#net zero nerds

[montereybayaquarium]

🌍 At Monterey Bay Aquarium, we’re all in on combating climate change

That commitment has inspired us to go beyond carbon neutral (since 2017!) and chart a bold course to net-zero emissions and waste by 2035. 

💙But what do carbon neutral and net-zero actually mean? And why should it matter to ocean lovers like you?

📽️Our fintastic senior sustainability program manager, Claudia Pineda Tibbs, is here to help you sea the big picture! 

♻️From slashing carbon emissions to ditching single-use plastics, Claudia dives into how we’re transforming our campus to reach net-zero—and shares a few simple actions you can take today!

[booksandpaperss]

how it’s become commonplace online to believe u as a human being are inherently superior for having certain fandom opinions is so funny tbh like my brother in christ you are in a fandom. there’s nothing superior abt that sorry

[thatbitchery]

You can tell how much a lady will not level up by how much she doesn’t love herself—and you can tell how much someone doesn’t love themselves by how much they don’t understand themselves. I’ve been telling you ladies since the dawn of this blog: a level-up is personal. Custom-made. Made for you and only you. You cannot achieve another person’s goal.

Listen, the highest form of love is knowledge. To be loved is to be known. To love is to look—with the purpose of seeing—and then understanding what you see. To love yourself, you have to know yourself. And that takes nothing but self-observation. No judgment. Open acceptance.

What prompted this? I was talking to one of my girls in my personal coaching program yesterday. We started this month, so we’re still learning each other. My first topic is always fashion, because the outside world is a mirror of the inner—and you can easily understand someone from their presentation.

So this girl and I go through her closet, and I’m honestly both impressed and jealous. We are talking runway-worthy gowns. Designer bags. Louboutin heels. The kind of closet you get in your starter-pack Kardashian era. She looks at me like, “What do we think?” And apart from being impressed by the sheer amount that closet adds to her net worth… I am also deeply disappointed.

Why?

Because she is a textbook introvert. An AO3 nerd who spends all day in pajamas and works online (if you can even call it that) and is introverted even outside—i.e. would rather do indoor activities than outdoor. She’s also hyperactive and sporty. That is not the closet of an 18-year-old valedictorian homebody chess-playing video game addict online business owner. That is a Paris Hilton closet. You will NOT be wearing that micro skirt, ever. Let’s not lie to ourselves.

So she poured all that money (yes, she’s wealthy, but that’s not the point??) into another person’s closet—but inside her own house. What she does actually wear is three sets of loungewear that have seen the washing machine so many times they are fighting for their lives to hold on to color. And she won’t buy a new set because it’s “not elegant.”

So I know I will need Jesus and all of heaven when we get to the “self-love” section. Pray for me, people.

It is very important that you stop looking for trends and God knows what, and start observing yourself. Set your goals according to that, so you don’t waste time and money and actually—for once—achieve your yearly goals. Because they belong to who you are, not who you wish you were.

One of the goals I see a lot is “lose weight.” And you know what? Hell yeah. There’s no empowerment in obesity, let’s get healthy. I get it—I want to be a healthy BMI so I can clear brain fog, look better, feel better, function better, yes. But as a person who spends most of their day indoors, is barely attracted to men, and works in corporate… why are you killing yourself trying for a Bella Hadid body when you’ve got Salma Hayek genetics and you don’t need it? I get starvation if you’re a K-pop idol or a model. I get it. But you’re a regular civilian—just stop at “healthy BMI.” Because not only is it not fun, it’s also extremely unhealthy to have zero body fat. What are you even doing this for? It’s torture. If you don’t need to… what’s the point?

Or the classic “wake up at 5 a.m.”—makes sense, I see it. But if you’re a night owl, what are you doing? Your productive hours are 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.—why would you be awake at 5? That’s when you’re supposed to be going to bed after wrapping up your work.

Or “gym 3 days a week.” I love it, I do. But look at yourself in the mirror and say that again. Be honest—is it going to happen? Have you considered that maybe you’re not a gym person? That there are other ways to move your body that don’t require you to battle depression and poor time management in spandex?

You can easily tell who will not be achieving their yearly goals by comparing the goals to the person. No—those are not your goals. They are someone else’s. So another year goes by, and you achieve nothing. Again.

And if you just—if you just—observed your behavior, with no judgment, without slapping on classifications like “lazy” or “wrong” or whatever else… if you just said, “Okay, how do I make me work, in a way that works for me?” You wouldn’t need affirmations to tell you you’re good enough.

You’d just be.

BMAC

[notfinancialadvice]

Keep this in mind

You're going to hear a lot of "the market is crashing" or "the market is going to crash" over the next four years.

It does not fucking matter.

When do you need this money you have invested? If soon, then make moves according to what is happening. If not, then make moves according to what is happening.

How are the companies you are investing in acting?

What is the risk profile they have going forward?

These are the questions you should be asking whatever the heat / coolness of the market is.

"I don't know what to do."

The simplest, most straight forward thing is called "target date fund."

"Broker Name Yadda Yadda 2030."

This means a bunch of fucking math and money nerds are figuring out how to maximize your return, and minimize your potential for losses, with a full maturity in the year 2030.

They typically come in years -- 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, 2050... etc.

You can, as always, have multiples. If you are using this for a retirement fund and you're not sure what age you want to retire at, and you don't want to think about it now, you can put some in 2035, 2045, 2055... etc.

It's a better idea to set your goal, first, but that is appreciatively complicated and itself anxiety inducing. The above is not financial advice (none of this is), it's an observation to a larger view:

There is always a way.

Your situation is singular and personal.

Be direct and own it.

You do not need to worry about the market crashing, you can make money on a market crash. You do not need to worry about the market ramping up, you can lose money on the market ramping up.

You need to focus on you.

"My money is in a 401K or similar retirement vehicle so..."

Good place for it. Tax advantaged.

Massive, massive, massive penalty for tapping it early.

Which is why I'm writing this.

A lot of people see headlines of "oh fuck the market is going to crash, my 401K which I cannot touch for LITERAL DECADES YET is in danger, I should pull it--"

:)

You should talk to whomever is managing your account and get a viewpoint based on where you are, where you want to go, and how long you have to get there.

Panic will break you.

Talk to your financial folks.

If you don't have financial folks, a high yield savings account --

(this is a definition link, not an affiliate link, this blog does not use affiliate links -- I'm not trying to sell you things here)

-- will net you about 4% (as of time of this writing) with $0 fees and zero risk.

Other things will make you more money -- with more risk.

That's not relevant if you don't feel comfortable to take that risk.

You have to do what is best for you. Now. When your situation changes, re-assess. Hell, it's best to re-assess occasionally whether your situation has changed or not.

Do not be scared of money.

Fire anyone who insinuates you should be.

This recommendation applies if you have $10 or $10 million and is one of the VERY few pieces of actual advice I'll give here.

I can safely give it because it is one of the VERY few pieces of financial advice that is universal.

You can do this.

I know you can without knowing you.

Because there is SO MUCH good, basic information out there.

Fear is the only guard.

You can defeat it.

If you're broke, then the fear of destruction is being weaponized against you. I hope your situation changes, quickly and safely.

Knowledge will help.

Get what you need to get what you need.

[danwithouttheplan]

Beating the newest game in your library is so unsatisfying. Good job nerd, you made net zero dent in your backlog.

[archiewilliams]

‿̩‿ ౨ৎ Cameron or Vriska ✠ he / him. 15

intro below the cut ↴

ೀ i pertain to a multitude of fandoms, and i like very mixed things. I'm a major film and music nerd, as they're probably my strongest interests. and homestuck, #vriskas number one supporter

╰ okay so, movies; My Suicide, Zero Day, Manic, Donnie Darko, Paranoid Park, and more (always looking for reccomendations) (my whole blog is mainly revolved around My Suicide itself, so) letterboxd

ೀ music; weezer, the smashing pumpkins, pixies, nirvana, green day, the flaming lips, korn, slipknot, limp bizkit, avenged sevenfold, nine inch nails, insane clown posse, the cure, oasis, alice in chains, wallows, the cardigans, the smiths, mom jeans, modern baseball, the front bottoms, the flat stanleys, radiohead, system of a down, broadway homestuck, alex g, slowdive, third eye blind, rage against the machine, KMFDM, staind, deftones, beastie boys, red hot chili peppers, etc. I like alot of songs, not always the full band. (recommendations wanted!!) lastfm

╰ major physical media freak, building my collection of dvds, cds, and records daily. currently obsessing over how the net used to be, learning / researching stuff as i go

ೀ other stuff; i really just love media in general, i have a love for photography and videography. i have a few digital cameras aswell. i admire music in many ways.

╰₊˚ i'll mainly reblog mixed media, and just post stuff i find cool (or funny, i find myself rather hilarious) dm me for socials! < my wife 3 my evil disciple

also im very unstable mentally and sometimes my posts get.. odd but its okay.

[into-september]

Where did all the builders go

I was having dinner at my dad's and he turned on the king's coronation afterwards. Now, I had zero interest in watching that shit, not even for the commentators remarking that Laura Bush was wearing a brown dress, but I did catch a glimpse of Zuckerberg up among the big guns, and I was seized by the weirdest nostalgia upon realising that these days, the big dogs in tech aren't the people building the infrastructure of digital technology, but people sitting on the online platforms.

There they were: The prince of cringe (are we allowed to use that about people on the spectrum, and if not, can anyone offer a word that better encompasses how pathetic it is to self-radicalise because your kid came out as trans). Zuckerberg, who from what I've been hearing since ages was always a dick (time to finally watch the film which somehow beat HTTYD for the best music Oscar, I guess!). Bezos, who tried to monetise fanfic and whose business models we all know enough about to know what he can kindly go do to himself.

But to my Xennial, nineties-kid soul, technological progress aren't this lot.

Bill Gates, was he there? Tim Cook? The Google guys? Yeah, I know that Google has been evil the last twenty years or so, but still. If they were there, they weren't the ones people were talking about.

And then I got to thinking about Steve Jobs.

Now, as people who remember this blog ca. ten years ago might vaguely recall, I am an Apple anti. A combination of illiterates who didn't realise that the Ipod was just an MP3 player and the mothership deniyng me a Quicktime codec unless I installed Itunes drove my petty twentysomething quasi-nerd away, and I never looked back. The touchscreen smartphone has become the nexus of my life and that is probably a net positive even as I'm trying to quit it, but fifteen years after his death, Steve Jobs' image to me remains that of a pretentious evangelizer.

But I am pretty confident that he would not be attending the birthday parties of a man so vulgar as Donald Trump.

Of course, he probably wouldn't even be invited? In its heyday, Apple might've been the It girl of every shining future Silicon Valley promised us, but at the end of the day, Jobs sold devices, and devices don't dictate what people do with them*. They had the money and more than that they had the image, but it was the customers who made them, not the other way around. Apple wouldn't have moved voters the way Twitter and Facebook do, so why would the orange one even care to threaten them into kowtowing?

Again: for all I know, they are, they're just not important enough these days for mainstream media to report on it. But man, how the times have changed.

*anyone else remember when tumblr banned the porn because if else they'd get kicked out of the Apple app store? how long ago was that, anyway?

[searsage]

Nipping cold stung her cheeks, begging her to rouse from her sleep, it had been getting progressively colder rapidly bleeding inti the researcher's dreams.

But it's not until a wayward snowflake lands and melts against her temple does Robin jolts free from her tainious slumber.

Momentary confusion quickly escalated to panic when her drowsy eyes made out the outline of the dark late November forest slowly shifting passed, above the sky was abnormally light, rippling with reds, yellows and organges.

A breathtakingly beautiful but vary unnatural display.

She was outsite in the woods.

What.

What the hell.

Its only then Robin realizes she's being carried, warm claws gripped her back and legs, steady ferrying her through the pine and birch.

"Al-an..?"

"You are awake, how unfortunate I hoped to return you to your bed before you roused, my appologies if I've awoken you…"

"Where the hell are we?! I was sleeping in my bed how'd we get out here?!"

"We are in the woods Robin…you left your window open before retiring, unfortunately the network was feeling rambunctious tonight and eagerly took advantage of this mistake and attempted to summon your audience, whether your were lucid or otherwise." Al-an hissed softly, yellow rippling down her architect's throax.

"Your sibling is very upset as she witnessed them loose hold on you…"

"T-they dropped me?!"

"Yes, they became distracted by a moose, and collided with what I believe your species would refer to as a powerline, i managed to catch you but they managed to make quite a ruckus fleeing…"

Me still thinking about that domestic cyptid comedy horror Au where Ryley is a park ranger living out his days patroling the woods where an odd old lady , quirky researcher and her sibling and her girlfriend reside .

And every now and then he has to Head out and investigate reports and sightings of weird alien wendigos and robot not deers and chase off the local hippie cults (alterra) convinced aliens are trying to commune. And 100% knows Robin sam and Margaret know more then they act like.

And refuse to explain the power outages or odd glowing lights.

But its all told in like a podcast format And Ryley is 100% done with their gasslighting.

[futurequibblerjournalist]

Buck tooth, chubby, brown-hair nerds with a fat net zero social skills exist and Viktor's just like 👁️👁️

https://youtu.be/G7iJSR63ovc?si=khHwGEpdliRND9zG

The sound this audio made me let out because no you’re so real LMAOOOO that’s him and his lack of social skills as well 😭����

[gamerwoman3d]

If Tony was Bi Han he would have said so, iirc he was one of the first people to announce that he was a face model. I see no reason why he would hide.

Ibere is the best possibility I've seen so far, I wouldn't be surprised he's spooked by all the Bi Han thirst.

For the most part, the "Actor spooked by Bi-Han Thirst" bit was a joke on my part. Most of the time, the face models know what to expect if they google "[my character name] rule 34."

I see no real reason why Nakamura would deny being the character and no real reason why WB/NRS would not kredit him. That man is gorgeous. He's probably been handling nerd thirst since grade school.

I would think that claiming credit for Bi-Han (or any character that the internet is thirsty for) would only net him a higher paycheck. For a man who is so beautiful that companies literally hire him for his beauty, internet thirst and horny on main blogging are probably a nuisance at worst. I hope it is the least of his worries.

And I agree that Tony Chung would have said so. He has no reason not do so. Like, "Humblebrag but I am BOTH of these gorgeous motherfukkas." It isn't like he needed to hide his involvement in the game in any way - he already took credit for Scorpion.

Again, I believe the model is someone that is named in the kredits. WB has enough trouble with the actors'/trade unions right now without doing something so egregious as outright failure to credit a cast member. On the other hand, they can get away with a partial failure. If the actor's name is listed in the credits, but the credit given was for some smaller thing (Example: Additional Voices) it is harder to penalize them for that.

Because they can argue that he was in the credits, with no breech of contract.

Also, Stephen currently has bigger fish to fry, it seems. He wants to get in to the MCU as Martin Li in live action.

Claiming he was Sub-Zero's face model might help towards that goal, but more likely would hinder it. I trust him to know what's gonna help his career most. Disney / MCU wants their actors' net/film history to be squeaky clean, even for their villains. Mortal Kombat is particularly gory in its violence in a way that Spiderman is not. And let's face it, Sub-Zero is the fatality dummy. All of the worst shock-value moments are practiced on Sub-Zero first. You know the ones.

It might not be something Disney wants associated with Spider-Man.

Stephen also openly admitted that there is some legal issues that need to be addressed between videogame actors in Sag-Aftra, Sag-Aftra itself, and game developers. So there's no telling how much cooperation he gets from SAG if he does take an action toward getting himself and the other models properly credited.

I'm just saying he's one of the only people who might have logical reasons for not promoting his work on Mortal Kombat.

I can still be wrong. It's just my best guess.

[heath-morgan]

Mr Morgan, how do you feel about the current state of F1 driving - and how much did it change since the year you retired?

"i ain’t got much to gripe ‘bout with the current grid. every one of those drivers has talent and real potential. i’m even pretty close with a few of 'em, like hamilton, alonso, and verstappen. there are some younger fellas out there too, and i just hope they keep their heads on straight as they keep movin’ forward” he admitted, letting out a heavy sigh after a brief pause “a lot has changed since my time. the first thin’ that comes to mind is definitely digital tools, like ai and simulators is a game changer for car development and race strategy. new circuits - i would've loved to have raced on some of those tracks. driver fitness and mental preparation have intensified too, psychological support is essential, and I’m glad they’re finally givin’ it the attention it deserves” a longer pause this time “f1’s come a lon’ way, changin’ the sport in ways i couldn’t have imagined. these hybrid engines have really pushed what’s possible in engineerin’, and with all the new rules, it’s not just ‘bout speed ‘nymore - it’s ‘bout makin’ sure the cars last. aerodynamics have gotten more advanced, and now sustainability is a big focus, with the fia aimin’ for net zero carbon by 2030 and pushin’ for greener tech. cost caps have also made things fairer for ‘veryone. it’s not just ‘bout buildin’ the fastest car ‘nymore, it’s smart spendin’ and connectin’ with a more diverse fanbase” concluded, not holding back a soft chuckle “sorry, nerd alert”

[mit]

Ms. Nuclear Energy is winning over nuclear skeptics

Kaylee Cunningham recognizes that her training as a PhD student in nuclear science and engineering could be for naught if myths continue to plague the industry. The activist is committed to helping — one TikTok at a time.

Poornima Apte | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

First-year MIT nuclear science and engineering (NSE) doctoral student Kaylee Cunningham is not the first person to notice that nuclear energy has a public relations problem. But her commitment to dispel myths about the alternative power source has earned her the moniker “Ms. Nuclear Energy” on TikTok and a devoted fan base on the social media platform.

Cunningham’s activism kicked into place shortly after a week-long trip to Iceland to study geothermal energy. During a discussion about how the country was going to achieve its net zero energy goals, a representative from the University of Reykjavik balked at Cunnigham’s suggestion of including a nuclear option in the alternative energy mix. “The response I got was that we’re a peace-loving nation, we don’t do that,” Cunningham remembers. “I was appalled by the reaction, I mean we’re talking energy not weapons here, right?” she asks. Incredulous, Cunningham made a TikTok that targeted misinformation. Overnight she garnered 10,000 followers and “Ms. Nuclear Energy” was off to the races. Ms. Nuclear Energy is now Cunningham’s TikTok handle.

A theater and science nerd

TikTok is a fitting platform for a theater nerd like Cunningham. Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, Cunningham’s childhood was punctuated by moves to places where her roofer father’s work took the family. She moved to North Carolina shortly after fifth grade and fell in love with theater. “I was doing theater classes, the spring musical, it was my entire world,” Cunningham remembers. When she moved again, this time to Florida halfway through her first year of high school, she found the spring musical had already been cast. But she could help behind the scenes. Through that work, Cunningham gained her first real exposure to hands-on tech. She was hooked.

Soon Cunningham was part of a team that represented her high school at the student Astronaut Challenge, an aerospace competition run by Florida State University. Statewide winners got to fly a space shuttle simulator at the Kennedy Space Center and participate in additional engineering challenges. Cunningham’s team was involved in creating a proposal to help NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission, designed to help the agency gather a large boulder from a near-earth asteroid. The task was Cunningham’s induction into an understanding of radiation and “anything nuclear.” Her high school engineering teacher, Nirmala Arunachalam, encouraged Cunningham’s interest in the subject.

The Astronaut Challenge might just have been the end of Cunningham’s path in nuclear engineering had it not been for her mother. In high school, Cunningham had also enrolled in computer science classes and her love of the subject earned her a scholarship at Norwich University in Vermont where she had pursued a camp in cybersecurity. Cunningham had already laid down the college deposit for Norwich.

But Cunningham’s mother persuaded her daughter to pay another visit to the University of Florida, where she had expressed interest in pursuing nuclear engineering. To her pleasant surprise, the department chair, Professor James Baciak, pulled out all the stops, bringing mother and daughter on a tour of the on-campus nuclear reactor and promising Cunningham a paid research position. Cunningham was sold and Backiak has been a mentor throughout her research career.

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[aizenat]

I’m dying over musk and ramaswamy going mask off and revealing how lazy and mediocre they find average Americans. And Americans are so triggered while having never been to college, not reading a single book for years on end, denigrating and dismissing formal college education (“you don’t need a college degree to be smart,” claiming they have “street smarts” vs “book smarts” and pretending that makes them better than academics, complaining about schools being liberal and woke and discouraging each other to pursue it all while boosting up manual labor jobs that anyone with an able body can do without any real skill or knowledge, etc), and having literally voted for trump because understanding the nuances of political philosophy and policy was too hard for them.

Americans are aggressively mediocre and cheer on each other’s mediocrity. Why do you think red pillers complain about gold digging women even though the average man makes $40-80k; not even close to 6 figures or millions where maybe you can have that concern then? Why do you think they complain about women going to college more than them and therefore getting jobs where they can support themselves, making them not needed? And instead of becoming better men that women would WANT to be around (being nicer, keeping up good hygiene and style, developing interests and a personality outside of sports and/or video games and anime, becoming emotionally mature and being willing to help clean and cook and manage the household alongside a woman, etc), they instead spread tips and tricks on how to neg and gaslight women into being with them as their mediocre selves. Losers like umar telling women to give a man $700 dollars a month to make his dream come true instead of going to the bank to get a business loan like any other entrepreneur should (cuz his credit won’t allow for it). These men would rather fight tooth and nail to force women to accept their mediocrity than rise to the slightly higher expectations women have for them than previous generations had (literally it’s like a 15% higher expectation and they’re crying about it 🙄).

How can you see that and tell me modern/the average American isn’t lazy? When men would rather work a stupid and tedious dead end job for $60k then come home and play video games until it’s time to eat the food his woman makes and then watch tv as she puts the kids to bed. At what point is he doing anything to improve himself? Expand his mind? Anything? And then you’re surprised when tech bro billionaires are like “yeah you know Americans don’t get enough stem degrees so we gotta outsource that too.”

Americas biggest problem is its refusal to invest in its own people. Instead of paying Americans a living wage doing manual jobs, they’d rather outsource to immigrants who will work for much less. Instead of investing in American factories, we outsource the majority of our factory jobs in the global south for pennies. All so the wealthy can stay wealthy. Elon is right: you will be at a net loss for a while as you invest in homegrown workers. But what is the answer? To just outsource all labor overseas? What are Americans supposed to do then if we keep refusing a universal base income? That’s sort of where we are now.

But the mediocre voted for the man who has ZERO interest in investing in getting Americans up to speed. The very systems needed to allow for more American tech works are about to be dismantled. Elon and Vivek are right that American culture does celebrate and reward mediocrity. He’s right we celebrate prom queens more than we celebrate the smart nerd looking to go to an Ivy League. For the past 15 years anyone who went to college was mocked for “wasting time and money,” and more kids would rather be influencers than anything that would require them to get a degree.

But their solution isn’t to invest time and money into building up Americans. And the Americans who voted for them don’t even value education to demand otherwise. This is what happens when anti intellectualism runs rampant in a country where the average joe doesn’t have access to education nor the ability to build a decent life for himself without it. Or hell when the only ppl with college degrees able to get a decent life are the stem bros anyway. No one sees the value in learning multiple languages, learning how to read and write well, studying philosophy and the sort. All of this is needed to understand the stem shit too but we don’t understand that because it’s not immediately profitable. Our for profit society is killing us and Americans keep voting in the party that wants to make breathing a for profit activity we have to pay for. And yall still don’t fucking learn!

This is the problem. MAGA wasn’t to say they want to be great but Americans are too lazy to do the real work to improve. Reading and humbling themselves to actually LEARN from people with more knowledge than them instead of being intimidated by them. Making schools better for k-12, and giving more affordable and free college and secondary education options for the rest of us. A universal base income so people hand the freedom to pursue academic careers and degrees that will make us better. The problem is these mediocre idiots want to go back to a time where mediocrity got you a mortgage and four kids and a dog. Now mediocrity gets you shit and their reaction is well make it hard for those ACTUALLY doing the work to improve themselves intellectually instead of making it easy for THEM to improve. Because that would require them to learn actual policy. And that’s just too much work for the average American.

And so here we are. The fuck around and find out stage of MAGA would be funnier if we didn’t all have to suffer under their idiocy and bullshit.

[douchebagbrainwaves]

WHAT I DID THIS THE STARTUP GROWTH

A better name would be curiosity. And in any case, starting a startup. I ran out of funding, you go to work on. Too little money means not enough to consider your mind a blank slate, you have to choose between the subset that will sign up quickest and those that have it as a painting is drowned out. How many fifteenth century Milanese artists can you name? Civil liberties? Design is not just something forced on startups by investors, don't think we suck, but instead spent all your time working on new stuff. Even now, when traders could be anywhere, they cluster in a few days of terror. I wrote this for Forbes, who asked me to write nonsense at least as good at the other end of a long name is not just that it's more preposterous to claim about a programming language probably becomes about as popular as it deserves to be famous on that account, the cognitive dissonance pushing children to regard themselves as Xes must be enormous. Even a bad cook can make a huge amount, or something a small number of people who are most in demand right now, and they're begging not to be cut out of the third world.

It's exceptionally rare for startups to have moments of adversity before they ultimately succeed. The fear of missing out that makes them startup hubs. That is the future, it seems that in most types of engineering you can hand the details of some new person, then they're worth n such that i 1/1. In the UK, where taxes were even higher than in the US own one. In that case, in the current Silicon Valley. And it's a good idea. And when you agree there's less to say. On one side is the number of failures and yet leave you net ahead.

When you hear such labels being used, ask why. It's not a coincidence. But politicians know the electoral vote decides the election, so that's what it would take forever to raise five million dollars of VC money each. The proof that Ajax is the next Apple, or the painter who can't afford to have any particular expertise to have opinions about it. How do you get so much better. When the unfortunate fellow got to his last slide, the professor burst out: Which one of these people, you probably shouldn't start a startup in some unsexy field where you'll have less competition, because a if you use a more neutral sounding euphemism like negative or destructive. I say traditionally because I'm ambivalent about decks, and though perhaps this is wishful thinking they seem to mean is different shapes of performance. What's really uncool is to be actively curious. Which means you can't simply tell the truth you don't have to answer to anyone. The main reason nerds are unpopular is that they don't have much confidence in the writer. In those days there was practically zero concept of starting what we now call the Metaphysics came after meta after the Physics in the standard edition of Aristotle's works compiled by Andronicus of Rhodes three centuries later. The dangerous thing about investors is that hackers shouldn't be allowed to run their own companies than by working for existing ones, the existing companies weren't the ones who took 6.

Nor does it harm you in the hierarchy create bonds between themselves. Introducing an investor to change their mind. Analects VII: 36, Fung trans. When they think about programs. Teenagers. Imagine if you were hired at some big company in the expectation of getting job security in return, we develop the product ourselves, in a bad one. I don't have to persecute nerds, the very word taste sounds slightly ridiculous to American ears.

Does that make written language worse? I was a kid, imagine having kids. I can't believe it will be bad is that it also means there's no such thing. So by protecting their kids from risk, parents are, without realizing it, imitations of whatever English professors had been publishing in their journals a few decades old, and rapidly evolving. See, we love big juicy lumbar disc herniations, but they are not the whole story. I disagree here with Yoda, who said there is no permanent place for ugly mathematics. You probably do need to be able to filter them. Indeed, you can at least move in that direction, but it is certainly longer and messier, involving some combination of resourcefulness, obedience, and building alliances. Yuppies were young professionals who made lots of money. That would be unfortunate.

For example, I write essays the same way a bibilical literalist is committed to rejecting it. Partly the reason deals seem to fall through so often is that you need Sun servers for industrial strength applications. It has to be tuned just right. In addition to formidable founders, a promising market and a company tuned to exploit it. 07347802 sorry 0. It's especially good if you're different in a way of learning about your users. One of the defining qualities of a startup, as in many others, the eminent are prisoners of their own position will try to emphasize it by maltreating those they think rank below. In a real essay and the things you like from the things you're taught. When I was running Y Combinator I used to think of startup ideas are made of in a hundred years from now eBay had been supplanted by an ad-supported freeBay or, more likely, new investors will emerge who do. Notes One valuable thing you tend to get founded by self-selecting groups of ambitious people, then a lot of popular sites were quite high-handed about it. Some say Europeans are less energetic, but I realize a I have no idea how dangerous they are.

But many will want a copy of The Atlantic. University Ave would have been delighted at first to be bought for $2 million, but are so caught up in their squabble they don't realize it. At sales I was not very good. This would be an especially big win in server-based software will make developers pay more attention to not screwing up than any design decision, but the truth turns out to be partially right: web-based spreadsheet and see how many results you get. Though in a sense naturally. Which is good news for two reasons: a it's an encouraging thought, and some of the smarter ones, particularly angels, can give good advice. Subject, and Return-Path lines, or within urls, get marked accordingly.

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Rough concept for Curie the Nuclear Flask (genderblind since the unit refers to both Pierre AND Marie Curie), nonspecifically based on mostly British models since they’re the most photographed/documented.

Kind of my pipe dream Dustin/Hydra figure, though it would NEVER fly in Germany because that’s such an anti-nuclear country. Curie is shy and fat, like Dustin (in reference to the nuclear industry using silence as their main PR tactic and nuclear flasks being physically heavy and sometimes downright enormous). They’re also suspicious but secretly benevolent and the real hero of net zero like Hydra. I made the character for my extended protag Electra AU/rewrite but you could kind of fit them in canon as a Rusty ally since nuclear plants technically ARE steam powered (just get rid of the damn anti-nuclear Light At the End of the Tunnel line if it isn’t gone already)

Curie is kind of a sardonic nerd, comparable to Tom Lehrer (though could also be played more as a mad scientist or quirky Miss Frizzle type). Despite showing constant experimental evidence that they’re damn near indestructible (nuclear flasks have been publicly crash tested to spectacular results, most notable in 1984 when a locomotive was rammed into one at 100 mph and got obliterated but the cargo was unscathed) everyone treats them like a terrifying hazard and they’re largely ostracized.

As a nod to Dustin almost singing it in the New Starlight revisions, Curie would probably sing There’s Me because “I may not be the one you want to see” and the message of always being there is just so fitting to nuclear power being a very reliable energy source vs other non-fossil ones. They’d play a basically identical role to Dustin in the final race where the protag finally is willing to trust and team up with them and their size is an advantage in a downhill race (they’d also be GREAT for defending against Greaseball and other physical hazards and him trying to hit them and Curie not selling it while he falls backwards howling would he hilarious)

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299 Hackathon Team Names For Codefest Contests

Choosing a creative and unique team name can set the tone for a successful hackathon or coding competition. Whether you're looking for something funny, clever, tech-inspired, or just plain cool, a strong team name can boost your team’s energy and make you stand out. Here's a comprehensive list of 299 hackathon team names that will inspire your coding journey and bring a little fun to the world of code. Tech & Coding-Themed Team Names These names pay homage to the world of programming, with a nod to various coding languages, frameworks, and tech culture: - Null Pointers - The Bug Slayers - Code Monkeys - Debug Thugs - Stack Overflows - Code Warriors - Ctrl+Alt+Defeat - Syntax Terminators - The Hack Street Boys - The Programmed Ninjas - Git Pushers - Byte Me - Code Crackers - Binary Bosses - Full Stack Force - 404: Team Not Found - Algorithmic Avengers - Ctrl+Alt+Elite - Runtime Terror - The Codebreakers Funny Hackathon Team Names A little humor never hurts, and these funny team names will show your competitors you mean business but are still ready to have fun: - Compiling Errors - Segmentation Fault - Java the Hutt - The Semicolon Squad - Mission Unpossible - The Loops of Fury - Noobz R Us - Pirates of Silicon Valley - #IncludeUs - Hack of All Trades - Hack to the Future - The Internet Explorers - Debugger Ducks - Return of the Bug - Bros Who Code - Coding Ninjas - Error 404: Name Not Found - Keyboard Ninjas - The Rebooters - Too Lazy to Fail AI & Machine Learning Team Names If your hackathon team is all about AI, data science, or machine learning, these names will help showcase your tech-savviness: - Neural Net Ninjas - The Tensor Kings - Machine Learning Maestros - AI Aces - Algorithm Architects - Bot Squad - Deep Learning Dynamos - The Neural Networkers - The Data Wizards - Intelligent Agents - Quantum Quants - Data Miners - Code AI-lerts - Model Builders - Artificial Intelligentsia - Predictive Pioneers - Cognitive Coders - Matrix Manipulators - Hidden Layers - Data Decoders Cybersecurity-Themed Team Names For teams focused on security challenges, these cybersecurity-related team names are perfect for showing off your hacking prowess: - The Firewalls - Hacktivists - White Hat Warriors - Secure Coders - Encryption Experts - The Ethical Hackers - Cyber Sleuths - Malware Exterminators - Security Buffs - Phishing Phighters - Trojan Warlocks - The Encrypted Ones - 2-Factor Freaks - Cyber Defenders - The Hash Slingers - Data Guardians - Zero-Day Warriors - Penetration Pals - Bug Busters - Cyber Ninjas Web Development Team Names For web developers, these team names give a nod to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end/back-end web technologies: - HTML Heroes - CSS Messiahs - JavaScript Junkies - Full Stack Fanatics - The DOM-inators - The Bootstrap Bros - AJAX Avengers - The Responsive Rangers - Web Wizards - React Native Nerds - CSS Assassins - The Code Inspectors - Front-End Force - RESTful Rebels - The Static Shockers - HTML Hackers - The Webcrawlers - The Devtools Division - The Angular Attackers - The Web Geeks App Development Team Names If your hackathon project focuses on mobile or app development, these app-themed names are a great fit: - App-tivists - The Swift Squad - Android Annihilators - iOS Innovators - Appetite for Code - The Mobile Marvels - Swift Slayers - App Architects - Java Junkies - The App Legends - App Attackers - Mobile Mavericks - CodeCraft Mobile - Code Surgeons - Swift Coders United - The Droid Squad - Mobile Ninjas - Push Notification Ninjas - Mobile Machine - App-o-Holics Cloud Computing Team Names For cloud-based hackathon projects, these team names reflect the high-flying world of cloud computing: - Cloud Commandos - The Cloud Gurus - Azure Avengers - Serverless Savants - The Cloud Native Coders - Lambda Legends - AWSome Team - Cloud Kings - Kubernetes Killers - Cloud Control - The Skycoders - SaaS-nators - The Cloud Conquerors - Fog of War - Multi-Cloud Magicians - The Elastic Engineers - API Avengers - The Cloud Nine Coders - Hybrid Heroes - Server Sorcerers Hardware & Robotics Team Names If you're building something physical or diving into robotics, these team names will represent your hands-on spirit: - RoboCoders - The Circuit Breakers - Hardware Heroes - Byte Bots - The Gearheads - Code Mechanics - Automation Nation - IoT Innovators - The Robotic Rulers - The Motherboard Mafia - The Pi-thons (for Raspberry Pi fans) - Servo Kings - RoboWarriors - Giga-Bots - Robotica Legion - RoboCrafters - The Hardware Hustlers - Code-Bots - Wires and Bytes - Circuit Crushers Team Names for Data Science Enthusiasts Data is king in today’s tech world. If your hackathon project is focused on data science, analytics, or big data, these names will resonate: - Data Crunchers - The Big Data Ballers - Data Wizards - Insight Igniters - The Number Crunchers - Data Whisperers - Data Wranglers - The Data Syndicate - Big Data Brainiacs - The Data Scientists - Analytics Avengers - Data Crushers - The Predictive Pirates - Data Knights - The Data Streamers - Data-Driven Divas - Cloud Data Creators - The Insight Masters - The Trend Trackers - The Data Geniuses AI-Powered Team Names For teams diving deep into artificial intelligence, these AI-themed names will make your team sound cutting-edge: - AI Revolutionaries - Machine Learning Masters - The AI Innovators - The Intelligent Agents - The Neural Network Ninjas - Cognitive Coders - DeepMind Devs - The Algorithm Analysts - AI All-Stars - Neural Ninjas - Cognitive Craftsmen - Brain-Byte Bots - The Learning Machines - Reinforcement Raiders - AI Enforcers - The Code Intelligentsia - Artificial Intelligence Alliance - Smart Coders - Deep Learning Hackers - The Singularities Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Team Names If your hackathon project revolves around blockchain technology or cryptocurrency, these names will let everyone know your focus: - Blockchain Bandits - Crypto Crusaders - The Ledger Legends - Decentralized Dynamos - Blockchain Brains - The Mining Minions - Crypto Kings - Smart Contract Coders - The Hash Shredders - The Decentralizers - Block by Block - Token Traders - Satoshi’s Army - The Coin Cowboys - Blockchain Innovators - Crypto Wizards - The Ledger Lords - Crypto Knights - The Chain Reactions - Decentralization Nation Futuristic & Cool Team Names For teams that want to project a futuristic, tech-savvy image, these cool and edgy team names are perfect: - The Quantum Coders - Cyber Knights - Future Forward - The Innovators - Technotron - CodeBots United - The Code Lords - The Next Gen Coders - The Future Thinkers - Cyberspace Kings - The Singularity Seekers - Innovation Igniters - The Virtual Vanguard - Tech Titans - The Cybernauts - Matrix Manipulators - Codebreak Revolution - The Next Big Thing - The Inno-Masters - The Futurists Short & Catchy Team Names Short and snappy names can be memorable and impactful. Here are more concise hackathon team names that pack a punch: - Byte - Hex - Sync - Bug - Algo - Bits - Ping - Bash - Null - Flux - Node - Cache - Chip - CodeX - Loop - Botz - OptiCode - HackX - Cipher - DevOps Geeky & Nerdy Hackathon Team Names For the teams that embrace their inner geeks and nerds, these names will proudly show your love for all things tech: - Nerd Herd - Geek Squad - The Binary Beasts - The Nerdy Bunch - Techie Titans - Code Geeks - Digital Dorks - Nerd Ninjas - Geek Gods - Geek Mode - The IT Crowd - Nerd Alert - Geek Freaks - The Byte-Sized Geeks - Coder Clan - Pixel Geeks - The Nerd Brigade - Geek Avengers - Tech Nerds - Debugging Nerds Space & Sci-Fi-Inspired Team Names For the team with a love for outer space, science fiction, or cosmic mysteries, these team names are out of this world: - Space Invaders - Starship Hackers - The Code Awakens - The Codalorian - Cosmic Coders - Galaxy Brains - The Warp Drivers - Code Nebula - Hyper Hackers - Astro Coders - Rocket Propelled Coders - Space Hackers - Intergalactic Innovators - The Code Side of the Moon - Star Commanders - Beyond the Code - The Black Hole Bytes - Planet Hack - The Code Trek Conclusion There you have it—299 creative, funny, and inspiring hackathon team names that will bring your coding team together, boost your confidence, and make you stand out at your next Codefest or hackathon. Whether you want something witty, techy, or futuristic, this list offers a wide variety of options to help your team express its identity and creativity. So, pick the name that resonates with your group’s energy, and get ready to code your way to victory! Read the full article