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Readme Summer School


My Relationship with the Ready 2 Ride Mobile App

Yeah, I know she’s unpopular.

I know you want your analog methods back. This is like the NYC Metro card all over for you, huh? Well, I don’t care. I’m in love, and I’m proud of it.

Me and the Ready 2 Ride Mobile app met on the …

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CMU Students obsessed with new beverage craze

It's everywhere: overnight, CMU seems to have been struck by a trend taking campus by storm. Once a utilitarian beverage, water has become the hottest cold drink on campus, leaving every floor slick and a line behind every water fountain.

We attempted to interview one student partaking in the …

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Readme Takes A Sick Day

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Finals Week Sestina

As I enter the cold concrete cervix of Wean,
the gold plaque of Raymond smells my fear.
I order a coffee that’ll make me shit
out all my self loathing and lack of sleep.
I don’t think I’ve retained a thing from this class.
It might be worth risking the …

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A flowchart to determine if readme likes you back. Both outcomes are yes.

People who played Esther in a second grade Hebrew school play more likely to be happy, confident, and employed

Groundbreaking new research has revealed the single strongest childhood predictor of adult success in Jewish youth. Second grade students who in their Hebrew school Purim plays played Esther were found to be happier, more confident, and more employed than their less fortunate peers who played Vashti. Vashti was the Persian …

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README Responds to The Allegations

Let it become beknownst to whomstever accused our collective of various “allegations”, that they are all factually incoherent and blatantly untrue. This response will be organized in the following format — an untrue statement made by an adversary, and our rebuttal.

“Readme will be responsible for various cases of …

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An image of Santa Claus captioned "Believe in Santa. How else can he believe in himself?"

The Grass is Greyer on the Other Side

Carnegie Mellon University is a globally regarded institution. With one of the best computer science programs in the world, a booming arts scene, and plenty of ways to engage its students, it’s no wonder CMU has such a strong reputation. Not only is this school academically challenging, providing students with …

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10 Reasons readme is better than The Tartan

1) Better at news

Unlike The Tartan, which operates on the ideas that journalism should be "fair" and "unbiased", readme is the only campus news source that includes fun quips interesting comments, and other eccentricities.

2) Better words

Find me a single example of the Tartan using …

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An advertisement consisting of text superimposed on an image of Walking to the Sky taken from behind the statue of a child who looks upward. it states: "Now hiring! New vacancy open at Walking to the Sky! Call (412) 268-2323 to apply today! (*Rest in peace, cmudaddythicc)"
A booth which is standing on large chicken legs.

README Insurance Scam Comes to Light

Last night readMe’s very own chief editor Eshaan Joshi was extradited by the Trudeau administration under several counts of insurance fraud. It was found that for the past three years he has been claiming several life insurance policies from readMe staff along with abusing Canada's generous healthcare policy.

The …

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A Grad Student's Guide to Carnival

Me and the freshman from the other page have one thing in common: we have never been to Spring Carnival. If you’re a first year Master's student, you need to lock in, because there’s a good chance your program (which also has a 1 in 5 chance of having the …

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A Song for Dear Ol' Tech

I am the very model of a student here at Carnegie,
With plans to triple major in AI, CS, and ECE
I've memorized the answer key to every leetcode medium
I spend my time on Stack Exchange to mitigate the tedium

I’ve crashed in classrooms everywhere from Gates to …

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So you want to TA a class

Like many CMU students, you may have seen the 15-112 TAs decked out in their bright blue hoodies, haunting Gates 5. While their swag is atrocious, their aura is undeniable. To obtain this aura, you need to become a TA.

Many students expect their TA duties to be relatively …

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A picture of Hamerschlag Hall surrounded by dense fog and tormented ghostly figures. A news headline overlay reads "Hamerschlag ghosts discover death does not grant an extension on 122 homework."
A 122 ed post called "Rizz algorithms" in which the student has pasted their dating profile (and League of Legends/Genshin username, For3verG00ner). Iliano replies "Good luck in your romantic endeavors! Dont get any AIVs!"

Heart not in work, striking Homestead workers declare

After weeks of refusing to stay working at the steel mill past 2 a.m., employees at Homestead Steel Works have finally gone on strike. They are protesting outside the factory, saying that working all day without a lunch break is “unethical.” Some complain they have not been home to visit …

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Hamburg Hall to be renamed Cheeseburg Hall

After much debate, David P. Bennett, the Vice President for University Advancement at CMU has officially made the decision to rename Hamburg Hall to Cheeseburg Hall. Designed in 1915, Cheeseburg Hall originally served as the headquarters for the U.S. Bureau of Mines; however, in 1984, the building was purchased by …

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Readme Sells Out

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Parents devastated after conversion therapy causes teen to lose interest in computer science • "Cowboys and Indians" too politically incorrect? Try "Bombers and Hospitals"! • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • "Fire!" and other things to shout during a popular movie • POLLS: President May Be Elected • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • Person who said "Wow, that was easy" after exam stoned to death • Huang was chosen to encapsulate the most important part of the CMU experience: Having AI shoved down your throat • "If Mozart and Chopin can drop new shit in 2024 so can My Chemical Romance", claim increasingly irate emo fans • ReadMe so funny that they invented CMU to house it • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Carnival will be a nice time to decompress, says student planning on staying up for 72 straight hours to build a two story house • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Gelt still more real than crypto • The impending draft will be great for my grad school resume • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives • NO EXCEPTIONS. CMU to enforce dismount zones for students in wheelchairs • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises • Parents devastated after conversion therapy causes teen to lose interest in computer science. • "Cowboys and Indians" too politically incorrect? Try "Bombers and Hospitals"! • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • "Fire!" and other things to shout during a popular movie. • POLLS: President May Be Elected • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • Person who said "Wow, that was easy" after exam stoned to death • Huang was chosen to encapsulate the most important part of the CMU experience: Having AI shoved down your throat. • "If Mozart and Chopin can drop new shit in 2024 so can My Chemical Romance", claim increasingly irate emo fans • ReadMe so funny that they invented CMU to house it. • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Carnival will be a nice time to decompress, says student planning on staying up for 72 straight hours to build a two story house • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Gelt still more real than crypto. • The impending draft will be great for my grad school resume • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives. • NO EXCEPTIONS. CMU to enforce dismount zones for students in wheelchairs. • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights. • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises.