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hyperreal<p>I was listening to the BSD Now podcast and they were talking a lot about BSD conventions. It sounded like fun. I'd like to go to one. They said they are very welcoming to newcomers.</p><p>With my social phobia and agoraphobia, I think a BSD convention might be more manageable than, say, something like DEFCON or SCaLE. My estimate is that the latter would contain an order of magnitude more people than a BSD convention, and thus take place at larger, more daunting locations. </p><p>The folks on the BSD Now podcast mentioned that to maximize enjoyment of a BSD (or any) convention, one must observe the 6-2-1 rule, which consists of at least 6 hours of sleep, 2 meals, and 1 shower. This is reasonable. To help with my anxiety, I'd make it the 6-2-2-1 rule, which is at least 6 hours of sleep, 2 meals, 2 clonazepams (take one an hour before, and one during the convention), and 1 shower.</p><p>The closest upcoming BSD convention is BSDCan in June 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The BSDCan website has information about accommodations and traveling to Canada. <a href="https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bsdcan.org/2025/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I looked up flights out of O'Hare to Ottawa on June 10th, and there are 20 available on the Air Canada website. It is a 2 hour flight. ~$252 for economy class seat and a shittier flying experience. ~$500 for a non-refundable business class seat, which is a more tolerable flying experience. ~$600 for a refundable business class one. I'm leaning toward the latter.</p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/BSDCan2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCan2025</span></a></p>
FreeBSD Foundation<p>The BSDCan 2025 Call for Papers is open! If you're doing something cool with BSD - whether it's a complex system, research project, or an interesting tech story - make sure to submit your proposal by 12 February 2025. </p><p><a href="https://buff.ly/3C9TZNp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/3C9TZNp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BSDCan2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCan2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
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