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by ColinWright 5447 days ago
The MathsJam event in November is £165 (pounds sterling) with a 10% discount for early-bird (before August 15) and 10% discount for the unwaged. That covers lunch on Saturday and Sunday, dinner, accommodation, breakfast, tea, coffee, biscuits, squash, and all sessions.

Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone is interested. November 12 and 13. http://www.mathsjam.com

Numbers are limited, we have 50 rooms (of 100) already reserved, and 32 paid for already.

ADDED IN EDIT: Wow - a downvote. Do people think this is inappropriate for HN? It's in a submission about conferences, and pricing thereof, and I thought people might be interested in another data point. Not least, I thought people on HN might actually be interested in the event.

If I'm wrong I'll happily delete the comment, but I'd love to hear your reasons, rather than just getting a drive-by downvote.
2 comments
rwolf 5447 days ago
I believe a link to a related event would be borderline appropriate here.

Your comment is an annoying, longfrom ad for a conference: 1) in a difference place 2) on a different topic

If you delete this spam and make a new submission on this topic, there'd be no reason for me or other HNers to object.

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ColinWright 5446 days ago
Your comment came too late for me to delete this, but I have now submitted a new item, along with a commentary as to why I made my comment here.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2806370

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ColinWright 5446 days ago
Bother - correction - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2806709
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jremsikjr 5447 days ago
You're wrong.

Your event sounds like a great event and is likely to be interesting to HN readers. That's fantastic! Make a post and have it voted up. The issue I see is that your comment is completely unrelated to the post except for the fact that they both happen to be conferences. There is no comparison to the posted conference, likely, because it would be a difficult comparison. The two events have different topics, currency, culture, and locale. Your post is clearly intended solely to generate interest in your event.

I don't have the ability to downvote but, I would likely have done so with the opportunity. This story is sliding off the front page so, no need to delete it now.

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