I think the main reason it turns into "binge conferences" is because people treat them as a vacation. Away from home, why not have a few drinks. I'd bet $5 th

I think the main reason it turns into "binge conferences" is because people treat them as a vacation. Away from home, why not have a few drinks. I'd bet $5 that the tap at GitHub isn't used to binge (as much as the author thinks). It's like a foosball table, used for a week straight, then forgot about.