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Re:Ask HN: How vital is it to physically attend SIGGRAPH for... by kevdozer1 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:51PM (#36698746)
Totally, thank you. I should've mentioned that her planned trip and all her reservations for places to stay along the trail coincide with the conference. But your point stands- I am doing graduate research, but a conference like this is a much better way to meet people in my field.
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Re:Ask HN: How vital is it to physically attend SIGGRAPH for... by AYBABTME on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:53PM (#36699881)
To be fair, most conferences are fungible. You can meet the people you'll meet there elsewhere, at another conference or at other events like meetups. If for some reason SIGGRAPH is really the one place where you expect to meet the folks you must meet, then yeah ditch the hike and go. But if there's other conferences you can go to and achieve the same effect, I would go to the other conferences, and go hike with my gf.
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