Hackerspace Gent


we love board games|we love tools|we love geeks|we love r00t|we love distributed computing|we love NFC|we love independence|we love bbq|we love graphs|we love good opsec|we love tinkering|we love analog|we love optics|we love python|we love creative chaos|we love nerds|we love comedy|we love machine learning|we love metasploit|we love curiosity|we love responsible disclosure|we love retro games|we love math|we love open source|we love flow|we love datums|we love neural networks|we love reducing data exhaust|we love  kerning|we love lasers|we love bit banging|we love cad|we love ASCII|we love 01100001 01110011 01100011 01101001 01101001|we love circuit bending|we love to play|we love exploring|we love beer|we love fixing things|we love recursion|we love recursion|we love blockchain|we love dogs|we love **itcoins|welove precision|we love doing things wrong|we love fuzzing|we love philosophy|we love electronics|we love nerds|we love mesh networks|we love tech|we love data structures|we love to hack|we love sharing|we love virtual private networks|we love blinkenlights|we love to hear about your project|we love RFID implants|we love physics|we love DIY|we love action over words|we love access|we love teaching by example|we love git|we love mechanical keyboards|we love learning by doing|we love chip implants|we love recruiting hackers|we love DIY books|we love a*|we love variable rewards|we love soldering|we love ritalin :p|we love 中文|we love club mate|we love painting|we love fellow humanoids|we love vim|we love pretty lights|we love geeks|we love 3D printing|we love radio|we love retrocomputing|we love engineering|we love rockets|we love ISO 8601|we love linux|we love microcontrollers|we love science|we love meeting new hackers|we love synthesizers beep boop|we love power tools|we love to hack the gibson|we love RFID|we love raspberry pi|we love arduino|we love knowledge|we love unicorns|we love internet|we love bits|we love space|we love NFC implants|we love voiding warranties|we love seamless polymer flooring|we love the whole RF spectrum|we love RGB|we love food hacking|we love privacy|we love silent disco|we love CTFs|we love breaking things|we love monads|we love biohacking|we love happy little trees|we love technology|we love ham radio|we love geeks|we love binary|we love 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001|we love minecraft|we love bytes|we love digital|we love books|we love cats|we love anarchy|we love the whole EM spectrum|we love snowden|we love music|we love snowden|we love cryptography|we love bug bounties|we love science|we love learning|we love blinking leds|we love smoke|we love history|we love machining|we love experimenting|we love biology|

A Place To Call Home

Hackerspace Gent (0x20) is a hackerspace in the wonderful city of Ghent, Belgium. It is a physical space run by a group of people dedicated to various aspects of constructive & creative tinkering. This page is an ever growing resource of information about who we are, what we do, and how you can become a part of all the awesomeness.

Hackers?

Don't worry, we won't break into your computer. The hacker culture is a subculture of individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming the limitations of current technologies to achieve novel and clever outcomes. The culture consists of, but is not limited to: computing, networking, programming, music, gaming, electronics, lock picking, woodworking, robotics, science fiction... However, the defining characteristic of a hacker is not the activities performed themselves, but the manner in which it is done. A hacker is someone who invents, constructs, learns, shares, trains basic skills and is willing to think outside the box to find a creative solution to a problem.

Note: While we hackers are always aiming to be constructive, there is a group of people who loudly call themselves hackers, but have a different motivation. These are people who get a kick out of breaking into computers for unethical purposes. Unfortunately, some media have been using the word ‘hacker’ to describe people we do not necessarily agree with.

Need help?

Do you want to learn about science, technology and art? Do you have an awesome idea that you need help with? Or do you simply want a place to share your passion? Hackerspace Ghent gives you the space, knowledge and community you need!

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Thursday evening is our social evening. Pop in to see what we're all about, have a chat, work on your projects and make nerdy friends!

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Hackerspace Ghent is built by people just like you. Read the hackerspace blueprint to understand how we work and how you can become part of it..

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Much of hacking is about understanding systems better than those who built them, and using that knowledge to do what is supposed to be 'impossible'.