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Re:uWebSockets by zarzavat on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @08:13AM (#33342505)
> but author has an ego the size of Wolfram's

Stephen Wolfram is going to be so pleased that he finally has his own unit named after him!

Mathematics, physics, computing, and now psychometrics, is there anything that man can’t make groundbreaking progress on?

Re:uWebSockets by skrebbel on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:06AM (#33343910)
Reminds me of the Dijkstra, a unit for arrogance proposed by Alan Kay:

“I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras”

Re:uWebSockets by carapace on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:12AM (#33343984)
The unit of arrogance of computer scientists (et. al.) is the Dijkstra.
Re:uWebSockets by jsd1982 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:34AM (#33344329)
By contrast, the unit of humility in computer science should be the Bellard.
Re:uWebSockets by intelVISA on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:56PM (#33348551)
the unit of Kings