ripperI love all the posts from people travelling or at least preparing to travel to @emf in my timeline.
In less than 48h I'll join them. :)
In less than 48h I'll join them. :)
Travel preparation status: I forgot to activate the out of office notification. But I finally have a tent AND a backpack. There's even some chance I'll manage to pack my stuff before I have to catch the first train in the morning. Oof. 😅
There's still some time to procrastinate packing camping stuff... right? 🤔
Aaaand off we go!
Looking forward to finding out what I forgot to pack
Looking forward to finding out what I forgot to pack
eep! on the train
✅ Train 2/7 to EMF
Hüfe, dea Zugbegleita redt jo boarisch.
✅ Train 3/7 to EMF
TGV - Train à Grande Verspätung?
✅ Train 4/7 to EMF
✅ Train 5/7 to EMF
Thanks @vagina_museum, the "Museum of Mankind" exhibition was really funny! Now, let's get back on track.
✅ Train 6/7 to EMF
From the train I saw many puddles in the fields... I guess this year EMF stands for Extra Muddy Field?
✅ Train 7/7 to EMF
Spending some time in the Ledbury Tesco parking lot before getting a shuttle to the camp site is definitely an important part of the EMF experience. :D
#emf2024 is amazing, you spend 2h putting up chairs at Stage A and everything looks different. It's a proper camp now. :O
Sooo I heard the people at #emfcamp like camping? Luckily there's @hackmas taking place in August in Austria!
#emf2024
#emf2024
Oh, I still have photos from #emf2024 I wanted to share. People brought sooo many funny, hacky, cool builds.
#emfcamp
#emfcamp
Speedy tren did its job, I'm back in Europe. Now I have about 45 minutes to catch my Nightjet to Vienna. Whoop whoop
But also... How complicated can travelling by train be?
Eurostar: Yes!
But also... How complicated can travelling by train be?
Eurostar: Yes!
Well, that's great. The NJ is here. But... It's missing half the coaches, apparently they're stuck somewhere in Germany and supposed to be added in Mannheim. At ~1:00 in the morning. Until then, they stuff everyone into one single seating coach. Argh.
We got thrown out of the train and then the same conductor asked us to get back in. Fun, fun, fun
We are moving! 👀👀👀
Morale is high. We're having good conversations in the compartment, learnt a lot about railway safety and operations and there's beer. Could be worse. :D
What's kinda funny about night trains is... Everyone I ever met there is super chill about delays and other inconveniences. Like, right now, our carriage is missing and everyone is like: "Here's a story about a rail travel I took which was a lot worse. And it was great fun!"
Great. There are now people boarding the train wanting to have their seats. And they are pissed that we're occupying them because we were told by the conductor. Exactly what you need at 1:00 in the morning.
Ooof. They didn't find a sleeper in Mannheim. Great.
Changed train in Linz, maybe that one stays on time.
Next to me are some punks. I mean proper punks. But they are talking about project controlling meetings and buying a house in Italy.
So I guess... Punk's not dead, punk's got a job in controlling and is buying houses.
Finally made it home. \o/
The thread isn't finished yet, though. Once I'm showered and relaxed, I'll post more pictures from EMF and the one day we spent in London afterwards. :)
The thread isn't finished yet, though. Once I'm showered and relaxed, I'll post more pictures from EMF and the one day we spent in London afterwards. :)
Well, fuck. I guess beside all the good memories, an awesome badge and a light sunburn I also got COVID at EMF. :/
Ok. Moar pictures of contraptions!
James Bruton ( @XRobotsUK ) brought a... thing. It's a three-wheeled tentacle robot. Absurd and amazing!
A lot of vehicles, some of them competing in the hacky racers series!
A tracked trike which worked really well on the grass and dirt.
And someone had a real fighting robot with them!
#emf2024 #emfcamp
James Bruton ( @XRobotsUK ) brought a... thing. It's a three-wheeled tentacle robot. Absurd and amazing!
A lot of vehicles, some of them competing in the hacky racers series!
A tracked trike which worked really well on the grass and dirt.
And someone had a real fighting robot with them!
#emf2024 #emfcamp
leah, trout arc 
pascoda
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leyrer@ripper oh noes. get well soon!
Daniel Bohrer@ripper ob no 🥴 wish you a good recovery!
Sandzwerg@ripper get well soon
🌈Eikaron@ripper oh nooo gute Besserung!! 😥
keschi 
Θ@ripper ahhh nooo... hope it passes soon without a bunch of damage.
cambid83 (he/his)@ripper Oh no. Get well soon. 🫂🍵
Moss (the τεχie) <(fsm)>{{@ripper
Mannheim never sleeps. 😏
Mannheim never sleeps. 😏
@ripper ufffff.
Valeria@ripper oh shit it's 1 am
Lambda@ripper I guess most people take the night train right to their destination or close to it, so there isn't as much worry about making connections.
Also if you have any experience with them you know they are routinely 2-4h late and plan accordingly
@ripper … … safe travels and the like… 😬
@ripper oooof. not great.
Sven@ripper "just" the usual "long queue and the terminal is to small for the throughput of people" problems or did they mess up especially?
On my way in they were running 20mins late because of people not getting checked quickly enough, and the train was maaaaybe half full...
@HeNeArXn yeah, just the usual stuff of making the train like a plane with the requirement of being at the station long before departure and so on...
Wurzelmann@ripper oh geil, der Henry! 😍
@wurzelmann mit 50cc Zweitakter drin! Einen ferngesteuerten gab es auch noch irgendwo.
@ripper haha, geil
Hey, @GCHQNET could you publish all the tokens on the map? I would really like to know where the last one I didn't manage to find was. :)
GCHQ.NET@ripper Yep, we have plans for this. We’re going to crunch some stats at the same time.
We’ll toot on this account when we publish.
@GCHQNET nice, looking forward to it! :)
@ripper All published now. I think this was the one you were looking for? https://gchq.net/locations/510c9ad9-4368-4327-a7fe-08c322338f29/
@GCHQNET yes! Wouldn't have thought of looking for it in the green room
Juli Jane@ripper that's impressive, congrats!
@ripper it has been written in the records