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Now you understand, let's go to computer anonymous.
See if there's one already where you live at the bottom of the page, or start one by forking the repository, making your changes, and submitting a pull request.
This might be the group for you if you want to meet socially conscious nerds, to talk about interesting things: This is not an enterprenuerial meetup, nor is it networking. It is a support group.
There aren't regularly organized talks, workshops, or otherwise.
It's just a chance to meet good people and talk about good and bad things.
We will talk computer a lot, but we'd also like to not talk computer too.
We might have a talk, we might try and learn a thing, but at the end of the day we're just here not to be alone when we find ourselves saying "computer".
This is a support group. No-one knows what they are doing.
If you're worried about not being computer enough, come.
If your day job isn't code, come.
If you think you're an imposter, come.
This isn't a group of experts, just people.
We are interested in the social and technical problems.
A standard code of conduct applies. This means: Don't harass people. Don't make exclusionary jokes. Don't even make them "ironically".
The rules will become more explicit as we grow, and we're always trying to change for the better.
On IRC: irc.freenode.net ##computer
@WhyComputer on twitter
If you want to attend, say hello to someone, and they will drag you along.
We are making plans on https://github.com/llimllib/computer, and if you have fixes or comments, open an issue! (p.s. Ask @llimllib to add you as a contributor)
If you’d like to start a group nearer you, you can fork the GitHub repo and send us a pull request. We have some help and advice for those starting or running a group, which covers finding venues, handling problems, and people who can help with using GitHub.