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title: Computer Anonymous - Portland
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    <h1>Computer.</h1>
    <h2>Computer ?</h2>
    <h3>Computer :-(</h3>
    <p>Now you understand, let's go to computer anonymous.</p>
    <p><a href="#groups">See if there's one already where you live</a> at the bottom of the page, or start one by <a href="https://github.com/tef/computer">forking the repository</a>, making your changes, and submitting a pull request.</p>
    <h4>The Plan</h4>
    <p>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.</p>
    <ul>
      <li>- We go to a good pub.</li>
      <li>- We eat food.</li>
      <li>- We say 'computer'.</li>
      <li>- We drink, be it beer, cocktails or soft drinks.</li>
    </ul>
    <p>There aren't regularly organized talks, workshops, or otherwise.</p>
    <p>It's just a chance to meet good people and talk about good and bad things.</p>
    <p>We will talk computer a lot, but we'd also like to not talk computer too.</p>
    <p>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".</p>
    <h4>Imposters Welcome</h4>
    <p>This is a support group. No-one knows what they are doing.</p>
    <p>If you're worried about not being computer enough, come.</p>
    <p>If your day job isn't code, come.</p>
    <p>If you think you're an imposter, come.</p>
    <p>This isn't a group of experts, just people.</p>
    <p>We are interested in the social and technical problems.</p>
    <h4>The Rules</h4>
    <p><a href="http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy">A standard code of conduct applies</a>. This means: Don't harass people. Don't make exclusionary jokes. Don't even make them "ironically".</p>
    <ul>
      <li>- We want to be inclusive; we don't welcome homophobic, racist, transphobic, or sexist behavior, amongst others.</li>
      <li>- We think feminism is a good thing; we think brogramming is a bad thing.</li>
      <li>- We're a very informal and ad-hoc group right now, so if you piss us off you won't be invited again.</li>
      <li>- Although we're meeting in a pub, there is no expectation or pressure to drink alcohol. Don't question anyone's choice of drink.</li>
    </ul>
    <p>The rules will become more explicit as we grow, and we're always trying to change for the better.</p>
    <h4>The People</h4>
    <p>On IRC: irc.freenode.net <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/##computer">##computer</a></p>
    <p><a href="http://twitter.com/WhyComputer">@WhyComputer</a> on twitter</p>
    <p>If you want to attend, say hello to someone, and they will drag you along.</p>
    <p>We are making plans on <a href="https://github.com/llimllib/computer">https://github.com/llimllib/computer</a>, and if you have fixes or comments, open an issue! (p.s. Ask @llimllib to add you as a contributor)</p>
    <h4 id="groups">The Groups</h4>
      <ul class="groups">
        <li>
          UK
          <ul>
            <li><a href="uk_east_london.html">East London</a></li>
            <li><a href="uk_west_london.html">West London</a></li>
            <li><a href="uk_edinburgh.html">Edinburgh</a></li>
            <li><a href="uk_oxford.html">Oxford</a></li>
            <li><a href="uk_manchester.html">Manchester</a></li>
            <li><a href="uk_cardiff.html">Cardiff</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        USA
        <ul>
            <li><a href="us_austin.html">Austin</a></li>
            <li><a href="us_boston.html">Boston</a></li>
            <li><a href="us_portland.html">Portland</a></li>
            <li><a href="us_sanfrancisco.html">San Francisco</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        Elsewhere
        <ul>
            <li><a href="ca_nl_stjohns.html">St. John’s, NL, Canada</a></li>
            <li><a href="de_berlin.html">Berlin</a></li>
            <li><a href="de_hamburg.html">Hamburg</a></li>
            <li><a href="ca_qc_montreal.html">Montr&eacute;al</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p>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 <a href="running_a_group.html">starting or running a group</a>, which covers finding venues, handling problems, and people who can help with using GitHub.</p>