Hackers on Plant Earth - Hope with Mitch Altman and Greg NewbyHackers on Planet Earth(HOPE), is a biannual volunteer-driven hacker conference that got started in 1994. On the hacking and phone phreaking's magazine 2600 10th anniversary. In this episode of Hacker Talk, we are joined by two hackers that are behind the curtain at the HOPE conference.  Greg Newby and Mitch Altman are both two impressive Hackers, helping the  HOPE conference be the amazing hacking conference it is today.   In this episode we cover:  How Hope has evolved during the years  Greg and Mitch's journey's into the hacking mindset   Problems with big pharma and the importance of biohacking  HOPE moving location from Hotel Pennsylvania to Saint John's University     Hackerspaces   exploring technology   Phone phreaking   Life-changing events at HOPE   Demoscene with original hardware from the 1980'ies at HOPE    Making 8-bit generated art and music      Running a physical hacker conference      Hidden gems at HOPE   How can you can run your own conference   Logistics behind the HOPE conference   Links:  https://hope.net/      https://petascale.org/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman    https://2600.com   https://archive.org/details/HOPE-3-The_Hacker_s_Code   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_on_Planet_Earth  The Hacker Talk team will be at May Contain Hackers which will take place   in the Netherlands at the same time as the HOPE conference. Find us   for some stickers and Hacker Talk swag!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.