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...and that's when the males do their mating ritual ... like the dance from the Happy Feet documentary
— Haym Hirsh,
a discussion regarding the collective intelligence of penguins taking turns on the outside when gathering together to keep warm in subarctic climate
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Oct. 31, 2017
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The weird thing is, there are like sometimes competent people in business school
— Jonathan DiLorenzo,
explaining career options for operations research
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Oct. 30, 2017
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You are not four
— Stephanie Meik,
reaction to a CS graduate student writing on a desk in the MEng lounge
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Oct. 30, 2017
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Just burn POPL to the ground, ESOP will remember you!
— Lillian Lee,
to Andrew Myers, who is POPL PC chair
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Oct. 11, 2017
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Ethan: You seem to be enjoying yourself.
Andy: Yeah. I'm busy cutting people in half!
— Andrew Morgan,
while doing homework
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Oct. 11, 2017
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It is very complicated... I don't want to explain.
— Elaine Shi,
on achieving liveness
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Oct. 5, 2017
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There's a language out there that's "useful". (lamenting) We have to be useful these days.
— Glynn Winskell,
discussing the difficulties of modern theory research
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Oct. 4, 2017
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audience: so it's a javascript-like language?
Adrian: Sure! well, it's javascript-like in that it has the keyword "var"
— Adrian Sampson,
Presenting his new, non-javascript language at the PL retreat
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Oct. 1, 2017
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It's not about the points
— Dexter Kozen,
on Piazza
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Oct. 1, 2017
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I can't go to Moonies. I need a fake ID that says I'm under 19!
— Richard Bowen,
discussing where to go on Friday night after Argos.
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Sept. 29, 2017
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It is at the darkest time that you can see the brightest star.
— Ms. Epic
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Sept. 27, 2017
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You can cook! What can I do? I can't differentiate a potato
— Saksham Agarwal,
in a discussion about skill usefulness
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Sept. 22, 2017
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