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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by carapace on Monday December 07, 2020 @11:39PM (#25341886)
There's no accounting for taste. I'm ashamed to admit my father didn't find the works of Douglas Adams funny. I loved him anyway.

In any event, I don't think the piece is meant as a "ha ha" comedy. It's more of a contemplation or a work of philosophy.

Did it make you smile at any point?

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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by leafmeal on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:25AM (#25342786)
Yes it did make me smile. My response was only half serious.

The moral I extracted was that free will is fake and humor is all that matters. If that's the case I'd have hoped he'd have thrown a few more jokes in ;)

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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by carapace on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:12AM (#25346185)
:)
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