Comment by xeromal 6 days ago The post reads pretty clear to me. They didn't raise enough money 17 comments xeromal Reply dbalatero 6 days ago Sure, but why? beloch 6 days ago It's a conference in the U.S.. People don't want to travel to the U.S. right now. JumpCrisscross 6 days ago > People don't want to travel to the U.S. right nowNot enough to break a conference. “International arrivals to the United States in 2025 decreased 5.5% from 2024” [1]. (HY1 2026 is basically in line with 2025 [2].)[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12589#:~:text=There%2...[2] https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/#:~:text=In%20... 6 replies → happyopossum 6 days ago There are 300+M people already in the US, including a huge portion of the global computer science community… ramraj07 6 days ago This is not very international. Firstly DEI is apparently nongrata in the US now. On top of it GHC got a terrible reputation in recent years. 1 reply → lokar 6 days ago And companies (who provide direct sponsorship, and send staff) are cowering. ehwa37 6 days ago [flagged] Exoristos 6 days ago Lack of interest, since attendee registration was "significantly" down. outside1234 6 days ago DEI money -> GPU money xeromal 6 days ago Rough economic landscape. Fear of flying to the US. High gas prices. Softening of american company support for "woke" causes.
dbalatero 6 days ago Sure, but why? beloch 6 days ago It's a conference in the U.S.. People don't want to travel to the U.S. right now. JumpCrisscross 6 days ago > People don't want to travel to the U.S. right nowNot enough to break a conference. “International arrivals to the United States in 2025 decreased 5.5% from 2024” [1]. (HY1 2026 is basically in line with 2025 [2].)[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12589#:~:text=There%2...[2] https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/#:~:text=In%20... 6 replies → happyopossum 6 days ago There are 300+M people already in the US, including a huge portion of the global computer science community… ramraj07 6 days ago This is not very international. Firstly DEI is apparently nongrata in the US now. On top of it GHC got a terrible reputation in recent years. 1 reply → lokar 6 days ago And companies (who provide direct sponsorship, and send staff) are cowering. ehwa37 6 days ago [flagged] Exoristos 6 days ago Lack of interest, since attendee registration was "significantly" down. outside1234 6 days ago DEI money -> GPU money xeromal 6 days ago Rough economic landscape. Fear of flying to the US. High gas prices. Softening of american company support for "woke" causes.
beloch 6 days ago It's a conference in the U.S.. People don't want to travel to the U.S. right now. JumpCrisscross 6 days ago > People don't want to travel to the U.S. right nowNot enough to break a conference. “International arrivals to the United States in 2025 decreased 5.5% from 2024” [1]. (HY1 2026 is basically in line with 2025 [2].)[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12589#:~:text=There%2...[2] https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/#:~:text=In%20... 6 replies → happyopossum 6 days ago There are 300+M people already in the US, including a huge portion of the global computer science community… ramraj07 6 days ago This is not very international. Firstly DEI is apparently nongrata in the US now. On top of it GHC got a terrible reputation in recent years. 1 reply → lokar 6 days ago And companies (who provide direct sponsorship, and send staff) are cowering. ehwa37 6 days ago [flagged]
JumpCrisscross 6 days ago > People don't want to travel to the U.S. right nowNot enough to break a conference. “International arrivals to the United States in 2025 decreased 5.5% from 2024” [1]. (HY1 2026 is basically in line with 2025 [2].)[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12589#:~:text=There%2...[2] https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/#:~:text=In%20... 6 replies →
happyopossum 6 days ago There are 300+M people already in the US, including a huge portion of the global computer science community…
ramraj07 6 days ago This is not very international. Firstly DEI is apparently nongrata in the US now. On top of it GHC got a terrible reputation in recent years. 1 reply →
xeromal 6 days ago Rough economic landscape. Fear of flying to the US. High gas prices. Softening of american company support for "woke" causes.
Sure, but why?
It's a conference in the U.S.. People don't want to travel to the U.S. right now.
> People don't want to travel to the U.S. right now
Not enough to break a conference. “International arrivals to the United States in 2025 decreased 5.5% from 2024” [1]. (HY1 2026 is basically in line with 2025 [2].)
[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12589#:~:text=There%2...
[2] https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/#:~:text=In%20...
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There are 300+M people already in the US, including a huge portion of the global computer science community…
This is not very international. Firstly DEI is apparently nongrata in the US now. On top of it GHC got a terrible reputation in recent years.
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And companies (who provide direct sponsorship, and send staff) are cowering.
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Lack of interest, since attendee registration was "significantly" down.
DEI money -> GPU money
Rough economic landscape. Fear of flying to the US. High gas prices. Softening of american company support for "woke" causes.