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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named ... ” Explanation: The word ‘trivial’ is SO common at MIT. I don’t think I ever heard ... . Usually this nuance doesn’t matter, though. Just say ‘so that’... 5/10 n

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  alike—that I hoped didn’t cross the line into flippancy towards their language. I couldn’t tell either way, because whether I said grazie with ... canals. I didn’t know where they were any better than her, and I told her

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  : Historical Shanties, Shanty Revivals, and Modern Shanty Culture. I can’t spoil ... ”. That’s another thing! For the sailors, this wasn’t “sea music,” it was ... recorded what they heard. This also creates problems, since sailors won't

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  was themed around cats, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it ... answer probably raises more questions than it answers. Aren’t regular ... develop, and (very importantly) you can’t reprogram them once they

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  single blog post. I won't dive into the history and implications of U ... I knew I wouldn't be getting any work done anyways, but the decision ... the Bad Bunny that was blasting around us. if it weren't for the poles

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  . there are countless elements to the installation that I couldn't detect ... pair with the sound. she didn't have a complete idea of how the organism ... response to the performance, and many wouldn't find it to be palatable or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  some that I didn’t and wouldn’t. Then there is a section of what I wanna ... learned a lot from each class, and don’t specifically regret taking any of ... in at 6 am and promptly went to sleep. This wasn’t a great use of time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  from there and turn around. When I got back to Simmons, I couldn't get ... opening. When I realized I wasn't going to fix it on my own, I knocked on ... student. She didn't answer. Then, I looked out into the hallway. The only

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  class of 2021) back to campus that fall. The vast majority of 2022s wouldn’t return to campus until February 2021. Needless to say, Ring Delivery didn’t ... ="left: gold brass right, center & right: ultrium brass rat" /] I didn’t

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  , they didn't even give me a Band-Aid. i told my mother this and she called ... know the second shot doesn't grant instant immunity, and I know the path ... , and we are not to look into them. We also don't have to sing well

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  -established tradition and main claim to fame around the MIT community. I can't wait to ... didn’t make the final cut, but we were pretty close to making the big ... the email itself. I can't say I've written many good ones in my time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  , though we didn't call it that, then. Every year, we'd make scaled models of ... some other things thrown in here and there) full-time wasn't extremely ... _hidden]A music video for Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" is embedded

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  slides, but it also seems like people often don't agree with how the data ... 100 playlist? I don't even recognize at least a third of the songs on ... of "lol WRONG" but also institutionally bad. Algorithms aren't leaving

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  some of the tricks we used.   Tl;dr Don’t get taken advantage of ... things that don’t go bad fast. Meats are #1 at surprising you with their sadness. If you can’t cook it within the next two days you probably will end

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  hall on campus, 26-100, with a capacity of 566. But it isn’t even the ... the classical Regression method, but also four others. This isn’t common ... figures and tables from the papers. I couldn’t think of a better way to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  starts at 8:45AM and doesn’t end until 12:30AM the next day. Since the ... is cherished here at MIT, it doesn’t fully define MIT. There are so ... welcomed with open arms. While I won’t be changing majors any time soon, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  inched closer to a month since my last post obviously I couldn’t fit ... seeing and doing on campus. They didn’t even register for the weekend ... others, if you need to catch up. Naturally, being me, I thought I didn’t

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  meeting with on Wednesday. Obviously, I can’t waste this person’s time. What ... : BE CREDIBLE. Talk about what you know, and admit if you don’t know ... : Congress is pegged to DISTRICTS. And don’t suggest that science funding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  . “Don't really plan to join any.” Prior to Rush, my entire idea of ... , pictures of wild, endless parties and great academic indifference. I didn't ... 'd have to make sure I didn't join a frat. You can probably see this plot

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  ashamed. Past the guilt, however, I can't help but feel inspired to hold on ... did you know before coming to MIT? What about now? Kristina: I didn't ... , 冬(dōng), which means winter or cold. I don't even remember how we

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013