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HN Meetup: Paris, France
- fharper1961 15y agoThanks for the organizing!
- sylvinus 15y agoOfficial website: http://parishackers.org/ http://parishackers.org/
- BCM43 15y agoWill it be in English or French? And will it be under 21 friendly? I'll be visiting Paris at that time (I'm living in Madison, Wisconsin), and would love to stop by.
- Typhon 15y agoWhat do you mean by "under 21 friendly ?"
- blumentopf 15y agoProbably refers to alcohol / admittance of underage people to the venue.
- davidw 15y agoHe's probably referring to the bizarre law in the US that means that people under 21 often cannot enter bars, let alone drink at them. Needless the say, the French have no such weird rule.
- Typhon 15y agoYes, that's why I was asking. Unless you're under 18, you can drink whatever you want and enter bars, in France. Mais alors avec modération, n'est-ce pas.
- bsergean 15y agoBoire ou coder, il faut choisir.
- Timothee 15y agoI thought the limit was 16 actually. Under 16 is still fine as long as you have adult supervision. (IIRC…)
- fmw 15y ago18 is for strong liquor, it is 16 for the rest (e.g. beer, wine). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age
- BCM43 15y agoYou are correct, I forgot the french are much more reasonable.
- tbassetto 15y agoIt's hard to tell. Sometimes, French people are very conservative about which language to use. But I'm sure every attendees will speak English fluently. Do not hesitate to contact us before the event if you want more information. And concerning the alcohol, no worries.
- yannski 15y agoA group of 22 persons or more is no fun
- sylvinus 15y agoI think it will be in english as we have a few live-abroads (skylar or mrspeaker)
- fmw 15y agoI'm hoping to attend and my French is quite rustic (i.e. horrible), so that is at least one non-French speaker for you. As to the age thing: here in Europe, nobody will check your age when you enter a bar. If you look particularly young they might not let you order personally, but they would probably serve beer to a 12 year old if one of his parents would order it for him. I'm not sure how old you are, but I think the legal drinking age in most European countries is 16 (and 18 for strong liquor).
- mrspeaker 15y agoI was hoping someone would do this (before I had to ;) - a previous thread about "working in Europe" drew out a large number of us HNers in Paris so I can't wait. There was only a couple of meetups when I got here a year ago, but now it seems like the "scene" is exploding - every other week there is a new meetup: and ones like ParisJS are really thriving. Good news!
- loup-vaillant 15y agoOne split second I thought this was about a Less Wrong meetup. http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/62z/paris_meetup_saturday_june_25 http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/62z/paris_meetup_saturd... (I know I'm out of topic, but the two communities probably overlap, so…)
- yannski 15y agoTopics did not include Ruby and Rails and that's a shame ! But I will be there nonetheless :)
- fmw 15y agoI've just signed up (I'm currently in Paris, but returning to the Netherlands tomorrow, but I'll be back for the event). Would love to do a short Clojure-related presentation, even if I'm relatively new to the language. Off topic: does anyone have a suggestion for a place to work (primarily on open source stuff in Clojure at the moment) here in Paris? Preferably somewhere where smoking is allowed or with an easily accessible smoking area (e.g. balcony or street). The internet connection at the apartment my girlfriend is renting here is abominable and there is not really much room to sit.
- joss82 15y agoHave you tried La Cantine? http://lacantine.org/ http://lacantine.org/ It's cosy, cheap (Not that kind of cheap, Paris' kind ;), and you can smoke outside.
- tbassetto 15y agoThat would be nice! Concerning a place to work, I only know the co-working space named "LaCantine": http://lacantine.org http://lacantine.org You'll never find a place where smoking is allowed, but you can smoke outside buildings.
- joss82 15y agoFunny, we must have commented at the same time! That says a lot about the startup scene here in Paris: only one co-working place!
- fmw 15y agoThanks a lot to both of you. La Cantine sounds great, as it is a 2 minute walk from the language school my girlfriend is attending here. I'll check it out when I come back in July!
- bambax 15y agoGreat idea, thanks! Reading the invite too fast I thought it was today (Jun. 21st)...! But it's not and that's cool;-)
- hme 15y agoCool ! Too bad I'm not in Paris ! You guys are real geeks, doing a tech meetup on the French Music Day ! I'd love to see such a meetup in Lyon.