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NYT Techie Night Life Reprogrammed

Posted by timothy on from the for-some-values-of-most-major-cities dept.

securitas writes "Almost a decade after the Internet bubble collapsed, the New York Times reports on the revival of the Silicon Alley technology social scene — with a twist. It's now about substance. Gone are the "glitzy club ... minor celebrities, go-go dancers, an open bar and pricey giveaways" in favor of unconferences, Ignite, Pecha Kucha, ideas and 'a night life that involves actually talking to creative people doing exciting things.' Most major cities have a geek social scene like the NYC Soldering Championship [video link] featured in the article." Not surprisingly (for anyone who reads O'Reilly's Make magazine), Bre Pettis is one of the event organizers mentioned.

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  1. soldering contest? by NothingMore · · Score: 4, Funny

    What ever happened to the classic drinking contest? Sure you dont learn something useful like you would in a soldering contest but at least at the end all the girls look significantly hotter.

    1. Re:soldering contest? by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

      In geek bars, drinking solder makes girls find YOU significantly hotter.

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  2. Re:Soldering Championship?!?!?!? by Otter · · Score: 2, Funny

    And PowerPoint ("Pecha Kucha") as a recreational after-work activity also sounds awful. Next they'll be having Lotus Notes Night!

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  3. Cyber-nouveau riche by Colonel+Korn · · Score: 4, Funny

    And we finally have a definitive answer to the question asked at least since the time of the Roman Republic: how can we segregate those with new wealth but no cultural sophistication away from the rest of society without isolating their money from the larger economy?

    The apparent answer: soldering contests with expensive drinks.

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  4. Re:Sausage Fest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict a total sausage fest.

    Come on, ladies.

    Geeks are great, once you get to know us.

    [citation needed]

  5. Re:Sausage Fest by m.ducharme · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you mean:

    I predict a total sausage fest [citation needed]

    or

    Geeks are great, once you get to know us [citation needed]

    or both?

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  6. Re:Yeah, that's nice. by exi1ed0ne · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's a huge difference between chatting with people who are generally intelligent, and people who like to speak about all the same things you do.

    Meh. I thought the impression of intelligence was directly proportional to discussing things you agree with. This is /. after all!

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  7. Re:Soldering CHAMPIONS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and not one of them got laid

    Au contraire, I got my lead tinned in record time!

  8. We use to call these "users groups" by east+coast · · Score: 2, Funny

    *DUCKS*

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  9. Re:Sausage Fest by that+IT+girl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Woah, really? Then where did I get these? :o

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  10. Re:Sausage Fest by TerranFury · · Score: 3, Funny

    Usually they're the shallow ones whose beauty is quite literally only skin deep.

    Indeed. You can't really know what kind of woman you've got until you remove the dermis [I recommend a potato peeler for this, along with suitable restraints (duct tape is surprisingly effective)].

    They'll try to scream (a ball gag helps here, by the way), but what else can you expect? Nobody ever said true love was easy.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go write a filesystem for Linux.