David GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish · 1 year agoremembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001paulgraham.comexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkremembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001paulgraham.comDavid GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squarefroztbytelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year 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.xyzBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·edit-21 year agoThat’s just being good at programming
minus-squareluciole (he/him)@beehaw.orgBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year 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.xyzBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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.