From f6a356740337bf861e49717c0cdd1f2ae655ae2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LUG Board Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:56:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ACM april fool's post --- wiki/better-than-acm.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wiki/better-than-acm.md diff --git a/wiki/better-than-acm.md b/wiki/better-than-acm.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac7f220 --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/better-than-acm.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: "Breaking News: LUG Replaces UCLA ACM Chapter" +date: 2024-04-01 +tags: [funny, april-fools] +author: LUG Board +--- + +It's about time we deprecated ACM. + +- Unlike **ACM Cloud**, we actually provide [free web hosting](https://linux.ucla.edu/membership/) and educate our members on [self-hosting](https://linux.ucla.edu/W25_Selfhost.pptx). +- Unlike **ACM AI**, we actually provide GPUs to members, run our own free chatbot, and have members publishing in [top conferences](https://openreview.net/forum?id=62hJ09Z0NU). +- LUG finished first in the **ACM Cyber** CTF last spring, despite never going to a meeting. We had our own meeting on [cybersecurity](/events/privsec-w25/), anyway. +- LUG is endorsed by the most GOATed CS professor ([Eggert](https://samueli.ucla.edu/time-zone-king-how-one-ucla-computer-scientist-keeps-digital-clocks-ticking/)). +- Unlike **ACM ICPC**, where they grind LeetCode Hards that are [solvable by AI now](https://ultracode.ai/), we regularly exercise our brains with IQ tests and Wordle. +- Unlike **ACM TeachLA**, we actually educate our *own* students at our [weekly meetings](https://linux.ucla.edu/events/). +- Unlike **ACM Studio**, we support video games that people will actually play by running a [SuperTuxKart](https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page) server, and educating users about [Proton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(software)). +- Unlike anyone in ACM, we are actually skilled with hardware, owing to our high representation of CEs, CSEs, and EEs. +- We had at least one girl at every [installfest](https://linux.ucla.edu/tags/installfests/) this year, and we closed the rest of the gap by becoming femboys – **ACM W** (more like **ACM WOKE**) utterly destroyed. +- We never leave the terminal – **ACM Design** utterly destroyed. +- We generated [our website](https://git.linux.ucla.edu/lug/site) from Markdown files using Hugo – **ACM Hack** utterly destroyed. +- Unlike ACM, we're not blacklisted from ordering from Enzo's Pizzeria, even after we ripped them off. +- Unlike 90% of CS students, we actually daily drive Linux, not just SSH into it. +- Unlike 90% of CS students, we actually give back to open source instead of leeching off of it. +- We're laid back, we're not corporatized and we're owned by no one.