David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoremembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001paulgraham.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up148
arrow-up148external-linkremembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001paulgraham.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarefroztbyte@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agocan’t decide if it’s soothing or infuriating to learn/realize that, despite insane wealth causing him to get billionairebrain, he’s also always been quite the dim fuckwit
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoThat’s just being good at programming
minus-squareswlabr@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoThat’s just being good at bootlicking
minus-squareluciole (he/him)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoSo as a programmer I was a little offended but then I remembered I’m not good so I’ll let it slide.
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThat’s probably a mark of an actually good programmer.
can’t decide if it’s soothing or infuriating to learn/realize that, despite insane wealth causing him to get billionairebrain, he’s also always been quite the dim fuckwit
That’s just being good at programming
wut
That’s just being good at bootlicking
So as a programmer I was a little offended but then I remembered I’m not good so I’ll let it slide.
That’s probably a mark of an actually good programmer.