Hacker News Meetup: Sofia, Bulgaria

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I'm in Sofia for a few weeks and want to meet more fellow geeks. I've set up a Meetup-page (http://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-Meetup-Sofia/events/119998422/).

If there is enough interest, I will take care of the details and arrange a venue etc.

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I am interested as well. I'll need some advance notice, since I'm coming (probably by train) from Istanbul. But this seems like a great excuse to get a break from the city.

I should have followed the link first. Looks like I can't make this one, but I would love to come up for another.

It will be interesting ... also why the group is called Sofija, Bulgaria ?

That's not the name, but the location.

Yeah I know. I mean it is Sofia not Sofija. Maybe just a typo on your side.

Sofija, Bulgaria Founded May 18, 2013

Ah, yes. I had to pick that from a drop-down. There was no 'Sofia', only a 'Sofija'.

I've reported the bug to Meetup.

It's not a bug, except if you consider Cyrillic a bug. :)

Because transliteration. Fuck Cyrillic and Bulgarians' idea of how to move to and from Latin.

Edit: Okay, I take it back. The Bulgarian official transliteration does it right.

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