Miserycorde

Open your eyes and smile.

Ooc, how do you guys feel about the disparity between the more hardcore hackers and the amateurs and how do you try to balance the hackathon for both? When I was still in the scene, my team and I placed at a few majors. We spent a decent amount of time talking to the other top teams, and it seemed to me that that the people who made it to top 10 or so generally "came to win". They had already planned their projects ahead of time, had prebuilt teams, and didn't really take part of the festivities (like they just locked themselves into a quiet room and grinded for 2 days). That doesn't really seem like what hackathons are supposed to be about, but with everything at stake in terms of VC money, jobs, whatever, it's hard to blame them for doing so.

Also, thoughts on the increasing commercialization of hackathons/the plateauing of outside sponsorship money? It kinda feels like the scene peaked 2 years ago in terms of size/money.

Lastly, shoutouts for all the open sourcing you guys do. You guys had the best judging system of any hackathon I've ever been to.

SNO/SNO+ alumni, it's been a while but what was your cost benefit analysis like on using a giant chunk of ice to capture neutrinos? Is the level of natural contamination from impurities in the ice or whatever lower than whatever liquid scintillator they're using now?

Also, congratulations!

Hoooooly shit Tommy Caldwell threw a guy off a cliff? That's insane.

What's been your favorite place to climb and why? Are there any good, lesser-known paths in SEA?