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A comment on Apple’s declining software quality. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s declining software quality by cbsmith on Thursday February 04, 2016 @09:29PM (#11039007)
> Jobs was taught the RDF by his professor.

I didn't know that story. Who was the professor? What was the technique?

> This means it can be learned.

Oh definitely. Magicians learn all their tricks, and they are very useful for anyone performing in front of a crowd.

> The reader is encouraged to learn how to perform the field, so that they can defend themselves, and others, from its effects.

Which reader is that?

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Re:Apple’s declining software quality by nostrademons on Thursday February 04, 2016 @11:07PM (#11039332)
Robert Friedland, apparently. And he wasn't a professor, but rather a classmate (and Reed's student-body president).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field

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