Meet and greet thread

[mikeizbicki]

Welcome to big data!

In this thread, we'll all introduce ourselves and practice using github issues. We'll be using github issues for all our in-class communication, so it's important that you understand how the system works. In particular, you need to understand github's markdown formatting syntax.

To practice, please reply to this post with:

1. your name (including what you'd like me to call you if it's different than in sakai)
2. your favorite pokemon highlighted in bold and
3. a quote you like placed inside a code block (ensure that you use triple backticks to get a code block, and not single backticks to get inline code)

[mikeizbicki]

Hi everyone,

Please call me Mike. My favorite pokemon is ditto. I'll give you two fun quotes:

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
  --  Dennis Ritchie (co-inventer of UNIX)

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done.
  --  Scott Adams (Dilbert Cartoonist)

[westondcrewe]

Hi everyone, My name is Weston, my favorite pokemon is Ponyta, and a quote I enjoy comes from a random twitter user:

all music is in 4/4 if you stop trying to count it like a dumb nerd

[ben-smith23]

Hello everyone, My name is Ben Smith (1 of 2 at CMC), my favorite Pokemon is a Trumbeak, and here is a quote I got from Weston Crewe:

Never put me in a situation.

Associated meme

[henrylong612]

Hi everyone,

My name is Henry. I didn't play Pokemon growing up but I guess my favorite is squirtle. Here is a quote I like:

The more I love humanity in general the less I love man in particular.
  -- Fyodor Dostoevsky

[oncelscu]

Hello!

I'm Oncel. Favorite pokemon is Snorlax. A quote I like:

There is nothing we can do. 

[KentaWood]

Hi everyone, My name is Alex Wood. My favorite Pokemon is MagiKarp, and a quote that I like:

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. 

[justinchiao]

Hi,

My name is Justin. My favorite Pokémon is Delphox.

"It never get easier, you just go faster" -Greg Lemond

[abizermamnoon]

Hi,

My name is Abizer Mamnoon. My favorite Pokemon is Buizel

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain - Batman

[irajmoradi]

Hello,

My name is Iraj. My favorite pokemon is Pikachu.

A quote I like is the following:

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take   -Wayne Gretzky"
-Michael Scott

[eoinoconnell04]

Hi,

My name is Eoin (pronounced like Owen) and my favorite Pokemon is Mewtwo.

There is no "I" in team but there is in win. 
- Michael Jordan

[rajabatra]

Hi,

My name is Raja. My favorite Pokemon is Pikachu

A quote I like is: Well done is better than well said. -Benjamin Franklin

[epaisano]

Hello!!

My name is Emma, and my favorite Pokemon is Oddish. A quote I like is: What? Like it's hard?? - Elle Woods (Legally Blonde, 2003)

[oliver-ricken]

Hi all,

My name is Oliver. My favorite Pokemon is Horsea, and here is one of my favorite quotes:

Slow down everyone, you're moving too fast...
-- Jack Johnson

[rachelHoman]

Hi,

My name is Rachel. My favorite Pokemon is Eevee

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain
-- Dolly Parton

[ains-arch]

Hi all,

I'm Ainslee. I'm not really familiar with Pokémon but in consultation with my friends who are, I have chosen Mismagius as my favorite guy.

A quote (source):

Google is the 800-pound gorilla in search. I want people to know that we made them dance.
  -- Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO)

[myngpog]

Hello,

My name is My (pronounced Mi) and my favorite pokemon is Piplup. (fun fact: i was recently in japan and visited 3 poke centers!)

I collect a lot of quotes so it's hard to pick a favorite but here's a nice recent one:

Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.
(unfortunately, I don't remember where it's from but I know it was a short story from Prof Noah's class (a wonderful cmc lit prof))

[echen4628]

Hi everyone!

I'm Eric. My favorite pokemon is Lucario. A quote I enjoy is: I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have. -- Coleman Cox

[Eshaan-Lumba]

Hi everyone,

My name is Eshaan and my favorite pokemon is Snorlax. Here is a quote I like:

Being 100% in the moment is the only possibility to get a better future. 
-- Jurgen Klopp

[mmendiratta27]

Hi everyone!

My name is Manan, and my favorite Pokemon is Arcanine. As a hockey player, I like this quote:

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
--Wayne Gretzky (and Michael Scott)

[lbielicki]

Hello all~ my name is Liann and my favorite Pokémon is Bulbasaur. This quote is painted on a wall in my hometown:

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
-- John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn

[GusAlbach]

Hi

My name is Gus, and my favorite pokemon is Sneasel. I quote I appreciate is:

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality"
- Seneca

[danzhechen]

Hello Everyone! My name is Dan. My favorite Pokémon is Greninja, the mega version! Here is my quote. I translated it by myself from Chinese with some assistance of ChatGPT.

The person in the whirlpool has the responsibility to tell what the whirlpool looks like.

[elissayz]

Hello Everyone! My name is Elissa, and my favorite Pokemon is Sandslash. Here is a quote from a book that I've been reading recently:

An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 
-- R.F. Kuang

[sjanefullerton]

Hello!

My name is Sarah and my favorite Pokémon is Wiglett! A quote I like is:

I’m doing badly, I’m doing well, whichever you prefer.
-Franz Kafka 

[gibsonfriedman]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Gibson and my favorite Pokemon is squirtle. A quote I like is: Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. -Charlie Chaplin

[nati-azmera]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Nati and my favorite Pokemon is Pikachu! A quote I like is:

"There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." -Thomas Sowell

[vibhuk10]

Hi,

My name is Vibhu. My favorite Pokemon is Bulbasaur.

To lose patience is to lose the battle. - Gandhi

[meghnapamula]

Hi everyone,

My name is Meghna. My favorite Pokemon is Clefairy. A quote I like is:

"Strength is not always in what we say or do. Sometimes it is in what we are silent about, in what we leave or ignore."

[tylerting]

Hi everyone,

My name is Tyler. My favorite Pokemon is MewTwo. A quote I like is:

I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times. - Bruce Lee

[AvidThinkerArsum]

Hi everyone,

My name is Arsum. I didn't grow up with Pokemon but one I remember is Pikachu. A quote I like is:

Every seed you plant will yield something - good or bad depending on intention. ~ Rumi