec a really bad professional image? What if I speak out and then get doxxed? Should I get another iced coffee?" Thankfully I am old enough, large enough, married enough, and cat-hair-covered enough that I'm not a target of sexual comments or harassment (though that's mostly DEFCON behavior, and I'm not sure if we're going to DC'21), but... real fuckin' depressing start.

DANGER ZONE

I bet Shammack and I could play it tomorrow evening. Would you mind if your playtesters were a leeeeetle bit drunk while playing?

Shammack was just watching a compilation of Parappa songs on YouTube, and now I think I know why.

That sucks, Syn (can I call you Syn?). It seems like it's hard in small markets unless you're willing to sacrifice your ethics and do cheap/quick busywork. (I'm still slammed with C and terrified that I'm rubbish with it, plus I got an interesting introduction to my new industry with a Controversial Violet Blue Talk Cancellation and associated drama caused by sperglords.)

I hear you can do that

Nick sits next to Vanaman at the new office so they'll probably have a competition to each "accidentally" handcuff the other to their desk on Monday afternoons.