remembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001 (paulgraham.com)

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[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 22 points 2 years ago

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

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's just being good at programming

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago

wut

[-] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago

That’s just being good at bootlicking

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

So as a programmer I was a little offended but then I remembered I’m not good so I’ll let it slide.

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

That's probably a mark of an actually good programmer.

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