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BOARD GAME NIGHT IN YEREVAN! 🎲 Get ready for a fun-filled evening of board games this Friday at 8:00 PM! We’ll be playing a variety of games — laughter and good vibes guaranteed. ✨ 📍 Venue: Loft Café 🕖 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 PM 💵 Price: 2000 AMD (for 3 hours) Bring your friends or come solo — everyone’s welcome! 🙌 For bookins: +374 33 277333 +9715558561 ՍԵՂԱՆԱՅԻՆ ԽԱՂԵՐԻ ԳԻՇԵՐ ԵՐԵՎԱՆՈՒՄ! 🎲 Պատրաստվեք զվարճալի երեկոյի այս ուրբաթ օրը, ժամը 20:00-ին։ Կխաղանք տարբեր խաղեր՝ լի ծիծաղով և լավ տրամադրությամբ ✨ 📍 Վայրը․ Loft Café 🕖 Ժամը․ 20:00 – 23:00 💵 Գինը․ 2000 դրամ (3 ժամի համար) Կարող եք գալ ընկերներով կամ մենակ — բոլորին սպասում ենք 🙌 👉 Գրեք մեզ՝ ձեր տեղը ամրագրվի։ +374 33 277333 +9715558561

BOARD GAME NIGHT IN YEREVAN! 🎲 Get ready for a fun-filled evening of board games this Friday at 8:00 PM! We’ll be playing a variety of games — laughter and good vibes guaranteed. ✨ 📍 Venue: Loft Café 🕖 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 PM 💵 Price: 2000 AMD (for 3 hours) Bring your friends or come solo — everyone’s welcome! 🙌 For bookins: +374 33 277333 +9715558561 ՍԵՂԱՆԱՅԻՆ ԽԱՂԵՐԻ ԳԻՇԵՐ ԵՐԵՎԱՆՈՒՄ! 🎲 Պատրաստվեք զվարճալի երեկոյի այս ուրբաթ օրը, ժամը 20:00-ին։ Կխաղանք տարբեր խաղեր՝ լի ծիծաղով և լավ տրամադրությամբ ✨ 📍 Վայրը․ Loft Café 🕖 Ժամը․ 20:00 – 23:00 💵 Գինը․ 2000 դրամ (3 ժամի համար) Կարող եք գալ ընկերներով կամ մենակ — բոլորին սպասում ենք 🙌 👉 Գրեք մեզ՝ ձեր տեղը ամրագրվի։ +374 33 277333 +9715558561

A 6-hour, hands-on meetup: build a working AI-integrated frontend app, then dive into how AI is reshaping day-to-day team communication and leadership. Join GDG Yerevan for a practical, builder-focused event with two parts: Workshop: create a frontend application integrated with AI (Angular + Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)). Talk: how AI affects daily work communication—and how Mid+ engineers can help teams stay aligned instead of “losing the thread.” What we’ll do Part 1 — Workshop (11:00–14:30) Armen Vardanyan opens with a short intro, then we build together: a frontend app that integrates AI using Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) + Angular. Part 2 — Talk (15:00–16:00) Inesa Toroyan — “Leading with Emotional Intelligence” Let’s talk about what it really means to lead in a world where AI is part of everyday decision-making. This session explores how emotional intelligence helps engineers use AI thoughtfully while strengthening judgment, communication, and trust. We’ll discuss the role of senior engineers and the team dynamics in the era of AI. Part 3 — Networking (16:00–17:00) Meet people, exchange ideas, and connect with the community. 🍕 Pizza will be available during the event (no dedicated pizza break—grab a slice whenever it fits your flow). Who should attend Frontend / Full-stack engineers and students who want hands-on experience integrating AI into real apps. Anyone curious about team workflows and communication changes caused by AI tools. Recommended knowledge (not mandatory, but encouraged) JavaScript fundamentals + familiarity with at least one framework/library Beginner AI basics help (prompts, tokens, temperature, and a general idea of agent/tooling concepts like MCP) Agenda (Feb 21, Yerevan local time) 10:00 — Doors open 11:00 — Opening & workshop kickoff 11:00–14:30 — Workshop: AI-integrated frontend app (Angular + Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)) 14:30–15:00 — Break 15:00–16:00 — Talk: Leading with Emotional Intelligence (40–60 min) 16:00–17:00 — Networking 17:00 — Event ends Speakers Armen Vardanyan — Front End Team Lead at VOLO LLC, Google Developer Expert for Angular, host of Angular Space TV channel, author of Modern Angular. Inesa Toroyan — Senior Full-stack Software Engineer at Grid Dynamics."I work mainly with Java and Angular, but I’m always curious about new tools and ideas. I enjoy working with people and prioritize it above everything. Outside of work, I’m passionate about making art—oil painting, pottery, making music, and playing musical instruments. I try to bring the same creativity and curiosity from my personal passions into the work I do every day." Venue Hosted at Aigy Business CenterAddress: Yerevan, 24 Tairov St., 0082 Partners & thanks Partner: Grid Dynamics We’re happy to welcome Grid Dynamics as a partner for our event. Grid Dynamics is a global provider of enterprise AI, data, cloud, and digital experience services, helping organizations build and scale modern products. Their R&D-driven approach, emerging tech expertise, and co-innovation mindset contribute to a stronger regional tech ecosystem—and we’re excited to have them with us. Host: Aigy Business Center Aigy Business Center is a sustainable office building in the center of Yerevan. It provides A-class office spaces and hosts mainly IT and international organizations with medium to large teams. Practical notes Bring: a laptop + charger Agenda *** Hosted By Vardan Papikyan, CEO Involved in Google Developer Groups community since 2010, co-founder of GDG Yerevan. Specialized in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), web advertising, localization, affiliate marketing, social media optimization, web publishing & blogging, web and content design. Managing Eurodirections.com and intech.am projects. Roland Yeghiazaryan, GDG Organizer Davit Hayrapetyan, GDG Organizer Rohan Singh, Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Cloud \| DevOps \| Infrastructure \| Writer \| Google Cloud Champion Innovator \- Modern Architecture \| Motorcyclist Lusine Gasparyan, Armen Vardanyan, Front-End Team Lead Google Developer Expert for Angular, Frontend Team Lead at VOLO LLC. Mentor, open source contributor, public speaker and technical writer. Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-yerevan-presents-build-with-ai-ai-powered-frontends-with-angular-google-agent-development-kit-adk/.

Join us for The Fisherman by John Langan. In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.

As you may or may not know--I didn't until late last year--Aristotle wrote extensively on "friendship" in the Nicomachean Ethics. After 69 years the concept of friendship still creates questions and uncertainty. I had close friends in high school and for a few years after high school but our interests diverged and people moved all over the country so it was hard to maintain connections. * So if I/you haven't talked with a friend for several years, are you still friends? Are we friends who meet at Drunken Philosophy or Omnipresent Atheists? * Can you be friends with someone with whom you have virulently divergent political views? Sartre and Camus could not. * Aristotle regarded friendship as essential to a good life, not merely an added "bonus." Do you agree? * In the Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII and IX), he claims that wealth and power are meaningless without friends. Trump has wealth and power but seems to have no real friends, but wealth and power seem meaningful to him in perverted ways. Can you have meaning in your life without friends? * Do men and women view and maintain friendships in different ways? * Aristotle categorizes friendship into three types, based on what forms the bond: * **Utility**: Based on mutual benefit, but this type is fragile and ends when the usefulness ceases. * **Pleasure**: Based on shared enjoyment (e.g., humor, hobbies). Common among youth but fades as interests change. * **Virtue (The "Complete" Friendship)**: Based on mutual respect for each other's character and goodness. You wish good for the other for their sake, not yours. * **Key Principles of "True" (Virtuous) Friendship:** * **Permanence**: Virtuous friendships last a lifetime whereas those based on utility and pleasure are fleeting. * **Reciprocity**: Requires mutual goodwill; secret or unreciprocated affection does not qualify. * **The "Second Self"**: A true friend is "another self"—their virtue helps you understand and improve yourself. * **Time and Intimacy**: Deep ("complete") friendships are few, built on time and shared experiences. * **Self-Love and Friendship:** * Good friendship starts with being a friend to yourself. * They distinguish shallow egoism (chasing honors) from real self-love (pursuing virtue). * A virtuous person’s pleasant self-company allows them to be a stable, good friend to others. * Aristotle argues that one's social circle ultimately reflects one's character—a view with striking relevance today. Well--the Drunken Philosophy social circle certainly reflects good character!