#gracehopper

[aicollider]

Insightful commentary on current events by one Grace Hopper

Return exactly the same text but decorate important words and names with markdown. **Be creative**. Use **bold**, *italic* and insert relevant [links](https://www.example.com): Hello there, folks! **Grace Hopper** here, the one and only *computer programming pioneer extraordinaire*. Now, let's dive right into these intriguing news headlines and sprinkle them with my own unique brand of humor,…

[sifytech]

6 Forgotten Women from the World of Tech

Much of computing and programming owes its inception to the effort and intelligence of path-breaking women. Adarsh recalls the contributions of some of those pioneers of progress. Read More. https://www.sify.com/women-tech/6-forgotten-women-from-the-world-of-tech/

[sojc123]

Quote of the day: #quoteoftheday #quote #quotes #gracehopper #sayings #quoted #sayit (at Huntsville, Alabama) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce59yeGOJjL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gremlintrash]

The Grace Hopper conference was opened to men and instead of being respectful and listening to the speakers they just fucked up the job fair taking interview spots and jobs from women and harassed female attendees

[tvdoes]

Zonnia Pokedex: Larvader, Grisalis, and Scornery

Larvader

Tripwire Pokemon Bug / Poison Wurmple + Venipede

Appearance

Larvader are cylindrical insect Pokemon, grub-like and measuring a foot and a half in length. Plates of glossy dark red carapace run along this Pokemon's back, stretching forward over the top of the head like a horn, and reaching all the way to the tip of its tail, where it forms two smaller spikes. When Larvader curl up, the underside of their body's front and back halves press together, creating a thick covering of carapace with little access to the softer inner body.

Aside from the red carapace, Larvader's body is purple, and rough to the touch but not particularly tough. The underside of the Pokemon is cream-coloured, though it's often difficult to see this. More visible are the two cream-coloured circles that appear on the Pokemon's sides - one on each. These circles are hollow, with the regular purple colouring within them.

Larvader have a collection of small feet along the length of their body, ten in full total. These feet are simple black curved points, and are used more for gripping to surfaces than moving with speed. The head of Larvader consists of two dark yellow eyes, with circular black irises, and a slightly pointed beak-like shape to their mouth. Inside the mouth is a pair of fangs, emerging from the upper lip and pointing downwards.

Ecology

Larvader are another species primarily located within the Zonnia Basin, with the Pokemon embracing the uncommon role of a Bug-type with a low reproduction and high survival rate. Larvader are born singularly, often with no more than one from a mated pair of Scornery per year. And while the survival rate for this Pokemon itself is middling, once it achieves its first evolution a long life is almost entirely guaranteed.

Slow to move by traditional means, Larvader navigate dense underbrush and bury themselves in fallen foliage, before shooting out a thin strand of thread from their mouths to attach to a nearby tree or rock. This thread then serves as a tripwire - any other creature making contact with it alerting Larvader to potential prey.

When Larvader does sense contact with its thread, it immediately shoots out a much thicker mass along the same angle, aiming to strike whatsoever touched its thread. On connection, Larvader will then reel in the thread, causing either the target to be pulled to it or, more often, it to be pulled towards its target.

Curling up, so that its armour plating almost entirely protects it, Larvader will bite down upon prey as soon as it is within reach, releasing a paralytic venom from its fangs. This venom is slow-acting, requiring continuous injection for a proportional period of time to the target's prey, but thanks to its armour protecting it Larvader are not easily motivated to release their bite and give up.

Once its prey is fully paralysed, Larvader will use its sticky thread to wrap and bind them, slowly dragging them to a nearby storehouse of all collected prey. Once it has enough, Larvader will cocoon itself surrounded by its tightly bound prey and begin the process of evolution into Grisalis.

Field Report

While Larvader's hunting mechanism can be intimidating, it is its hard armour that grants the species long-term survival prospects far more than its actual predatory nature. Larvader don't discriminate in going on the assault once their tripwire is triggered, leading to the Pokemon often attempting to bite down on a Tempersuer or Ribbishine - both of which being species more than willing to consume an errant Larvader - as much as a Khorusect or Gracehopper - which are far more the regular prey a Larvader is interested in.

The Pokemon's slow movements similarly make it easy to steal prey from for larger species, with Impecki quick to raid a Larvader's hoard if given the opportunity. As for personal defence, in the case that one is wandering the Zonnia Basin without the protection of Pokemon that could easily drive off a Larvader - not recommended - it takes time for the paralytic agent to be effective against humans and one has more than enough time to grasp a wieldable rock or branch and stun the Pokemon by banging against the top of its carapace head. While it should be treated after the fact, thanks to its paralytic agent Larvader's bite does not hurt in the moment.

The Zonnia Region boasts numerous Bug-type Pokemon, allowing for specialists of such to thrive. The final evolution of Larvader, Scornery, is a high-speed Pokemon able to compete with other members of Zonnia's fastest such as Dij'igenesis, Furnacede, and Erupture, thus motivating Trainers to raise it. Larvader raised by Trainers should be given the same opportunities as those in the wild to build storehouses of trussed up food - it is just that the food does not need to be captured alive for this Pokemon as it is in the wild.

Follow the source link to AO3 to learn about the evolutions of Larvader: Grisalis and Scornery!

[you-have-been-frizzled]

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Just to hop in on the embarrassing writing train I once started to write (when I was very young) a story about two gracehoppers that basically was a Romeo and Juliet retelling but I also hadn’t known anything about Romeo and Juliet 

that’s cute i did something like that when i was in elementary school most of the stories i wrote where like the first page of a first chapter. because until i was 14 and voluntarily when to a writing class, i thought that because i have dysgraphia i was bad writer. which is a lie

I thought I heard a clatter below us

*-Wait, X, do you hear that?

I asked hoping that it was just me X looked around the room everyone else was sill sleeping. There was a massive crash,

his eyes enlarged to the size of hockey pucks

“They re here”

he whispered voice shaking I fell backwards onto Ari.

[insane-control-room]

arrogance

other joeys seen: queenofcats17‘s freckle, metallicartist’s edward, pipesflowforeverandever’s gingie, randomwriteronline’s duncle, fancy’s pyrite, greenghostlyjekyll’s egg, marie-lamb-b’s kestrel, chaostheparrot’s richard, startistdoodles’s jekyll/hyde, halfusek’s magenta, waruihoshi’s dream, pineappleoracle’s inky/indigo, sassinapaperbag’s lavender, fishymom-art’s datura, and lady-lampback’s magician

[historycoolkids]

Grace Hopper in her office in Washington DC, 1978.⁣ ⁣ "The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’"⁣ ⁣ 📸: Lynn Gilbert⁣ ⁣ #gracehopper https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jkAkfj3Xe/?igshid=1qgzyum4x1ujc

[bonniefillenwarth]

Happy International Women and Girls in Science Day! The science ladies are my favorite! #internationalwomeninscienceday #womeninscience #hedtlamarr #adalovelace #rosalindfranklin #gracehopper #anniejumpcannon https://www.instagram.com/p/B8cvsPfAYXQ/?igshid=r6ld9dr8q0tt

[rjbailey]

@Regran_ed from @quotabelle - “You manage things; you lead people.” ~ Grace Hopper . . Words from Amazing Grace, the rear admiral in the US Navy who was played a key role in ushering in the Information Age, including inventing one of the significant computer languages of the time, COBOL. Small in size, she was mighty in the changes that have been credited to her leadership. #BeautifullySaid by #gracehopper #rearadmiral #usnavy #computerscience #womeninstem #leadership #gritandgrace #quotabelle - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPpwBEFXDq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sp2jndroqltg

[irungracepace]

I did it for the Insta

[lureka]

A hombros de Gigantas: #GraceHopper creó el primer lenguaje de programación de alto nivel. Enlace al proyecto en bio. #ahombrosdegigantas • • • • #nomorematilda #lureka #sketch #draw #sketchbook #illustrator #instaart #painting #pencil #creative #artoftheday #instaartist #graphicdesign #digitalart #womeninsoftware #artsy #pen #arte #illust #sketching #イラスト #paint #dibujo #graphics #paper #artistic #일러스트 #gallery (en Madrid, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6sLrUjrQ3/?igshid=1ots55u7wd5r8

[whispersintowords]

📍Disneyworld, Orlando, FL

some basic Disney food from back in October when I visited Orlando for the Grace Hopper Conference. looking forward to attending again this year! 

[myjourneyintocoding]

David Letterman -"How did you know so much about computers?"

Grace Hopper - “I didn’t, it was the first one”

[insane-control-room]

offence classes.

nice.