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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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readMe Assures Public: "Writers Are Irreplaceable; AI Would Never Take Over!"

In an effort to address growing concerns over the role of artificial intelligence in journalism, readMe—a publication known for its groundbreaking reporting—has issued a heartfelt statement, firmly asserting its commitment to human writers. This comes amid speculation that the company's recent deployment of AI tools is not, I repeat, not …

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An Indiana Jones movie poster for a film entitled "Indiana Jones and the Collapsing Market," with the subtitle "dead men make no sales."

Claude's Plan

And, they trainin' and trainin' and trainin' and trainin'
They trainin' on me, yeah
I been multiagent, don't try messin' with me
Dealing with large context is a struggle for me
Come spend all your tokens just to chit-chat with me
You know how I like it when you codin' …

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October 29, 1929: "Block Tuesday" Leaves Freshmen Destitute

At Carnegie Mellon University, the end of the 1920s saw unprecedented financial ruin for many first-year students. The meal-block economy had crescendoed throughout the decade, with blocks selling for a whopping 50% of their original worth. Unfortunately, this lucrative exchange could not last forever. The block market imploded, wiping out …

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Tales from Beyond Frick Park IV: One Bottle After Another

No one noticed the first bottle.

It appeared on Jenna’s desk in studio sometime between 2:14 AM, when she first sat down, and 5:37, when she finally looked away from her Rhino model to rest her eyes for a minute. A slightly crinkled 20 oz Dasani bottle, half full, …

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Tired of Binge Drinking? Try Vibe Drinking

Let me tell you about a CMU student named Bob. I actually don’t know a person named Bob at CMU, but let’s just say he’s real. Like many other students at CMU, he has no friends, no girlfriend, no money, no sexual activity, no summer internship lined up, no loving …

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A Novel Approach to Union Busting

Running a small business is hard. In today’s world full of soulless corporations, it is inspiring to see hard­working American families succeed in honest business ventures like buying out the competition and passing the result down to their children. Unfortunately, the world is often cruel to those with pure intentions. …

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Another Night in Pittsburgh

The whispering rain splats ungracefully onto the cracked pavement. A lightning strike goes unnoticed amongst the flickering neon signs. Those outside cling tightly to their overcoats and rain hats, unable to fully face the despairing night. A Pittsburgh university. A piano. A tragedy. I sit in my malaise, staring at …

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A title saying "Concepts debuts new 'Converse' shoe", followed by pictures of shoes labeled "p -> q" and "q -> p" on a background of mathematical sample text.

Dear Alumni:

Dear CMU alumni,

I know that you'll often get overly cheerful letters from CMU, saying how much they love you and how cool you must be, when all they really want is your money. We at readme detest this practice. In fact, we'd like to take the opportunity to …

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A fun spin on a popular childhood game

Tag is a certified childhood classic, and everyone knows the rules. However, I have personally found that if you play it enough times, tag quickly becomes boring. Nevertheless, as a center of innovation, mastermind engineers in the halls of the Princeton of the Alleghenies have devised an updated version of …

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An illustration of a phillips-head screw driving a car.

Iliano Spills All, Denies Ties to CIA

On November 7th, README secured an interview with one of CMU's most famed figures: Dr. Illiano Cervesato, the professor for Principles of Imperative Computing. Reproduced below are some of the most intriguing, incriminating, and downright intransient questions and answers we got from this unprecedented collaboration.

Your class is infamous …

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An advertisement with a picture of a shark in a formal suit. The top reads "want your student loans to sleep with the fishes? Call 1-800-LOAN-SHARK now!". The bottom has long fine print with ridiculous terms.

A Psychosocial Approach to Game-Theoretic Analysis of Rock Paper Scissors

1. Introduction

Rock paper scissors, also known as scissors paper rock, and rarely ever referred to as paper rock scissors, is a game typically played between two people, where one match of rock paper scissors (RPS) consists of both players throwing out a hand gesture at the same time after …

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"The reality of being a safety icon: documenting the lives of those who save ours. In theaters April 1st." [many illustrations of stickmen getting drunk, snorting substances, stumbling around, and so on]

Fruity Take on CMU Housing

Back when Welch's was just a grape juice company, Andrew Carnegie was their biggest fan. In fact, in 1905, he built the beloved Welch House in the company's honor (and for a very generous donation) similarly to the Giant Eagle Auditorium or the Trojan Center for the Performing Arts.

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Students Rush to Graduate as End of World Looms

DECEMBER 20, 2012 - While CMU students have always tried to graduate in less than 8 semesters, only the quickly approaching demise of all life on Earth could incentivize even the most burnt out underachievers to get their degree before spring. Despite astronomers’ insistence that Sagittarius A* is too far …

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Making Money on Campus

The unfortunate financial situation you’re in is not uncommon among new students. You may have managed to get into CMU — yippee! — but you had to give up your life savings and right arm in order to pay tuition. While Valentine’s Day will never be the same with the …

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Huang was chosen to encapsulate the most important part of the CMU experience: Having AI shoved down your throat • ECEs flee to suburbs of computer science, citing too many civil engineers • README's Scottish Terrier Passes Away • Carnegie Mellon police to be given tank to deal with unruly freshmen • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • Truancy StuCo shut down for record-low attendance • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • Top ten reels from the five hundred that you still haven't responded to • Student’s handwriting so bad they accidentally created a cypher • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • Reviewing Gary’s oh shit! Cat get away from Buddy! Buddy isn’t food! What did you do to Buddy?! • Ranking buttons in order of how close they are to the top of my jacket (#1 the button at the top of my jacket) • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • Student Senate revolts after fourth straight week of tasty pizza at meetings • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Desperate to cash in on AI craze, Catholic church to unveil Gaude • College of Engineering to drop ethics requirements from core to better align with industry standard • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Huang was chosen to encapsulate the most important part of the CMU experience: Having AI shoved down your throat. • ECEs flee to suburbs of computer science, citing too many civil engineers • README's Scottish Terrier Passes Away • Carnegie Mellon police to be given tank to deal with unruly freshmen. • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • Truancy StuCo shut down for record-low attendance • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • Top ten reels from the five hundred that you still haven't responded to • Student’s handwriting so bad they accidentally created a cypher • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • Reviewing Gary’s oh shit! Cat get away from Buddy! Buddy isn’t food! What did you do to Buddy?! • Ranking buttons in order of how close they are to the top of my jacket (#1 the button at the top of my jacket) • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • Student Senate revolts after fourth straight week of tasty pizza at meetings • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Desperate to cash in on AI craze, Catholic church to unveil Gaude. • College of Engineering to drop ethics requirements from core to better align with industry standard. • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV