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Re:Elephant Clock by Jedd on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:31AM (#17522773)
> It says "Muslim engineer", which would be like saying Steve Jobs was a "Christian Engineer".

I note that Ismail al-Jazari's wikipedia article [1] describes him as muslim, and also an engineer -- which appellation are you concerned about here?

I'm unsure how that compares to describing Steve Jobs as either christian or an engineer, though I'd be struggling to try to substantiate either descriptor.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_al-Jazari

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Re:Elephant Clock by smudgymcscmudge on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:33AM (#17522800)
Steve Jobs was a cultural engineer.
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Re:Elephant Clock by Jedd on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:51AM (#17522962)
> Steve Jobs was a cultural engineer.

You mean like P. T. Barnum?

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