off-topic 2026-05-18

i haven’t seen it remarked upon, but was the most recent F1 grand prix winner if a Nu colored race suit with Nu branding near his neck? Is that the Nu of Nubank, and owners/collaborators with Cognitect and Clojure? (i’m not sure of best terminology to use here so apologies if i clumsily got it wrong)

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Pretty cool to see the logo there and be a partner. But i’m pretty sure they are the reason for the color of the race suit. So really cool to see a win in that

Alex Miller (Clojure team) 2026-05-18T19:59:56.228289Z

yes, Nu is sponsoring Mercedes F1 and the drivers were in 3 different purple suits, different one each day. Nice to see Kimi pulling out the victory!

Alex Miller (Clojure team) 2026-05-18T20:00:46.895769Z

Miami (as our US hub) was sort of the feature race for Nu

i was wondering if yall were doing anything later in Austin or peraps at interlagos later this year

Alex Miller (Clojure team) 2026-05-18T20:01:36.257289Z

I don't know of any plans at the same level in the other races (most likely would be in Sao Paulo of course)

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Alex Miller (Clojure team) 2026-05-18T20:03:59.555539Z

also in recent news, Nu acquired the naming rights for the new Miami soccer stadium (now Nu Stadium!) and are sponsoring Inter Miami CF https://international.nubank.com.br/company/nu-and-inter-miami-cf-announce-multiyear-partnership/

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goodness. that’s some high profile partnerships

if any Nu people head to austin for the grand prix let us in #clojure-austin know and we can host and entertain!

Need to stick some Clojure logos on them, too πŸ˜‰

. . 🏎️ clojure-spin clojure-spin

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Ah, that explains why Kimi starts so badly

should probably use Babashka on lap 1

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green/blue suits when πŸ˜›?

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This is so awesome, I had no idea

Posted to a bunch of programmer discords where I lurk... got to flex the flex. clojurian

Kimi has been much better at starts lately so... you're welcome, Toto.