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The root of all evil is objects.
— Greg Morrisett,
arguing for functional paradigms
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Sept. 7, 2018
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We don't have any robots today that I would want to go to the restroom with
— Henrik Christensen,
Describing Emerging markets for new robots
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Aug. 30, 2018
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I bring light to the dark side.
— Rachit Nigam,
Describing his research interests
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Aug. 29, 2018
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We're in a bit of a pickle.
— Andrew Myers,
Talking about Spectre, Meltdown, and other speculative attacks in 6113
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Aug. 27, 2018
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"Classical and Nonclassical Logic." That seems to have it covered.
— Drew Zagieboylo,
not being constructive
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July 27, 2018
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Well at least we can all agree that mosquitoes should go die in a fire.
Like Matthew's family.
— Andrew Hirsch,
describing extermination of household pests after a game of dread
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July 12, 2018
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"Pros:
- No technical skills required."
Well, that doesn't sound like a pro to me: it's just a euphemism for the tool being closed source.
— Sam Havron,
Upon reading the description of an Android rooting tool
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July 11, 2018
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MIT is kind of an output-only device.
— Andrew Myers,
on the propagation of terminology concerning consistency models
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June 13, 2018
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Kids these days. I remember waiting for a long time to download the original Wolfenstein 3D over a 56Kb dialup line… it was 700kb!
— Nate Foster,
when a student asks for a larger project upload size limit on CMS
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May 15, 2018
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One of my drawers is a graveyard. It has all of the things I've killed.
— Natacha Crooks,
discussing her horticulture skills.
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May 4, 2018
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It's only a competition if I win. That's the very definition of a competition.
— Fabian Muehlboeck,
Comparing himself to machine learning researchers
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May 2, 2018
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Optimizing traders are hard to distinguish from malicious adversaries.
— Yaron Minsky,
Systems Lunch talk on stock exchanges
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April 27, 2018
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