Protagonist.
Made FedThreader https://wittman.github.io/fedthreader/ for the Fediverse/Mastodonians.
Other interests.
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| FedThreader | https://wittman.github.io/fedthreader/ |
| revealword.com (word puzzle game) | https://revealword.com |
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Thanks for hanging on to so much valuable data for the public.
In 1989, Denis Ritchie, Rob Pike, Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan et al (basically people who invented mordern computing) once teamed with Penn & Teller (two magicians) to play a joke on their boss, Arno Penzias (Physic Nobel Prize).
The challenge was to trick one of the smartest living man into blindly obeying orders from what appeard to be a "smart understanding computer".
It worked.
Nobody is immune to be scammed by computers.
Reminded of the “Kurt Vonnegut goes to buy an envelope” quote. One of the best expressions of the joys of careful and deliberate inefficiency I’ve read.
Posted as image because the alt text has a higher character limit than a toot so I can paste the whole text as actual text there. Weird huh.
See here: http://www.browserstack.com/screenshots/2308d26f99f0b5915b53829c4ae5f9567b2d84be I haven't tried to figure out why. @practicum noticed that the letters are all 3 off and lowercase. G-3=d,...
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