Nickname

Donald Trump took to Truth Social in the early morning hours of Tuesday to opine on the state of his race to win back the White House this November. And while that’s not unusual, Trump decision to coin a new nickname for himself certainly is. The new name? Honest Don, if you can believe it.Trump started his tweet (or his Truth, in the parlance of his social media platform) by mentioning Dean Phillips, the Democratic challenger to President Joe Biden who had a less than impressive primary race before finally dropping out…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of references and Easter eggs, and as you might suspect, the Annihilator moniker doesn't exactly come out of the blue. In fact, multiple characters have used the title in a variety of ways in Marvel Comics history.  The team known as, well, the Annihilators is an extension of the Guardians of the Galaxy, initiated by the comics version of Star-Lord and put together by Cosmo the Spacedog. This space-faring collection of galactic heavy-hitters was specifically formed to…

A lawyer accidentally called Elon Musk ‘Mr. Tweet’ during the Tesla shareholder trial! Read more tech news Good Morning tech fam, here are some quick tech updates for you to catch on to! What’s New Today: Report: Microsoft Adds $10 Billion To Invest in ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Fast-Track Insights: Crypto Billionaire Arthur Hayes Believes Bitcoin Will ‘Crash Back Down’, If This Happens – Here’s What You Should Know During a tense moment in Elon Musk’s testimony on Monday, a lawyer for a…

Add copyright law to the list of things Travis has almost sh*t on Travis Touchdown and the No More Heroes series both turned 15 this week and, to celebrate, franchise creator SUDA51 shared some unique information about his murderous mascot. Even longtime fans of the franchise such as myself were shocked. My Japanese is lousy, but I can read the language well enough to recognize the characters “Ru-Ku” in the image above. That translates to English as “Luke”, which alone would have been enough to make Lucasfilm’s lawyers…

Using siamese networks to learn the similarity between names and nicknames. Converting text to speech improves results.Photo by Waldemar Brandt on UnsplashI use siamese networks in this article to learn similarity measures between names and nicknames. The trained model tells us how plausible a nickname is for a given name (assuming the names came first). I explore different architectures, and experiments show that for a much smaller network, using the spectrograms of the TTSed names and nicknames pairs improves…

Marvel Comics fans learn that "Thunderbolt" Ross got his nickname from his fellow troops as a young soldier. He became known for striking quickly and without warning while displaying deadly accuracy — thus, like a thunderbolt. Since Ross is a career soldier from a military family, it's probably not shocking that he's deadly and efficient on the battlefield and good at protecting his own men. Before he ran afoul of the Hulk, Ross was a decorated colonel who served in several wars and was beloved by the men…

Emma Mackey has revealed that Russell Brand gave her an unusual nickname on the set of the 2022 mystery film Death on the Nile.The movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh, is based on the 1937 Agatha Christie novel, and follows sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian holiday aboard a glamorous river steamer, which turns into a hunt for a killer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.In it, Mackey played Jacqueline “Jackie” de Bellefort, the scorned lover of Armie Hammer’s Simon Doyle, while Brand…

Starring in multiple films together has bred a genuine friendship between Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Clooney’s the reason Roberts returned to romantic comedies with Ticket to Paradise after she stopped doing them years ago. The true sign of a meaningful friendship though is giving out nicknames. It appeared the two movie stars have reached that level as Roberts revealed the nickname she has her Ticket to Paradise co-star under in her phone contacts.The Hollywood A-lister opened up about the surprising nickname…

Photo by Frazer Harrison/ Mike Coppola/Getty Images Olivia Wilde’s second directorial venture, Don’t Worry Darling, is all set to hit theaters, and it is attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. After Wilde recently said that Shia LaBeouf, who was originally supposed to play the lead in the film, was fired for the “combative energy” he brought to sets, the actor called her out on spreading a fake narrative. LaBeouf presented a video where Wilde is seen requesting him to come back while condescendingly…

The first episode showed the Wooga squad sharing fun moments In the Soop: Friendcation/Instagram The first episode of 'In The Soop Friendcation' has dropped and showed the Wooga squad, Taehyung aka V, Park Seo-joon, Park Hyung-sik, Choi Woo-shik and Peakboy's close bond with some fun filled moments. The four day road trip will offer many more exciting moments that viewers can look forward to in upcoming episodes. In episode…