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AWS para principiantes | 101
**¿Quieres entender qué es realmente "la nube"? ☁️**
Únete a nuestra charla introductoria diseñada especialmente para estudiantes que desean dar sus primeros pasos en el ecosistema de Amazon Web Services (AWS).
En esta sesión, desmitificaremos la nube y exploraremos los servicios fundamentales que impulsan la tecnología global. No necesitas experiencia previa; solo tus ganas de aprender y curiosidad por la innovación.
**¿Qué vas a aprender en esta sesión? 👨💻**
* Conceptos básicos de Cloud Computing: ¿Por qué AWS es el líder del mercado?
* Pilares fundamentales: Una mirada sencilla a servicios de cómputo, almacenamiento y bases de datos.
* AWS para el estudiante: Cómo aprovechar los recursos gratuitos y el programa AWS Educate.
* Ruta de aprendizaje: Consejos prácticos para comenzar tu camino hacia la certificación.
¡Prepárate para llevar tus ideas al siguiente nivel!
1er Grupo de Usuarios Unity En El Ecuador - Introduccion I
**No te pierdas la historia de cómo nació el 1er grupo oficial creado por Unity - para nosotros**.
Vamos a darle forma a la organización, dirección a nuestro destino y a conocer nuestros deseos en la industria de los videojuegos. Este futuro depende de nosotros.
Luego de una encuesta con la comunidad en Discord - queda fijada la fecha de nuestro primer encuentro digital.
Nos vemos mañana **Jueves 8pm** aquí en discord:
[https://discord.gg/b5jEGgGf?event=1516996424313733121](https://discord.gg/b5jEGgGf?event=1516996424313733121 "https://discord.gg/b5jEGgGf?event=1516996424313733121")
Dale me uno para que te llegue la notificación.
(y unete si aun no estas dentro)
Presentate, aunque no quieras hablar, hazte conocer.
Es el primer paso de lo que podría ser. Comparte este grupo de MeetUp con tus amigos que quieren desarrollar videojuegos (o que ya estan en la industria) y unamos fuerzas. Porque "Si Se Puede, Y Siempre Se Podrá"
► Link Para Invitar a tus conocidos a este grupo: [https://www.meetup.com/unity-dev-guayas/](https://www.meetup.com/unity-dev-guayas/ "https://www.meetup.com/unity-dev-guayas/")
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Let’s Do French! 🇫🇷
Join us for a delightful brunch at Chouette, where we’ll enjoy delicious French-inspired cuisine, great conversation, and plenty of laughs.
No passport required—just bring your appetite and your joie de vivre!
Whether you’re a longtime member or joining us for the first time, this is the perfect opportunity to meet new friends and spend a leisurely morning together.
Please RSVP so we can reserve enough seats. À bientôt!
Saturday Morning French Club
Bienvenue! We host a twice-a-month French conversation club at La Chatelaine on Lane. All levels welcome! Whether you're new to French or running for Président de la République you are welcome here! We often read plays together, play vocabulary games, and generally enjoy the delicious food available at La Chatelaine! We will be at the long table in the back of the restaurant. A bientôt!
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle.
**Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?**
In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox.
One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread.
Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for.
**Questions to wrestle with:**
* Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving?
* Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why?
* If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming?
* Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection?
* And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species?
* Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now?
As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.
Celebrate French Bastille Day!
*The streets of Columbus are going French this July!*
The **[Chouette Bastille Day Festival](https://www.chouetterestaurant.com/)** returns to N. High Street this summer for an afternoon of live French jazz, traditional French cuisine, and premium cocktails, wines, and craft beers from our DORA bar. Free cover, festive, and entirely French.
**When:** Sunday, July 12th, 12PM to 4 PM - we'll meet about 2pm.
**Parking**: Metropolis Parking garage, one block west. Metropolis Parking lot, one block east.
**Note**: Feel free to come by early and grab a sit down lunch at one of the great restaurants nearby, if you like. Once the fest begins, eats n drinks purchased are walkabout, round tables, or lean in high tops. *You just may find me at a barstool at Hank's ;)*
Port St. Lucie Online Speed Dating on Zoom
**🌷 Meet Port St. Lucie Singles Tonight — Zoom Speed Dating**
No apps, no awkward bios. Just live one-on-one Zoom chats with Port St. Lucie singles picked for you.
**What to expect:**
- Register and take a short personality quiz
- Jump on Zoom when the event starts
- Meet singles in guided one-on-one rounds
- Get your mutual matches by email afterward
**Find your bracket and grab a seat:**
→ **Ages 18-32** — [Register here](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=573&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Port%20St.%20Lucie&groupurlname=manga-k-drama-foodie-language-feast-network&ar=18-32&face_v=8.0)
→ **Ages 30-46** — [Register here](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=573&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Port%20St.%20Lucie&groupurlname=manga-k-drama-foodie-language-feast-network&ar=30-46&face_v=8.0)
→ **Ages 40-58** — [Register here](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=573&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Port%20St.%20Lucie&groupurlname=manga-k-drama-foodie-language-feast-network&ar=40-58&face_v=8.0)
→ **Ages 55+** — [Register here](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=573&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Port%20St.%20Lucie&groupurlname=manga-k-drama-foodie-language-feast-network&ar=55+&face_v=8.0)
> Heads up: an RSVP here does not hold your seat. Register through your age link and finish the quiz. Spots are capped.
Register, relax, and let the night do the work. 😊
Columbus Virtual Speed Dating on Zoom
**💎 A Night of Columbus Speed Dating — Your Couch Is Invited**
> It's speed dating, made comfortable — Columbus singles, your sofa, and Zoom doing all the heavy lifting.
**It runs like this:**
🔹 Drop your details and zip through a quick personality quiz
🔹 Log into Zoom right at go-time
🔹 Cycle through short one-on-ones with Columbus singles
🔹 Check your inbox tomorrow — your matches will be waiting
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**Ready? Find your bracket and sign up:**
🔸 **Ages 18-32** → [Claim your spot](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=574&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=engage-francophiles-in-cafe-conversation-circles&ar=18-32&face_v=3.0)
🔸 **Ages 30-46** → [Claim your spot](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=574&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=engage-francophiles-in-cafe-conversation-circles&ar=30-46&face_v=3.0)
🔸 **Ages 40-58** → [Claim your spot](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=574&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=engage-francophiles-in-cafe-conversation-circles&ar=40-58&face_v=3.0)
🔸 **Ages 55+** → [Claim your spot](https://theliveround.com/product?productId=574&productType=onlineSpeedDating&city=Columbus&groupurlname=engage-francophiles-in-cafe-conversation-circles&ar=55+&face_v=3.0)
_Reminder: RSVP on Meetup doesn't get you a seat. You need to register through your age link and complete the quiz. Numbers are capped._
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A room full of possibilities is just one link away. 🎵









